International Social Science Review articles from March 2007

International Social Science Review archives from March 2007

Feuding Hungarians in the West: troubles with the struggle against communist ascendancy in Hungary, 1945-1956.(Case study)
March 22, 2007... Countless are the thousands of the poor and wealthy, the prominent and nameless, who, leaving behind their homes, their land, their social roots, took the hard trek to the safety of the west, to lands where freedom is realized,...

Community well-being and the criminalization of magico-religious workers in Harlem, New York, during the 1920s.(Case study)
March 22, 2007... Why do husbands and wives not agree? Why am I always sick or cross when everyone seems so happy? Why is business so dull? Why am I having so much hard luck? What can I do to better my conditions? There is no need to suffer when you can be...

Unity without unification: the development of Nigeria's 'inside-out' approach to African political integration, 1937-1963.(Case study)
March 22, 2007... Addressing a seminar on the African Union (formerly the Organization of African Unity) held at Abuja, Nigeria, in mid-May 2001, Olusegun Obasanjo, the president of Nigeria, expressed much optimism regarding the potential of the organization....

HIV/AIDS: the pandemic hits the 'sleeping giant' (1).(Human Immunodeficiency Virus /Acquired Immune Deficiency Virus. Brazil)(Case study)
March 22, 2007... Introduction Today, Brazil is home to more than half of all known HIV/AIDS cases in Latin America and the Caribbean. (2) As one of the world's five leading causes of death, the devastating impact of this disease is forcing government...

Policy point-counterpoint: the UN Millennium Development Goals and U.S. aid to Africa.(Report)
March 22, 2007... In 2000 member states of the United Nations signed on to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) committing themselves to work together to achieve by 2015 eight objectives, including the halving of "extreme" poverty, halting the spread of...

Point: UN MDGS and U.S. aid to Africa: worthy causes.(Report)
March 22, 2007... In September 2000, the United Nations introduced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), establishing concrete targets for addressing eight of the developing world's most serious ills. The UN MDGs, to be achieved by 2015, include eradicating...

Counterpoint: UN MDGS and U.S. aid to Africa: ineffective and unrealistic.(United Nation's Millennium Development Goals )(Report)
March 22, 2007... Ambitious, magnanimous, laudable, idealistic, and humanitarian--these are a few of the adjectives used to describe the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Africa, the location of many of the world's poorest nations, is...

Scroop, Daniel. Mr. Democrat: Jim Farley, the New Deal, and the Making of Modern American Politics.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Scroop, Daniel. Mr. Democrat: Jim Farley, the New Deal, and the Making of Modern American Politics. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2006. x + 275 pages. Cloth, $29.95. Stebenne, David L. Modern Republican: Arthur Larson and the...

Barnhart, Terry A. Ephraim George Squier and the Development of American Anthropology.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Barnhart, Terry A. Ephraim George Squier and the Development of American Anthropology. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2005. xvi + 426 pages. Cloth, $59.95. For American archaeologists, Ephraim George Squier--along with his...

Charny, I. W. Fascism and Democracy in the Human Mind: A Bridge between Mind and Society.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Charny, I. W. Fascism and Democracy in the Human Mind: A Bridge between Mind and Society. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. xvii + 471 pages. Cloth, $49.95. The constructs of mind and society have been written into book...

Doumani, Beshara, ed. Academic Freedom after September 11.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Doumani, Beshara, ed. Academic Freedom after September 11. New York: Zone Books, 2006. 250 pages. Paper, $21.95. This book reveals a veritable web of influence and concern germane to the academic world that is especially acute post-9/11....

Gilreath, Shannon. Sexual Politics: The Gay Person in America Today.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Gilreath, Shannon. Sexual Politics: The Gay Person in America Today. Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2006. 176 pages. Cloth, $42.95. Shannon Gilreath, a law professor at Wake Forest University, explores the reasons why American...

Hallett, Michael A. Private Prisons in America: A Critical Race Perspective.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Hallett, Michael A. Private Prisons in America: A Critical Race Perspective. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2006. 188 pages. Cloth, $45.00, paper, $25.00. Although great strides in racial equality and civil rights have been made...

Hill, Robert D. Positive Aging: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals and Consumers.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Hill, Robert D. Positive Aging: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals and Consumers. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2005. x + 256 pages. Cloth, $27.95. Positive Aging is a clearly written, comprehensive, encouraging discussion...

Roberston, David Brian. The Constitution and America's Destiny.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Roberston, David Brian. The Constitution and America's Destiny. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. xvii + 283 pages. Paper, $25.00. The Constitution and America 's Destiny is a concise study of the proceedings and ramifications of...

Sinyai, Clayton. Schools of Democracy: A Political History of the American Labor Movement.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Sinyai, Clayton. Schools of Democracy: A Political History of the American Labor Movement. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2006. 282 pages. Paper, $24.95. Union membership in the United States has been in a downward trajectory since...

Wanderer, Jules J. Interpretive Origins of Classical Sociology: Weber, Husserl, Schutz, Durkheim, Simmel.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Wanderer, Jules J. Interpretive Origins of Classical Sociology: Weber, Husserl, Schutz, Durkheim, Simmel. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2005. 256 pages. Cloth, $109.95. Wanderer's book, Interpretive Origins of Classical Sociology:...

Wise, M. Norton, ed. Growing Explanations: Historical Perspectives on Recent Science.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Wise, M. Norton, ed. Growing Explanations: Historical Perspectives on Recent Science. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004. 346 pages. Paper, $24.95. The end of the Cold War has brought about a number of unexpected consequences, not the...

Wright Austin, Sharon D. The Transformation of Plantation Politics: Black Politics, Concentrated Poverty, and Social Capital in the Mississippi Delta.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Wright Austin, Sharon D. The Transformation of Plantation Politics: Black Politics, Concentrated Poverty, and Social Capital in the Mississippi Delta. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2006. 247 pages. Cloth, $65.00. The 2005...