Social Trends in American Life : : Findings from the General Social Survey since 1972 /

Social Trends in American Life : : Findings from the General Social Survey since 1972 / / ed. by Peter V. Marsden.

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Social Trends in American Life assembles a team of leading researchers to provide unparalleled insight into how American social attitudes and behaviors have changed since the 1970s. Drawing on the General Social Survey--a social science project that has tracked demographic and attitudinal trends in...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Alwin, Duane F.,
Anderson, Shawna,
Bobo, Lawrence D.,
Campbell, Karen E.,
Charles, Camille Z.,
Chaves, Mark,
Davis, James A.,
Firebaugh, Glenn,
Greeley, Andrew,
Heerwig, Jennifer A.,
Hout, Michael,
Jasinski, Jana L.,
Kalleberg, Arne L.,
Krysan, Maria,
Lanier, Drew Noble,
Manza, Jeff,
Marsden, Peter V.,
McCabe, Brian J.,
Pacheco, Julianna,
Simmons, Alicia D.,
Smith, Tom W.,
Srivastava, Sameer B.,
Tach, Laura,
Wright, James D.,
HerausgeberIn:
Marsden, Peter V.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Core Textbook
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (408 p.) :; 86 line illus. 66 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Introduction and Overview
  • Trends in Social and Political Orientations
  • 2. On the Seemingly Relentless Progress in Americans' Support for Free Expression, 1972-2006
  • 3. The Real Record on Racial Attitudes
  • 4. Gender Role Attitudes since 1972: Are Southerners Distinctive?
  • 5. Public Opinion in the "Age of Reagan": Political Trends 1972-2006
  • 6. Crime, Punishment, and Social Disorder: Crime Rates and Trends in Public Opinion over More Than Three Decades
  • Changes in Confidence and Connections
  • 7. Trends in Confidence in Institutions, 1973-2006
  • 8. Continuity and Change in American Religion, 1972-2008
  • 9. Trends in Informal Social Participation, 1974-2008
  • Stability and Flux in Social Indicators
  • 10. Income, Age, and Happiness in America
  • 11. Religion and Happiness
  • 12. Labor Force Insecurity and U.S. Work Attitudes, 1970s-2006
  • 13. Population Trends in Verbal Intelligence in the United States
  • Appendix: The General Social Survey Project
  • Index

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