Knottnerus (sociology, Oklahoma State U.) sees the study of ritual as a "missing link" in sociology. He defines ritual as patterns repeated regularly by groups or individuals. They can be both religio
Why do people behave the way they do? Up to now, ritual has been seriously underutilized for studying human behavior, i.e., ritual. The structural ritualization theory, attempts to narrow this gap in
As the baby boom generation enters retirement age, greater numbers of people eventually will enter nursing homes. We hear in this book the voices of people who have lived in or worked in long-term ca
Sociologists mark the elapse of half a century since the 1959 publication of C. Wright Mills' The Sociological Imagination with critiques of the book in the light of current world problems, and critiq
Sociologists mark the elapse of half a century since the 1959 publication of C. Wright Mills' The Sociological Imagination with critiques of the book in the light of current world problems, and critiq
Instances of abuse and neglect in nursing homes and elder care facilities have become far too common. Ulsperger (sociology, Arkansas Tech U.) and Knottnerus (sociology, Oklahoma State U.), draw from n
For more than three hundred years, the American South was essentially a plantation society, in which the plantation system penetrated all aspects of social, cultural, economic, and political life. Du
