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  • The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology

    Edited by Kay Deaux, Mark Snyder ...
    Series series Oxford Library of Psychology
    The second edition of The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology beautifully captures the history, current status, and future prospects of personality and social psychology. Building on the successes and strengths of the first edition, this second edition of the Handbook combines the two fields of personality and social psychology into a single, integrated volume, offering readers a ... Read more

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  • Cooperation in Modern Society

    Promoting the Welfare of Communities, States and Organizations

    Series series Routledge Research International Series in Social Psychology
    Why do so many people volunteer to help others in need in society today? What makes people give up the convenience of driving their car to benefit a better environment? And why are citizens, in general, quite prepared to pay taxes to ensure adequate health care, and support for the elderly and unemployed? These are examples of a more fundamental question addressed in this book: why do people ... Read more

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    Nearly the whole of America’s partisan politics centers on a single question: Can markets solve our social problems? And for years this question has played out ferociously in the debates about how we should educate our children. From the growth of vouchers and charter schools to the implementation of No Child Left Behind, policy makers have increasingly turned to market-based models to help ... Read more

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  • The Sociology of Gender

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    Featuring extensive revisions and updates, the Second Edition of The Sociology of Gender: An Introduction to Theory and Research presents an introductory overview of gender theory and research, and continues to offer a unique and compelling approach to one of the most important topics in the field of sociology.Features extensive revisions and updates, and incorporates recent cross-national ... Read more

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  • Working Together

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