AWD 3302: Project Files

Title: Example Annotated Bibliography

Author: Kevin Smith

Date:

This is a sample problem statement; required element, according to the project 1 prompt.^[i.n.]

Waite, L. J., Goldschneider, F. K., & Witsberger, C. (1986). Nonfamily living and the erosion of traditional family orientations among young adults. American Sociological Review, 51 (4), 541-554.

The authors, researchers at the Rand Corporation and Brown University, use data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women and Young Men to test their hypothesis that nonfamily living by young adults alters their attitudes, values, plans, and expectations, moving them away from their belief in traditional sex roles. They find their hypothesis strongly supported in young females, while the effects were fewer in studies of young males. Increasing the time away from parents before marrying increased individualism, self-sufficiency, and changes in attitudes about families. In contrast, an earlier study by Williams cited below shows no significant gender differences in sex role attitudes as a result of nonfamily living. This debate in the sociological literature is important for anyone seeking to historicize the “family values” debate of the 1980s and 90s in the U.S.

A. Paul. (1987, Oct.). “Electrical properties of flying machines.” Flying Machines. [Online]. 38(1), pp. 778-998. Available: www.flyingmachjourn/properties/fly.edu [Dec. 1, 2003].

This book, co-authored by notable economist and social theorist (Rifkin), lifts the cloak of secrecy from genetic experiments and explores, among other things, who is performing the research and who profits from it (12). It's clearly anti-genetic engineering; its chapter titles give a good idea of the direction and flavor of the book, for example, "Eugenics," "Eliminating 'Bad' Genes," "Bio-Futures," "Scientists and Corporation." Though the book is dated, the debates surrounding gene therapy at the time of the book’s publication are remarkably similar to today. This book looks as if it is an appropriate source for the social arguments from the political left wing.