Kenneth C. Land CV

John Franklin Crowell Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology

Sociology

kland@duke.edu

Box 90088, Durham, NC 27708-0088

347 Soc-Psych, Durham, NC 27708

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Scholarly Works - Book reviews

Review of “Social Quality: From Theory to Indicators,” edited by Laurent J. G. van der Maesen and Alan Walker

Book review Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews · 2014 Cite

Population-Based Survey Experiments

Book review Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews · November 1, 2012 Full text Cite

A Biography of Abbott L. Ferriss: Pioneer in Quality of Life and Social Indicators Research

Book review Applied Research in Quality of Life · October 20, 2012 Full text Cite

Reviews of Web-Based Social Reports, Review 2: The United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Index (HDI)

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 2012 Cite

Reviews of Web-Based Social Reports, Review 1: The United Kingdom’s Social Statistics

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · May 2011 Cite

Keys to Happiness From 100 Prominent Experts From Around the World

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · March 2011 Cite

Measuring Well-Being in the Netherlands

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 2011 Cite

Japanese Sociologists on Passive Happiness

Book review Social Indicators Network News · 2010 Cite

Happiness and Psychological Capital as Resources for Work and Life

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 2010 Cite

A Human Development Report on America in the Early 2000s

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News, · 2010 Cite

Whither Public Sociology? Featured Essay Review

Book review Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews · November 2008 Cite

Dick Easterlin’s Reluctance

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 2008 Cite

Understanding crime statistics: Revisiting the divergence of the NCVS and UCR

Book review CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF REVIEWS · September 2007 Link to item Cite

A UNICEF Report on Child Well-Being in OECD Countries

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 2007 Cite

Review of “Models for Intensive Longitudinal Data,” edited by Theodore A. Walls and Joseph L. Schafer

Book review American Journal of Sociology · 2007 Cite

Quality of Life Therapy For All! review essay on “Quality of Life Therapy: Applying a Life Satisfaction Approach to Positive Psychology and Cognitive Therapy

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · February 2006 Cite

review essay on Wolfgang Glatzer on Comparing the Quality of Life in the European Union and the United States of America

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 2006 Cite

review essay on New Estimates of Economic Well-Being for Selected OECD Countries by the Center for the Study of Living Standards

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 2006 Cite

Ruut Veenhoven on Why Sociologists Fail to Acknowledge Happiness

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News, · 2006 Cite

Review essay on “Toward National Well-Being Accounts,” by Daniel Kahneman, Alan B. Krueger, David Schkade, Norbert Schwarz, and Arthur Stone

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · November 2005 Cite

Daniel Kahneman and Colleagues on National Well-Being Accounts, review essay on “Toward National Well-Being Accounts,” by Daniel Kahneman, Alan B. Krueger, David Schkade, Norbert Schwarz, and Arthur Stone

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 2005 Cite

review of “Generalized, Linear, and Mixed Models,” by Charles E. McCulloch and Shayle R. Searle

Book review Sociological Methods & Research · 2002 Cite

Education, Work and Welfare in Australia, With Comparisons to Other Societies, review essay on “Australian Economy and Society 2001: Education, Work and Welfare,” by M. D. R. Evans and Jonathan Kelley

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 2002 Cite

One Hundred Years of Change in Britain, review essay on “Twentieth Century British Social Trends,” edited by A. H. Halsey with Josephine Webb

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 2001 Cite

A Systems Approach to Social Indicators: The Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators,” review essay on “Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators,” edited by Hazel Henderson, Jon Lickerman, and Patrice Flynn

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 2000 Cite

Has the Recent Epidemic in Adolescent Drug Use in the United States Peaked? Some Recent Findings from the ‘Monitoring the Future Study’,” review essay

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 2000 Cite

How Has Italy Changed Socially in Recent Decades? A New Volume in the Comparative Charting of Social Change Series,” review essay on “Recent Social Trends in Italy 1960-1995,” by Alberto Martenelli, Antonio M. Chiesi, and Sonia Stefanizzi

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 1999 Cite

The Miringoffs’ Report on the Social Health of the United States: The Index of Social Health,” review essay on “The Social Health of the Nation: How America is Really Doing,” by Marc Miringoff and Marque-Luisa Miringoff

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 1999 Cite

Review of “The Self in the Family: A Classification of Personality, Criminality, and Psychotherapy,” by Luciano L'Abate with the collaboration of Margaret S. Baggett

Book review American Journal of Sociology · 1998 Cite

Drug Use Trends in the United States From the Monitoring the Future Study, 1975-1996,” review essay on “National Survey Results on Drug Use from The Monitoring The Future Study, Volume I: Secondary School Students, Volume II: College Students and Young Adults,” by Lloyd D. Johnston, Patrick M. O'Malley, and Jerald G. Bachman

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 1997 Cite

Recent Fertility Trends in the United States,” review essay on “Fertility in the United States: New Patterns, New Theories,” edited by John B. Casterline, Ronald D. Lee, and Karen A. Foote

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 1997 Cite

A Primer on American Attitudes, review of 'The Official Guide to American Attitudes,' by Susan Mitchell

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 1997 Cite

A New Report on Living Conditions and Inequality in the European Union 1997, review essay on “Living Conditions and Inequality in the European Union 1997,” by Joachim Vogel

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 1997 Cite

Review essay on “Australian Social Trends 1994 and Australian Social Trends 1995,” by Australian Bureau of Statistics

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 1996 Cite

Social Indicators and the Quality-of-Life: Where Do We Stand in the Mid-1990s?” Editorial Statement

Book review SINET: Social Indicators Network News · 1996 Cite

Review of “Statistical Indicators for the Economic & Social Sciences,” by Robert V. Horn

Book review Social Indicators Research · 1995 Cite

S-Curves Everywhere,' review essay for “Predictions: Society's Telltale Signature Reveals the Past and Forecasts the Future,” by Theodore Modis

Book review Science · 1993 Cite

Review of “Demographic Analysis: A Stochastic Approach,” by Krishnan Namboodiri

Book review Population Studies: A Journal of Demography · 1993 Cite

Book reviews

Book review Population Research and Policy Review · 1993 Full text Cite

Review of “Crime and Justice: A Review of Research,” edited by Michael Tonry and Norval Morris

Book review Criminal Justice Review · 1992 Cite

Review of “The Future of Meta-Analysis,” edited by Kenneth W. Wachter and Miron L. Straf

Book review Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews · 1991 Cite