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Welfare Reform A Success?, Laura Stivers

Laura Stivers

The Social Uses Of Advertising, Mark Ritson, Richard Elliott

Mark Ritson

Advertising research has focused exclusively on the solitary subject at the expense of understanding the role that advertising plays within the social contexts of group interaction. We develop a number of explanations for this omission before describing the results of an ethnographic study of advertising's contribution to the everyday interactions of adolescent informants at a number of English high schools. The study reveals a series of new, socially related advertising-audience behaviors. Specifically, advertising meanings are shown to possess social uses relating to textual experience, interpretation, evaluation, ritual use, and metaphor. The theoretical and managerial implications of these social uses are …

Symbolic Realism In Rwanda: The Untampered Evidence Of Genocide, Sherrie Steiner

Sherrie M Steiner

No abstract provided.

Mars And Venus Do Better Together, Richard Teitelbaum

Brooke Harrington

No abstract provided.

Notas Para Una Agenda De Investigación Sobre El Académico En La Educación Superior Mexicana, Jesús F. Galaz-Fontes

Jesús Francisco Galaz Fontes

Asociado a las recientes transformaciones de la educación superior Mexicana ha emergido un nuevo "académico" al que, a pesar de los esfuerzos realizados a la fecha, todavía no conocemos satisfactoriamente. Tomando en cuenta dichas transformaciones, la investigación realizada en el país, la tradición Estadounidense respectiva y una visión sustentada en el hecho de trabajar como académico en una institución publica estatal, este trabajo identifica, respecto del académico, algunas áreas que demandan una mayor atención. Las áreas identificadas se agrupan en seis categorías: (1) aspectos históricos; (2) información censal y características sociodemográficas; (3) la delimitación del trabajo académico; (4) la carrera …

Social Determinants Of Responsiveness To Situational Influence: Self-Monitoring, Alcohol Use And Binge Drinking Among College Students, Katherine Novak, Lizabeth Crawford

Katherine B. Novak

Paper Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. August, 1999. Chicago, IL.

Phd Thesis (Doctorat De Spécialité): Université De Ouagadougou, 1999. Dr. Mamoudou H. Dicko. Purification Et Propriétés Physico-Chimiques Des Enzymes De Curculigo Pilosa, Gladiolus Klattianus Et Boscia Senegalensis Catalysant L'Hydrolyse Des Polysaccharides (Amidon Et Béta-Glucanes), Mamoudou H. Dicko Prof.

Pr. Mamoudou H. DICKO, PhD

The objective of this study was the research of novel and inexpensive sources of polysaccharides degrading enzymes such as amylases and glucanases from local plants in order to justify their biotechnological applications. The isolation of two l3-amylases and an endo-1,3-ß-D-glucanase was reached using common protein purification methods such as buffer extraction, ammonium sulfate fractionation, ionexchange and gel filtration chromatographies. The methods used were simple and easily reproducible, suggesting the possibilfty of large-scale production. ln the crude extract of Curculigo pilosa tuber, only ß-amylase was detected as starch degrading enzyme and its activity was approximately 282 Uig of fresh material. The …

Railroad Voices: Stories Of Railroad Life In America, Linda Niemann

Linda G. Niemann

Stories of railroad life in America.

The Economic And Political Sources Of Mexican And Central American Immigration: Their Impact On Unions In Los Angeles, Sergio Romero

Sergio Romero

No abstract provided.

Structural And Interpersonal Antecedents Of Heavy Drinking Among High School Students: A Longitudinal Analysis, Katherine Novak, Lizabeth Crawford

Katherine B. Novak

Paper presented at then Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society. April, 1999. Minneapolis, MN.

Women, Work, And Wages, Laura Stivers

Laura Stivers

A Coalfield Tapestry: Weaving The Socioeconomic Fabric Of Women's Lives, Ann M. Oberhauser, Anne-Marie Turnage

Ann Oberhauser

La Experiencia Universitaria Y La Profesión Académica, Jesús F. Galaz-Fontes

Jesús Francisco Galaz Fontes

La identificación, reclutamiento y fomento al desarrollo de futuros académicos es de vital importancia para la renovación de la profesión académica. Este trabajo discute la influencia de la experiencia universitaria en la decisión de los estudiantes de perseguir una carrera académica. Considerando la naturaleza del trabajo académico, se describen algunas de las características personales más apropiadas para dicho trabajo; así como la manera en como la experiencia universitaria tiene un impacto sobre ellas. Luego de concebir la decisión de convertirse en académico como una elección vocacional, el trabajo concluye con la recomendación de algunas políticas que pudieran ser útiles para …

Las Familias Ante La Educación: Criterios De Elección De Centro Y Valoración Del Sistema Educativo En Andalucía, Manuel Fernández-Esquinas, Manuel Pérez-Yruela

Manuel Fernández-Esquinas

No abstract provided.

"We Have Bare Hands'" Nonviolent Social Movements In The Soviet Block, Lee Smithey, Lester R. Kurtz

Lester R. Kurtz

No abstract provided.

The Limits Of Cultural Pluralism: An Israeli Perspective, Raphael Cohen-Almagor

raphael cohen-almagor

The primary aims of this paper are (a) to examine the importance of cultural norms and what part they play in requiring us to tolerate others out of respect, and (b) to formulate some guidelines designed to prescribe boundaries to liberty and tolerance conducive to safeguard the rights of individuals and, in turn, democracy. I argue that a liberal democracy can interfere in the business of its sub-cultures when some cultural norms subvert the basic principles upon which a liberal society is founded. Here I address, inter alia, the issues of female circumcision, murder for family honour, and blood feuds. …

Socio-Economic Exploitation, Meaning Contestation And The Trc: Problematic Foundations For A Discourse Of Social Citizenship In Post-Apartheid South Africa, Franco Barchiesi

Franco Barchiesi

No abstract provided.

Independence And Obedience: An Analysis Of Childrearing Values In The United States And China, Hong Xiao

Hong Xiao

No abstract provided.

On Benign And Disastrous State Action, Review Of "Seeing Like A State: How Certain Schemes To Improve The Human Condition Have Failed", Dietrich Rueschemeyer

Dietrich Rueschemeyer

No abstract provided.

A Plan For The Abolition Of Slavery, Consistently With The Interests Of All Parties Concerned (London, 1828), C. S. Monaco

C. S. Monaco

Published anonymously during the resurgence of the antislavery campaign in Britain, Moses E. Levy's pamphlet, "A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery," stands without parallel. The appearance of this publication in 1828 London, established Levy as the first and only Jewish abolitionist author amid a plethora of mostly Evangelical stalwarts. The scope and magnitude of Levy's ideas exceeded the more modest attempts by a small cohort of Jewish antislavery advocates who appeared much later in the United States. The entire pamphlet is reproduced here and, for the first time, extensive annotations by C. S. Monaco places this work into historical …

What Has Happened To The U.S. Labor Movement? Union Decline And Renewal, Dan Clawson, Mary Ann Clawson

Dan Clawson

For many years, US trade unions declined in union density, organizing capacity, level of strike activity, and political effectiveness. Labor’s decline is variously attributed to demographic factors, inaction by unions themselves, the state and legal system, globalization, neoliberalism, and the employer offensive that ended a labor-capital accord. The AFL-CIO New Voice leadership elected in 1995, headed by John Sweeney, seeks to reverse these trends and transform the labor movement. Innovative organizing, emphasizing the use of rank-and-file intensive tactics, substantially increases union success; variants include union building, immigrant organizing, feminist approaches, and industry-wide non-National Labor Relations Board (or nonboard) organizing. The …

Negotiating New Asian American Masculinities: Attitudes And Gender Expectations, Peter Chua, Diane Fujino

Peter Chua

The article examines how Asian-American men construct their own masculinities. Changes in Asian-American heterosexual masculinity are of great interest within the Asia-American communities and to the general public. Historically this racialized masculinity was both hypermasculanized and desexualized as a way to limit economic and racial opportunities in the U.S. While these dichotomous ideas about Asian-American masculinities are still pervasive new articulations of what it means to be male, straight, and Asian American are affecting different Asian-American communities and interpersonal relationships at home and in workplaces. Issues of Asian- American masculinities are brought up in relation to interracial dating and marriage, …

Making Aluminum In The Rainforest: The Social Impact Of Globalization In The Brazilian Amazon, Paul Ciccantell

Paul Ciccantell

A great deal of recent attention in the social science literature has focused on the process of globalization, the increasing economic and social integration of all regions of the world. The development of the capitalist world economy over the last five hundred years has been tied to and dependent upon the incorporation of socially and geographically remote regions and ecosystems into the world economy.1 A major driving force behind this process of incorporation has been increasing demand for raw materials to fuel industrialization and feed growing populations in the core nations.2 This process of raw materials-based incorporation is shaped by …

The Alliance Party Of Northern Ireland And Power Sharing In A Divided Society, Allan Leonard

Allan Leonard

The government of Northern Ireland from 1920 to 1972 represented a one-party government, or more appropriately, a segmental majority of unionism; Nationalist parties were perpetually unable to, as well as restricted from, achieving control of government. Political processes since then have been to compel Unionists to share power with others. There is more than one way to apply power sharing, with consociational (Lijphart 1977) or integrative (Horowitz 1985; 1991) elements. The result can be a more or less integrated society (Sisk 1996).

My thesis is that with the achievement of the 1998 Agreement, Alliance’s pursuit of a Northern Ireland-integrative power …

Transitional Adaptation: A Neoweberian Theory Of Ecologically-Based Social Change, Sherrie Steiner

Sherrie M Steiner

This theory presents an explanation for why the transition to sustainability posits distinctive challenges to social change toward sustainability. Civilization collapse is most vulnerable during the transition process toward sustainability due to increasing environmental fluctuations from environmental degradation. Collaborative relations between civic volunteers and governing bodies is considered as an important factor for adapting to these increasing fluctuations.

Social Support Networks In China: An Urban-Rural Comparison (In Chinese), Wenhong Zhang, Danching Ruan

Dr. RUAN, Danching

No abstract provided.

Boycott!: Louise Imogen Guiney And The American Protective Association, Patricia Fanning

Patricia J. Fanning

Irish-American poet and author Louise Imogen Guiney endured anti-Catholic discrimination in Boston during the 1890’s. Well known to contemporary Bostonians as both a writer and the daughter of an Irish Roman Catholic Civil War officer, Guiney was appointed postmaster in Auburndale in January 1894. She initially liked the job’s duties, pay, and stability. However, many residents of Auburndale, including those associated with the anti-Catholic American Protective Association, boycotted the post office by not buying stamps there. As a result, in October 1894 her salary was cut. Guiney’s friends subsequently led a counterattack that resulted in stamp purchases coming to Auburndale …

Quality Of Life: Has It Changed Over A Generation?, Monica Nandan, S. Nandan

Monica Nandan

No abstract provided.

Economic Ascent And The Global Environment: World-Systems Theory And The New Historical Materialism, Paul Ciccantell, Stephen Bunker

Paul Ciccantell

The manipulation and reorganization of the relationship between nature and society is the most complex task confronting any ascendant economy. Gaining secure, inexpensive access to the huge volume of raw materials building blocks of capitalist industrial production requires economic, political, technical, and organizational innovations that restructure both existing social relationships (e.g. core-periphery relations) and the characteristics of the nature-society nexus (e.g. what raw materials are extracted where and by whom). The strategies of states and firms in ascendant economies to accomplish this task create what we term "generative sectors": leading economic sectors that are simultaneously key centers of capital accumulation, …

Lives In Motion: Composing Circles Of Self And Community In Japan. Edited By Susan Orpett Long, Susan Long

Susan O Long

From the deathbed to the commuter railway station, from the marriage market to the fish market, from the baseball field to the grave, this volume explores the diversity of contemporary Japanese society by studying how people "compose" their families, their communities, and their own identities. Challenging fixed boundaries characteristic of institutional analysis, these essays comprise an anthropology of real people who age, who play, and whose lives speak to ours even over chasms of cultural differences and misunderstandings. The contributors are historians, sociologists, and anthropologists of Japan who engage these ideas in their research and who have been inspired over …