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Brotherly Love In Philadelphia: Reports Of Its Demise Are Exaggerated, Paul J. Rich
Brotherly Love In Philadelphia: Reports Of Its Demise Are Exaggerated, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
While concentrating on Philadelphia, the paper by inference supports the idea that the study of associationalism, social capital and fraternalism can profitably be done on a city by city basis, and that the view that society affiliations have succumbed to television-induced aloneness may be overstated.
Latin American Education's Computing Crisis, Paul J. Rich
Latin American Education's Computing Crisis, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
For a number of years I went around the world beating the drum for the role of computing in education. That has become a too familiar tune and now the focus is on aspects of computing in schools and universities rather than the general need to introduce the topic. However, we are just at the start of a revolution...
Masons And Greeks: A Brief Lodge Address, Paul J. Rich
Masons And Greeks: A Brief Lodge Address, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
In any large city there are dozens of lodges, and they often are looking for a speaker. i think my popularity has been based more on my brevity than my eloquence, but in any event this tlak on Greeks and Masons always elicits a discussion because there will be individuals in the audience who joined a fraternity in college and subsequently became Freemasons, so they can appreciate the comparison.
Voluntarismo En Estados Unidos Y El Debate De Robert Putnam, Paul J. Rich
Voluntarismo En Estados Unidos Y El Debate De Robert Putnam, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
El debate en tomo a "bolear solo" (Bowling Alone) que inicio Robert Putnam respecto a la salud del voluntarismo estadunidense presen ta como muy novedosas algunas caracteristicas del desarrollo de la sociedad civil y la cultura politica que en realidad habian sido sefiala das con anterioridad por Seymour Martin Upset y otras. Para comprender Estados Unidos, es necesario entender el signifi cado de la sociedad civil y de la fructifera presencia del volunta rismo que es su savia vital.' Las asociaciones estadunidenses -incluyendo a las Iglesias, organizaciones civiles, los consejos escolares, fraternidades y grupos filantr6picos-- son campos de entrenamiento vitalicios …
The American Academy Of Political And Social Science In The Twenty-First Century, Paul J. Rich
The American Academy Of Political And Social Science In The Twenty-First Century, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
One of the fixtures in academic publishing for decades was the familiar and stark orange cover of the Annals of the American Academy, with no mitigating photo or illustration. The first departure from this august tradition was occasioned by a volume that David Merchant and I produced, and was accompanied by some thoughts on the future that not only appeared in the Annals but were featured for a long time on the Academy web site. The shocked reacton among some of the fellows that the new cover produced would make a movie.