Whereas most latter-day Aristotelian approaches to moral education highlight the early habituation phase of moral development, they rarely have much to say, beyond truisms from the "Nicomachean ethics," about the ultimate Aristotelian goal of cultivating fully fledged "phronesis." The aim of this article is to repair the dearth…

The difficulties of operationalizing race in research and practice for social, behavioral, and genetic researchers and practitioners are neither new nor related to recent genetic knowledge. For geneticists, the bases for understanding groups are clines, observed traits that gradually change in frequency between geographic regions without distinct…

Makes an assessment of some of the most important French contributions to social gerontology, isolating the main characteristics of the works encountered. Shows social gerontology in France as a forum for specialists from various disciplines and as a specialty still in its infancy. (Author/ABL)

Examines present problem of unemployment among educated youth in Nigeria. Claims the problem stems from too great an emphasis on university education at the expense of such areas as technical and vocational education. Further notes secondary school graduates with a strong academic background suffer a high rate of unemployment. Recommends the…

This paper examines different theoretical approaches to the explanation of causality and demonstrates the problems of explicating cause in education and the social sciences. (JDH)

Two hundred journal articles related to fields of taxation, genetic psychology, and Shakespearean drama published from 1970-1980 were analyzed and PRECIS input strings were drawn. Occasions when input string and index entries looked incomplete and unexpressive after losing context of document are provided with solutions. Role operator schema is…

The article traces the history of the social sciences and shows how they developed their modern form in Western universities. It argues that they are undermining rather than supporting democratic order and suggests that universities, with their commitment to truth and freedom of thought, can transform such disciplines into worthwhile entities. (SM)

Introduces statistical and procedural methods of meta-analysis, and explains how to interpret the findings of meta-analytic studies currently appearing throughout the social science literature. Includes overview of meta-analysis and discussion of seven steps used in conducting a meta-analysis. (Author/NB)

In studying the history of immigration and ethnicity, scholars often write about their own ethnic groups. This pattern has led to an overemphasis on new immigrants of the early twentieth century, limited focus on the experiences of the first and second generations of individual ethnic groups, and disinterest in immigration and ethnicity as…

Examines the role social science plays in federal transportation energy conservation policy; assesses the current forms and degree of consideration of social issues in transportation energy policy; and identifies contributions that the social sciences could make in achieving energy conservation goals. (Author/MK)

Describes contextualism (which assumes that action and thought are developed within relationships that then form contexts for particular actions) as third-world view beyond mechanism and organicism. Illustrates use of contextual approach in three areas of social gerontological and social psychological research--environmental relations,…

Familiarizes family professionals with how family law has been applied to stepfamilies and discusses how social science research findings may assist in process of legal reform. Reviews family law in areas of stepparents' financial support of stepchildren and stepparent custody and visitation following termination of remarriage. Makes tentative…

Introduces a special issue containing a series of articles on the relation of social interaction and morality. The articles analyze actual instances of moral discourse, elucidating the nature and dynamics of the relationship. This introduction discusses morality, discourse, and social science; proto-mortality as a substructure of discourse;…

Scientific realism holds that scientific theories are approximations of universal truths about reality, whereas scientific instrumentalism posits that scientific theories are intellectual structures that provide adequate predictions of what is observed and useful frameworks for answering questions and solving problems in a given domain. These…

Canadian Public Issues (CPI) is a social studies education program which seeks to include the history of groups typically overlooked in traditional instruction. CPI is described and analyzed. A former CPI director responds to the criticisms, and in a final article, the author responds. (JL)