Leonard Beeghley
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 99029 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Leonard Beeghley |
| PRENOMES | Leonard |
| SOBRENOME | Beeghley |
| ASSINATURA | BEEGHLEY L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Florida |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 35 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 296 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1972 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ÍNDICE H | 10 |
Homicide
Unlike other western nations, thousands of people are murdered in the United States every year. Any large American city displays almost as many homicides as do many western nations (Beeghley 2003). A high rate of homicide – the intentional and illegal killing of another human being – makes the US anomalous
Religion, Religiosity, and Nonmarital Sexual Conduct
The research reported within examines two hypotheses derived from reference group theory regarding the inverse effects of religiosity on the prevalence of premarital, extramarital, and homosexual relations across faith groups. The first hypothesis asserts that the strength of these inverse religiosity effects varies systematically across faith groups, such that as religious proscriptiveness increases, the effect of religiosity increases. The seco…
Homicide
The American homicide rate remains dramatically higher than that in other Western nations. News of a murder has become a routine event. How do we explain such high levels of lethal violence in the world's leading democracy? Echoing Durkheim's Suicide, this book focuses on one important phenomenon to explain larger currents in American society. Leonard Beeghley examines the historical and cross-national dimensions of homicides and evaluates previo…
Homicide
The Emergence of Sociological Theory
1 The Rise of Theoretical Sociology The Enlightenment and New Ways of Thinking Early Sociological Theory, 1830-1930 The First Masters Conclusion 2 The Origin and Context of Auguste Comte's Sociology The Strange Biography of Auguste Comte The Intellectual Origins of Comte's Thought Conclusion 3 The Sociology of Auguste Comte Comte's Early Essays Comte's Course of Positive Philosophy Critical Conclusions 4 The Origin and Context of Herbert Spencer'…
Gendered Situations, Gendered Selves
What Does Your Wife Do? Gender and the Transformation of Family Life
Introduction * Premarital Sexual Intercourse * Abortion * Divorce * Employment and Income * Conclusion
Determinants of Ethnic Group Solidarity among Mexican Americans
This study combines into a single model the determinants of ethnic group solidarity among Mexican Americans identified in previous literature: ethnic factors, economic factors, and class and ethnic identities. Using the National Chicano Survey, the authors show that MexicanAmericans who display low ethnic solidarity tend to havefewer ethnic group ties, more economic resources, a weaker ethnic identity, and a weaker class identity. The results sug…
Religious Stability, Endogamy, and the Effects of Personal Religiosity on Attitudes toward Abortion
The influence of religion on attitudes toward abortion is now a well-studied phenomenon. Past research has consistently shown that religious affiliation and personal religiosity are related to abortion attitudes. In this study, we have extended the extant literature by examining variation in the effect of personal religiosity on attitudes toward abortion across faith groups and across contexts of religious stability/change and endogamy/exogamy. U…
The Influence of Religious Stability and Homogamy on the Relationship between Religiosity and Alcohol Use among Protestants
John K. Cochran, Leonard Beeghley, E. Wilbur Bock, The Influence of Religious Stability and Homogamy on the Relationship between Religiosity and Alcohol Use among Protestants, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Dec., 1992), pp. 441-456
Gender and Medical Insurance
This research investigates gender differences in employer-sponsored medical insurance coverage among full-time male and female workers in the United States and assesses the relevance of human capital theory and its compensating differentials corollary in predicting coverage. Data are analyzed from a subsample of the Quality of Employment Survey, a national probability sample of workers in the United States. Results indicate that men were more lik…
The Influence of Religion on Attitudes toward Nonmarital Sexuality
Prior research on the relationship between religion and/or religiosity and nonmarital sexuality (i.e., premarital, extramarital, and homosexual relations) has found an inverse relationship with enough consistency to qualify as an empirical generalization. However, while parsimonious, such a generalization is overly simplistic. Moreover, the research findings on which this generalization is based were biased by specification errors due to the empl…
Religious change and alcohol use
The Structure of Social Stratification in the United States
Preface. 1.Sociology and Stratification. Theoretical Perspectives on Stratification. Karl Marx. Max Weber. Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore. Ralf Dahrendorf. Gerhard Lenski. A Strategy for the Study of Stratification. Historical and International Dimensions of Stratification. Levels of Analysis and Stratification. Power and Stratification. 2.Social Class and Stratification: Occupational Prestige and Class Identification. Occupational Prestige. Oc…
Religiosity, Social Class, and Alcohol Use
This paper illustrates how religiosity influences behavior in everyday life by investigating the linkages among religiosity, social class, and alcohol consumption. Reference group theory provides a theoretical basis for understanding these linkages
Income transfers and income inequality
The Thinking Game
Religiosity and alcohol behavior
Individual and structural explanations of poverty
Class Identification and Gender Role Norms among Employed Married Women
The status-borrowing hypothesis asserts that when determining their class identification employed married women consider only their husbands characteristics while the status-sharing hypothesis argues that they consider both their own and their husbands characteristics. Both previous research and empirical data from the general Social Survey from 1974 to 1986 provide contradictory results 1st supporting 1 and then the other hypothesis. The author …
Moral Messages
This article examines the use and misuse of alcohol across religious denominations. After controlling for standard sociodemographic variables, we find that the impact of religiosity on alcohol use is greatest among those denominations taking a strong stand against its consumption, mainly because religion constitutes a significant reference group for members. We also find that religiosity fails to influence misuse, and discuss the possible reasons…
Social class and political participation
Adolescents and sex
This article shows that the rising rate of premarital sex during this century can be accounted for by changes in American social structure. The gap between puberty and marriage has increased, allowing more time for sex to occur. The pervasiveness of sex in the media and at home provides young people with role models who teach about sex. The social antonomy of the young has increased, allowing more opportunity for sex. Medical advances and legal c…
Living Poorly in America
Illusion and Reality in the Measurement of Poverty
This paper analyzes the argument that in-kind public assistance benefits reduce the level of poverty. I show that the poverty line in the United States is a subjective and nonscientific attempt to count the number of poor people. Then I demonstrate that the poverty line is an absolute and realistic measure of improverishment. Against this backdrop, I evaluate the poverty reduction literature and show that it (1) misunderstands the nature of publi…
The Influence of Religion on Attitudes toward Nonmarital Sexuality
Prior research on the relationship between religion and/or religiosity and nonmarital sexuality (i.e., premarital, extramarital, and homosexual relations) has found an inverse relationship with enough consistency to qualify as an empirical generalization. However, while parsimonious, such a generalization is overly simplistic. Moreover, the research findings on which this generalization is based were biased by specification errors due to the empl…
The Emergence of Sociological Theory
1 The Rise of Theoretical Sociology The Enlightenment and New Ways of Thinking Early Sociological Theory, 1830-1930 The First Masters Conclusion 2 The Origin and Context of Auguste Comte's Sociology The Strange Biography of Auguste Comte The Intellectual Origins of Comte's Thought Conclusion 3 The Sociology of Auguste Comte Comte's Early Essays Comte's Course of Positive Philosophy Critical Conclusions 4 The Origin and Context of Herbert Spencer'…
Moral Messages
This article examines the use and misuse of alcohol across religious denominations. After controlling for standard sociodemographic variables, we find that the impact of religiosity on alcohol use is greatest among those denominations taking a strong stand against its consumption, mainly because religion constitutes a significant reference group for members. We also find that religiosity fails to influence misuse, and discuss the possible reasons…
Religiosity and alcohol behavior
Religion, Socioeconomic Status, and Sexual Morality
Reference group theory is used to help resolve an anomaly: the relationships among religiosity, socioeconomic status, and sexual morality. Past research has shown that while SES and religiosity are positively related to each other, SES is related to liberal sexual attitudes and religiosity is related to conservative sexual attitudes. SES and religiosity are therefore working at cross-purposes and represent competing frames of reference for some p…
Religion, Religiosity, and Nonmarital Sexual Conduct
The research reported within examines two hypotheses derived from reference group theory regarding the inverse effects of religiosity on the prevalence of premarital, extramarital, and homosexual relations across faith groups. The first hypothesis asserts that the strength of these inverse religiosity effects varies systematically across faith groups, such that as religious proscriptiveness increases, the effect of religiosity increases. The seco…
The Structure of Social Stratification in the United States
Preface. 1.Sociology and Stratification. Theoretical Perspectives on Stratification. Karl Marx. Max Weber. Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore. Ralf Dahrendorf. Gerhard Lenski. A Strategy for the Study of Stratification. Historical and International Dimensions of Stratification. Levels of Analysis and Stratification. Power and Stratification. 2.Social Class and Stratification: Occupational Prestige and Class Identification. Occupational Prestige. Oc…
Current Folklore in the Criticisms of Parsonian Action Theory
This paper examines the often repeated assertion that Parsons abandoned the notion of 'voluntarism' in favor of 'macrofunctionalism' or 'behavioristic naturalism' and that the Parsonian scheme therefore reveals marked discontinuity. When Parsons'strategy for theory building is appreciated, this prevalent assumption proves to be incorrect. In fact, the Parsonian action scheme evidences a considerable degree of continuity from 1937 to the present. …
The Correlates of Religiosity Among Black and White Americans
This paper explores the correlates of religiosity among blacks and whites, asking two questions: (1) Is the relationship between SES and religious attendance the same for both races? (2) What factors best predict church attendance among both races? The findings show that (1) SES is positively related to religious participation among whites; (2) the best non-religious predictors of attendance across all denominations and churches studied are SES a…
Religiosity, Social Class, and Alcohol Use
This paper illustrates how religiosity influences behavior in everyday life by investigating the linkages among religiosity, social class, and alcohol consumption. Reference group theory provides a theoretical basis for understanding these linkages
Religious change and alcohol use
Illusion and Reality in the Measurement of Poverty
This paper analyzes the argument that in-kind public assistance benefits reduce the level of poverty. I show that the poverty line in the United States is a subjective and nonscientific attempt to count the number of poor people. Then I demonstrate that the poverty line is an absolute and realistic measure of improverishment. Against this backdrop, I evaluate the poverty reduction literature and show that it (1) misunderstands the nature of publi…
The Emergence of Sociological Theory
The Influence of Religious Stability and Homogamy on the Relationship between Religiosity and Alcohol Use among Protestants
John K. Cochran, Leonard Beeghley, E. Wilbur Bock, The Influence of Religious Stability and Homogamy on the Relationship between Religiosity and Alcohol Use among Protestants, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Dec., 1992), pp. 441-456
Class Identification and Gender Role Norms among Employed Married Women
The status-borrowing hypothesis asserts that when determining their class identification employed married women consider only their husbands characteristics while the status-sharing hypothesis argues that they consider both their own and their husbands characteristics. Both previous research and empirical data from the general Social Survey from 1974 to 1986 provide contradictory results 1st supporting 1 and then the other hypothesis. The author …
Adolescents and sex
This article shows that the rising rate of premarital sex during this century can be accounted for by changes in American social structure. The gap between puberty and marriage has increased, allowing more time for sex to occur. The pervasiveness of sex in the media and at home provides young people with role models who teach about sex. The social antonomy of the young has increased, allowing more opportunity for sex. Medical advances and legal c…
The Consequences of Intelligence Testing in the Public Schools before and after Desegregation
Before and after school desegregation, black, chicano, and poor children are mote likely to be labeled as mentally retarded and be placed in programs for the educable retarded than are anglo or upper status children. Similarly, black, chicano, and poor children are less likely to be seen as physically handicapped. These findings are a result of the use of intelligence tests as the means by which children are labeled mentally retarded. IQ tests ou…
Religious Stability, Endogamy, and the Effects of Personal Religiosity on Attitudes toward Abortion
The influence of religion on attitudes toward abortion is now a well-studied phenomenon. Past research has consistently shown that religious affiliation and personal religiosity are related to abortion attitudes. In this study, we have extended the extant literature by examining variation in the effect of personal religiosity on attitudes toward abortion across faith groups and across contexts of religious stability/change and endogamy/exogamy. U…
Gender and Medical Insurance
This research investigates gender differences in employer-sponsored medical insurance coverage among full-time male and female workers in the United States and assesses the relevance of human capital theory and its compensating differentials corollary in predicting coverage. Data are analyzed from a subsample of the Quality of Employment Survey, a national probability sample of workers in the United States. Results indicate that men were more lik…
Individual and structural explanations of poverty
The Process of Class Identification among Employed Married Women
Ellen Van Velsor, Leonard Beeghley, The Process of Class Identification among Employed Married Women: A Replication and Reanalysis, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Nov., 1979), pp. 771-778
Determinants of Ethnic Group Solidarity among Mexican Americans
This study combines into a single model the determinants of ethnic group solidarity among Mexican Americans identified in previous literature: ethnic factors, economic factors, and class and ethnic identities. Using the National Chicano Survey, the authors show that MexicanAmericans who display low ethnic solidarity tend to havefewer ethnic group ties, more economic resources, a weaker ethnic identity, and a weaker class identity. The results sug…
Persistent Issues in Parsonian Action Theory
Income transfers and income inequality
Comment on Blain's “A Critique of Parsons' Four Function Paradigm”
The Consequences of Intelligence Testing in the Public Schools before and after Desegregation
Before and after school desegregation, black, chicano, and poor children are mote likely to be labeled as mentally retarded and be placed in programs for the educable retarded than are anglo or upper status children. Similarly, black, chicano, and poor children are less likely to be seen as physically handicapped. These findings are a result of the use of intelligence tests as the means by which children are labeled mentally retarded. IQ tests ou…
Persistent Issues in Parsonian Action Theory
Current Folklore in the Criticisms of Parsonian Action Theory
This paper examines the often repeated assertion that Parsons abandoned the notion of 'voluntarism' in favor of 'macrofunctionalism' or 'behavioristic naturalism' and that the Parsonian scheme therefore reveals marked discontinuity. When Parsons'strategy for theory building is appreciated, this prevalent assumption proves to be incorrect. In fact, the Parsonian action scheme evidences a considerable degree of continuity from 1937 to the present. …
The History and Nature of Sociological Theory. Daniel W. Rossides
The Process of Class Identification among Employed Married Women
Ellen Van Velsor, Leonard Beeghley, The Process of Class Identification among Employed Married Women: A Replication and Reanalysis, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Nov., 1979), pp. 771-778
The Correlates of Religiosity Among Black and White Americans
This paper explores the correlates of religiosity among blacks and whites, asking two questions: (1) Is the relationship between SES and religious attendance the same for both races? (2) What factors best predict church attendance among both races? The findings show that (1) SES is positively related to religious participation among whites; (2) the best non-religious predictors of attendance across all denominations and churches studied are SES a…
The Emergence of Sociological Theory
Spencer's Theory of Kinship Evolution and the Status of Women
This article reconsiders Spencer's sociology in order to show how his social theory is applied to specific topics and to suggest his importance in the emergence and continuing development of the social sciences. The first task is accomplished by applying Spencer's conceptual scheme to the study of kinship evolution and changing women's status. The second task is achieved by critically appraising his social theory, showing how current writers dupl…
Religion, Socioeconomic Status, and Sexual Morality
Reference group theory is used to help resolve an anomaly: the relationships among religiosity, socioeconomic status, and sexual morality. Past research has shown that while SES and religiosity are positively related to each other, SES is related to liberal sexual attitudes and religiosity is related to conservative sexual attitudes. SES and religiosity are therefore working at cross-purposes and represent competing frames of reference for some p…
Living Poorly in America
Illusion and Reality in the Measurement of Poverty
This paper analyzes the argument that in-kind public assistance benefits reduce the level of poverty. I show that the poverty line in the United States is a subjective and nonscientific attempt to count the number of poor people. Then I demonstrate that the poverty line is an absolute and realistic measure of improverishment. Against this backdrop, I evaluate the poverty reduction literature and show that it (1) misunderstands the nature of publi…
Social class and political participation
Adolescents and sex
This article shows that the rising rate of premarital sex during this century can be accounted for by changes in American social structure. The gap between puberty and marriage has increased, allowing more time for sex to occur. The pervasiveness of sex in the media and at home provides young people with role models who teach about sex. The social antonomy of the young has increased, allowing more opportunity for sex. Medical advances and legal c…
Moral Messages
This article examines the use and misuse of alcohol across religious denominations. After controlling for standard sociodemographic variables, we find that the impact of religiosity on alcohol use is greatest among those denominations taking a strong stand against its consumption, mainly because religion constitutes a significant reference group for members. We also find that religiosity fails to influence misuse, and discuss the possible reasons…
Religiosity and alcohol behavior
Individual and structural explanations of poverty
Class Identification and Gender Role Norms among Employed Married Women
The status-borrowing hypothesis asserts that when determining their class identification employed married women consider only their husbands characteristics while the status-sharing hypothesis argues that they consider both their own and their husbands characteristics. Both previous research and empirical data from the general Social Survey from 1974 to 1986 provide contradictory results 1st supporting 1 and then the other hypothesis. The author …
Income transfers and income inequality
The Thinking Game
Religious change and alcohol use
The Structure of Social Stratification in the United States
Preface. 1.Sociology and Stratification. Theoretical Perspectives on Stratification. Karl Marx. Max Weber. Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore. Ralf Dahrendorf. Gerhard Lenski. A Strategy for the Study of Stratification. Historical and International Dimensions of Stratification. Levels of Analysis and Stratification. Power and Stratification. 2.Social Class and Stratification: Occupational Prestige and Class Identification. Occupational Prestige. Oc…
Religiosity, Social Class, and Alcohol Use
This paper illustrates how religiosity influences behavior in everyday life by investigating the linkages among religiosity, social class, and alcohol consumption. Reference group theory provides a theoretical basis for understanding these linkages
The Influence of Religion on Attitudes toward Nonmarital Sexuality
Prior research on the relationship between religion and/or religiosity and nonmarital sexuality (i.e., premarital, extramarital, and homosexual relations) has found an inverse relationship with enough consistency to qualify as an empirical generalization. However, while parsimonious, such a generalization is overly simplistic. Moreover, the research findings on which this generalization is based were biased by specification errors due to the empl…
The Influence of Religious Stability and Homogamy on the Relationship between Religiosity and Alcohol Use among Protestants
John K. Cochran, Leonard Beeghley, E. Wilbur Bock, The Influence of Religious Stability and Homogamy on the Relationship between Religiosity and Alcohol Use among Protestants, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Dec., 1992), pp. 441-456
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