Table of Contents
Preface vii
Chapter 1 Classical Giants on Consequences of Human Actions 1
1.1 Niccolo Machiavelli 1
1.2 Giambattista Vico 3
1.3 Adam Smith 5
1.4 Wilhelm Wundt 6
1.5 Vilfredo Pareto 7
1.6 Max Weber 9
1.7 Graham Wallas 10
Chapter 2 Gender and Family 13
2.1 History of Family Law 13
2.1.1 John Milton, England, 1643 13
2.1.2 No-Fault Divorce Law, USA, 1970 13
2.2 Genocide in Rwanda on Women in Parliament, 1994 16
2.3 Demographic Change in Japan on Women in Education, 2003- 17
2.4 Honor Killing and Suicide, Western Europe, 2005- 18
2.5 Globalization, Women's Labor Force Participation, and Feminization of Migration 19
Chapter 3 Race and Ethnicity 23
3.1 The Allotment Act of 1887 23
3.2 Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of 1934 24
3.3 Land Ownership and African American Class Divide 24
3.4 The Jim Crow, White Violence, Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Role of Television Coverage 25
3.5 Outsourcing Affirmative Action 27
3.6 Invasion in Iraq (2003-) and Sunnis/Shi'ites war 28
Chapter 4 Schools 31
4.1 Opening of Higher Education to Women, USA, 19th century 31
4.2 Promise Scholarship, WV, 2002- 32
4.3 No Child Left Behind Act, USA, 2002- 33
4.4 Centennial "Celebration" of the System of Tracking 33
Chapter 5 Health Care and Delivery 37
5.1 The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 37
5.2 Deinstitutionalization 38
5.3 De-industrialization and Obesity 40
Chapter 6 Government 43
6.1 Welfare Reforms of the 1990s 43
6.2 West Virginia and the New Deal 45
6.3 China's One Child Policy (1979) on Imbalance of Genders 47
6.4 Zimbabwe Land Redistribution of 1990s and 2000 48
6.5 Changes in the Teachers Retirement Systems (TRS) since 1991 (West Virginia) 49
6.6 Annexation of Unincorporated Areas (West Virginia) 51
6.7 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting (West Virginia) 52
Chapter 7 Environment 55
7.1 Release of Domestic European rabbits in Australia in 1859 55
7.2 Fence Construction Along US-Mexican Border 57
7.3 Electronic Waste (E-waste) 58
7.4 Mountaintop Removal 60
7.5 Global Warming 61
7.6 Use of Wind Turbines and Wind Energy 63
7.7 Introduction of Hybrid Cars and the Use of Ethanol as a Fuel 64
7.8 Daylight Saving Time (DST) 67
Chapter 8 Crime and Crime Control. Drug Use 71
8.1 Cracking Down on Illegal Immigration 71
8.2 Megan's Law 73
8.3 Legalizing Abortion 74
8.4 Amendment 18 (1919) and Alcohol Prohibition 75
8.5 The "Three Strikes" Law 77
Chapter 9 Conclusion. Looking Down the Road 81
About the Authors 87
