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Protecting Abused and Neglected Children
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Protecting Abused and Neglected Children
Michael S. Wald, J. M. Carlsmith & P. H. Leiderman
Foreward by James Garbarino
Although over one million American children are reported each year to authorities as being abused or neglected, there has been very little empirical research regarding the best way of protecting children from future harm. This book presents the results of a study of one of the most hotly debated aspects of state intervention: whether it is better to leave abused or neglected children at home, with special services provided to the family, or to place them in foster care.
The study followed two groups of abused and neglected children over a two-year period in three California counties: one group remained at home, the other was placed in foster care. A control group of children who were no abused or neglected was also studied. Researchers examined the two groups of abused or neglected children in terms of physical well-being, academic performance, emotional health, social skills, and personal happiness during the two-year period. They also explored the "attachment" issue to determine whether foster care met the children's need for emotional security. It was hoped that the insights gained would help decision makers - legislators drafting new laws and judges or social workers deciding individual cases - make better decisions about appropriate intervention.
The picture that emerged was surprising in many respects. Most surprising, and disturbing, was the limited ability of either home placement with supporting services or foster care to significantly improve the children's well-being, except that school attendance improved with foster care. The final chapter discusses policy implications that follow from the findings.
Michael S. Wald is Professor of Law, the late J. M. Carlsmith was Professor of Psychology, and P. H. Leiderman is Professor of Psychiatry, at Stanford University.
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Title Protecting abused and neglected children
Authors Michael Wald, J. Merrill Carlsmith, P. Herbert Leiderman
Publisher Stanford University Press, 1988
ISBN 0804714207, 9780804714204
Length 249 pages
Merlin's Disciples
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Merlin's Disciples
Prophecy, Poetry, and Power in Renaissance England
Howard Dobin
"This book presents a powerful new argument about ambivalent attitudes toward prophecy in the Renaissance, and how the government's uneasy attitude became an important means of undoing the desired aims of the Reformation. No less central is the book's discussion of critical method, a successful attempt to synthesize many of the most interesting aspects of poststructuralism of new Historicism...In both theory and the historical realm this book seems to me to have a claim to extraordinary importance." - David Bevington, University of Chicago
Political prophecy in Britain extends back at least to the twelfth century, to Geoffrey of Monmouth's collection of Merlin's prophecies. Through the Renaissance, the secular prophetic tradition burgeoned in new native prophets and interpretations, invoked by both the crown and would-be usurpers.
The Elizabethan period's veritable explosion of prophetic activity was kindled by the religious and political upheavals of the Reformation and inflamed by the nation's anxiety concerning the Spanish threat and the uncertainty of royal succession. The prophet appeared in many forms -- contemporary doomsayer, religious fanatic, partisan propagandist, and outright fraud. But whatever its source, prophecy challenged political, religious, and social institutions. It became a dominant mode of political discourse.
Methodologically, the book allies itself with the New Historicism, where its contributions are, first, to articulate the importance of deconstruction for the New Historicism in relation to a novel set of canonical and noncanonical texts and, second, to delineate a mode of subversive discourse that eludes both political and authorial control. The author shows that prophetic texts and the interpretive dynamics that surround them are virtually textbook models of certain concerns foregrounded in deconstruction and the New Historicism. The prophetic text claims a referentiality that is endlessly deferred; when that reference is politically invested, the powers that be shift responsibility from the text to its interpreters -- ofter, in this period, leading to torture and even execution.
Drawing on a wide range of theoretical influences, from Derrida to Weber and Geertz, the author knits together historical evidence and critical theory to show how prophecy functions in a great variety of texts, from little-known works like The Birth of Merlin to The Faerie Queene and Shakespeare's history plays. An Afterword traces how political prophecy emerges as a potent public weapon in the civil-war period -- then is revived and transformed in the literary realm, in the disempowered and private vision of Milton.
Howard Dobin is Associate Professor of Englis at the University of Maryland at College Park.
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Title Merlin's disciples: prophecy, poetry, and power in Renaissance England
Author Howard Dobin
Publisher Stanford University Press, 1990
ISBN 0804717834, 9780804717830
Length 257 pages
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Addresses Upon the American Road 1948-1950
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Herbert Hoover's counsel to the nation in the past two years-his speeches, official letters, press statements, and published articles are now available in this single volume. The increasing import of his convictions upon domestic and foreign policies makes this book of timely and unusual significance. In his forty eight addresses upon the American road, Mr. Hoover covers a wide range of subjects:
ON REFORM OF GOVERNMENT
"The reform of government is . . . a bipartisan matter, It concerns all citizens of whatever party. In the conduct of their business affairs Americans are very strict with themselves to get the best they can for whatever they spend. Government is, of course, different from business; yet this commonsense attitude of demanding efficient management and efficient use of money is entirely applicable to its affairs. Indeed, if our freedom is to be preserved, this attitude is indispensable."
ON WORLD PEACE
How the United Nations may act for world peace is suggested in Mr. Hoover's dedicatory address at the William Allen White Memorial. The tragedy of the UN is that "it turned into an instrument to protect Red imperialism." He proposed that if the UN is to function in its task of promoting lasting peace "it must be reorganized re-organized without the Communists in it."
ON REARMAMENT
"The time has come," Mr. Hoover said on October I 9, 1950, "when the American people should speak out in much stronger tones than the diplomatic phrases of conference halls." He holds that the United States cannot long endure the tremendous economic drain of support to non-Communist Europe. "We need strong medicine in the shape of large and definite armies.
'What we want is a real peace. But if we cannot have that, at least we want an uneasy peace within the economic burdens which the United States can bear."
ON DISARMAMENT
Disarmament has been "the aspiration of all good men for generations," Mr. Hoover said on November I, 1 950, in response to an award for outstanding citizenship, but "disarmament flows from peace, not peace from disarmament.
". . . Nothing will stifle the Kremlin's aggressive ambitions except such organized military, economic, and moral force of all non-Communist nations as will confront the Politburo with the grim visage of defeat if they attack.
"However, the real solution of the world's greatest trouble would be for the Soviet Union to co-operate in promoting the welfare of mankind. They could join in a constructive peace with Germany, Austria, and Japan. Only by such a peace could steps be taken toward disarmament."
In his forty-eight ADDRESSES UPON THE AMERICAN ROAD, 1948-1950, Mr. Hoover speaks on an amazing range of subjects: the reorganization of government, world peace, rearmament and disarmament, "the miracle of America," federal aid to education, old-age assistance, responsible citizenship, how to save tax money, benevolent and youth organizations, advertising--and on football.
THE AUTHOR
Herbert Hoover, thirty-first President of the United States, has unsurpassed firsthand knowledge of world-wide economic and political problems. His many years of professional engineering service before the Presidency, his distinguished record as United States food administrator after World War I, and his extensive food surveys following World War I1 form a solid foundation of experience and service. A unique contribution has been his chairmanship of the First and Second Commissions on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government. He has received honorary degrees from eighty-one institutions in the United States and abroad. He is the founder of the Hoover Institute and Library on War, Revolution, and Peace at his alma mater, Stanford University.
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Title Addresses Upon the American Road, 1948-1950
Authors Herbert Hoover
Publisher Stanford University Press
ISBN 0804761841, 9780804761840
Addresses Upon the American Road, 1950-1955
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Great changes have taken place in America during the years since 1950.Her influence overseas has swelled; she has participated in the Korean War;she has a new leadership. To Herbert Hoover, who has known what it is to guide the affairs of the nation, these changes have special significance. With great wealth of experience, he sees them in the light of history. In this book are his speeches, press statements, articles, letters, and miscellaneous short publications during this strongly marked period of American history.
Foreign policy is a major topic: from the proposals of January 27, 1952, that America's might be turned to air and sea power rather than ground forces, to the speeches in Germany during the winter of 1954. There are many statements on internal affairs; of special interest are the reports on the Second Reorganization Commission and the statement recommending liquidation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
But there are also many non-political utterances, and in these the breadth of Hoover's character is displayed. For here is a man who can discuss Agricola's De Re Metallica, a man of deep religious conviction, a man of wry humor and immense humanity. Witness his remarks on "The City Boy": "He is a part-time incarnation of destruction, yet he radiates sunlight to all the world. He gives evidence of being the child of iniquity, yet he makes a great nation.
. . . Every one of his body cells contains an interrogation point. Yet he is the most entertaining animal in existence."
THE AUTHOR
Herbert Hoover, thirty-first President of the United States, has unsurpassed firsthand knowledge of world-wide economic and political problems. His many years of professional engineering service before the Presidency, his distinguished record as United States food administrator after World War I, and his extensive food surveys following World War I1 form a solid foundation of experience and service. A unique contribution has been his chairmanship of the First and Second Commissions on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government. He has received honorary degrees from eighty-one institutions in the United States and abroad. He is the founder of the Hoover Institute and Library on War, Revolution, and Peace at his alma mater, Stanford University.
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Title Addresses upon the American Road, 1950-1955
Authors Herbert Hoover
Publisher Stanford University Press 19955
ISBN 0804761884, 9780804761888
Contents
OUR NATIONAL POLICIES IN THIS CRISIS 3
WE SHOULD REVISE OUR FOREIGN POLICIES 11
ON DEFENSE OF EUROPE 23
ON BEHALF OF CRUSADE FOR AMERICA 33
ADDRESS AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 53
ON THE OCCASION OF THE RETURN OF FREE 66
the Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame Chicago Illinois 70
SOME HOPES FOR PEACE 85
THE SERVICE OF UNIVERSITIES TO FREEDOM 92
CAN WE EVER HAVE PEACE WITH 101
ON THE SITUATION IN THE MINERAL AGENCIES 107
THE INFLATION THREAT 119
MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATION 136
YOUR INHERITANCE 153
AMERICAN GOOD GOVERNMENT SOCIETY 159
SOME NATIONAL PROBLEMS 171
A DISCUSSION OF DE RE METALLIC A 179
ADDRESS AT DINNER HONORING DR 188
ON ENGINEERS 196
THE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS PROMISE 202
ENGINEERING AS A PROFESSION 209
THE REORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE 215
THE ELECTION OF FEDERAL OFFICIALS 224
REORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT 230
ORGANIZATION OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 237
ON REORGANIZATION PROPOSALS 243
TRUE 250
ON REORGANIZATION OF THE SOIL CONSERVA 256
ON LEGAL SERVICES AND PROCEDURES OF 262
FARM CITY CONFERENCE ECONOMY AWARD 270
THE CITY VERSUS BOYS 277
ON MEDICAL EDUCATION 284
MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 291
ON FEEDING PEOPLE WITH THE AMERICAN 297
THE AMERICAN DREAM 303
Master Quaker by David Hinshaw The Free 305
DEDICATION OF THE HERBERT HOOVER SCHOOL 312
ADDRESS TO YOUTH 318
ON A MEMORIAL TO THE HONORABLE JAMES 328
HOW TO BECOME PRESIDENT 337
THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING 343
ADDRESS AT THE WEST TOWN SCHOOL 349
HOW TO STAY YOUNG 356
Studies in Mathematical Psychology
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Fourteen papers present the most recent developments in the analysis of mathematical models and their applications to psychological data. Emphasis has been placed upon theoretical work and theoretically oriented experimental studies. The extensive selection of material in this book makes it essential for research-oriented psychologists, mathematicians, and behavioral scientists interested in the application of mathematics to psychological phenomena.
Papers included deal with such topics as concept identification, simple learning processes, perception, psychophysics, choice behavior, learning theory, and continuous-response systems.
Contributors: Gordon H. Bower, C. J. Burke, Robert R. Bush, M. Cole, E. J. Crothers, W. K. Estes, Raymond W. Frankmann, M. P. Friedman, L. Keller, R. A. Kinchla, Willard D. Larkin, Michael Levine, R. Duncan Luce, R. B. Millward, Donald A. Norman, M. Frank Norman, Franke Restl, Richard M. Rose, Henry Rouanet, Elizabeth F. Shipley, Patrick Suppes, John Theios, and Thomas R. Trabasso.
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Title Studies in mathematical psychology
Author Richard C. Atkinson
Editor Richard C. Atkinson
Publisher Stanford University Press, 1964
ISBN 0804701814, 9780804701815
Length 414 pages
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Public Relations for Colleges and Universities : A Manual of Practical Procedure
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This book was originally published in 1946.
Many colleges and universities are becoming intensely concerned with their future prospects and realistically aware that their former casual, unorganized, and somewhat ineffective methods of making public contacts are inadequate. The necessity, not only for the acquisition of funds but also for the justification of the institution itself and its objectives, demands an effective, well-planned public relations program.
This book presents a sound and flexible public relations procedure for the establishment of a closer relationship between institutions of higher learning and the rest of the world.
Christopher Edgar Persons was Vice-President of McCann-Erickson, Inc. and a special consultant on public relations to Western educational institutions when this book was published.
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Title Public Relations for Colleges and Universities
Author: Christopher Edgar Persons
Publisher Stanford University Press Copyright 1946
ISBN 080473240X, 9780804732406
Schooling and Work in the Democratic State
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A new explanation of the relation between schooling and work in the democratic, advanced industrial state emerges from this study that rejects both traditional views and the more recent Marxian perspective. Traditional views consider schools as autonomous institutions that are able to pursue thegoals of equality and social mobility irrespective of the inequalities of capitalist society; the Marxian perspective views schools as serving the role of producing wage-labor for capitalistic exploitation.
The authors suggest that the shortcomings of both views are rooted in the fact that they do not recognize the true functions of the democratic, capitalist state. This state is seen as an arena for struggle between forces pushing for egalitarian, democratic, reforms and those seeking to use the resources of the state for private capital accumulation. Depending on which side has primacy at the moment, schools will reflect one set of goals over the other. However, victory is never complete, and the tide of battle has shifted back and forth historically.
The authors develop this theory through interpreting the dynamic relation between U.S. schools and the workplace. Based on this approach, they predict changes in both schooling and work as well as the forms that future conflicts between the contending forces are likely to take.
Martin Carnoy is Professor of Education and Economics, and Henry M. Levin is Professor of Eduction and Affiliated Professor of Economics, at Stanford University.
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Schooling and work in the democratic state
By Martin Carnoy, Henry M. Levin
Published by Stanford University Press, 1985
ISBN 0804712425, 9780804712422
307 pages
Contents
Introduction 1
functionalist , capitalist , social relations
Historical Traditions and a New Approach 7
relations of production , functionalist , U.S. Supreme Court
Education and Theories of the State 26
social-conflict theory , relations of production , capital accumulation
Education and the Changing American Workplace 52
capital accumulation , labor market , Proposition 13
Social Conflict and the Structure of Education 76
vocational education , social mobility , herent
Reproduction and the Practices of Schooling 110
ability group , Huntington School , percentile ranking
Contradiction in Education 144
social equality , profes , school discipline
Reforms in the Workplace 177
trade unions , autonomous work groups , job enrichment
Predicting Educational Reforms 215
mastery learning , flexible modular scheduling , educational vouchers
The Potential and Limits of School Struggles 247
Reaganomics , Educational vouchers , Reagan Administration
References Cited 271
American Economic Review , Althusser , Chicago
Index 299
Levin , Schooling
In Search of the Supernatural THE WRITTEN RECORD
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This is the first complete translation into a Western language of Sou-shen Chi, a fourth-century Chinese collection of 464 extraordinary, fantastic, or bizarre items. The subjects of these brief anecdotes and narratives include natural curiosities, gods, religious figures, omens, dreams, divinations, miracles, monsters, strange animals, demons, ghosts, and exorcists. The stories range from sober reports of drought and misfortune to accounts of a fox transformed into a storm, a grandmother transformed into turtle, persons whose heads could take independent flight at night, a tryst in a tomb, and the marriages of humans with spirits.
Sou-shen Chi is the oldest, richest, and most varied example of the chih-kuai genre, an important division of classical Chinese literature generating features of narrative technique and pictorial sensibility that point to chih-kaui as the earliest examples of Chinese fiction. Of the few surviving versions of Sou-shen Chi, the edition translated here is widely acknowledged as the best representation of the work of compiler, Kan Pao, the official court historian of Emperor Yuan of the Chin dynasty. The style of writing is terse, almost austere, and it has a documentary prose, a reflection of its ancestry with historical writing.
Sou-shen Chi served as a model for subsequent collections and provided many basic plots, characters, and situations for plays, novels, and even poetry. The stories were widely known and became part of the body of allusions that literate Chinese knew and used in their own writings. For example, in the twentieth century, Lu Xun retold, in extended fashion, a tale of magic swords that comes from Sou-shen Chi.
Kenneth DeWoskin is Professor of Chinese and J.I. Crump, Jr. is Emeritus Professor of Chinese at the University of Michigan. Both have published extensively in several fields in Chinese studies.
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