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According to sociologists, socialization is defined as coordination of an individual with social values, norms and insights. Political socialization is one of the fundamental and important concepts in the social science, today. Political socialization is a process through which an individual gets acquainted with his responsibilities, rights and political roles in the society. During this proces...

This paper has two sources: One is my own research in three broad areas: business cycles, economic measurement and social choice. In all of these fields I attempted to apply the basic precepts of the scientific method as it is understood in the natural sciences. I found that my effort at using natural science methods in economics was met with little understanding and often considerable hostilit...

a Department of Political Science, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA b Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, Berlin 14195, Germany c Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA d Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA e Department of Politi...

ability to pay professional fees. The author has some interesting observations on the "culture lag" between popular beliefs about dental care and the state of opinion in the profession itself. The layman may not be aware of changes of theories and opinions amongst dentists and clings to "facts" which have become outdated. The theory of "focal infection" arising from Hunter's work in 1910 provid...