transactionrnNew and Recent Booksrnon Family and PolicyrnTHE SWEDISHrnEXPERIMENT IN FAMILYrnPOLITICSrnTHE MYRDALS AND THE INTERWARrnPOPULATION CRISISrnAllan CarlsonrnThis devastating account of the worl(rnof Gunnar and Alva Myrdal portraysrnhow two young scholars used thernpower of ideas to help engineer a newrndomestic order in Sweden. It offers therngeneral reader remarkable insight intornthe nature of Scandinavian social life,rnand the specialist a critical perspectivernon how social science can itself becomernthe problem, rather than providingrnsolutions in contemporary post-industrialrnlife.rnISBN: 0-88738-299-1 (cloth) 314 pp. $44.95rnTHE POLITICS OF HUMANrnNATURErnThomas FlemingrnThis effort to understand human naturernin a political context takes up sex andrngender differences, democracy and dictatorship,rnindividual and familial patternsrnof association.rn”Probing and thoughtful.”rn—Elizabeth Fox-Genovese,rnChroniclesrn’Learned, thoughtful, and superbly written.”rn—Robert Nisbet, Tfie National Reviewrn”Progressives and radicals could benefitrnfrom grappling with Fleming’s intellectuallyrnstimulating presentation.”rn—The Progressivern”A wide-ranging and freewheeling reviewrnof sundry madnesses affectingrnmodern political thought.”—77)e WorldrnISBN: 0-88738-189-8 (cloth) 276 pp. $32.95rnISBN: 1-56000-693-1 (paper) 276 pp. $24.95rnFAMILY QUESTIONSrnREFLECTIONS ON THE AMERICANrnSOCIAL CRISISrnAllan CarlsonrnWhat accounts for the crisis in Americanrnfamily life? This creative search forrnanswers borrows from conservative,rnfeminist, and socialist traditions, offeringrna number of provocative explanations.rn”One of the most profoundly sensiblernvoices on the American landscape . . .rn. All of his positions are carefully laidrnout and supported by meticulous researchrnand precise reasoning.”rn—William Tucker,rnThe American Spectatorrn”Genuinely profound.”rn—E. Calvin Beiser, The Worldrn”Of interest to historians, social scientists/rnplanners and students at the upper-rndivision undergraduate level andrnabove.” —D.A. Chekki, ChoicernISBN: 0-88738-206-1 (cloth) 335 pp. $44.95rnISBN: 1-56000-555-6 (paper) 335 pp. $24.95rnOrder from your bookstore or directrnfrom the publisher. Major credit cardsrnaccepted. Call toll free (888) 999-6778.rnI ^ ^ H M transaction publishersrnr r— I Department 95A FPrn• ^ ” l Rutgers—The StaternH i ^ _ ^ J University of New Jerseyrntransaction New Brunswick, N.J. 08903rnVisit us at our web site:rnhttp://www.transactionpub.comrnrnrn