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CULTURAL DIVERSITY: A PRIMER FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES. Jerry V. Diller. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1999. Reviewed by Cora Le-Doux.

HONORING DIFFERENCES: CULTURAL ISSUES IN THE TREATMENT OF TRAUMA AND LOSS. Kathleen Nader, Nancy Dubrow, and B. Hudnall Stamm, (Editors). Philadelphia, PA: Brunner/Mazel, 1999. Reviewed by Humberto E. Fabelo-Alcover.     

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DISABILITY: A DIVERSITY MODEL APPROACH IN HUMAN SERVICE PRACTICE. Romel W. Mackelprang and Richard O. Salsgiver. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 1999, 267 pp. Reviewed by Jean A. Musick.

POLICY, PROGRAM EVALUATION, AND RESEARCH IN DISABILITY: COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR ALL. Julie Ann Racino. New York: The Haworth Press Inc., 1999, 475 pp., Paperback and hardback editions available. Reviewed by Jean A. Musick.

SOCIAL WORK AFTER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONALS. John T. Pardeck. Westport, CT: Auburn House, 1998, 152 pp., Paperback and hardback editions available. Reviewed by Jean A. Musick.

SMART BUT STUCK: WHAT EVERY THERAPIST NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT LEARNING DISABILITIES AND IMPRISONED INTELLIGENCE. Myrna Orenstein. New York: The Haworth Press, Inc., 1999, 242 pp., Paperback and hardback editions available. Reviewed by Jean A. Musick.

WHAT PSYCHOTHERAPISTS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DISABILITY. Rhoda Olkin. New York: The Guilford Press, 2001, 368 pp., Paperback and hardback editions available. Reviewed by Jean A. Musick.     

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.     

Adoption of Children with Developmental Disabilities

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THE MORALITY OF ADOPTION: SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL, THEOLOGICAL, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES, edited by Timothy P. Jackson. (c)2005 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Reviewed by Steve Krausz Vicki Krausz.

CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN ADOPTION, ORPHANAGES, AND FOSTER CARE: A HISTORICAL HANDBOOK AND GUIDE, edited by Lori Askeland. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. Reviewed by Ellen Herman.     

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AMERICAN INDIANS: STEREOTYPES AND REALITIES. Devon A. Mihesuah. Atlanta, GA: Clarity Press, 1996. Reviewed by Alejandro Garcia.

ASSESSING AND TREATING CULTURALLY DIVERSE CLIENTS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE. Freddy A. Paniagua. Thousand Oah, CA: Sage Publications, 1994. Reviewed by Keith A. Alford.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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INDEPENDENT LIVES: SPINSTERS AND LESBIANS. Franzen, Trisha. New York: New York University Press, 1996. Reviewed by Monisha Pashupati and Progga Choudhury.

RUSSIA'S SAPPHO: SOPHIA PARNOK: THE LIFE AND WORK OF RUSSIA'S SAPPHO. Burgin, Diana Lewis. New York: New York University Press, New York, 1994. Reviewed by Rochelle G. Ruthchild.

RULES, RESPECT, TELLING THE TRUTH: SKIN: TALKING ABOUT SEX, CLASS & LITERATURE. Allison, Dorothy. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1994. Reviewed by Lynda J. Ames.

WOMEN AND MURDER IN THE COUNTRY: OUT OF THE NIGHT. Bruyer, Kris. Naiad Press, Inc., 1996. Reviewed by Myra Betschild.

WOMEN AND MURDER IN THE COUNTRY: HOODED MURDER. Van Dyke, Annette. Naiad Press, Inc., 1996. Reviewed by Myra Betschild.

A PRECIOUS COMMODITY FOR LESBIAN SCHOLARSHIP: THE FAMILY SILVER: ESSAYS ON RELATIONSHIPS AMONG WOMEN. Krieger, Susan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Reviewed by Mickey Eliason.

LOVE BETWEEN WOMEN: AN UNLOVELY VIEW: LOVE BETWEEN WOMEN: EARLY CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO FEMALE HOMOEROTICISM. Brooten, Bernadette J. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Reviewed by Anne L. Clark.

BABE, WE HARDLY KNEW YA: BABE: THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS. Cayleff, Susan. Urbana, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1995. Reviewed by Pat Griffin.

MORE GENDERED THAN THOU: THE FEMME MYSTIQUE. Newman, Lesléa (Ed.). Boston: Alyson Press, 1995. Reviewed by Beverly Burch.

“AN ISLE OF DYS-TOP-IA”: SEP-A-RA-TISM AND WOMEN'S COMMUNITY. Shugar, Dana R. University of Nebraska Press, 1995. Reviewed by R. Amy Elman.

MURDER AND MONOGAMY: LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DIE. Scoppettone, Sandra. NY: Little, Brown. Reviewed by Jane Futcher.

SEXUALITY AND IDENTITY: CONFLICTS BETWEEN MARRIAGE AND LESBIAN AUTONOMY: AND THEN I MET THIS WOMAN: PREVIOUSLY MARRIED WOMEN'S JOURNEYS INTO LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS. Cassingham, Barbee J. MA, and Sally M. O'Neil, PhD. Mother Courage Press, 1993. Reviewed by Caitlin Morris.

LESBIAN OR QUEER?: THE ANGEL AND THE PERVERTS. Delarue-Mardrus, Lucie. New York: New York University Press, 1930, 1995 (reprint). Reviewed by Gabriele Griffin.

THE FICTION OF ELIZABETH BOWEN: SEXUAL/TEXTUAL POLITICS: ELIZABETH BOWEN: A REPUTATION IN WRITING. hoogland, renée c. New York and London: New York University Press, 1994. Reviewed by Paulina Palmer.

CELEBRATING TOMBOYS: TOMBOYS! TALES OF DYKE DERRING-DO. Yamaguchi, Lynne and Karen Barber (Eds.). Los Angeles: Alyson, 1995. Reviewed by Karen M. Jordan.

PASSIONATE FRIENDSHIPS AND “DOLL RACKETS”: MATERNAL JUSTICE: MIRIAM VAN WATERS AND THE FEMALE REFORM TRADITION. Freedman, Estelle B. University of Chicago Press, 1996. Reviewed by Hilary Lapsley.

“WE STILL HAVE QUESTIONS”: GAY AND LESBIAN STUDENTS: UNDERSTANDING THEIR NEEDS. Besner, Hilda F., and Charlotte J. Spungin. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis Publishers, 1995. Reviewed by Jan Donley.

GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES-MOVING BEYOND THE PATRIARCHY: LESBIANS AND GAYS IN COUPLES AND FAMILIES: A HANDBOOK FOR THERAPISTS. Laird, Joan and Robert-Jay Green (Eds.). Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996. Reviewed by Amy Banks.

RADICAL REDUX: TOO QUEER: ESSAYS FROM A RADICAL LIFE. Brownworth, Victoria A. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1996. Reviewed by Lynda Goldstein.

ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT: AND SAY HI TO JOYCE: THE LIFE AND CHRONICLES OF A LESBIAN COUPLE. Price, Deb, and Joyce Murdoch. Doubleday, 1995. Reviewed by Ellen Cole.

LOOKING FOR THE LESBIAN SUBJECT: HETEROSEXUAL PLOTS AND LESBIAN NARRATIVES. Farwell, Marilyn R. New York: New York University Press, 1996. Reviewed by Rosemary Hennessy.

THE MATERNAL MYSTERY :BABY, IT'S COLD. Maiman, Jaye. FL: Naiad Press, 1996. Reviewed by J.A. Myers.

SEEKING SAFETY BEYOND THE WALLS: AMNESTY. Blum, Louise A. Boston: Alyson Publications, Inc., 1995. Reviewed by Amy J. Ojerholm.

JENIFER LEVIN'S “LESBIAN EROS”: LOVE AND DEATH & OTHER DISASTERS, STORIES 1977-1995. Levin, Jenifer. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1996. Reviewed by Annette Van Dyke.

REDEFINING LESBIAN FICTION: TASTING LIFE TWICE: LITERARY LESBIAN FICTION BY NEW AMERICAN WRITERS. Levy, E.J. (Ed.). Avon Books, 1995. Reviewed by Margaret Kissam Morris.

A RODEO ROMANCE: NOW & THEN. Hayes, Penny. Naiad Press, 1996. Reviewed by Nicki Thorogood and Jane Franklin.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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DISABILITY, SOCIETY, AND THE INDIVIDUAL Me Smart. Gaithers-burg, MD: Aspen Publication, 2001, 357 pp. Reviewed by John T. Pardeck.

THE LIGHTHOUSE HANDBOOK ON VISION IMPAIRMENT AND VISION REHABILITATION (VOLUMES ONE AND TWO). Barbara Silverstone, Mary Ann Lang, Bruce P. Rosenthal, and Eleanor E. Faye, Editors. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, 1371 pp. Reviewed by John T. Pardeck.

NO PITY: PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FORGING A NEW CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. Joseph P. Shapiro. New York: Times Books, 1993, 372 pp. Reviewed by John T. Pardeck.     

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 REVIEWS

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THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL WELFARE AND SOCIAL WORK. Marie D. Hoff and John G. McNutt, editors. Brookfield, Vermont: Ashgate Publishing Company, 1994. Reviewed by Jonathan M. Scherch.

REINVENTING HUMAN SERVICES: COMMUNITY- AND FAMILY-CENTERED PRACTICE. Paul Adams and Kristine Nelson, editors. New York: Aldine De Gruyter, 1995. Reviewed by Myron E. Weiner.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: THE DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE IN SOCIAL WELFARE. James Midgley. London: Sage Publications, 1995. Reviewed by Mitchell Kahn.     

Retrospective Views of Intergenerational Relationships

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CHILDHOOD AND OLD AGE, EQUALS OR OPPOSITES? Edited by Jørgen Povlsen, Signe Mellemgaard and Ning de Conick-Smith. Odense: Odense University Press, 1999. Reviewed by Ann-Kristin Boström

THE DAY GOGO WENT TO VOTE. Elinor Batezat Sisulu. Cape Town & New York: Tafelberg Publishers, 1996. Reviewed by Suzanne Stutman

THE STEPFAMILY PUZZLE: INTERGENERATIONAL INFLUENCES. Edited by Craig A. Everett. Binghamton, New York: The Haworth Press, Inc., 1993. Reviewed by Wilma Wolfenstein

MALE INTERGENERATIONAL INTIMACY: HISTORICAL, SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES. Edited by Theo Sandfort, Edward Brongersma and Alex van Naerssen. New York: Harrington Park Press, 1991. Reviewed by H. P. F. Mercken     

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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LESBIAN LEGAL THEORY REMAINS UNDOMESTICATED. SAPPHO GOES TO LAW SCHOOL: FRAGMENTS IN LESBIAN LEGAL THEORY. Robson, Ruthann. NY: Columbia University Press, 1998, 303 pp., $17.50 paper, ISBN 0-231-10561-4; $49.50 cloth, ISBN 0-231-10560-6. Reviewed by Martha T. Zingo.

TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT POLITICS, THE INTERLOCKING NATURE OF OPPRESSIONS, RESISTANCE AND THE VALUE OF BLACK LESBIAN LIVES. THE TRUTH THAT NEVER HURTS: WRITINGS ON RACE, GENDER, AND FREEDOM, Smith, Barbara. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1998. Reviewed by Kim Vaz.

LESBIAN COUPLES ARE FAMILIES, TOO. THE LESBIAN FAMILY LIFE CYCLE (2nd Ed.). Slater, Suzanne. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999, Hardcover, $25.00; Paperback, $14.95. Reviewed by Anna Myers.

THE MANY FACES OF ANNE. FEMALE FORTUNE: LAND, GENDER AND AUTHORITY: THE ANNE LISTER DIARIES AND OTHER WRITINGS 1833-36. Liddington, Jill. New York: Rivers Oram Press, 1998, $50. Reviewed by Mary Eichbauer.

THE EVOLUTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION: EMBRACING A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE. LESBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL IDENTITIES IN FAMILIES: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES. Patterson, Charlotte J., and Anthony R. D'Augelli (Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Reviewed by Phillip Hammack.

TRU ADVENTURES. CHIMNEY ROCK BLUES. McClellan, Janet. Naiad Press,Inc., 1999, $11.95. Reviewed by Ann E. Maloney.

WIDENING THE LENS. MARGARET MEAD AND RUTH BENEDICT: THE KINSHIP OF WOMEN. Lapsley, Hilary. University of Massachusetts Press, 1999, $39.95 cloth. Reviewed by Kimberly F. Balsam.

GAY AND LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS: COMMITMENT, CEREMONIES, AND MARRIAGE. FROM THIS DAY FORWARD: COMMITMENT, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY IN LESBIAN AND GAY RELATIONSHIPS. Stiers, Gretchen A. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999, $24.95. Reviewed by Robin E. Roy.

ROMANCING THE GENERATION GAP. DAWN OF THE DANCE. Martin, Marianne K. Tallahassee, FL: The Naiad Press,Inc., 1999, $11.95. SILVER THREADS. Denison, Lyn. Tallahassee, FL: The Naiad Press,Inc., 1999, $11.95. Reviewed by Margaret Soenser Breen.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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WE DON'T EXACTLY GET THE WELCOME WAGON: THE EXPERIENCE OF GAY AND LESBIAN ADOLESCENTS IN CHILD WELFARE SYSTEMS. Mallon, Gerald. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998, 193 pp. Reviewed by Gary Remafedi.

QUEER KIDS: THE CHALLENGES AND PROMISE FOR LESBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL YOUTH. Owens, Robert E., Jr. New York: The Haworth Press, Inc. 1998, 355 pp. Reviewed by Teresa DeCrescenzo     

Open Adoptions

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READING ADOPTION: FAMILY AND DIFFERENCEINFICTION AND DRAMA. M. Novy. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press, 2005. Reviewed by Cynthia A. Callahan.

INTERNATIONAL KOREAN ADOPTION: A FIFTY-YEAR HISTORY OF POLICY AND PRACTICE, edited by K. J. S. Bergquist, M. E. Vonk, D. S. Kim, &; M. D. Feit. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2007. Reviewed by Victor K. Groza.     

BOOK AND MEDIA REVIEWS

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HOMESHARE IN EUROPE. By Anne-Lotte Kreickemeier and M^aAsuncion Martinez Roman. Alicante: University of Alicante, 2001. Reviewed by Johan Galtung.

ABOUT SCHMIDT. A Film by Alexander Payne (Director). New Line Cinema, 2002. Reviewed by Liz Larkin.

THE LIVING MAYA: THE MOPAN AND Q'EQCHT OF THE TOLEDO DISTRICT, BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA. By Anne-McheUe Marsden. Belize: MayaViewkeeper, 2002. Reviewed by David Burdick.     

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COMMUNITY MATTERS: AN EXPLORATION OF THEORY AND PRACTICE. By Margot Kempers. Chicago, IL: Burnham Inc., Publishers, 2002. ISBN 0-830-41568-8, 194 pp. Reviewed by Sondra S. Doe.

FINANCIAL AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: A COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE TO LEGAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGEMENT, AND OPERATIONS RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR NONPROFITS, THIRD EDITION. By Bryce J. Herrington. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. ISBN 0-787-95026-2, 816 pp. Reviewed by Barris P. Malcolm.

GENERALIST PRACTICE WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES (2ND EDITION). By Karen K. Kirst-Ashman and Grafton H. Hull, Jr. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, 2001. ISBN: 0-534-51892-3, 600 pp. Reviewed by Eleanor L. Brilliant.

THE QUIET HAND OF GOD: FAITH-BASED ACTIVISM AND THE PUBLIC ROLE OF MAINLINE PROTESTANTISM. By Robert Wuthnow and John H. Evans. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002. ISBN 0-520-23313-1, 429 pp. Reviewed by Barris P. Malcolm.

FAITH IN ACTION: RELIGION, RACE, AND DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZING IN AMERICA. By Richard Wood. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. ISBN 0-226-90595-0 (hardcover), 0-226-90596-9 (paperback), 351 pp. Reviewed by Loretta Pyles.

ORGANIZING ACCESS TO CAPITAL: ADVOCACY AND THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. Edited by Gregory D. Squires. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2003. ISBN 1-592-13025-9 (hardcover), 1-592-13026-7 (paperback), 238 pp. Reviewed by Dorothy N. Gamble.

OUR WAY OR THE HIGHWAY: INSIDE THE MINNEHAHA FREE STATE. By Mary Losure. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2002. ISBN 0-816-63905-1, 231 pp. Reviewed by Bowen McBeath.     

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AMERICANOS: LATINO LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES. Edward James Olmos, Lea Ybarra, and Manuel Monterrey, (Editors). Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1999, 176 pp. Reviewed by Alejandro Garcia.

DANCING MIRANDA. Diane de Anda. Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 2001. Reviewed by Alejandro Garcia.

THE IMMORTAL ROOSTER AND OTHER STORIES. Diane de Anda. Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 1999. Reviewed by Alejandro Garcia.     

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PSYCHE, SYNAPSE, AND SUBSTANCE: THE ROLE OF NEUROBIOLOGY IN EMOTIONS, BEHAVIOR, THINKING, AND ADDICTION FOR NON-SCIENmm Harriette C. Johnson. Greenfield, MA: Deerfield Valley Publishing, 1999, it + 74pp., $29.50. Reviewed by Elizabeth A. D. Amico Joseph S. D. Amico.

DRUGS, THE BRAIN, AND BEHAVIOR: THE PHARMACOLOGY OF ABUSE AND DEPENDENCY. John Brick, PhD and Carlton Erickson, PhD. New York: The Haworth Press, Inc., 1998, 165pp. + notes, bibliography and index. Reviewed by Ted R. Watkins.     

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THE SIXTEEN-TRILLION-DOLLAR MISTAKE, by Bruce Jansson. ISBN: 0-231-11432-X, Columbia University Press, 2001. $29.00. Reviewed by David Woody III.

FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL POLICY: SOCIAL JUSTICE, PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION, by Amanda Smith Barusch. ISBN 0-87581-447-6, F.E. Peacock Publishers, Inc., 2002. Reviewed by Diane Carol Holliman.

THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK, by Godfrey Hodgson. ISBN 0-395-860423, Houghton-Mifflin, 2000, $38.00. Reviewed by George Haskett.

WHO SPEAKS FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN, by Carol DeVita and Rachael Mosher-Williams, editors. ISBN 0-87766-704-7, Urban Institute, 2001, $26.50. Reviewed by John G. McNutt.

THE INVISIBLE CARING HAND: AMERICAN CONGREGATIONS AND THE PROVISION OF WELFARE, by Ram Cnaan. ISBN 0-814-71618-0, New York University Press, 2002, 340 pages, $19.50. Reviewed by Melanie Wilson.     

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BOWLING ALONE: THE COLLAPSE AND REVIVAL OF AMERICAN COMMUNITY. By Robert D. Putnam. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2000. $26.00 Hardback., by Robert D. Putnam Reviewed by Kristin M. Ferguson.

THE MISSING MIDDLE: WORKING FAMILIES AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN SOCIAL POLICY. By Theda Skocpol. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. $15.95 Papercover. Reviewed by Kristin M. Ferguson.