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International encyclopedia of the social sciences / William A. Darity, Jr., editor in chief.

Gale In Context: Global Issues Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Darity, William A., Jr., 1953- editor.
Series:
Macmillan social science library.
Macmillan Social Science Library
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Social sciences--Dictionaries.
Social sciences.
Social sciences--Encyclopedias.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (5752 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Place of Publication:
Detroit, Michigan : Macmillan Reference USA, 2008.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The entirely new International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences covers scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the publication of the original international edition. Like its predecessors, the set meets the needs of high school and college students, researchers inside and outside academia, and lay readers in public libraries.The new set highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features nearly 3,000 entirely new articles and important biographies contributed by thousands of scholars (including several Nobel prize winners) from around the world on a wide array of global topics, including: achievement testing, censorship, personality measurement, aging, income distribution, foreign aid (political and economic aspects), food (world problems, consumption patterns), cultural adaptation, comparative health-care systems, terrorism, political correctness, agricultural innovation, legislation of morality, sexual violence and exploitation, white collar crime.The new 2nd edition also features biographical profiles of the major contributors to the study of the social sciences, past and present.Highlights of the new set include: 2,990 articles contributed by a team of international scholars, including hundreds of entries covering the increasingly influential fields of economics and statistics Written for researchers inside and outside academia; perfect for advanced high school and college students as well as teachers, lay readers and professionals Also available in eBook format, providing full search capabilities 24/7 access; no special readers of hardware required
Contents:
Volume 1. Abortion-Cognitive Dissonance
Volume 2. Cohabitation-Ethics in Experimentation
Volume 3. Ethnic Conflict-Inequality, Gender
Volume 4. Inequality, Income-Marxism, Black
Volume 5. Masculinity-Nyerere, Julius
Volume 6. Oaxaca, Ronald-Quotas, Trade
Volume 7. Rabin, Yitzhak-Sociology, MicroWilliam
Volume 8. Sociology, Parsonian-Vulnerability
Volume 9. Wage and Price Controls-z-test.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780028664187
0028664183
9780028661179
0028661176

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