TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alwin,Duane F.
AU  - Anderson,Shawna
AU  - Bobo,Lawrence D.
AU  - Campbell,Karen E.
AU  - Charles,Camille Z.
AU  - Chaves,Mark
AU  - Davis,James A.
AU  - Firebaugh,Glenn
AU  - Greeley,Andrew
AU  - Heerwig,Jennifer A.
AU  - Hout,Michael
AU  - Jasinski,Jana L.
AU  - Kalleberg,Arne L.
AU  - Krysan,Maria
AU  - Lanier,Drew Noble
AU  - Manza,Jeff
AU  - Marsden,Peter V.
AU  - McCabe,Brian J.
AU  - Pacheco,Julianna
AU  - Simmons,Alicia D.
AU  - Smith,Tom W.
AU  - Srivastava,Sameer B.
AU  - Tach,Laura
AU  - Wright,James D.
TI  - Social Trends in American Life: Findings from the General Social Survey since 1972 
SN  - 9780691155906
AV  - HN90.P8 S63 2017
U1  - 303.38 23
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - United States
KW  - Social surveys
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - American South
KW  - American adults
KW  - American life
KW  - American public
KW  - First Amendment
KW  - General Social Survey
KW  - Protestants
KW  - Republicans
KW  - Southerners
KW  - U.S. society
KW  - adult intelligence
KW  - behavior
KW  - blacks
KW  - conservatism
KW  - conservatives
KW  - crime rates
KW  - education
KW  - egalitarianism
KW  - employee well-being
KW  - equal treatment
KW  - family income
KW  - female roles
KW  - free expression
KW  - gender roles
KW  - government programs
KW  - happiness levels
KW  - happiness
KW  - informal social connectedness
KW  - institutional confidence
KW  - interpersonal networks
KW  - job satisfaction
KW  - job security
KW  - labor force participation
KW  - liberals
KW  - moderates
KW  - national spending
KW  - nonconformity
KW  - organized religion
KW  - political attitude
KW  - political conservatism
KW  - precarious employment
KW  - public opinion
KW  - public trust
KW  - punishment
KW  - quality of life
KW  - race
KW  - racial attitudes
KW  - racial equality
KW  - religion
KW  - religious affiliation
KW  - religious diversity
KW  - religious organizations
KW  - religious rituals
KW  - social attitudes
KW  - social networks
KW  - social order
KW  - social trends
KW  - socializing
KW  - sociopolitical attitudes
KW  - test performance
KW  - tolerance
KW  - unemployment
KW  - verbal knowledge
KW  - vocabulary test
KW  - white Americans
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface and Acknowledgments --; Contributors --; Introduction and Overview --; Trends in Social and Political Orientations --; 2. On the Seemingly Relentless Progress in Americans' Support for Free Expression, 1972-2006 --; 3. The Real Record on Racial Attitudes --; 4. Gender Role Attitudes since 1972: Are Southerners Distinctive? --; 5. Public Opinion in the "Age of Reagan": Political Trends 1972-2006 --; 6. Crime, Punishment, and Social Disorder: Crime Rates and Trends in Public Opinion over More Than Three Decades --; Changes in Confidence and Connections --; 7. Trends in Confidence in Institutions, 1973-2006 --; 8. Continuity and Change in American Religion, 1972-2008 --; 9. Trends in Informal Social Participation, 1974-2008 --; Stability and Flux in Social Indicators --; 10. Income, Age, and Happiness in America --; 11. Religion and Happiness --; 12. Labor Force Insecurity and U.S. Work Attitudes, 1970s-2006 --; 13. Population Trends in Verbal Intelligence in the United States --; Appendix: The General Social Survey Project --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - Social Trends in American Life assembles a team of leading researchers to provide unparalleled insight into how American social attitudes and behaviors have changed since the 1970s. Drawing on the General Social Survey--a social science project that has tracked demographic and attitudinal trends in the United States since 1972--it offers a window into diverse facets of American life, from intergroup relations to political views and orientations, social affiliations, and perceived well-being. Among the book's many important findings are the greater willingness of ordinary Americans to accord rights of free expression to unpopular groups, to endorse formal racial equality, and to accept nontraditional roles for women in the workplace, politics, and the family. Some, but not all, signs indicate that political conservatism has grown, while a few suggest that Republicans and Democrats are more polarized. Some forms of social connectedness such as neighboring have declined, as has confidence in government, while participation in organized religion has softened. Despite rising standards of living, American happiness levels have changed little, though financial and employment insecurity has risen over three decades. Social Trends in American Life provides an invaluable perspective on how Americans view their lives and their society, and on how these views have changed over the last two generations
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