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Softening The Blow Of Social Exclusion: The Responsive Theory Of Social Exclusion, Gili Freedman, Kipling D. Williams, Jennifer S. Beer
Softening The Blow Of Social Exclusion: The Responsive Theory Of Social Exclusion, Gili Freedman, Kipling D. Williams, Jennifer S. Beer
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Social exclusion is an interactive process between multiple people, yet previous research has focused almost solely on the negative impacts on targets. What advice is there for people on the other side (i.e., sources) who want to minimize its negative impact and preserve their own reputation? To provide an impetus for research on the interactive nature of exclusion, we propose the Responsive Theory of Social Exclusion. Our theory postulates that targets and sources’ needs are better maintained if sources use clear, explicit verbal communication. We propose that sources have three options: explicit rejection (clearly stating no), ostracism (ignoring), and ambiguous …
Sociological Realms Of Emotional Experience, Kathryn J. Lively, David R. Heise
Sociological Realms Of Emotional Experience, Kathryn J. Lively, David R. Heise
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The Nature And Nurture Of Economic Outcomes, Bruce Sacerdote
The Nature And Nurture Of Economic Outcomes, Bruce Sacerdote
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The relative importance of biology and envi- ronment is one of the oldest and most prominent areas of scientific inquiry and has been exam- ined by researchers as diverse as David Hume (1748), Charles Darwin (1859), and Sigmund Freud (1930). Social scientists are particularly interested in the degree to which family and neighborhood environmental factors influence a child’s educational attainment and earnings. The stakes in this debate are quite high and far-reaching. As Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray (1994) point out, the effectiveness of anti- poverty and pro-education policies is largely de- pendent on the degree to which environment matters. …