Lazaros K. Gallos, Diego Rybski, Fredrik Liljeros, Shlomo Havlin, and Hernán A. Makse Levich Institute and Physics Department, City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, 14469 Potsdam, Germany Department of Sociology, Stockholm University, S-10691, Stockholm, Sweden and Institute for Futures Studies Box 591, SE-101 31 Stockholm, Sweden...

Evaluating Hunter Support for Black Bear Restoration in East Texas Anita T. Morzillo a , Angela G. Mertig b , Nathan Garner c & Jianguo Liu a a Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA b Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA c...

The purpose of this study was to examine whether the influence of key characteristics on adolescent alcohol misuse ( i s . , matcrnal binge drinking, parenting, peers, school charactcristics, and the adolescent's own behavior) change over time and whether predictors of adolescent alcohol misuse vary by gender and racelethnicity. Using prospective, longitudinal data from a community sample, resu...

this article tries to familiarize the reader with those minor areas of sociology that have many capabilities for reading research issues by studying the historical movement and philosophical fields of shaping historical sociology. the article also explains the reasons of obsoleteness of this effective method of recognizing and defining the domination of quantitative strategies over sociology by...

Abstract The main purpose of this paper is to provide a biographical sketch the late Hans L. Zetterberg and historical background translation an essay based on lecture given by in Stockholm 1995. In it, he recounts his time at Department Sociology Columbia University years 1953–1964. This full insights into inspiring formative period for United States, particularly stimulating milieu that was C...

The article examines recent debates surrounding public sociology in the context of a UK based Department of Applied Social Sciences. Three areas of work within the department form the focus of the article: violence against women and children; community-based oral history projects and health ethics teaching. The article draws on Micheal Burawoy’s typology comprising public, policy, professional ...

We observe that a dynamic population model can have period fertility that is always below replacement and cohort fertility that is always above replacement. We ask whether such a paradoxical population will get larger or smaller, and show that it must become smaller. Cohort replacement does not imply population replacement, and emphasizing fertility timing and cohort fertility ignores the issue...

uncovers strong gene-environment interaction for human fertility Felix C. Tropf, Renske M. Verweij, Peter J. van der Most, Gert Stulp, Andrew Bakshi, Daniel A. Briley, Matthew Robinson, Anastasia Nyman, Tõnu Esko, Andres Metspalu, Sarah E. Medland, Nicholas G. Martin, Harold Snieder, S. Hong Lee , Melinda C. Mills Department of Sociology/ Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3UQ, ...

Philip A. May,* J. Phillip Gossage, Wendy O. Kalberg, Luther K. Robinson, David Buckley, Melanie Manning, and H. Eugene Hoyme Department of Sociology, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico Department of Family and Community Medicine, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, The University of New Mexico, Albuquer...