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Publication Towards a Sociology of Old Age Policy Chapter II of Old Age and the State by Anne-Marie Guillemard (Translation)(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1985-04-01) Ingman, Veronique; Ingman, Stanley R.At first glance, the new policy appears to be a humanitarian act, or social progress. However, this analysis attempts the following: (a) in the first section I will explore the ambivalency of the principle of social integration and (b) in the second section I will provide a critical overview of the main currents of social policy analysis. A careful study of the rhetoric and practice, as well as a thorough impact evaluation, will facilitate understanding of the debates about social integration. This overview of theoretical trends will establish a pertinent approach to answer the question: What is the meaning of old age policy?Publication ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS AND THE PROCESSING OF HYPERACTIVE SCHOOL CHILDREN(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1985-04-01) Kiger, GaryHyperactive behavior as a medically defined social problem is examined, in order to emphasize the role of political economy as it applies to social problems research. Much of the research on hyperkinesis tends to adopt an ahistorical, symbolic interactionist perspective and fails to account for the structural bases of social control practices. Structural (economic and legal) determinants are examined which influenced the emergence and development of hyperactive behavior as a social problem. The implications for other medically defined social problems are suggested.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 10, Number 1 (SPRING, 1985): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1985-04-01) Meckel, GaminePublication Translators' Note to 'Towards a Sociology of Old Age Policy' Chapter II of old Age and the State by Anne-Marie Guillemard(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1985-04-01) Ingman, VeroniquePublication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 10, Number 1 (SPRING, 1985): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1985-04-01) Hill, Michael R.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 10, Number 1 (SPRING, 1985): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1985-04-01) Coon, Richard H.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 10, Number 1 (SPRING, 1985): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1985-04-01) Nassif, FatimaPublication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 10, Number 1 (SPRING, 1985): Front Matter(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1985-04-01)Publication The Academic Elite in Sociology: A Reassessment of Top-Ranked Graduate Programs(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1985-04-01) Bair, Jeffrey H.; Thompson, William E.Changing Times (1983) listed the top eleven graduate programs according to a National Academy of Sciences study. Given the questionable and subjective nature of the evaluation process which produced these ratings this paper examined the composition of the faculties of these top eleven departments. It was found that these departments were substantially linked to each other by hiring each others' graduates, and hence, enhancing each others' reputations.Publication AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF ART, ART/CRAFT, AND CRAFT SEGMENT AMONG CRAFT MEDIA WORKERS(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1985-04-01) Neapolitan, Jerry; Ethridge, MauriceIn the last twenty years there has been a dramatic resurgence in the creation, sales, -and use of hand-crafted objects in the United States. However, the craft media workers of today no longer serve their local community creating utilitarian objects, but work in diverse styles according to diverse standards. Becker (1978) has proposed that three largely distinct segments exist among craft media workers: an art segment, an art/craft segment, and a craft segment. These segments can be distinguished from each other by their differing conventions and orientations. These conventions and orientations then serve as the basis for cooperative activity and result in the segments not only creating different styles of objects but with different institutional links and audiences. This study, utilizing data from a national survey of craft media workers conducted for the National Endowment for the Arts, tests Becker's propositions by examining whether craft media workers who have different conventions and orientations constitute different segments having different training, involvements, markets, goals, satisfactions, and problems.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 10, Number 1 (SPRING, 1985): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1985-04-01) Kirk, Nancy