Terry S Weiner
Biographic Data
| ID | 3924403 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Terry S Weiner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Terry S |
| FAMILY NAME | Weiner |
| SIGNATURE | WEINER T S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Union College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Touching the Third Rail: Explaining the Failure of Bush's Social Security Initiative
Although President George W. Bush mentioned Social Security and the need to “modernize” the popular social insurance program in his first and reelection campaigns for the presidency, many were surprised that it featured as one of his most important goals just two days after the election. Given that most reporters and congressional leaders recognized the “risks” and were circumspect about his chances of success, this article examines Bush's decisi…
Sociological Theory and Mental Retardation
The most salient fact about the relationship between sociology and mental retardation is its lack of interest in the topic. Sociologists, as well as anthropologists, who study medical care, health systems, the insane, deviant behaviour and social stratification have conspicuously avoided the examination of those individuals in society who are developmentally disabled. As the British sociologist Richard Jenkins (1991) asks regarding the study of t…
In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society
Black attrition in physician assistant training programs
We report on correlates of attrition for Blacks and Whites in physician's assistant training programs. The data reveal an unusually high rate of attrition for Blacks (65 per cent) and, in particular, for Black males (59 per cent). This latter group, regardless of educational background and other potential predicators of educational success, encounters significant difficulty in the educational process. An understanding of this attrition phenomenon…
Education and Political Party: The Effects of College or Social Class
The relationship between education and political party preference is examined for nonsuthern males and females using retrospective data from a national sample of high school students followed up in 1970 at about age 30. As expected, the zero-order correlation between years to schooling and Republican party preference was found to be positive. However, controling for inherited partisan loyalties, class origins, and socioeconomic attainment, the po…
Homogeneity of Political Party Preferences between Spouses
Ethnicity in the United States: A Preliminary Reconnaissance
The Case of the Black Family: A Sociological Inquiry
Homogeneity of Political Party Preferences between Spouses
Education and Political Party: The Effects of College or Social Class
The relationship between education and political party preference is examined for nonsuthern males and females using retrospective data from a national sample of high school students followed up in 1970 at about age 30. As expected, the zero-order correlation between years to schooling and Republican party preference was found to be positive. However, controling for inherited partisan loyalties, class origins, and socioeconomic attainment, the po…
Touching the Third Rail: Explaining the Failure of Bush's Social Security Initiative
Although President George W. Bush mentioned Social Security and the need to “modernize” the popular social insurance program in his first and reelection campaigns for the presidency, many were surprised that it featured as one of his most important goals just two days after the election. Given that most reporters and congressional leaders recognized the “risks” and were circumspect about his chances of success, this article examines Bush's decisi…
Ethnicity in the United States: A Preliminary Reconnaissance
The Case of the Black Family: A Sociological Inquiry
Homogeneity of Political Party Preferences between Spouses
Education and Political Party: The Effects of College or Social Class
The relationship between education and political party preference is examined for nonsuthern males and females using retrospective data from a national sample of high school students followed up in 1970 at about age 30. As expected, the zero-order correlation between years to schooling and Republican party preference was found to be positive. However, controling for inherited partisan loyalties, class origins, and socioeconomic attainment, the po…
Black attrition in physician assistant training programs
We report on correlates of attrition for Blacks and Whites in physician's assistant training programs. The data reveal an unusually high rate of attrition for Blacks (65 per cent) and, in particular, for Black males (59 per cent). This latter group, regardless of educational background and other potential predicators of educational success, encounters significant difficulty in the educational process. An understanding of this attrition phenomenon…
In Conflict and Order: Understanding Society
Sociological Theory and Mental Retardation
The most salient fact about the relationship between sociology and mental retardation is its lack of interest in the topic. Sociologists, as well as anthropologists, who study medical care, health systems, the insane, deviant behaviour and social stratification have conspicuously avoided the examination of those individuals in society who are developmentally disabled. As the British sociologist Richard Jenkins (1991) asks regarding the study of t…
Touching the Third Rail: Explaining the Failure of Bush's Social Security Initiative
Although President George W. Bush mentioned Social Security and the need to “modernize” the popular social insurance program in his first and reelection campaigns for the presidency, many were surprised that it featured as one of his most important goals just two days after the election. Given that most reporters and congressional leaders recognized the “risks” and were circumspect about his chances of success, this article examines Bush's decisi…
Sociology (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Sociological research (2 works)