Heredity, Family, and Inequality a Critique of Social Sciences

Empirical literature in disciplines ranging from behavioural genetics to economics shows that in virtually every aspect of life the outcomes of children are correlated to a greater or lesser extent with the outcomes of their parents. Beenstock offers theoretical and methodological tools for understa...

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Main Author: Beenstock, Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press 2012
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Collection: MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Empirical literature in disciplines ranging from behavioural genetics to economics shows that in virtually every aspect of life the outcomes of children are correlated to a greater or lesser extent with the outcomes of their parents. Beenstock offers theoretical and methodological tools for understanding these correlations
Physical Description:viii, 474 pages illustrations
ISBN:0262301385
9780262301381