Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1 – Research Biographies
Gillian Aston
Hannah Badland
Elena Barengolts
Axel Borsdorf
Kaspar Burger
Jack R. Cornelius
Angelique Day
Mitch Duncan
Nadir Ahmed Elagib
Doug Evans
Giulietta Fadda
Sara Diana Garduño Diaz
Juul Gooren
Mark D. Holder
Enrico Ivaldi
Elise E. Labbe-Coldsmith
Helen LaVan
Yvette P. Lopez
Alpar Losonc
Wm. Marty Martin
Daniel Mason
Melody Oliver
Eyitayo Onifade
Neil Pembroke
Brendan A. Rich
Rudy Richardson
James O. Schenk
Hussein M. Sulieman
Daniel P. Wisniewski
Hanhan Xue
Wei Zhang
Corrado Zoppi
Part 2 – Research Summaries on Sociology
Aging and Social Policy: A Foucauldian Excursion
Aging, Theory and Globalization
An Enquiry into Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan: The Universal Elementary Education Programme of India
Bio-Psycho-Social Perspectives on Interpersonal Violence
Bullying among Youth: Issues, Interventions and Theory
Capitalizing on Culture: Successful Patterns of Parental Participation for African American Students
Children’s Social Competence: Theory and Intervention
China 1966-1976, Cultural Revolution Revisited – Can It Happen Again?
Civic Engagement and Service Learning in a Metropolitan University: Multiple Approaches and Perspectives
Contemporary Issues in Intellectual Disabilities
Cultural and Linguistic Influence on Developmental Neural Basis of Theory of Mind: Whorfian Hypothesis Revisited
Cultural Understanding in EFL Reading in Argentina
Delving into Diversity: An International Exploration of Issues of Diversity in Education
Dialogicality in Focus: Challenges to Theory, Method and Application
Disability from a Humanistic Perspective: Towards a Better Quality of Life
Distance and Flexible Education Applying ICT for an Innovative and Open Learning
Diversity Management: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches
Economic Freedom: Causes and Consequences
Education and Belonging
Education for the New Frontier: Race, Education and Triumph in Jim Crow America (1867-1945)
Flexicurity and Political Philosophy: Towards a Majority-Friendly Europe
Georgia through its Legends, Folklore and People
Ghanaian Pidgin English: Diachronic, Synchronic and Sociolinguistic Perspectives
Health and Well-Being: A Social and Cultural Perspective
Humor, Stress and Health
International (Corporate) Governance: A One-Dot Theory Interpretation
International Marriages in the Time of Globalization
Is God a Republican? Essays from a Christian Viewpoint
Linguistic Diversity and Cultural Identity: A Global Perspective
Localization in Saudi Arabia: Social and Economical Perspectives
Mental Health and Some Sociocultural Issues in Deaf People
More Strategic Activism
Politics and Ethnicity: Political Anthroponymy in Northern Ghana
Power, Privilege and Education: Pedagogy, Curriculum and Student Outcomes
Psychological Adjustment to Immigration: Individual and Family Aspects
Rural Livelihoods, Risk and Political Economy of Access to Natural Resources in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Social Identity
Social Welfare, Personal Budgets and Care: A Case Study
Social Work Education in Countries of the East: Issues and Challenges
The Rise and Fall of China’s Last Dynasty: The Deepening of the Chinese Servility
The Roles of Social Support, Perinatal Depressive Symptomatology and Family Conflicts Among Hong Kong Chinese Women
The Social Side of River Management
Toward a Post-Market Society
Urban Slums and the Social Production of Infant Mortality Rates in the Less Developed Countries: A Macro-Comparative, Quantitative Analysis
Winning the Future for Africa and the Diaspora
The Relationship between Acculturation and Violence in Minority Adolescents
Acculturation Success in Employment among Chinese Migrants from the Mainland to Hong Kong
The Implicit Cognitive Perspective in Acculturation
Acculturation and Mental Health Status, Help-Seeking, Service Use, and Outcomes for Latino and Asian/Pacific Islander Youth
Worlds Apart: Bicultural Identity Development in Latino Adolescents
Acculturation, Sociocultural Adaptation and Self-Esteem of Immigrant Youth in Portugal
Does Acculturation Equal A+? Correlates of College-Going Expectations amongst Hispanic & Asian Immigrant Youth
Impact of Acculturation on Physical Activity and Dietary Behaviors in Latinos
Acculturation and Psychological Characteristics of Bosnian Internally Displaced and Refugee Adolescents from Srebrenica Region after the War 1992-1995 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Children’s Cognitive Constructions: From Random Trials to Structures
Language-Cognition Interactions during Bilingual Language Development in Children
Child Servitude & Rights Violation: Directions and Misdirection
Occupational Mobility after Fifty
Domestic Violence during Pregnancy and Responsibility of Prenatal Health Care Providers
Demand on and Trust in Local Government for Tackling Community Problems
On Differing Aspects and Perception of Consanguineous Marriages
Phenotype Discrimination: The Experiences of Black and White Latinos with Disabilities in the United States
Psychopathological Problems in Neurological Disorders of Children and Adolescents: Risk Factors and Prevention
Organizational Violence, Its Signification from a Male and Female Perspective
The Relationship between Restrictive Abortion Laws and the Number of Infants Relinquished for Adoption
Research and Practive on Calling and Vocation in Career Development
Intention to Obtain Hepatitis B Vaccination among Commercial Sex Workers
Selling Youthful Sex: An Anthropological Approach to Juvenile Male Prostitution
Political and Economic Justice Perceptions in Changing Societies: The Case of Israeli and East German High School Students
A Commentary on Social Mobility, Cross-Border Residence and Second Homes
Reframing Prostitution as Sexual and Emotional Labour
People-Centric Wireless Network Mobility: Statistical Patterns and Implications
Effects of Urbanization on Bird Fauna in the Municipality of Valencia, Spain: Some Evidences from Different Approaches
Being at Home: Ethnographic Method and the Experience of Doing Research with Traditional Healers and their Customers in Southern Thailand
Generative Death Anxiety and the Dialogue Among Civilizations
Tube Feedings and PVS Patients: Ordinary or Extraordinary Means?
The Cultural Denial of Sexual Slavery
Spirituality and End-of Life Care
The Trafficked Woman: Ideal or Blameworthy Victim?
The Interaction between Culture and Social Structure: Interpreting the Micro-Social Processes Underlying Music Consumption
Mental Health among Native and Immigrant Adolescents in Norway: The Role of Gender, Age and Urbanization
Alcohol Related Experiences: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Interfaith Theology for the Twenty-First Century: An Artefact for Faith in a Global Era
Individual and Contextual Social Differences Influencing Home Internet Adoption
Mindfulness Training: A Promising Approach for Addressing the Needs of Child Welfare System Children and Families
Overcoming Modernity: Western and Japanese Attempts
The Non-Ideal Conditions of Transitional Justice with a Case-Study on the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
Democratic Failings, Successes and Prospects in the European Union: Transnational Deliberative Democracy and the Social Open Method of Coordination
Housing Design and Safety for the Elderly
Achievements in Reducing Infant Mortality in a Newly Industrialized Country: Lessons from Taiwan
Adolescents in Foster Care and their Attachment-Security to Significant Others: A One-Year Longitudinal Study
Personal Assistance Services (PAS) in the Workplace: Where We Are and Where We Are Going
What If the Embryo Is Not a Person?
Mapping a Multifaceted Relationship: Political Parties and Civil Society Organizations in Turkey
Sociality in the City: Using Biological Principles to Explore the Relationship Between High Population Density and Social Behavior
Angels and Saints: The Rhetorical Effects of Lay Understandings of Foster Care upon Carers
Perspectives of Home Enteral Nutrition Therapy in Brazil
Urbanization: Causes, Economic Effects and Environmental Effects on Mental Health in Asia
The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Model of Collaboration between Law Enforcement and Mental Health
The Human Sexuality Education of Medical Students: A Review of the History, Current State of the Art, and Suggestions for Future Development
