Norms and social control of teen sexuality -- Theorizing about norms and social control -- "Don't ask, don't tell": sexuality norms and social control at home -- "What are people going to think?": the influence of close friends and peers -- "Scare it into us": school norms and s…
Sex is bad. Unprotected sex is a problem. Having a baby would be a disaster. Abortion is a sin. Teenagers in the United States hear conflicting messages about sex from everyone around them. How do teens understand these messages? In Mixed Messages, Stefanie Mollborn examines how…
The phrase "skin in the game" is one we have often heard but have rarely stopped to truly dissect. It is the backbone of risk management, but it's also an astonishingly complex worldview that, as Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows in this book, applies to literally all aspects of our l…
The phrase "skin in the game" is one we have often heard but have rarely stopped to truly dissect. It is the backbone of risk management, but it's also an astonishingly complex worldview that applies to all aspects of our lives. Nassim Nicholas Taleb pulls on everything from Ant…
"Eighteen. Twenty-one. Sixty-five. In America today, we recognize these numbers as key transitions in our lives ... precise moments when our rights and opportunities change ... when we become eligible to cast a vote, buy a drink, or enroll in Medicare. This volume brings togethe…
Age in America: the colonial era to the present
"Eighteen. Twenty-one. Sixty-five. In America today, we recognize these numbers as key transitions in our lives--precise moments when our rights and opportunities change--when we become eligible to cast a vote, buy a drink, or enroll in Medicare. This volume brings together scho…
The value and meaning of political participation -- The racialized norms model -- Which norms? -- Finding purpose in the past -- Taking care of those in need -- Norms and national turnout -- Norms and national turnout -- Norms and high-cost participation -- The present and futur…