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Would Adorno Download Music? Piracy, The Recording Industry And Reproduction Reconsidered, David Arditi
Would Adorno Download Music? Piracy, The Recording Industry And Reproduction Reconsidered, David Arditi
Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Publications
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The Appearance And The Reality Of Quid Pro Quo Corruption: An Empirical Investigation, Christopher Robertson, D. Alex Winkelman, Kelly Bergstrand, Darren Modzelewski
The Appearance And The Reality Of Quid Pro Quo Corruption: An Empirical Investigation, Christopher Robertson, D. Alex Winkelman, Kelly Bergstrand, Darren Modzelewski
Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Publications
The Supreme Court says that campaign finance regulations are unconstitutional unless they target “quid pro quo” corruption or its appearance. To test those appearances, we fielded two studies. First, in a highly realistic simulation, three grand juries deliberated on charges that a campaign spender bribed a Congressperson. Second, 1271 representative online respondents considered whether to convict, with five variables manipulated randomly. In both studies, jurors found quid pro quo corruption for behaviors they believed to be common. This research suggests that Supreme Court decisions were wrongly decided, and that Congress and the states have greater authority to regulate campaign finance. …
Informal Labor In The Sharing Economy: Everyone Can Be A Record Producer, David Arditi
Informal Labor In The Sharing Economy: Everyone Can Be A Record Producer, David Arditi
Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Publications
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Compensation And Community Corrosion: Perceived Inequalities, Social Comparisons, And Competition Following The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Brian Mayer, Katrina Running, Kelly Bergstrand
Compensation And Community Corrosion: Perceived Inequalities, Social Comparisons, And Competition Following The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Brian Mayer, Katrina Running, Kelly Bergstrand
Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Publications
After disasters, victim compensation programs are typically associated with individual healing and community rebuilding. But postdisaster compensation systems also have the potential to introduce confusion and competition, further fraying the social fabric of communities affected by trauma. To assess the perceived effects of disaster compensation processes on community social relations, as well as the mechanisms that underlie such effects, we turn to the case of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, after which BP implemented one of the largest compensation systems in U.S. history. Using data from interviews of residents of four Gulf Coast communities, we examine the extent to which …
The Destruction Of Skeletal Elements By Carnivores: The Growth Of A General Model For Skeletal Element Destruction And Survival In Zooarchaeological Assemblages, Naomi Cleghorn, Curtis W. Marean
The Destruction Of Skeletal Elements By Carnivores: The Growth Of A General Model For Skeletal Element Destruction And Survival In Zooarchaeological Assemblages, Naomi Cleghorn, Curtis W. Marean
Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Publications
In the 1960s, Brain published on a series of taphonomic studies in which he observed the destruction of goat bones by pastoralists and domestic dogs. Those studies were notable and novel for a variety of reasons: 1) the attempt to control for complex parameters through the use of what we now recognize as experimental and naturalistic actualism, 2) documentation of the destructive impact on skeletal element abundance by secondary carnivore consumers, and 3) the attempt to understand the mechanical aspects of this process, and thus establish the foundation for justifiable uniformitarianism. This work set the stage for a proliferation of …
Etnografía De Trabajadores Informales En Un Barrio De Inmigrantes Mexicanos En El Silicon Valley, Christian Zlolniski
Etnografía De Trabajadores Informales En Un Barrio De Inmigrantes Mexicanos En El Silicon Valley, Christian Zlolniski
Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Publications
This article describes a set of informal activities engaged in by Mexican immigrants in a poor district of San Jose, California. Based on ethnographic field research, the study posits that the informal economy in Mexican immigrant communities does not constitute a labor niche of subsistence activities for workers excluded from the formal sector, or a set of jobs generated by an ethnic economy. On the contrary, it serves as a complement to the income generated by unqualified work in the formal sector, in which most workers are inserted, while in other cases, it represents an advantageous alternative form of work. …