New technology that combines positron tomography with x-ray computed tomography
(PET/CT) is available from all major vendors of PET imaging equipment: CTI, Siemens, GE …

This expository note provides a critical review of the burgeoning literature on social capital
and highlights a number of conceptual and empirical issues. First, the concept of social …

In 1989, Francis Fukuyama made his now-famous pronouncement that because" the major
alternatives to liberal democracy had exhausted themselves," history as we knew it had …

We are living in a defining moment, when the world in which teachers do their work is
changing profoundly. In his latest book, Hargreaves proposes that we have a one-time …

To date, most network research contains one or more of five major problems. First, it tends to
be atheoretical, ignoring the various social theories that contain network implications …

There is long-standing debate on how population growth affects national economies. A new
report from Population Matters examines the history of this debate and synthesizes current …

The relationship between public and private spheres is one of the key concerns of the
modern society. This book investigates this relationship, especially as manifested in the …

This meta‐analysis finds that parents report lower marital satisfaction compared with
nonparents (d=−. 19, r=−. 10). There is also a significant negative correlation between …

Abstract Hazel Markus and Shinobu Kitayama consider cultural differences in models of
psychological agency. They challenge our notion that Western styles of independence tend …

The aim of this article is not only to provide an overview of the state of recent discussion
about the concept of social capital, it is also an attempt at critical reflection on theoretical and …