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Schwartzberg, N., Berliner, K., & Jacob, D. (1994). Single in a married world. Krasner, B.R., & Joyce, A.J.(1995). Truth, trust relationships: Healing interven-tions in contextual therapy. Glandding, S.T. (1995). Family therapy: History, theory, and Practice. Caplan, S., & Lang. G.(1995). Grief's Courageous joueney: A workbook. Araoz, D. L., & Carrese, M.A. (1996). Solution-oriented brief therapy for adjustment disorder. Murphy, M.J., illustrated by S. H. Kravitz. (1996). Popsicle fish. Atkins, D., & Powell, M. (Eds.). (1994). From the heart:Men and women write their private thoughts about their married lives. Levant, R.F., with Kopecky, G. (1995). Masculinity reconstructed:Changing the rules of manhood-at work, in relationships, and in family life. Lewis, J.M. (1996). The monkey-rope: A Psychotherapist's refections on relationships. Van-si, L., & Powers, L. (1994). Helping children heal from loss-A keepsake book of special memories. Levin, L., & Bellotti, L. (1992). You can't hurry love:An institute look at first marriages after 40. Who's in the Kitchen: Helping Men Move Towards the Center of Family Life. Good Mother? Bad Mother?: A Dissolving Dilemma. (1994).     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Bade, K. J. (Ed.) Population, Labour and Migration in the 19th and 20th-century Germany. Leman. J. From Challenging Culture to Challenged Culture. The Sicilian Cultural Code and the Socio-Cultural Praxis of Sicilian Immigrants in Belgium. Les enfants de migrants à l'école. Immigrant's children at school. Rex, J., D. Joly and C. Wilpert (Eds.) Immigrant Associations in Europe. Ethnic Phenomena. Nationalism, Classifications, Prejudice. Markus, A. and R. Rasmussen (Eds.) Prejudice in the Public Arena: Racism. Carickci, E. The Economic Impact of Temporary Manpower Migration in Selected OIC Member Countries (Bangladesh, Pakistan and Turkey). Georges, P. L'Immigration en France. Fails et Problèmes. Eppink, A. Migranten in het buitenland. Buitenlands wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar de gezondheid van migranten. Een analyse ten behoeve van het Nederlands beleid. Tassello, G. Lessico Migratorio     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: MOSER, S., N. MAHER, A. KALAN and J. CONNELL, Migration and Identity in Sydney: Icelanders, Minangkabau and White Russians O'SULLIVAN, P., (Ed.), The Irish World Wide: History, Identity. Volume One: Patterns of Emigration AGER, D, G. MUSKENS and S. WRIGHT (Eds), Language Education for Intercultural Communication ATA, Abe (I) Wade (Ed.), Religion and Ethnic Identity: An Australian Study     

Perceived inflation and expected future prices in different currencies

Five experiments were conducted to investigate whether perceived inflation and expected future prices are influenced by the nominal representation of increases in product prices in different currencies. In contrast to previous research demonstrating overestimates of the perceived inflation of product prices after the transition of the domestic German Mark to Euro [Greitemeyer, T., Schultz-Hardt, S., Traut-Mattausch, E., & Frey, D. (2005). The influence of price trend expectations on price trend perceptions: Why the Euro seems to make life more expensive? Journal of Economic Psychology, 26, 541–548; Traut-Mattausch, E., Schultz-Hardt, S., Greitemeyer, T., & Frey, D. (2004). Expectancy confirmation in spite of disconfirming evidence: The case of price increases due to the introduction of the Euro. European Journal of Social Psychology, 34, 739–760], the price increases were of normal magnitude (5% and 8%) and a larger set of prices was used including small weekly expenses, prices of durables, and rent. All experiments were conducted in Sweden (not member of the European monetary union) employing undergraduates who volunteered to participate in class settings without any financial compensation. The price increases were expressed in the same currency, either actual currencies (Swedish Crowns or Euros) or fictitious currencies with different units. In general inflation was underestimated, to a larger extent when the currency or the product prices were unfamiliar than familiar. It was also shown that product-specific price changes made it difficult to perceive inflationary price increases. Only marginal effects of currency unit were observed.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Berg, I. K. (1994). Family based services: A solution-focused approach. Cole, R. E., & Reiss, D. (Eds.). (1993). How do families cope with chronic illness? Rolland, J.S. (1994). Families, illness, and disability: An integrative treatment model. Golden, H., & Goldenberg, I. (1994). Counseling today's families (2nd ed.). O'Farrell, T.J. (Ed.). Treating alcohol problems: Marital and family interventions. Hydén, M. (1994). Woman battering as marital act: The construction of a violent marriage. Bepko, C., & Krestam, J. (1993). Singing at the top of our lungs: Women, love, and creativity. Garrity, C. B., & Barris, M. A. (1994). Caught in the middle: Protecting the children of high-Conflict divorce. Midgley, J., & Midgley S., (1992). A decision to love: A marriage preparation program. Schaefer, C. E., & DiGeronimo, T. F. (1994). How to talk to your kids about really important things: Specific questions, answers and useful things to say. Directions in Marriage and Family Therapy. (1993). Authors: D. A. Bagarozzi & F. Flach.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: LIPMAN, V. D. A History of the Jews in Britain since 1858. HOROWITZ, T. (Ed.) The Soviet Man in Open Society. BLAISE, P. and V. DE COOREBYTER. L'Islam et l'Ecole. Anatomie d'une Polémique. REYNELL, J. Political Pawns. Refugees on the Thai-Kampuchean Border. Integratie (beleid): een werk van lange adem.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: La Mujer Migrante. (Women Migrants). Elschenbroich, D., Eine Nation von Einwandern. Ethnisches Bewusstsein und Integrationspolitik in den U.S.A. Sieval, Z. Anticonceptie: bevrijding ofbedreiging? Ferreira E. de S. Reintegrao dos Emigrantes Portugueses: Integrao na CEE e Desenvolvimento Economico. Williams, C. and Westermeyer, J. (Eds.). Refugee mental health in resettlement countries. Recherches sur l'immigration, Critique régionale 10–11. Cahiers de sociologie et d'économie régionale Publications, Periodicals, Pamphlets, Statistics     

REVIEWS

PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Williamson, D. S. (1991). The intimacyparadox: Personal authority in the family system. PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Freeman, D. S. (1992). Multigenerational family therapy. PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Framo, J. (1992). Family-of-origin therapy: An intergenerational approach. PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Sherman, R., Oresky, P., & Rountree, Y. (1991). Solvingproblems in couples and family therapy: Techniques and tactics. PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Donaldson, R. (Ed.). (1991). Sacred unity: Further steps to an ecology of mind/Gregory Bateson. PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: L'Abate, L. (1992). Programmed writing: A self-administered approach for interventions with individuals, couples, and families. PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Lewis, K. G. (Ed.), (1991). Family systems application to social work: Training and clinical practice. PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Combs, G., & Freedman, J. (1990). Symbol, story, and ceremony: Using metaphor in individual and family therapy. PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Vesper. J. H., & Brock, G. W. (1991). Ethics, legalities, andprofessionalpractice issues in marriage and family therapy. PROFESSIONAL BOOKS: Peterson, M. R. (1992). At personal risk: Boundary violations in professional-client relationships. GENERAL INTEREST BOOKS: Imber-Black, E., & Roberts, J. (1992). Rituals for our times: Celebrating, healing, and changing our lives and relationships. GENERAL INTEREST BOOKS: Peele, S., & Brodsky, A. (1991). The truth aboutaddiction andrecuvery. GENERAL INTEREST BOOKS: Nitzberg, E. (1991). Hippocrates' handmaidens: Women married tophysicians. SELF-HELP BOOKS: Sellner, J. A., & Sellner, J. G. (1991). Loving for life: Your self-help guide to a successful, intimate relationship. SELF-HELP BOOKS: Buxton, A. (1991). The other side of the closet: The coming-out crisis for straight spouses. SELF-HELP BOOKS: Hunter, M., & “Jem.” (1989). The first step forpeople in relationships with sex addicts: A workbook for recovery. SELF-HELP BOOKS: Greeson, C., Hollingsworth, M., & Washburn, M. (1990). The grief adjustment guide.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Abstract

PRIMER FOR TREATING SUBSTANCE ABUSERS. Levin, Jerome David. Northvale, NJ: Aronson, 1999, 312 pp., $30. Reviewed by Katherine van Wormer.

HELPING WOMEN RECOVER: A PROGRAM FOR TREATING SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Special Edition for Use in the Criminal Justice System). Covington, Stephanie. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999, 331 pp., workbook, 134pp., $149.94 Ringbound. Reviewed by Katherine van Wormer.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: The Migation Acquis Handbook. Edited by Peter J. van Krieken The UNHCR and Work Politics: A Perilous Path. By Gil Loescher The International Migration of the Highly Skilled Demand, Supply and Development Consequences in Sending and Receiving Countries. Edited by Wayne A. Cornelius, Thomas J. Espenshade, and Idean Salehyan The Multiculturalism of Fear. By Jacob T. Levy Immigration and European Integration: Towards Fortress Europe? By Andrew Geddes Immigration and American Unionism. By Vernon M. Briggs, Jr. U.S. Immigration Policy and the Undocumented Ambivalent Laws, Furtive Lives. By Helene Hayes The New Americans: How the Melting Pot Can Work Again. By Michael Barone The West Indian Amricans. By Holger Henke Manufactring Hope and Despair: The School and Kin Support Networks of U.S.‐Mexican Youth. By Ricardo D. Stanton‐Salazar Surviving the City: The Chinese Immigrant Experience in New York City, 1890–1970. By Xinyang Wang Betrayal and Deceit: The Politics of Canadian Immigration. By Charles M. Campbell The French Enigma: Survival and Development in Canada's Francophone Societies. By Robert Stebbins The Chinese in vancouver 1945–80: The Pursuit of Identity and Power. By Wing Chang Migrant Belongings: Memory, Space, Identity. By Anne‐Marie Fortier Whitehall and the Jews 1933–1948: British Immigration Policy and the Holocaust. By Louise London     

Book Reviews

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Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr., Asterie Baker Provenzo, Peter A. Zorn, Jr., Pursuing the Past: Oral History, Photographs, Family History, Cemeteries, Cemeteries Company (Menlo Park, California) Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Publication date: 1904 Price: 317.05 (includes teacher's guide) Audience: elementary and secondary students, as well as general audience Reviewed by S. Rex Morrow.

John Anthony Scott, The Story of America: A National Geographic Picture Atlas National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.) 1984 $19.95 Audience: elementary, secondary, and general audience Reviewed by S. Rex Morrow.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Alvesson, Mats and Billing, Yvonne D. Under-standing Gender and Organizations Becker, H. S. Tricks of the Trade: How to Think About Your Research While You're Doing It Crompton, Rosemary Women and Work in Modern Britain Czarniawska, Barbara A Narrative Approach to Organization Studies Ericson, Richard V. and Haggerty, Kevin D. Policing the Risk Society Good, James and Velody, I.(eds) The Politics of Postmodernity Jones, Helen (ed.) Towards a Classless Society? Joppke, Christian (ed.) Challenge to the Nation-State:Immigration in Western Europe and the United States Lemert, Charles Postmodernism Is Not What You Think Livingstone, Sonia Making Sense of Television: The Psychology of Audience Interpretation Maher, Lisa Sexed Work: Gender, Race and Resistance in a Brooklyn Drug Market Turner, Lowell (ed.) Negotiating the New Germany. Can Social Partnership Survive? van Dijk, Teun A. Ideology: A Multidisciplinary Approach     

Reviews and abstracts

Felstein, Ivor. Sex and the longer life. London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press. 1970. pp. 143, $4.95.

Gallino, Tilde Giani. Il sesso e l'adolescente (Sex and the adolescent). Torino, Italy: Ediscientifica S.F.A. Settore Editoriale, 1971. Student text 103 pp. 2500 lire. Instructor's manual 60 pp. 2000 lire.

Greenwald, Harold and Ruth Greenwald (Eds.). The Sex‐Life Letters, Los Angeles: J. P. Tarcher, Inc. 1972, Distributed by Crown Publishers, Inc., N.Y. XXV & 436 pp.

Kuiper, P. C., M.D. The Neuroses. A Psychoanalytic Survey. New York: International Universities Press, 1972. 261 pages. $9.00.

Lieberman, Bernhardt (Ed.). Human Sexual Behavior—A Book of Readings. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1971. 444 pages.

Martin, Del and Phyllis Lyon. San Francisco, California: Glide Publications, 1972. 283 pp; hardcover $7.95.

Neubardt, Selig, M.D. and Harold Schulman, M.D. Techniques of Abortion. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Co. 172 pages. $11.50.

Orth, Penelope. An Enviable Position. New York: David McKay Co., 1972. 303 pages. $7.95.

Zatuchini, Gerald I. (Ed). Post‐partum Planning: A Report on the International Program. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Co., 1970. XXX and 477 pp.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Charles Booth on the City: Physical Pattern and Social Structure, edited with an Introduction by Harold W. Pfautz Methodology in Social Research, edited by Hubert M. and Ann Blalock The Social Meanings of Suicide by Jack D. Douglas Working Class Community: Some general notions raised by a series of studies in northern England by Brian Jackson Role Theory: Concepts and Research edited by Bruce J. Biddle and Edwin J. Thomas The Enterprise in Transition: An Analysis of European and American Practice by H. van der Haas Social Class, Language and Education by Denis Lawton Family and Community in Ireland by C. M. Arensberg and S. T. Kimball Autonomous Group Functioning: An Exploration in Behaviour Theory and Measurement by P. G. Herbst The Sexual Context of Premarital Sexual Permissiveness by Ira L. Reiss Social Interaction: Process and Products by M. Sherif The Sociology of the School by M. D. Shipman The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research by B. G. Glaser and A. L. Strauss Influences on Parent Behaviour by Lois M. Stolz Mobility of Farm Families: a study of occupational and residential mobility in an upland area of England by J. S. Nalson Scientific Sociology: Theory and Method by David Wilier The Emergent American Society Vol. i, Large-Scale Organizations (eds.) W. L. Warner, D. B. Unwalla and J. H. Trimm Vulnerable Children, Three Studies of Children in Conflict: Accident Involved Children, Sexually Assaulted Children and Children with Asthma by L. Burton Power, Politics and People: The Collected Essays of C. Wright Mills edited by I. L. Horowitz Military Organisation and Society by Stanislav Andreski The Family in Social Context by Gerald R. Leslie The Social Context of the School by S. John Eggleston     

BOOK REVIEWS

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RECLAIMING THE BODY IN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY. By Thomas Ryan (Ed.). New York: Paulist Press, 2004, 179 pp., $16.95 (paper). Reviewed by David Derezotes.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. By Martin Guggenheim. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. 306 pp., $27.95. Reviewed by Anne E. Schneiders.

COMPENDIUM OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH. By Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005. 446pp., $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by Reverend Eugene Cahouet.     

The history and culture of the Jews as reflected in post‐Communist Polish historiography and related activities

A Jewish European Modern Intellectual. Moses Gaster: Memorii, Corespondenta (Moses Gaster: Memoirs and Correspondence). Edited and annotated by Victor Eskenasy. Bucharest: Hasefer Publishing House 1998. xxxv+467pp. (Romanian with English and German summaries)

A Very Selective Reading. Cecil D. Edy, Hungary at War (Pennsylvania State University Press 1998), xx+318pp., price unknown

’Setting the Record Straight‘. The Story of Two Shtetls, Bransk and Ejszyszki. An Overview of Polish‐Jewish Relations in Northeastern Poland during World War II. A Collective Work, Toronto/Chicago: The Polish Educational Foundation in North America 1998. Part 1 190pp., part 2 240pp.

A Symbol of the ‘Story‘. Michael Moshe Checinski, My Father's Watch, New York and Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House 1994, 248pp. Glossary. Hard/softcover, US$30; $14.95

A Curious Experiment. Robert Weinberg, Stalin's Forgotten Zion: Birobidzhan and the Making of a Soviet Jewish Homeland. An Illustrated History, 1928–1996. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998 ix + 105pp. Biblio. Illus. Notes. Index     

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES,POLITICAL INTERFERENCE,AND FIRM INVESTMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION

Investment in network infrastructure is crucial for economic growth. This article studies the impact of the presence of independent regulatory agencies (IRAs) on the investment of European regulated firms. We account for measurement error in formal independence of IRAs by exploiting cross‐country heterogeneity in the quality of political institutions. Results show that regulatory independence increases firms' investment rate by around 1.2%–3.3%. The positive effect survives when we control for social capital accumulation, investor protection, and market liberalization. However, the effect of IRAs is not immune to politics, as we find that political interference in regulatory functions persists in the European Union and is detrimental to firm investment. (JEL D78, L50, D92, H1)     

Fizzy; Fuzzy; Fas

David S. Moyer and Henri J.M. Claessen (eds) Time past, time present, time future: essays in honour of P.E. de Josselin de Jong (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 131). Dordrecht: Foris Publications. 1988. viii, 295pp., bibliography, index, maps, tables, plate. ISBN 90 6765 233 4 (paper).     

Reviews

Books reviewed: Whiteside, Richard, The art of using and losing control: adjusting the therapeutic stance Whiteside, Richard, The art of using and losing control (video) Yapko, Michael, Breaking the patterns of depression Love, A., Moloney, L., Fisher, T., Federally-funded family mediation in Melbourne: outcome, costs and client satisfaction Moloney, L., Fisher, T., Love, A., Ferguson, S., Federally-funded family mediation in Sydney—outcome, costs and client satisfaction Moloney, L., Fisher, T., Love, A., Ferguson, S., Federally-funded family mediation in Sydney—synopsis, key findings and recommendations Ackerman, Marc, Clinician's guide to child custody evaluation Everett, Craig, Child custody: legal decisions and family outcomes Irvine, John, Who'd be a parent? The manual that should have come with the kids! Greenspan, Stanley with Lieff Benderly, Beryl, The growth of the mind and the endangered origins of intelligence MacKinnon, L., Trust and betrayal in the treatment of child abuse     

Abstracts and reviews

Kenneth L. Becker, M.D., David L. Hoffman, M.D., A. Albert, M.D., Lauren‐tius O. Underdahl, M.D., and Harold L. Mason, Ph.D. Rochester, Minn.: Klinefelter's Syndrome. Arch. Int. Med., 118: October 1966.

Raymond Hierons, M.B., B.Sc, MRCP and Michael Saunders, M.B., MRCP: Impotence in Patients with Temporal Lobe Lesions. The Lancet, October 8, 1966.

John Money and Steven Hirsch: After Priapism: Orgasm Retained, Erection Lost. The Journal of Urology, 94: August 1965.

Gunter Schmidt and Volkmar Sigusch: Zur Frage des Vorurteiles gegenüber sexuell devianten Gruppen. Beiträge zur Sexualforschung, Heft 40, 1967. F. Enke Vlg., Stuttgart.