Aggregation of preferences with a variable set of alternatives

A social choice correspondence called the Essential set is studied with the help of an axiom called Cloning Consistency. Cloning consistency is the requirement that the formal choice rule be insensitive to the replication of alternatives. The Essential set is the support of the optimal mixed strategies in a symmetric two-party electoral competition game. Received: 24 March 1998/Accepted: 3 March 1999     

Parental employment and time with children in Spain

This paper studies whether the allocation of childcare time differs across gender, parental employment and other characteristics in Spain. Results show that mothers provide substantially more care for Essential Needs Activities and Secondary Childcare than fathers, but the care for Educational Activities is similar. The analysis also shows that fathers and mothers in employment spend more time on Educational Activities than their counterparts who are not working, and that parental education generally increases childcare for Essential Needs and Educational Activities. Finally, the study suggests that ending the working day no later than 6 p.m. would significantly raise the time allocated to childcare by working parents.     

International Adoption

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THE COMPLETE LIFEBOOK WORKBOOK, by Jim Mooney. Aurora: Adoption Strategies Publishers, 1996, Paperback (no price or ISBN printed on book). Reviewed by Kendra Corr Roberson.

LIFEBOOKS: CREATING A TREASURE FOR THE ADOPTED CHILD, by Beth O'Malley. Winthrop: Adoption-Works Publishers, 2000, paperback, ISBN 0-9701832-7-5, $13.95. Reviewed by Kendra Corr Roberson.

ADOPTION LIFEBOOK: A BRIDGE TO YOUR CHILD'S BEGINNINGS, by Cindy Probst. Boston: Boston Adoption Press, 2001, paperbacks, ISBN 0-9717496-0-4, $12.95. Reviewed by Kendra Corr Roberson.     

Subcyclic sets of linear orders

A set T of linear orders of [n] = {1,2, . . . ,n} is subcyclic if every 3-set in [n] has one order that appears in no order in T. With g(n) the maximum cardinality of a subcyclic set for n, Raz [8] proved that g(n)<cⁿ for some c>0, thus resolving a longstanding conjecture of a similar upper bound for maximum acyclic sets. The present paper proves that g(4)=14 and g(5)=42 with both maxima attained only by subcyclic sets with a particular structure for all quadruples in [n]. We conjecture a similar result for larger n, in which case g(n) is the n^th Catalan number and min(c)=4 for Raz’s bound.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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GENDER AND ADDICTIONS: MEN AND WOMEN IN TREATMENT. Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner and Elizabeth Zelvin (Eds.) Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson Inc., 1997. Reviewed by Michael Beechem.

COUNSELING FEMALE OFFENDERS AND VICTIMS: A STRENGTHS-RESTORATIVE APPROACH, van Wormer, Katherine. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 2001, 390pp., ISBN 0-8261-11395-1, Hardcover. Reviewed by Ted R. Watkins.     

BOOK AND CD REVIEWS

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THE NEW COMMUNITY NETWORKS: WIRED FOR CHANGE. D. Schiller. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996. Reviewed by John G. McNutt.

THE WIRED NEIGHBORHOOD. S. Doheny-Farina. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. Reviewed by John G. McNutt.

HEALTH ONLINE. Tom Ferguson. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996, $17 US, $23 Canada. Reviewed by Jerry Finn.

COMPUTERIZATION AND CONTROVERSY: VALUE CONFLICTS AND SOCIAL CHOICES, 2nd Edition. Edited by Rob King. San Diego: Academic Press, 1996, 961 pages, $44.95, paperback. Reviewed by Mona Acker.

VIRTUAL INDIVIDUALS, VIRTUAL GROUPS: HUMAN DIMEN SIONS OF GROUPWARE AND COMPUTER NETWORKING. J. A. Oravec. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN: 0-521-45493-X, $49.95, hardback Reviewed by Goutham M. Menon.

COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: A GUIDE TO EXPLORING TODAY'S ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, Second Edition. The Alliance for Technology Access. Alameda, CA: Hunter House, 336pages, $17.95, paperback. Reviewed by Peggy Quinn.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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ADOPTION WISDOM: A GUIDE TO THE ISSUES AND FEELINGS OF ADOPTION. Russell, Marlou. Santa Monica, CA: Broken Branch Productions, 1996, 204 pp., ISBN 1-888511-12-5, $14.95 paper. Reviewed by Tracy Simonson.

CHILDREN IN LONG-TERM FOSTER CARE: EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. McAuley, Colette. Aldershot: Avebury, 1996, 196 pp., ISBN 1-85972-252-0, $59.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.     

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ADDICTION IS A CHOICE. Jeffrey Schaler. Chi cago, IL: Open Court Publishing Company, 2000, 179pp. ISBN 0-8126-9404-X, Paper $19.95, ISBN 0-8126-9043-1, Cloth $42.95. Reviewed by Tom Greanias.

COYOTE SPEAKS: CREATIVE STRATEGIES FOR PSYCHOTHERAPISTS TREATING ALCOHOLICS AND ADDICTS. Jacques Rutsky. Jason Aronson Inc., 1998, 236pages. Paperback, $32. Reviewed by Rob ertA. Schnei der.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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ADOPTION, IDENTITY, AND KINSHIP: THE DEBATE OVER SEALED BIRTH RECORDS. Wegar, Katarina. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997, 169 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-300-06759-3, $22.50 cloth. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.

SUCCESSFUL ADOPTIVE FAMILIES: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF SPECIAL NEEDS ADOPTION. Groze, Victor. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publisher Group, 1996, 184 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-275-95343-2, $49.95. Reviewed by Manfred van Dulmen.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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EMPOWERING WOMEN OF COLOR. Lorraine M. Gutierrez, and Edith A. Lewis, Editors. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1999. 225or272pp. ISBN 0-231-10117-1 (pbk.). Reviewed by Silvia Dominguez.

SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN: THE INVISIBLE PRESENCE. Janice M. Rasheed and Mikal N. Rasheed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SagePublications, 1999, 201 pp. Reviewed by Larry D. Icard.     

Book reviews

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TO HA VE AND TO HOLD: Marriage, the First Baby and Preparing for Parenthood

CHRISTOPHER F. CLULOW. Aberdeen University Press, 1982. (Reviewed by Jeanne A. Bertrand)

THE STEP FAMILY: A Growing Challenge for Social Work by DIANA BROWN, Social Work Monograph no.4, 1982

RESPONSIBILITY FOR INCEST: A Feminist View by ANNA FAIRTLOUGH, Social Work Monograph no. 16, 1983

THE PERMANENCY PRINCIPLE IN CHILD CARE SOCIAL WORK by CATRIONA MORRIS, Social Work Monograph no. 21, 1984.

SOCIAL WORK AND MENTAL ILLNESS ALAN BUTLER AND COLIN PRITCHARD

SOCIAL WORK WITH THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN AWAY FROM HOME SYLVIA MASSEY AND MARY PEALEY

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS (6) Working with Children Editor: JOYCE LISHMAN

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Books on History and Government Published in the United States from October 14, to November 18, 1933

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Merry M. Merryfield and Richard C. Remy (Editors). Teaching about International Conflict and Peace. Albany, N. Y.: State University of New York Press, 1995. 374 pages. Hardbound. ISBN 0-7914-2373-5. Reviewed by Kent Freeland.

Ralph Abraham. 1994. Chaos, Gaia, Eros: A Chaos Pioneer Uncovers the Three Great Streams of History. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco. Reviewed by Ronald H. Pahl.     

Book Reviews

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Human Services at Risk: Administrative Strategies for Survival , edited by Felice Davidson Permutter. Boston, MA: Lexington Books, D.C. Heath and Company, 1984. Reviewed by Mona Struhsaker Schatz

Supervising Student Internships in Human Services , edited by Carlton E. Munson. New York: The Haworth Press, 1984. Reviewed by Harvey Bertcher

Transactional Analysis for Social Workers and Counsellors: An Introduction , by Elizabeth Pitman. London and Boston: Library of Social Work, Routhledge and Kegan Paul, 1984. Reviewed by Edward G. Kuhlmann

Ages in Conflict: A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Inequality Between Old and Young , by Nancy Foner. New York: Columbia University Press, 1984. Reviewed by Bruce A. Thyer

Clinical Social Work in Health Settings , by Thomas Owen Carlton. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1984. Reviewed by John R. Ball     

Organizing for Disaster Preparedness

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MANAGING AND ORGANIZATIONS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND PRACTICE, by Stewart Clegg, Martin Kornberger, and Tyrone Pitsis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005, ISBN: 0-761-94389-7, 562 pp. Reviewed by Karun K. Singh.

DESIGNING AND PLANNING PROGRAMS FOR NONPROFIT AND GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS, by Edward J. Pawlak and Robert D. Vinter. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass, 2004, ISBN: 0-787-97412-9, 288 pp. Reviewed by Judith M. Rockway.

ROOTS TO POWER: A MANUAL FOR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING (SECOND EDITION), by Lee Staples. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2004, ISBN: 0-275-96998-3, 392 pp. Reviewed by Elizabeth Beck.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY: RETHINKING FAMILY VALUES IN THE POSTMODERN AGE. Judith Stacey. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996, 194 pp., ISBN 0-8070-0432-4, $22.00 hardcover. Reviewed by Valerie S. Mannis.

CONFESSIONS OF A LOST MOTHER. Elisa M. Barton. Baltimore, MD: Gateway, 1996, 157 pp., ISBN 0-9650795-0-3, $14.95 paper. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.

THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD: THE LEAST DETRIMENTAL ALTERNATIVE. Joseph Goldstein, Albert J. Solnit, Sonja Goldstein, and the late Anna Freud. New York: The Free Press, 1996, 311 pp., ISBN 0-684-82337-3, $35.00 hardcover. Reviewed by Renee Garfinkel.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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DESIGN FOR ASSISTED LIVING: GUIDELINES FOR HOUSING THE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY FRAIL.Victor Regnier. New York: Wiley, 2002 (ISBN: 0-471-35182-2), 344pp., $85.00. hardcover. Reviewed by Stefani Danes.

BUILDING TYPE BASICS FOR SENIOR LIVING. Bradford Perkins, with J. David Hoglund, Douglas King, and Eric Cohen; Stephen A. Kliment, Series Founder and Editor. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, 2004. 292 pp., $70.00. hardcover. Reviewed by Meldrena Chopin.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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HANDBOOK OF DEMENTIA: PSYCHOLOGICAL, NEUROLOGICAL, AND PSYCHIATRIC PERSPECTIVES. Edited by Peter A. Lichtenberg, Daniel L. Murman, & Alan M. Mellow. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2003, 440 pp., ISBN 0-471-41982-6. Reviewed by Doug Messinero.

ESSENTIALS OF CRISIS COUNSELING AND INTERVENTION. Donald E. Wiger and Kathy J. Harowski. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003, 221 pages, $34.95 paperback. ISBN 0-471-41755-6. Reviewed by Geraldine R. Brinkley.

HANDBOOK OF DEPRESSION. Edited by Ian H. Gotlib and Constance L. Hammen. New York/London: The Guildford Press, 2002. Reviewed by Karen Judd.     

Pertinent Pamphlets

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History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past. Gary Nash, Charlotte Crabtree, and Ross Dunn. 1977. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN: 0679-44-687-7. $26 hardcover.     

Goal-Directed Supervision of Social Work Students in Field Placement

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Permanency Planning for Children , by Anthony N. Maluccio, Edith Fein, and Kathleen A. Olmstead. London: Tavistock Publications, 1986. Reviewed by Donald Brieland

Feminist Visions for Social Work , edited by Nancy Van Den Bergh and Lynn B. Cooper. Silver Spring, MD: National Association of Social Workers, 1986. Reviewed by Cleo S. Berkum, DSW

People and Contexts: Social Development from Birth to Old Age , by Henry S. Maas. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1984. Reviewed by Harris Chaiklin

Case Management in Human Service Practice by Marie Weil, James M. Karls, and Associates. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1985. Reviewed by Doman Lum

Law and the Mental Health System: Civil and Criminal Aspects , by Ralph Reisner. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co., 1985. Reviewed by Wynne Sandra Korr

Testing the Social Safety Net , by Martha R. Burt and Karen J. Pittman. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute, 1985. Reviewed by Julia M. Watkins     

A Hypothetical Letter

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Author: Ronald A. Banaszak and Dennis C. Brennan Title: Teaching Economics: Content and Strategies Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Innovative Division, 2725 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Date of Publication: 1983 Price: $13.25 Audience: Secondary (7-12)/Social Studies Teachers.