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Vol. 114, No. 4, January 2009
Issue Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/592200
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    Contributors(pp. i-iii)  
    DOI: 10.1086/598986
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/598986
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    Cumulative Gender Disadvantage in Contract Employment(pp. 871-923)  
    Isabel Fernandez‐Mateo
    DOI: 10.1086/595941
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595941
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    Indulging Our Gendered Selves? Sex Segregation by Field of Study in 44 Countries(pp. 924-976)  
    Maria Charles, Karen Bradley
    DOI: 10.1086/595942
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595942
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    Microclass Mobility: Social Reproduction in Four Countries(pp. 977-1036)  
    Jan O. Jonsson, David B. Grusky, Matthew Di Carlo, Reinhard Pollak, Mary C. Brinton
    DOI: 10.1086/596566
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/596566
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    Changing Patterns of Income Inequality in U.S. Counties, 1970–2000(pp. 1037-1101)  
    Stephanie Moller, Arthur S. Alderson, François Nielsen
    DOI: 10.1086/595943
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595943
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    From Hasan to Herbert: Name‐Giving Patterns of Immigrant Parents between Acculturation and Ethnic Maintenance(pp. 1102-1128)  
    Jürgen Gerhards, Silke Hans
    DOI: 10.1086/595944
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595944
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    How Social Processes Distort Measurement: The Impact of Survey Nonresponse on Estimates of Volunteer Work in the United States(pp. 1129-1165)  
    Katharine G. Abraham, Sara Helms, Stanley Presser
    DOI: 10.1086/595945
    Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595945
  8. Commentary and Debate
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      Neighborhood Chance and Neighborhood Change: A Comment on Bruch and Mare(pp. 1166-1180)  Contains supplements
      Arnout van de Rijt, David Siegel, Michael Macy
      DOI: 10.1086/588795
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/588795
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      Preferences and Pathways to Segregation: Reply to Van de Rijt, Siegel, and Macy(pp. 1181-1198)  
      Elizabeth E. Bruch, Robert D. Mare
      DOI: 10.1086/597599
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/597599
  9. Book Reviews
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      Lawn People: How Grasses, Weeds, and Chemicals Make Us Who We Are by Paul Robbins(pp. 1199-1200)  
      Lawn People: How Grasses, Weeds, and Chemicals Make Us Who We Are  by Paul  Robbins
      Review by: David Pellow
      DOI: 10.1086/599136
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599136
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      Impotence: A Cultural History by Angus McLaren(pp. 1201-1203)  
      Impotence: A Cultural History  by Angus  McLaren
      Review by: Stephen Katz
      DOI: 10.1086/599137
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599137
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      Queering Reproduction: Achieving Pregnancy in the Age of Technoscience by Laura Mamo(pp. 1203-1205)  
      Queering Reproduction: Achieving Pregnancy in the Age of Technoscience  by Laura  Mamo
      Review by: Nancy L. Fischer
      DOI: 10.1086/599138
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599138
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      China’s Longest Campaign: Birth Planning in the People’s Republic, 1949–2005 by Tyrene White(pp. 1205-1206)  
      China’s Longest Campaign: Birth Planning in the People’s Republic, 1949–2005  by Tyrene  White
      Review by: Cameron Campbell
      DOI: 10.1086/599139
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599139
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      Disorganizing China: Counter‐bureaucracy and the Decline of Socialism by Eddy U(pp. 1207-1209)  
      Disorganizing China: Counter‐bureaucracy and the Decline of Socialism  by Eddy  U
      Review by: Yang Su
      DOI: 10.1086/599140
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599140
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      Preying on the State: The Transformation of Bulgaria after 1989 by Venelin I. Ganev(pp. 1209-1211)  
      Preying on the State: The Transformation of Bulgaria after 1989  by Venelin I.  Ganev
      Review by: Lawrence P. King
      DOI: 10.1086/599141
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599141
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      Exit‐Voice Dynamics and the Collapse of East Germany: The Crisis of Leninism and the Revolution of 1989 by Steven Pfaff(pp. 1211-1213)  
      Exit‐Voice Dynamics and the Collapse of East Germany: The Crisis of Leninism and the Revolution of 1989  by Steven  Pfaff
      Review by: Jeremy Straughn
      DOI: 10.1086/599142
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599142
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      Liberalism without Democracy: Nationhood and Citizenship in Egypt, 1922–1936 by Abdeslam M. Maghraoui(pp. 1213-1216)  
      Liberalism without Democracy: Nationhood and Citizenship in Egypt, 1922–1936  by Abdeslam M.  Maghraoui
      Review by: Israel Gershoni
      DOI: 10.1086/599143
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599143
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      Technology and International Transformation: The Railroad, the Atom Bomb and the Politics of Technological Change by Geoffrey L. Herrera(pp. 1216-1218)  
      Technology and International Transformation: The Railroad, the Atom Bomb and the Politics of Technological Change  by Geoffrey L.  Herrera
      Review by: Seán Ó Riain
      DOI: 10.1086/599144
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599144
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      The Embedded Corporation: Corporate Governance and Employment Relations in Japan and the United States by Sanford M. Jacoby(pp. 1218-1220)  
      The Embedded Corporation: Corporate Governance and Employment Relations in Japan and the United States  by Sanford M.  Jacoby
      Review by: Gregory Jackson
      DOI: 10.1086/599145
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599145
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      Transcending Capitalism: Visions of a New Society in Modern American Thought by Howard Brick(pp. 1220-1222)  
      Transcending Capitalism: Visions of a New Society in Modern American Thought  by Howard  Brick
      Review by: Charles Camic
      DOI: 10.1086/599146
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599146
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      The Rise of the Unelected: Democracy and the New Separation of Powers by Frank Vibert(pp. 1222-1224)  
      The Rise of the Unelected: Democracy and the New Separation of Powers  by Frank  Vibert
      Review by: Chris Rumford
      DOI: 10.1086/599147
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599147
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      The Culture of the New Capitalism by Richard Sennett(pp. 1225-1227)  
      The Culture of the New Capitalism  by Richard  Sennett
      Review by: Herman Schwartz
      DOI: 10.1086/599148
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599148
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      Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective by Pamela Paxton and Melanie M. Hughes(pp. 1227-1228)  
      Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective  by Pamela  Paxton; Melanie M.  Hughes
      Review by: Carol Mueller
      DOI: 10.1086/599149
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599149
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      Worries of the Heart: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya by Kenda Mutongi(pp. 1229-1231)  
      Worries of the Heart: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya  by Kenda  Mutongi
      Review by: Zine Magubane
      DOI: 10.1086/599150
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599150
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      Removing Barriers: Women in Academic Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, edited by Jill M. Bystydzienski and Sharon R. Bird(pp. 1231-1233)  
      Removing Barriers: Women in Academic Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics  by Jill M.  Bystydzienski; Sharon R.  Bird
      Review by: Catherine Riegle‐Crumb
      DOI: 10.1086/599151
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599151
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      Categorically Unequal: The American Stratification System by Douglas S. Massey(pp. 1233-1235)  
      Categorically Unequal: The American Stratification System  by Douglas S.  Massey
      Review by: Donald Tomaskovic‐Devey
      DOI: 10.1086/599152
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599152
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      Becoming a Citizen: Incorporating Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada by Irene Bloemraad(pp. 1235-1237)  
      Becoming a Citizen: Incorporating Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada  by Irene  Bloemraad
      Review by: Gianpaolo Baiocchi
      DOI: 10.1086/599153
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599153
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      Changing White Attitudes toward Black Political Leadership by Zoltan L. Hajnal(pp. 1237-1239)  
      Changing White Attitudes toward Black Political Leadership  by Zoltan L.  Hajnal
      Review by: Kenneth T. Andrews
      DOI: 10.1086/599154
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599154
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      Prejudice in Politics: Group Position, Public Opinion, and the Wisconsin Treaty Rights Dispute by Lawrence D. Bobo and Mia Tuan(pp. 1239-1241)  
      Prejudice in Politics: Group Position, Public Opinion, and the Wisconsin Treaty Rights Dispute  by Lawrence D.  Bobo; Mia  Tuan
      Review by: D. Anthony Clark
      DOI: 10.1086/599155
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599155
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      Citizens, Cops, and Power: Recognizing the Limits of Community Policing by Steve Herbert(pp. 1241-1243)  
      Citizens, Cops, and Power: Recognizing the Limits of Community Policing  by Steve  Herbert
      Review by: Sudhir Venkatesh
      DOI: 10.1086/599156
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599156
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      The Devil behind the Mirror: Globalization and Politics in the Dominican Republic by Steven Gregory(pp. 1243-1244)  
      The Devil behind the Mirror: Globalization and Politics in the Dominican Republic  by Steven  Gregory
      Review by: Rosario Espinal
      DOI: 10.1086/599157
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599157
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      Caribbean Pleasure Industry: Tourism, Sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic by Mark Padilla(pp. 1245-1247)  
      Caribbean Pleasure Industry: Tourism, Sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic  by Mark  Padilla
      Review by: Teela Sanders
      DOI: 10.1086/599158
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599158
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      On the Make: The Hustle of Urban Nightlife by David Grazian(pp. 1247-1249)  
      On the Make: The Hustle of Urban Nightlife  by David  Grazian
      Review by: Patricia A. Adler, Peter Adler
      DOI: 10.1086/599159
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599159
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      Sexual Citizens: The Legal and Cultural Regulation of Sex and Belonging by Brenda Cossman(pp. 1249-1251)  
      Sexual Citizens: The Legal and Cultural Regulation of Sex and Belonging  by Brenda  Cossman
      Review by: Bryan S. Turner
      DOI: 10.1086/599160
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599160
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      The Sexual Self: The Construction of Sexual Scripts, edited by Michael Kimmel(pp. 1251-1252)  
      The Sexual Self: The Construction of Sexual Scripts  by Michael  Kimmel
      Review by: Don Kulick
      DOI: 10.1086/599161
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599161
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      Not Quite White: White Trash and the Boundaries of Whiteness by Matt Wray(pp. 1253-1255)  
      Not Quite White: White Trash and the Boundaries of Whiteness  by Matt  Wray
      Review by: Pamela Perry
      DOI: 10.1086/599162
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599162
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      Vatican II: A Sociological Analysis of Religious Change by Melissa J. Wilde(pp. 1255-1257)  
      Vatican II: A Sociological Analysis of Religious Change  by Melissa J.  Wilde
      Review by: W. Bradford Wilcox
      DOI: 10.1086/599163
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599163
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      In the Course of a Lifetime: Tracing Religious Belief, Practice, and Change by Michele Dillon and Paul Wink(pp. 1257-1259)  
      In the Course of a Lifetime: Tracing Religious Belief, Practice, and Change  by Michele  Dillon; Paul  Wink
      Review by: Mary Ellen Konieczny
      DOI: 10.1086/599164
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599164
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      Arab Soccer in a Jewish State: The Integrative Enclave by Tamir Sorek(pp. 1259-1261)  
      Arab Soccer in a Jewish State: The Integrative Enclave  by Tamir  Sorek
      Review by: Daniel Burdsey
      DOI: 10.1086/599165
      Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/599165