transactionrnNew and Recent Books on Family and PolicyrnThernSwedishrnExperimentrnin FamilyrnPolitiesrnAllanrnCarlsonrnC/-rnThernpoliticsrnHumanrnNaturernThomas FlemingrnEamilyrnQu^tgpQSrnrnReflections on thernAmerican Social CrisisrnAllan C. CarlsonrnTHE SWEDISH EXPERIMENT INrnFAMILY POLITICSrnTHE MYRDALS AND THE INTERWAR POPULATION CRISISrnAZ/an CarlsonrnThis devastating account of ttie work of Gunnar and Alva Myrdal portraysrnflow two young scholars used the power of ideas to help engineer a newrndomestic order in Sweden. It offers the general reader remarkable insightrninto the nature of Scandinavian social life, and the specialist a criticalrnperspective on how social science can itself Ijecome the problem, ratherrnthan providing solutions in contemporary post-industrial life.rnISBN: 0-88738-299-1 (cloth) 314 pp. $39.95rnTHE POLITICS OF HUMAN NATURErnThomas FlemingrnThis effort to understand human nature in a political context takes up sexrnand gender differences, democracy and dictatorship, individual andrnfamilial patterns of association.rn”Probing and thoughtful” -Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Chroniclesrn”Learned, thoughtful, and superbly written”rn-Robert Nisbet, The National Reviewrn”Progressives and radicals could benefit from grappling with Fleming’srnintellectually stimulating presentation.”rn-The Progressivern”A wide-ranging and freewheeling review of sundry madnesses affectingrnmodern political thought.” -This WorldrnISBN: 0-88738-189-8 (cloth) 276 pp. $32.95rnFAMILY QUESTIONSrnREFLECTIONS ON THE AMERICAN SOCIAL CRISISrnAllan CarlsonrnWhat accounts for the crisis in American family life? This creative searchrnfor answers borrows from conservative, feminist, and socialist traditions,rnoffering a number of provocative explanations.rn”One of the most profoundly sensible voices on the American landscape.rn. . . All of his positions are carefully laid out and supported by meticulousrnresearch and precise reasoning.”rn-William Tucker, The American Spectatorrn”Genuinely profound” -E. Calvin Beiser, Worldrn”Of interest to historians, social scientists/planners and students at thernupper-division undergraduate level and above”rn-D.A. Chekki, ChoicernISBN: 0-88738-206-1 (cloth) 335 pp. $39.95rnOrder from your bookstore or direct from the publisher.rnUaor credit cards accepted. Call (201) 932-2280rnF”^^ transaction publishersrnI rV I Department FP012rn^ M Rutgers-The State Universityrntransaction Nsw BrunswIcR, N.J. 08903rnrnrn