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O'Brien, Jodi.

Social prisms reflections on everyday myths and paradoxes Jodi O'Brien. - Thousand Oaks Calif. Pine Forge Press c1999. - xiii, 254 p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-247) and index.

The paradox of reduction : some observations on sociology as science -- The case of the designer genes : reconsidering the nature/nurture binary -- To belong or not to belong? : paradoxes of community -- Which box do I check? : paradoxes of social difference -- How do we cut the American pie? : the myth of meritocracy -- Family equations : whose family? : whose values? -- The paradox of value in the age of certainty : reflections on Max Weber and Georg Simmel.

ISBN: 0803990316 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN: 98040123

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA0-48696

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social values
Social action
Social role

LC Class. No.: HM73 / .O27 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 303.372 / O135s