^IThe Assault on Equality^R critiques the social theory underpinning the social policies of the new political right. It focuses on the attempt by Herrnstein and Murray in ^IThe Bell Curve^R to provide theoretical justification for social program cutbacks and coercive social policies. ^IThe Assault on Equality^R reanalyzes Herrnstein and Murray's own data and demonstrates that their conclusions are questionable results of polemic and ideology that ignore and contradict the fundamental findings and methods of 20th-century sociology and genetics. The policy proposals of Newt Gingrich are the political counterpart to the flawed social theory of ^IThe Bell Curve^R. Both scholarly and readable, this is an appropriate supplement in courses such as race relations, stratification, theory, policy, and research methods. It shows the contemporary relevance of basic theoretical and methodological insights of sociology contradicted by ^IThe Bell Curve^R and other works of the new political right. Appendices present the statistical issues and the theoretical background ignored by such works. From a multi-disciplinary perspective, the authors take issue with the social policy positions of the new right concerning affirmative action, education, family, race, social class, and welfare.

The Assault on Equality: (Praeger Series in Political Economy)

Business & Money

Knapp, Peter

Kronick, Jane

Marks, William

Vosburgh, Miriam

Economics

Praeger

^IThe Assault on Equality^R critiques the social theory underpinning the social policies of the new political right. It focuses on the attempt by Herrnstein and Murray in ^IThe Bell Curve^R to provide theoretical justification for social program cutbacks and coercive social policies. ^IThe Assault on Equality^R reanalyzes Herrnstein and Murray's own data and demonstrates that their conclusions are questionable results of polemic and ideology that ignore and contradict the fundamental findings and methods of 20th-century sociology and genetics. The policy proposals of Newt Gingrich are the political counterpart to the flawed social theory of ^IThe Bell Curve^R. Both scholarly and readable, this is an appropriate supplement in courses such as race relations, stratification, theory, policy, and research methods. It shows the contemporary relevance of basic theoretical and methodological insights of sociology contradicted by ^IThe Bell Curve^R and other works of the new political right. Appendices present the statistical issues and the theoretical background ignored by such works. From a multi-disciplinary perspective, the authors take issue with the social policy positions of the new right concerning affirmative action, education, family, race, social class, and welfare.

The Assault on Equality

Long gone are the days of drinking naturally pure water from flowing rivers and streams―or even your tap. Today it is becoming common practice to use bottled or filtered water. How did we arrive at such a state, and what can we do about it? Pollution, ever-increasing population, industrial pressures, rainforest destruction, and ground water waste have all led to the deterioration of water quality, yet the underlying problem―as Marks shows in his wide-ranging, thoughtful book―is the general lack of understanding of the nature of water itself. Marks’ topics are as diverse: water’s role in the origin of the universe and life itself; cosmic rain and water in interstellar space; water in the traditional myths and religions; the power of water in its many forms in the natural world; vortex energy and living water; water and the human body; water healing; and a history of water pollution. He offers hope for the future by discussing the work of visionaries such as Theodor Schwenk and Viktor Schauberger. We see that, in the end, one cannot understand water unless it is viewed as a mediator―not only between life and death, but also between the physical and the spiritual worlds.

The Holy Order of Water: Healing the Earth's Waters and Ourselves

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

Bell Pond Books

A Novel of Political Intrigue: Five years after Franco's death, Spain seems headed for the brink. Outraged by Basque terrorism, neo-fascist hardliners plan a military coup against the new demo-cratic government and its young king. To finance their plot they look abroad to an old banker from the Third Reich, who devises a brilliant plan. Hack journo Peter MacPhee, a Scottish expatriate, reports on the vapid shenanigans of Marbella's "Beautiful People." Yet he fails to see a really big story right under his nose: the Costa del Sol is crawling with former Nazi fugitives, among them the Belgian traitor Leon Degrelle and infamous commando Otto Skorzeny. Grave doubts persist about the new king's ability to deal with Spain's political powder keg, and plotting to tear down the fragile government begins in earnest. Through his American contacts, MacPhee learns of the military coup and calls Fleet Street with the news. Joined by his Danish girlfriend in Madrid, they anxiously follow each turn of events in the Spanish parliament, where hundreds of deputies are held hostage by a crazed army colonel. But MacPhee's story is much bigger than even he imagined, and Spain just one piece of a new European order designed to last a thousand years. Only a pawn in The Marbella Conspiracy.

The Marbella Conspiracy

Literature & Fiction

Action & Adventure

Golden Era Books

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