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This guide for fathers focuses on building the right relationships with their daughters rather than on merely doing the right things.

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Why should you study anthropology What will you learn that will equip you to enter working life Veronica Strang details the many options available to those trained in anthropology, and answer queries about what studying anthropology actually means, both in practice and integrated application.

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Why should you study anthropology What will you learn that will equip you to enter working life Veronica Strang details the many options available to those trained in anthropology, and answer queries about what studying anthropology actually means, both in practice and integrated application.

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America is preoccupied with race statistics--perhaps more than any other nation. Do these statistics illuminate social reality and produce coherent social policy, or cloud that reality and confuse social policy Does America still have a color line Who is on which side Does it have a different "race" line--the nativity line--separating the native

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This book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of parenthood and its various manifestations in contemporary society.

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This book presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of parenthood and its various manifestations in contemporary society.

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What is Discourse Analysis provides an accessible introduction and practical guide to discourse analysis in the social sciences and related disciplines. It traces the role of discourse analysis from daily social interactions to how it can be successfully applied to research projects.

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This book will bring together ideas about narrative from a variety of contexts across the social sciences and synthesize understandings of the field. Rather than focusing on theory, the book will examine how narrative research is conducted and applied.

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What is Online Research is a straightforward, accessible introduction to social research online. The book covers the key issues and concerns, with sections on design,ethics and good practice. It will be key reading for social scientists of all levels.

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What is Online Research is a straightforward, accessible introduction to social research online. The book covers the key issues and concerns, with sections on design,ethics and good practice. It will be key reading for social scientists of all levels.

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This book shows researchers and students how to begin with key questions and theories and the best interviewing tactic to take. What is Qualitative Interviewing addresses the changes brought by new technologies as well as various enduring issues such as asking and listening, the implications of power dynamics.

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Social networks play a critical role in determining the way problems are solved, organizations are run, and the degree to which individuals achieve goals. Social network theory maps these relationships between individual actors. The book will be aimed at novice users and those contemplating the use of social network analysis in their research.

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As the much publicized "graying of America" progresses, political groups that lobby for the elderly have achieved enormous power and organizational success, with no sign of decline in the foreseeable future. What Older Americans Think provides a fresh look at these groups. Are older people united in support of increasing old-age benefits--or perhap

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Few women will experience a secure retirement. Marriage, education, occupation, home ownership - these variables predict their future. Possession of all four indicates retirement security, and absence of any increases risk of old-age poverty.

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Fewer than 20% of Baby Boom women will experience a secure retirement.

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This book is a comprehensive look at the results of a study, done under the auspices of Kent State University, that explored the attitudes, beliefs, and life orientation of 253 women between the ages of 25 and 45.

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Focusing on a contract involving Mexico's National Autonomous University, this book examines the practices through which researchers, plant vendors, indigenous cooperatives, and other actors put prospecting to work. It considers the consequences of linking scientific research and rural 'enfranchisement' to the logics of intellectual property.

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Stimulated by discussions of responsibility and ethics in anthropological fieldwork, this book explores what happens when people who are the subjects of research read what has been written about them.