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Articles 1 - 17 of 17
Full-Text Articles in Politics and Social Change
The Dual Face Of Empowerment: A Model For Cooperative Resource Building, Eric C. Albers, Nancy Paolini
The Dual Face Of Empowerment: A Model For Cooperative Resource Building, Eric C. Albers, Nancy Paolini
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Homelessness among families with children has become a nationwide problem. Although homelessness is difficult to document, it is estimated that approximately 250,000 to 3,000,000 people in the United States are homeless. Families, which comprise approximately one third of the homeless population, is its fastest growing segment (Mihaly, 1991; National Coalition for the Homeless, 1989; Van Vliet, 1989). This may be a conservative figure. Some of these families often go uncounted because they are part of the "invisible" homeless. They avoid agency contact for fear of losing their children or live in motels, cars, or campgrounds and thereby are not counted …
The Political Activity Of Social Workers: A Post-Reagan Update, Mark Ezell
The Political Activity Of Social Workers: A Post-Reagan Update, Mark Ezell
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This article reports the findings of a survey that examined the political activism of social workers and what changes may have occurred in their political participation during the Reagan years. Social workers are politically active largely by writing letters to public officials but also by discussing political issues with friends, by belonging to politically active organizations and by attending political meetings. In addition, a substantial proportion of social workers make campaign contributions and get involved in candidate elections. Among social workers, those with the highest educational degrees, those who are NASW members, those who are in macro type jobs, and …
Certificate: In Appreciation For 25 Years Of Service, Florida Community College At Jacksonville, Florida Community College At Jacksonville
Certificate: In Appreciation For 25 Years Of Service, Florida Community College At Jacksonville, Florida Community College At Jacksonville
Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials
No abstract provided.
Urban Constraints, Political Imperatives: Environmental 'Design' In Singapore, Victor R. Savage, Lily Kong
Urban Constraints, Political Imperatives: Environmental 'Design' In Singapore, Victor R. Savage, Lily Kong
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
What lies at the heart of the continuing efforts at social education and engineering? We argue that they stem from a political elite which recognises the constraints facing Singapore and the need to deal with them at national level. Specifically, the government in Singapore has recognised the spatial constraints of an island-state and the dangers of a burgeoning population, particularly in relation to the need to sustain a viable urban ecosystem. They have therefore been conscientious in planning and population control. They have also stressed the importance of remaining economically viable in order to survive and an entire survival and …
Providence's Unending Quest For Cash, Chester Smolski
Providence's Unending Quest For Cash, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"The mayor of Providence has a big problem. How can he balance a budget that addresses the needs of an increasingly large number of people, yet deal with a declining tax base that is less able to pay for theses extra services?"
Beyond An Underclass: An Essay On Up-Front Politics, Paula L. Dressel, Jeff Porterfield
Beyond An Underclass: An Essay On Up-Front Politics, Paula L. Dressel, Jeff Porterfield
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Debate about underclass conceptualization has once again forced sociologists to acknowledge the political context and implications of our work. This article extends the critical examination of underclass conceptualization to relatively undeveloped but politically important areas of concern. Initially we discuss the political economic context of conceptual controversies surrounding poverty. With a preference for structural analysis, we call for the return of class to economically marginalized people and suggest how that goal might be enhanced by a focus on relations of distribution as well as production. Valuing subjects' vantage points, we recommend how sociologists' work can return agency and diversity to …
Emily’S List "Women Can Run!" Invitation. January 19, 1993.
Emily’S List "Women Can Run!" Invitation. January 19, 1993.
Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials
With envelope and membership form.
Animal Rights: The Frontiers Of Compassion, Henry Spira
Animal Rights: The Frontiers Of Compassion, Henry Spira
Articles
No abstract provided.
Tackling The Titans, Erik Marcus
Tackling The Titans, Erik Marcus
Profiles
The successful strategy of animal-rights activist Henry Spira.
Interview: Henry Spira, Foundation For Biomedical Research
Interview: Henry Spira, Foundation For Biomedical Research
Interviews
No abstract provided.
The Paradox Of Ideology, Justin Schwartz
The Paradox Of Ideology, Justin Schwartz
Justin Schwartz
A standard problem with the objectivity of social scientific theory in particular is that it is either self-referential, in which case it seems to undermine itself as ideology, or self-excepting, which seem pragmatically self-refuting. Using the example of Marx and his theory of ideology, I show how self-referential theories that include themselves in their scope of explanation can be objective. Ideology may be roughly defined as belief distorted by class interest. I show how Marx thought that natural science was informed by class interest but not therefore necessarily ideology. Capitalists have an interest in understanding the natural world (to a …
Functional Explanation And Metaphysical Individualism, Justin Schwartz
Functional Explanation And Metaphysical Individualism, Justin Schwartz
Justin Schwartz
A number of (present or former) analytical Marxists, such as Jon Elster, have argued that functional explanation has almost no place in the social sciences. (Although the discussion is framed in terms of a debate among analytical Marxists, the point is quite general, and Marxism is used for illustrative purposes.) Functional explanation accounts for what is to be explained by reference to its function; thus, sighted organism have eyes because eyes enable them to see. Elster and other critics of functional explanation argue that this pattern of explanation is inconsistent with "methodological individualism," the idea, as they understand it, that …
Unam, Espejo Del Mejor México Posible: La Universidad En El Contexto Educativo Nacional, Imanol Ordorika, Salvador Martínez Della Rocca
Unam, Espejo Del Mejor México Posible: La Universidad En El Contexto Educativo Nacional, Imanol Ordorika, Salvador Martínez Della Rocca
Imanol Ordorika
No abstract provided.
The Diffusion Of Innovations: A Review And Explication Of Central Concepts, Thomas D. Skill
The Diffusion Of Innovations: A Review And Explication Of Central Concepts, Thomas D. Skill
Communication Faculty Publications
The study of the diffusion of innovations attempts to understand how new things or ideas, after a period of time, become widely adopted throughout a group or society.
Everett Rogers (1983), one of the pioneers in this area of research, sees the diffusion process as essential to understanding social change. Diffusion, as Rogers sees it, is essentially a communication activity. Accordingly, social change consists of the introduction of something new - invention, followed by the process of diffusing the invention - this is done through all forms of communication, and finally the process ends with some type of "consequence," or …
Lucille Vinyard Journal 1993, Lucille Vinyard
Lucille Vinyard Journal 1993, Lucille Vinyard
Lucille Vinyard Journal Collection
No abstract provided.
Untying The Knot: A Scoialist-Feminist Analysis Of The Social Construction Of Care: Social Research And Development Monograph No. 7, Dani Stehlik
Research outputs pre 2011
As the Australian population ages, policy and human service practice in the field of aged care assumes an increasingly important and relevant position. In this monograph I argue that women who are providing care for aged spouses, parents or relatives in their (or their carer's) own homes, are doing essential, hard and stressful work, work which is unpaid and often unacknowledged, and that the Australian welfare system is now structured around the invisible unpaid labour of such women. The rhetoric of Australian political parties is focussing more and more on the notion of an ideal' family' and 'community' and a …
Ways To Think About The Unitary Executive: A Comment On Approaches To Government Structure, Michael A. Fitts
Ways To Think About The Unitary Executive: A Comment On Approaches To Government Structure, Michael A. Fitts
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.