International Social Science Review articles from March 2005

International Social Science Review archives from March 2005

Kleptocracy: curse of development.
March 22, 2005... Development signifies a diverse, prosperous world presenting many choices and opportunities for the "good life"--self-improvement and education, friends and associates, urban or country life, discretionary leisure activities, and productive...

Boom or bust? Casino gaming and host municipalities.
March 22, 2005... Introduction A myriad of literature exists that addresses the impact of legalized casino gaming on cities that host the venture from a multitude of perspectives--socially, economically, culturally, morally, psychologically, with regard to...

Reaching social integration or consensus: Bangladesh as a case study.
March 22, 2005... Introduction Sociologists consider social agreement one of their greatest concerns. Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Talcott Parsons, Robert K. Merton, Anthony Giddens, and Jurgen Habermas have all addressed the problem of achieving social...

The United States and the Arab-Israeli conflict: (un)forging future peace.
March 22, 2005... Introduction Since the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel has relied on military force to suppress Palestinian demands for a homeland. The United States has supported Israel as its strategic ally in the Middle East. This has not only provoked the...

Policy point-counterpoint: Social Security reform.
March 22, 2005... Since President George W. Bush delivered his State of the Union address on February 2, 2005, in which he formally introduced his proposal to incorporate personal/private accounts into the Social Security program--one's terminology varies...

Point: the case for Social Security reform.
March 22, 2005... For many Americans, retirement is viewed as a time in the future when they will be able to relax and not have to worry about getting up every morning to perform the same grueling daily tasks as they have done for the past forty to fifty years....

Counterpoint: the case against social security reform.
March 22, 2005... Reform is commonly associated with restructuring a current policy or program with the goal of improving a model that adapts to changing needs or conditions. On February 2, 2005, President George W. Bush delivered his annual State of the Union...

Beasley, Vanessa B. You the People: American National Identity in Presidential Rhetoric.(On Deaf Ears: The Limits of the Bully Pulpit)(Presidents as Candidates: Inside the White House for the President's Campaign)(Out of Touch: The Presidency and Public Opinion)(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Beasley, Vanessa B. You the People: American National Identity in Presidential Rhetoric. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2004. x + 204 pp. Cloth, $39.95. Edwards, George C., III. On Deaf Ears: The Limits of the Bully...

Aronowitz, Stanley. How Class Works: Power and Social Movement.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Aronowitz, Stanley. How Class Works: Power and Social Movement. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003. vii + 263 pp. Cloth, $29.95; paper, $17.00. Whatever happened to Marxism in America? Did the United States ever have a truly...

Curtis, Sarah. Health and Inequality: Geographical Perspectives.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Curtis, Sarah. Health and Inequality: Geographical Perspectives. London: Sage Publications Ltd., 2004. xiv + 329 pp. Cloth, $99.95; paper, $39.95. Around fifty percent of the world's population currently lives in cities. In the next few...

Diener, Ed, and Eunkook M. Suh, eds. Culture and Subjective Well-being.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Diener, Ed, and Eunkook M. Suh, eds. Culture and Subjective Well-being. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2000 (paperback edition, 2003). viii + 355 pp. Cloth, $55.00; paper, $25.00. Since antiquity, scholars and philosophers have pondered what it...

Elon, Amos. The Pity of It All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Elon, Amos. The Pity of It All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933. New York: Picador, 2002. 446 pp. Paper, $15.00. Amos Elon's The Pity of It All is a splendid book. Elon's historical research and sensibilities are perhaps...

Knab, Timothy J. Mad Jesus: The Final Testament of a Huichol Messiah from Northwest Mexico.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Knab, Timothy J. Mad Jesus: The Final Testament of a Huichol Messiah from Northwest Mexico. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2004. xiii + 279 pp. Cloth, $24.95. Mad Jesus describes the life and death of Jesus, a Huichol...

Moore, Ray A., and Donald L. Robinson. Partners for Democracy: Crafting the New Japanese State Under MacArthur.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Moore, Ray A., and Donald L. Robinson. Partners for Democracy: Crafting the New Japanese State Under MacArthur. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. v + 409 pp. Cloth, $55.00; paper $24.95. In some ways, the cover of this book is...

Mueller, Dennis C. Capitalism and Democracy: Challenges and Responses in an Increasingly Interdependent World.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Mueller, Dennis C. Capitalism and Democracy: Challenges and Responses in an Increasingly Interdependent World. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2003. 379 pp. Cloth, $110.00. This volume is a collection of fourteen journal articles published...

Persson, Torsten, and Guido Tabellini. The Economic Effects of Constitutions.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Persson, Torsten, and Guido Tabelfini. The Economic Effects of Constitutions. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003. viii + 320 pp. Cloth, $35.00. Persson and Tabellini set out to redefine the nexus between political institutions and economic...

Schrepfer, Susan R., and Philip Scranton, eds. Industrializing Organisms: Introducing Evolutionary History, Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Sehrepfer, Susan R., and Philip Scranton, eds. Industrializing Organisms: Introducing Evolutionary History, vol. V, Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture. New York: Routledge, 2004. v + 275 pp. Paper, $24.95. Industrializing...

Wallerstein, Immanuel. World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Wallerstein, Immanuel. World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004. xii + 109 pp. Cloth, $49.95; paper, $16.95. Social scientists need little introduction to Immanuel Wallerstein. His world-systems...

Weber, Max. The History of Commercial Partnerships in the Middle Ages: The First Complete English Edition of Weber's Prelude to the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and Economy and Society.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Weber, Max. The History of Commercial Partnerships in the Middle Ages: The First Complete English Edition of Weber's Prelude to The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and Economy and Society. Roman & Littlefield, 2003. 216 pp. Cloth,...

Young, Alfred F. Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Young, Alfred F. Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. x + 417 pp. Cloth, $26.95. On May 23, 1782, Deborah Sampson, masquerading as Robert Shurtliff, received a sixty-pound...