Advances in Sociology Research. Volume 15

$230.00

Jared A. Jaworski (Editor)

Series: Advances in Sociology Research
BISAC: SOC026000

This continuing series presents original leading edge research results in the field of sociology. Each chapter has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial advances across a broad spectrum. Included in this compilation are topics such as the translation of homelessness into healthcare risk for youth; Medicaid capitation of the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly using grade-of-membership methods; the experience in trans-cultural work in pediatric hematology and oncology; classroom processes of gender socialization in Chinese kindergartens; student-teachers’ changing perceptions of gender advantages and disadvantages in the New Zealand primary school environment; the early experience of tactile stimulation and its behavioral consequences related to socialization in mammals; public housing strategies; and employment and economic reform. (Imprint: Nova)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – The Early Experience of Tactile Stimulation and Its Behavioral Consequences Related to Socialization in Mammals (pp. 1-28)
Vladimir S. Gromov (A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, Moscow, Russia)

Chapter 2 – The Translation of Homelessness into Healthcare Risk for Youth (pp. 29-54)
Inger Anthony (PCC Community Wellness Center-Austin, Chicago, IL, USA)

Chapter 3 – Classroom Processes of Gender Socialization in Four Chinese Kindergartens: A Contextual Account on the Teachers’ Practices and Contributions (pp. 55-82)
Eve Siu Ling Chen and Nirmala Rao (Open University of Hong Kong and The University of Hong Kong)

Chapter 4 – Masculinities and Femininities: Student-Teachers’ Changing Perceptions of Gender Advantages and Disadvantages in the New Zealand Primary School Environment (pp. 83-106)
Penni Cushman and Jenny Clarke (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

Chapter 5 – Public Housing Strategies in Ogun State: Implication for Urban Development in Nigeria (pp. 107-128)
Eziyi Offia Ibem (Department of Architecture, College of Science and Technology, Covenant University, Canaan Land, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria)

Chapter 6 – Employment and Economic Reform: Scientific Research, Sustainable Development and Conservation in Sudan (pp. 129-156)
Abdeen Mustafa Omer (Energy Research Institute (ERI), Khartoum, Sudan)

Chapter 7 – Toward Medicaid Capitation of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly [PACE] Using Grade-of-Membership Methods (pp. 157-182)
Darryl Wieland, Bruce Kinosian and Eric Stallard (Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke Population Research Institute and Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC and others)

Chapter 8 – “Lost in Translation”: The Experience in Trans-Cultural Work in an Italian Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (pp. 183-190)
D. Caprino and L. Massimo (Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, G.Gaslini Scientific Children’s Hospital, Genova, Italy)

Index

Publish with Nova Science Publishers

We publish over 800 titles annually by leading researchers from around the world. Submit a Book Proposal Now!