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Evolutionary principles can explain many aspects of human social behaviour. Despite important contro versies concerning the theory of sociobiology, evol utionary models offer cogent explanations for social phenomena such as altruism and parental investment. Evolutionary social science also has an important relevance for transcultural psychiatry, in that it is consistent with a biopsychosocial model for the etiology of psychiatric disorders, and points to the universals which underlie cultural variations in psychopathology.

There are in the Eastern und Southern African subregion about 200 high-level training institutions. With the exception of the Sudan, where five universities exist, there is an average of one university to each country. University teaching and research are concentrated on the disciplines of education, business and commerce, administration and management. More than 45 per cent of the other training institutions are concentrated on the business and commerce, administration and management disciplines. (DSE)

AbstractThis research presents the results of a follow‐up survey to journal editors more than a decade after Enders and Hoover (Journal of Economic Literature 42(3):487–93). The original survey asked editors about their definition of plagiarism and known cases. This work investigates what, if anything, has changed in regards to how journal editors react to suspected plagiarism and if the definition of plagiarism has changed. In addition to surveying editors of economics journals, we have surveyed many more editors, including political science, sociology, and others, to contrast differences that might exist. There is great variation within disciplines regarding the appropriate definition of plagiarism or punishments but fairly consistent agreement across disciplines.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Nomological Ideal -- Notes -- 2 Fundamental Objections to Social Scientific Laws -- The Argument from Complexity -- The Argument from Openness -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 Practical Objections to Social Scientific Laws -- The Argument from Complexity -- The Argument from Openness -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 The Role of Laws in Scientific Understanding: The Case of Evolutionary Biology -- The Status of Laws in Evolutionary Biology -- Lessons for the Social Sciences -- Notes -- 5 A Question of Relevance -- The Argument from Irrelevance -- Physicalism: Relevance Reconsidered -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Metaphysical Interlude -- Naturalism Without Reductionism -- Supervenience -- Notes -- 7 Prospects and Limitations of a Nomological Social Science -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Book and Author -- Index

The Editor of ABS examines the range of attacks against behavioral science and finds them generally wanting in validity and balance. He suggests a typology of the "misocioscientist" and asks for a continued controlled expansion of the social sciences, and improved relations with public policy.