Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus

Book reviewed in this article: OLIVIER CARRÉ, ‘Notes sur l'Islam politique aujourd'hui’, Section 11, no 2: ‘L'influence religieuse sur la politique contemporaine’ MIKEL DE ELPAZA, ‘La Vie publique musulmane: entre le respect à la profession de foi, et l'acceptation des valeurs extra-islamiques’, Section III, no 2: ‘État, Conscience, Religion’ JEAN-MARC ÉLA, ‘Santé et Pouvoir en milieu africain’, Section IV, no 2: ‘Religion, Santé, État’ CAMILLE LACOSTE-DUJARDIN, ‘État, Religion, et Femmes au Maghreb’, Section I, no 2: ‘L’État et la régulation de la religion SUBHAS RAMCHARAN, Racism: Nonwhites in Canada. Toronto: Butterworths, 1982, pp. 138 HASSAN GARDEZI and SAMIL RASHID (eds.), Pakistan and the Roots of Dictatorship: The Political Economy of a Praetorian State. London: Zed Press, 1983, pp. 394 MICHAEL S. CROSS and GREGORY S. KEALEY (eds.), The Consolidation of Capitalism, 1896–1929. Readings in Canadian Social History, Volume 4. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1983, pp. 211 HOWARD S. BECKER, Art Worlds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984 MICHAEL JACKSON, Prisoners of Isolation; Solitary Confinement in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press ARTHUR KROKER, Technology and the Canadian Mind: Innis/McLuhan/Grant. Montreal: New World Perspectives KRISTIN LUKER, Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood. Berkeley: University of California Press RALPH MATTHEWS, The Creation of Regional Dependency. Toronto: University of Toronto Press JEFFREY C. ALEXANDER, Theoretical Logic in Sociology: The Modern Construction of Classical Thought—Talcott Parsons (vol. 4). Berkeley: University of California Press GEORGE W. STOCKING, Jr. (ed.), Observers Observed: Essays on Ethnographic Fieldwork. History of Anthropology LESTER R. KURTZ, Evaluating Chicago Sociology: A Guide to the Literature, with an Annotated Bibliography. INSTITUT QUÉBÉCOIS DE RECHERCHE SUR LA CULTURE, La culture et l' âge DAVID MACGREGOR, The Communist Ideal in Hegel and Marx. Toronto: University of Toronto Press DAMIR MIRKOVI, Dialectic and Sociological Thought.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Murdock, Steve H. An America Challenged: Population Change and the Future of the United States. Boulder Ugalde, Antonio and Gilberto Cardenas. Health and Social Services Among International Labor Migrants: A Comparative Perspective. Wells, Miriam J. Strawberry Fields: Politics, Class, and Work in California Agriculture. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press     

Myths and realities: From lusotropicalism to ‘total strategy’

Angola Under the Portuguese: The Myth and the Reality, by Gerald Bender. Berkeley and Los Angeles; University of California Press, 1978, xxviii + 287pp. R11–40, pb.     

Reviews

Robert Levy, Ana Pauker: The Rise and Fall of a Jewish Communist (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001). 407pp. Illustrations. Index. ISBN 0–520–22395–0 (cloth). $35     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Growing Up American: How Vietnamese Children Adapt to Life in the United States, by Min Zhou and Carl L. The California Cauldron: Immigration and the Fortunes of Local Communities, by William A.V. Clark. Making Democracy Work Better: Mediating Structures, Social Capital, and the Democratic Prospect, by Richard A. Couto with Catherine S. Guthrie. The Road to Poverty: The Making of Wealth and Hardship in Appalachia, by Dwight B. Billings and Kathleen M. Blee. Technology Development in Rural Industries: A Study of China's Collectives, by Hannah Piek.     

Should Dsm Be the Basis for Teaching Social Work Practice in Mental Health? Yes!

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Point/Counterpoint is a regular feature of the Journal of Social Work Education. Its purpose is to provide a vehicle for the expression of contrasting views on controversial topics in social work education. Our goal is to illuminate important debates and explore the diverse perspectives that are shaping social work education.

In each issue of the Journal several social work educators are invited to comment on a topic about which they have differing viewpoints. The commentators are given an opportunity to make a brief rebuttal. In this issue, Janet Williams (Professor, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons), Robert Spitzer (Professor, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons), Herb Kutchins (Professor, California State University, Sacramento), and Stuart Kirk (Professor, University of California, Los Angeles) address the question: Should DSM be the basis for teaching social work practice in mental health?     

Drivers of variability in water use of native and non-native urban trees in the greater Los Angeles area

Trees in urban ecosystems are valued for shade and cooling effects, reduction of CO₂ emissions and pollution, and aesthetics. However, in arid and semi-arid regions, urban trees must be maintained through supplemental irrigation, in competition with other water needs. Currently, a comprehensive understanding of the factors which influence water use of urban tree species is lacking. In order to study the drivers of whole tree water use of two common species in the Los Angeles Basin urban forest, four sites in Los Angeles and Orange County were instrumented with sap flow and meteorological sensors. These sites allowed comparisons of the water use of a native riparian (Platanus racemosa Nutt.; California sycamore) and non-native (Pinus canariensis C. Sm.; Canary Island pine) Mediterranean species, as well as the spatial variability in water use under different environmental and management conditions. We found higher rates of sapflux (J _O ) in native California sycamore as compared to non-native Canary Island pine. Within each species, we found considerable site-to-site variability in the magnitude and seasonality of J _O . For Canary Island pine, the majority of inter-site variability derived from differences in water availability: response to vapor pressure deficit was similar during a period without water limitations. In contrast, California sycamore did not appear to experience water limitation at any site; however, there was considerable spatial variability in water use, potentially linked to differences in nutrient availability. Whole tree transpiration (E) was similar for the two species when water was not limiting, but Canary Island pine was able to withstand unirrigated conditions with a very low E. These results add to the currently small pool of data on urban tree water use and ecophysiology, and contribute to establishing a more quantitative understanding of urban tree function.     

Book Reviews

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African Social Studies: A Radical Reader. Edited by Peter C. W. Gutkind and Peter Waterman. New York and London: Monthly Review Press, 1977. Pp. xii, 481. $17.50. Reviewed by R. Hunt Davis, Jr.

From Our Immigrants With Love, Created and Compiled by Joan S. Follendore. Oxnard, California: Racz Publishing Co., 1977, Pp. 313. $14.00. Reviewed by Norman Lederer.     

BOOK REVIEW

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UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, SIXTH EDITION, by Charles H. Zastrow and Karen K. Kirst-Ashman. California: Brooks/Cole Publishers, Inc. 2004, 648 pp. Reviewed by Sheila D. Miller.     

An odd and inseparable couple: Emotion and rationality in partner selection

The dichotomy between emotion and rationality has been one of the most enduring of sociological theory. This article attempts to bypass this dichotomy by examining how emotion and rationality are conjoined in the practice of the choice of a mate. We posit the fundamental role of culture in determining the nature of this intertwinement. We explore the culturally embedded intertwining of emotion and rationality through the notion of modal configuration. Modal configuration includes five key features: reflexivity, techniques, modal emphasis, modal overlap, and modal sequencing. We apply this framework to the topic of partner selection. Comparing primary and secondary sources on pre-modern partner selection and on internet dating, we show that emotion and rationality were intertwined in both periods but that what differs between them is precisely the emotion-rationality modality.

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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

Book reviewed in this article: Social Psychology, Past and Present: An Integrative Orientation, by Jay M. Jackson. Hillside, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1988, 173 pages, $24.95, cloth. Networks of Power: Organizational Actors at the National, Corporate, and Community Levels, edited by Robert Perrucci and Harry R. Potter. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1989, 136 pages. Charismatic Capitalism: Direct Selling Organizations in America, by Nicole Woolsey Biggart. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1989, 223 pages, $24.95, hardback. Liberal Education and the Corporation: The Hiring and Advancement of College Graduates, by Michael Useem. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1989, xxvii + 216 pages, $39.95, hardback, $16.95, paper. Symbolic Communication: Signifying Calls and the Police Response, by Peter K. Manning. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1988, 309 pages, hardback. Assimilation, Colonialism and the Mexican American People, by Edward Murguia. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1989, 124 pages, $9.75, paperback. Jewish Settler Violence: Deviance as Social Reaction, by David Weisburd. University Park and London: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1989, 164 pages, $22.50, hardback. Differentiation Theory and Social Change: Comparative and Historical Perspectives, edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander and Paul Colomy. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990, 496 pages, $40.00, hardback. Jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Postmodernism and Beyond, by Douglas Kellner. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1989, 246 pages, $35.00, cloth, $11.95, paper. Postindustrial Possibilities: A Critique of Economic Discourse, by Fred Block. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1990, 227 pages, $35.00, hardback, $12.95, paper. To The Right: The Transformation of American Conservatism, by Jerome L. Himmelstein. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1990, 301 pages, $25.00, hardback. Continental Divide: The Values and Institutions of the United States and Canada, by Seymour Martin Lipset. New York: Routledge, 1990, 337 pages, $29.95/US; $35.00/Canada, hardback. Structure and Meaning: Relinking Classical Sociology, by Jeffrey C. Alexander. New York: Columbia University Press, 1989, 258 pages, $35.00, hardback. Emile Durkheim and the Reformation of Sociology, by Stjepan G. Mestrovic. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1988, 156 pages, $28.50, cloth.     

Gay Dads: Transitions to Adoptive Fatherhood by Abbie E. Goldberg

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PATTY'S JOURNEY FROM ORPHANAGE TO ADOPTION AND REUNION. Norling, Donna Scott. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1996, 208pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-8166-2866-1, $17.95 cloth. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.

KINSHIP WITH STRANGERS: ADOPTION AND INTERPRETATIONS OF KINSHIP IN AMERICAN CULTURE. Modell, Judith S. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994, 286 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-520-08118-8, $35.00 cloth. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.     

Book Reviews

Reinventing the Family: In Search of New Lifestyles. Elisabeth Beck‐Gernsheim. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Peoples of a Spacious Land: Families and Cultures in Colonial New England. Gloria L. Main. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Woman‐to‐Woman Sexual Violence: Does She Call It Rape? Lori B. Girshick. Boston: Northeastern University Press. The Wedding Complex: Forms of Belonging in Modern American Culture. Elizabeth Freeman. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 2002. Same‐Sex Marriage, Legal Mobilization, and the Politics of Rights. Martin Dupuis. New York: Peter Lang. 2002. Symbolic Childhood, Daniel Thomas Cook (Ed.). New York: Peter Lang. 2002. Infertility Around the Globe: New Thinking on Childlessness, Gender, and Reproductive Technologies. Marcia C. Inhorn & Frank van Balen (Eds). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 2002. Evangelical Identity and Gendered Family Life. Sally K. Gallagher. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 2003.     

IS DISHONESTY CONTAGIOUS?

When an individual believes that peers are predominantly untruthful in a given situation, is he/she more likely to be untruthful in that situation? We study this question in deception experiments patterned after Gneezy [Gneezy U. “Deception: The Role of Consequences.” American Economic Review, 95, 2005, 384–94] and conducted in Arizona, California, and India. We find evidence that dishonesty is indeed contagious. (JEL D03)     

Table of Contents

California Women's Treatment Center Faces Barrage of Complaints Over Conduct Targeted Naltrexone: Taking a Pill and Intending to Drink — But Less Letter to the Editor Predicting Who is Ready to Change: Multidimensional and Complex AATOD Stops Short of Recommending Routine ECG Screening Briefly Noted State News Call for Applications Coming up     

Book Reviews

Families at Work: Expanding the Bounds, Naomi Gerstel, Dan Clawson, & Robert Zussman (Eds.). Nashville, TN: The Package Deal: Marriage, Work, and Fatherhood in Men's Lives. Nicholas W. Townsend. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Inside the American Couple: New Thinking, New Challenges. Marilyn Yalom & Laura L. Carstensen (Eds.); Estelle Freedman & Barbara Gelpi (Consulting Eds.). My Baby's Father: Unmarried Parents and Paternal Responsibility. Maureen R. Waller. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. 2002. Invisible Caregivers: Older Adults Raising Children in the Wake of HIV/AIDS. Daphne Joslin (Ed.). Perfectly Japanese: Making Families in an Era of Upheaval. Merry Isaacs White. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2000. The Decline of Substance Use in Young Adulthood: Changes in Social Activities, Roles, and Beliefs. Jerald G. Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd D. Johnston, Alison L. Bryant, & Alicia C. Merline. Mahwah, NJ: Remaking Chinese America: Immigration, Family and Community, 1940–1965. Xiaojian Zhao. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.     

Response to Nazneen Mayadas

California has actively engaged in the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Initiative. Subsequently, the California Social Work Education Center Aging Initiative conducted a university survey of gerontology education in California graduate social work schools (N?=?17). In 2005, students taking aging courses were 12% in comparison to a national report of 7% by the Council on Social Work Education and an earlier 1993 national survey of 3%. Still, the number of gerontology students remains less than needed numbers. However, California social work schools are well-prepared with infused curricula for all social workers and exceed previous standards for gerontology faculty and aging field placements. The implications for California are discussed as well as recommendations for updating the earlier gerontology curricula criteria.     

The Emerging Sophistication in Human Service Management

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An essay review of: HUMAN SERVICES MANAGEMENT: ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. By David M. Austin. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-231-10836-2, 468 pp.

ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS. By Peter M. Kettner. Boston: Allyn &Bacon, 2002. ISBN 0-205-31878-9, 416 pp.

MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAMS. By Judith A. Lewis, Michael D. Lewis, Thomas R. Packard, Jr., and Federico Souflee. California: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2001. ISBN 0-534-36886-7, 400 pp.     

CALIFORNIA'S EXPORTS AND THE 2004 OVERSEAS OFFICE CLOSURES

Estimating the impact of state import promotion programs on exports is difficult because of a simultaneity program. The 2003 California budget crisis provides a natural experiment allowing for an unbiased estimate. Due to the crisis, California closed all 12 overseas offices on 1 January 2004. Applying the differences‐in‐differences estimator to a sample of 44 countries over eight years yields an estimated 2%–3% increase in exports if the offices remained open. But this estimate is not statistically significant. Therefore, I find no statistical evidence that California's overseas offices increased exports. (JEL F13, H76, O24)