William J. Goode Book Award for Reading History Sideways

American Sociology Association Logo At the 2007 meetings of the American Sociological Association, Reading History Sideways: The Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life received the William J. Goode Book Award. The Goode Award was given by the American Sociological Association Section on the Sociology of the Family for the most outstanding contribution to family scholarship in the past two years.

For the award citation see page 2 of the Fall '07 edition of Family Forum, newsletter of the Family Section of the American Sociological Association.
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Developmental Idealism Studies
Population Studies Center
University of Michigan

New Publication

G. Binstock, A. Thornton, "Knowledge And Use Of Developmental Thinking About Societies And Families Among Teenagers In Argentina." in Demográfia, 2007. Vol. 50. No. 5. English Edition

New Book

Kathryn M. Yount, Hoda Rashad (eds), Family in the Middle East: Ideational change in Egypt, Iran and Tunisia. Routledge. 2008

New Data Collection

A survey concerning ideational influences on marriage and child bearing is currently being conducted in Nepal.

Reading History Sideways

The method of reading history sideways is described and critiqued by Arland Thornton.

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