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Publication Capitalism, Corporate Liberalism and Social Policy: The Origins of the Social Security Act of 1935(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1984-01-01) Brents, Barbara G.This paper looks at the involvement and influence of capitalists on the Social Security Act of 1935. Instead ofpositing direct corporate control, the research shows how social security was formulated within a corporate liberal ideological framework which defined problems and their solutions in terms ofputting the maintenance of capitalism above the needs ofindividual workers. This framework set the limits of the, social insurance debates long before the act itself was written. The thesis is that the Social Security Act came about as a result of an interplay between the environment and an ideology advanced by corporate leaders and reform-minded academicians.Publication PEER GROUP INFLUENCES UPON ADOLESCENT DRINKING PRACTICES(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1984-04-01) Johnson, Kirk AlanUtilizing longitudinal data on 345 high school students, this study investigates the impact that peer identification, sociability, activity, and perceptions of peer attitudes governing the use of alcohol have upon adolescent alcohol use, and the likelihood of experiencing personal problems as a consequence of drinking. The major findings are that adolescent orientations toward alcohol are responsive to all but peer identification, and that the predictors generally exert their strongest influences upon youthful drinking in and around the junior year. Similarly, alcohol use and personal problems associated with drinking each exert varying degrees of influence upon the predictors within and across time, though these effects generally cluster around the junior year as well.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 9, Number 1 (SPRING, 1984): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1984-04-01) Maurice, Hugh Allen; Wade, AllenPublication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 9, Number 1 (SPRING, 1984): Front Matter(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1984-04-01)Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 9, Number 1 (SPRING, 1984): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1984-04-01) Wildcat, Daniel R.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 9, Number 1 (SPRING, 1984): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1984-04-01) Walker, Georgia K.Publication Mid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 9, Number 1 (SPRING, 1984): Back Matter(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1984-04-01)Publication SOCIOGENESIS VERSUS PSYCHOGENESIS: THE UNIQUE SOCIOLOGY OF NORBERT ELIAS(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1984-04-01) Sica, AlanPublication The Elderly of Hispanic Origin: Population Characteristics for 1980(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1984-04-01) Bastida, ElenaThis paper, therefore, focuses on salient demographic trends regarding each subgroup within the Hispanic. cluster (i.e., Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban) and examines dissimilarities in life expectancy, educational achievement, economic status and regional distribution which are attributable to within cluster structural deprivation and not to cultural disparities. An underlying assumption of this paper is that inequalities in American society have generated many of the observed sociodemographic variations among subgroups of older Hispanics. Furthermore, the demographic characteristics exhibited by either the cluster, the subgroup, or both primarily reflect the minority status of this population within the larger structure of American society and as such are independent of cultural influences. Lastly, it is the author's view that the "double jeopardy" hypothesis, about which much has been written in the last decade, directly impinges on the observed demographic dissimilarities that have been noted between minority and majority elderly and therefore for the Hispanic elderly. However, it is suggested that caution must be exercised in extending the effect of the double jeopardy situation to primary group experiences (e.g., the family) and to intrapersonal subjective states (e.g., life satisfaction), for in these two situations cultural variables appear to impact upon the life experiences of older Hispanics and may lessen the negative impact of the socioeconomic variables associated with minority status.Publication Elements of a Sociology for Nursing: Considerations on Caregiving and Capitalism(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1984-04-01) Diamond, Timothy