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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction to the AldineTransaction Edition -- The Man -- Diesing's First Four Books: A Personal Perspective -- Paul Diesing and the Philosophy of Science -- Hegel's Truth and Diesing's Truth -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 1 Social Studies of Science -- I. The Study of Science -- II. The Study of Ideology -- III. The Study of Standpoints and Perspectives -- Part I -- 2 Neoclassical Economics -- I. The Neoclassical Perspective -- II. Oligopoly and Game Theory -- 3 Extended Applications of the Neoclassical Perspective -- I. Politics -- II. Interpersonal Relations -- III. Deterrence Theory -- IV. Conclusions -- 4 Keynesian Economics -- I. Keynes -- II. Keynesian Economics, 1936-1966 -- III. The Unification of Neoclassical and Keynesian Economics -- IV. One Goes Into Two: Left, Right, And Center Keynesians -- 5 The Objectification of Society: The Systems Approach -- I. Parsons -- II. Diffusions of Parsonian Functionalism -- III. Objective Studies of Social Problems -- Domestic social problems -- Deterrence as crisis management -- IV. Contrast Between Functionalist and Neoclassical Categories -- Household consumption -- Social behavior as exchange -- Security dilemma vs. hostility spiral -- The international economy -- Racism -- V. Summary: Comparative Advantages of the Objective System Perspective -- 6 Schumpeter and the Intellectuals -- I. Elite Theory -- II. Schumpeter and Rostow -- III. The Intellectuals -- IV. Developments in Elite Theory -- V. Preliminary Evaluation -- 7 The Critical Intellectuals -- I. Studies of the Elite -- II. Studies of the Intellectuals -- III. Studies of the Masses -- IV. Preliminary Evaluation -- Views of Oppression and Injustice -- Doubts About Survey Data -- Lack of Overall View -- Tendency to Exaggeration

Current policy initiatives that address the health of youth, a group where more than one set of developmental standards may apply, often are based on conflicting evidence. At the same time, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has provided an over-arching ethical framework with the goal of ensuring that all children and youth have equal human rights, regardless of their personal or family circumstances. How do these approaches coincide and are they working?.