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chapter Introduction: Problems of Youth in Transition -- part Part I: TH E INDIVIDUA L ADOLESCENT, YOUTH SUBCULTURES AND FAMILY -- chapter 1 Adolescent Attitudes and Goals -- chapter 2 Youth Subculture: Variations on a General Theme -- chapter 3 Family Structure and Youth Attitudes -- part Part II: ADOLESCENCE I N DIFFERENT SOCIAL SETTINGS -- chapter 4 The New World View of Negr oYouth -- chapter 5 Youth in Lower Class Settings -- chapter 6 Psychological Acculturation in Modern Maori Youth -- chapter 7 Sociocultural and Psychodynamic Processes in Adolescent Transition and Mental Health -- part Part III: YOUTH IN TROUBLE -- chapter 8 Social Structure and Grou pProcesses in Explanations of Gang Delinquency -- chapter 9 The Structure and Functions of Adult-Youth Systems -- chapter 10 Group Organization Theory and the Adolescent Inpatient Unit -- part Part IV: AGE-MATE REFERENCE SETS WITHIN DIFFERENTIATED NEIGHBORHOODS -- chapter 11 Urban Neighborhoods and Individual Behavior Wendell Bell -- chapter 12 The Adolescent in Hi sGroup in Its Setting -- chapter 13 The Adolescent in His Group in Its Setting.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Preface -- Contents -- PART I EXPLORING ORIENTATIONS -- 1 Interdisciplinary Coordination as a Validity Check: Retrospect and Prospects -- 2 Theory-Oriented Research in Natural Settings: The Best of Both Worlds for Social Psychology -- 3 Theoretical and Substantive Biases in Sociological Research -- 4 Contiguous Problem Analysis: An Approach to Systematic Theories about Social Organization -- 5 Myth and Interrelationship in Social Science: Illustrated Through Anthropology and Sociology -- PART II ILLUSTRATIVE PROBLEM AREAS -- 6 Interdisciplinary Thinking and the Small World Problem -- 7 Biological Basis of Human Warfare: An Interdisciplinary Problem -- 8 The Formation of National Attitudes: A Social-Psychological Perspective -- 9 Phenomenology and Crosscultural Research -- 10 Personality Theory and Social Science -- 11 Growth, Development, and Political Monuments -- PART III PERSPECTIVES ACROSS DISCIPLINES -- 12 The Borderlands of Geography as a Social Science -- 13 Human Geography and Neighboring Disciplines -- 14 Linguistics and the Social Sciences -- 15 Some Relations between Psychiatry and Political Science -- 16 Obstacles to a Rapprochement between History and Sociology: A Sociologist's View -- 17 History and Theory: The Need for Decadence -- PART IV ORGANIZATIONAL RIDDLES -- 18 Observations on Interdisciplinary Work in the Social Sciences -- 19 Ethnocentrism of Disciplines and the Fish-Scale Model of Omniscience -- Name Index -- Subject Index

'One of the most neglected aspects in the social-psychological treatment of opinion and behavior until recent years has been power relations.' Two empirical types of power relations may be observed: (1) direct and imperative; and (2) indirect-although the two types overlap to a large extent, especially in a democratic society. Power relations are involved wherever group structure and status relations are studied. Conformity to norms may not require continual coercion or use of brute force by leaders. The major norms of the group are internalized and are key factors determining behavior. In the socialization process these norms are incorporated into the ego system. 'It is through involvement of the ego, as it is formed at the time, that power can be exerted without being recognized as such, and conformity in experience and action achieved without direct imperatives from external sources.' This principle may be utilized in the study of the influences of the mass media. The authors also discuss interrelationships among power structures. Behavior can be explained adequately through intergroup as well as intragroup relations. The state of intergroup relations affects the opinions and behavior of members of an in-group toward other groups and also affects the status structure of the in-group and its norms. American minority groups, for example, are oriented to the norms of the dominant group. Only limited understanding of behavior can be achieved if participation in group interaction is studied as though the in-group setting was complete in itself and unexposed to power relations other than those developing between the leader and other group members. E. Scott.

In Geography and the Wealth of Nations, Sherif Khalifa argues that geography influences the factors that determine economic performance, such as the quality of institutions, the adopted cultural values, the systems of governance, the likelihood of conflict, the historical experiences, and the integration into the global economy.

"The UN Security Council is entrusted under the UN Charter with primary responsibility for the maintenance and restoration of the international peace; it is the only body with the power to authorise military intervention legally and impose international sanctions where it decides. However, its decision-making process has hitherto been obscure and allegations of political bias have been made against the Security Council in its responses to potential international threats. Despite the rule of law featuring on the Security Council's agenda for over a decade and a UN General Assembly declaration in 2012 establishing that the rule of law should apply internally to the UN, the Security Council has yet to formulate or incorporate a rule of law framework that would govern its decision-making process. This book explains the necessity of a rule of law framework for the Security Council before analysing existing literature and UN documents on the domestic and international rule of law in search of concepts suitable for transposition to the arena of the Security Council. It emerges with eight core components, which form a bespoke rule of law framework for the Security Council. Against this framework, the Security Council's decision-making process since the end of the Cold War is meticulously evaluated, illustrating explicitly where and how the rule of law has been undermined or neglected in its behaviour. Ultimately, the book concludes that the Security Council and other bodies are unwilling or unable adequately to regulate the decision-making process against a suitable rule of law framework, and argues that there exists a need for the external regulation of Council practice and judicial review of its decisions."--

The twilight of an era --. - The last straw --. - Adrift on the Nile --. - Fate answers the call --. - Days of reckoning --. - The turning point --. - Unlock the deadlock --. - A not so immaculate conception --. - The end of the honeymoon --. - The final countdown --. - A new breed --. - A rendezvous with destiny --. - A window of opportunity --. - The breaking point --. - The portal of perception --. - A gaze into the abyss --. - Past the point of no return --. - Beyond semantics --. - A conspiracy or the lack thereof --. - To mind one's business --. - Glory away from the battlefield --. - The levers of dependence --. - A look in the crystal ball --. - A requiem to a dream

The Arab Spring caught the world by surprise and was truly inspiring. Then, many watched with bewilderment as the process unfolded in unforeseen directions. This lively and well-documented book tells the story of events in Egypt from the end of the Mubarak era in 2010 through the revolution in 2011 and the military interference in the summer of 2013. Written from an insider's perspective, it discusses what occurred and analyzes the motives of the parties involved, putting each incident in context so the reader can see-and understand-the big picture. The author's background as an Egyptian d.

Design-build is a powerful project delivery approach. But how to actuate such power and deliver the design-build promise? This is what this book is all about. It provides the reader with cutting-edge knowledge, know-how, techniques, trade secrets, and best practices to deliver design-build projects in a safe and controlled manner. It covers the entire design-build process- from building the design-build team and winning the designbuild tender competition, to project management, selecting the best design-build solution, and the sound planning of designbuild activities. To this end, the book introduces a totally new and innovative design-build planning methodology, namely, the SAFEDB-methodology. The SAFEDB-methodology consists of three key components: develop design-build solutions, fast-tack design-build activities, and control design-build work progress. The first component is concerned with evaluating candidate design-build options and selecting the most effective design-build solution. The second component looks deep into overlapping design and construction activities and introduces an effective overlapping strategy enabling maximum safe schedule compression. The last methodology component focuses on enhancing the design-build schedule reliability by taking into account potential schedule branching and rework loops in a structured and proactive manner. A range of real-world practical examples of the methodology application are provided for clarity and immediate use by the readers. The book is meant for the design-build contractors, designers, and owners; for the professionals and the academics, those new to the design-build arena or the seasoned design-builders.