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Review Of Feminism And Social Change: Bridging Theory And Practice. Heidi Gottfried (Ed.). Reviewed By Rebecca S. Carter, Louisiana State University., Rebecca S. Carter

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Heidi Gottfried (Ed.), Feminism and Social Change: Bridging Theory and Practice. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1996 $ 39.95 hardcover, $14.95 papercover.

Saints, Sinners, And Affirmative Action, Peter Dreier, Regina Freer

Regina Freer

No abstract provided.

Georgia On My Mind: Aborting Children Through Adoption Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses transnational adoption policies and procedures.

Animal Rights Talk: Moral Debate Over The Internet, Harold A. Herzog Jr., Beth Dinoff, Jessica R. Page

Animal Welfare Collection

Messages sent over Animal Rights-Talk, an electronic mail network devoted to the discussion of issues related to the animal rights movement, were analyzed. Messages typically fell into the following categories: questions and information, discussions of philosophical issues, ethical problems associated with the treatment of particular species, the politics of the animal rights movement, problems of moral consistency, the ethics of particular uses of non-human species (e.g., meat consumption, biomedical research with animal subjects), and matters pertaining to the internal life of the network (e.g., efforts at control of perceived norm violations). Debates between animal activists and animal researchers over the …

Law Enforcement Attitudes Toward The 1989 Oregon Firearms Law And Gun Control, Andrew Schneiderman

Dissertations and Theses

The US Supreme Court decision Deshaney v. Winneba~o County Department of Social Services cited; "the police or other government agents are under 'no general duty' to provide services, such as protection, to any particular citizen. But rather, duty to provide public services owed only to the public at large, and absent special relationships between police and individuals"(! 09 S.Ct. 998/1989). At the same time of this decision, the public was undergoing a trend of proliferating millions of personally owned firearms for self-defense and sport. In addition, citizens are now carrying concealed handguns in the 31 states that allow such a …

Religious Institutions And Black Political Activism, Frederick C. Harris

Trotter Review

During the modern Civil Rights Movement religious institutions provided critical organizational resources for protest mobilization. As Aldon Morris' extensive study of the southern Civil Rights Movement noted, the Black Church served as the "organizational hub of Black life," providing the resources that fostered—along with other indigenous groups and institutions—collective protest against a system of white domination in the South.

The Church And Negro Progress, George E. Haynes

Trotter Review

The marked progress of the Negro in America in which the church has been a factor has been of three general types. The first is intra-group advancement in such phases of life as education and wealth. The second is inter-group adjustments between the Negro population and the white population in such matters as economic relationships, citizenship rights and privileges, interracial contacts and fellowship. There is a third type of progress which touches both the internal and external life of the Negro group such as the cultural contributions of Negroes which have gradually been incorporated into our common life. There are, …

Paca Dinner Invitation, Woodrow Wilson House, April 1997

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Menu card for The President’s advisory Committee on the Arts of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts dinner April 19, 1997 held at the Woodrow Wilson House. Box 39 Folder General Correspondence 1997

Violence Against Women In Belgrade, Serbia: Sos Hotline, 1990-1993, Donna M. Hughes Dr., Zorica Mrsevic Dr.

Donna M. Hughes

The SOS Hotline for Women and Children Victims of Violence opened in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1990. For each call reporting an incident of violence, a data form was completed with the details of the call. Almost all callers were victims of violence from family member or intimate partners. The majority reported incidents of physical and verbal/emotional violence; a minority reported sexual and economic violence. The frequency and duration of violence were very high. Callers were often forced to live with perpetrators because of lack of available housing, which worsened due to privatization, economic sanction against Serbia, and the influx of …

Minutes - Advisory Committee Meeting, Feb. 1997

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Minutes for the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts meeting on Performing Arts Centers and Schools: Partners in Education held February 16, 1997 ANA Hotel. Box 39 Folder General Correspondence 1997

A Willingness Of The Heart: Cubanidad, Cubaneo, Cubanía, Gustavo Pérez-Firmat

Cuban Studies Association Occasional Papers

No abstract provided.

The Tasks Of Exile, Ricardo Pau-Llosa

Cuban Studies Association Occasional Papers

No abstract provided.

The Dominican Republic-- After The Caudillos, Emelio Betances, Hobard Spalding

Sociology Faculty Publications

The Dominican Republic played a major role in the early history of NACLA, and it is therefore fitting that the country be re-examined in one of NACLA's thirtieth anniversary issues. It was largely in response to the 1965 U.S. invasion and occupation of the island that a group of academics, clergy and radical activists organized a 1966 conference called the North American Congress on Latin America. The "congress" stayed together beyond the conference, and in February, 1967, began publishing the NACLA Newsletter, which evolved into today's NACLA Report on the Americas.

Violence And Displaced Rural Women. Montería (Córdoba), Fernando Bernal Castillo

Fernando Bernal Castillo

This a study case of rural women being displaced by the violence of both the guerrillas and the paramilitary and now settled down in the slums ofof Monteria, the capital city of the department of Cordoba, Colombia

Colombia: Rural Descentralization, Performance Of The Local Governments. Its Main Determinants, Fernando Bernal Castillo, Fernando Bernal Castillo

Fernando Bernal Castillo

This paper examines the main determinants of the performance of the agricultural technical assitance offices of the municipalities of Colombia

Relativism, Reflective Equilibrium, And Justice, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

THIS PAPER IS THE CO-WINNER OF THE FRED BERGER PRIZE IN PHILOSOPHY OF LAW FOR THE 1999 AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BEST PUBLISHED PAPER IN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.

The conflict between liberal legal theory and critical legal studies (CLS) is often framed as a matter of whether there is a theory of justice that the law should embody which all rational people could or must accept. In a divided society, the CLS critique of this view is overwhelming: there is no such justice that can command universal assent. But the liberal critique of CLS, that it degenerates into …

Untangling The Web Of Violence, Lester R. Kurtz, Jennifer Turpin

Lester R. Kurtz

No abstract provided.

Cuando La Revolución Llegó Al Campo: Un Análisis De La Implementación De La Política Agraria Sandinista Y Su Impacto., Salvador Marti I Puig

Salvador Marti i Puig

El presente artículo analiza la política agraria desarrollada e implementada por la administración sandinista durante la década de los ochenta. Con base en ello, se da cuenta del debate existente, y posterior desenlace, entre campesinistas e industrialistas en el seno de las instancias encargadas de transformar la realidad agraria nicaragüense. Finalmente, se visualiza el impacto de la política analizada en las sociedades rurales de las zonas del interior (el este de los departamentos de Boaco, Chontales y Matagalpa) -caracterizadas por ser sociedades de colonato propias de frontera agrícola- y cómo la dicha política agraria desarticula buena parte de los elementos …

Out Yet Unseen: A Racial Critique Of Gay And Lesbian Legal Theory And Political Discourse, Darren L. Hutchinson

Faculty Articles

The symbolic meaning of the phrase "tongues untied" has grown to identify a small, yet expanding, cultural, intellectual, and artistic "movement" aimed at revealing - or ending the silence around - the interactions of race, class, gender, and sexuality, what one participant in the movement described as "the transformation of silence into language and action." The work of this movement contrasts starkly with that of the "dominant" gay and lesbian culture and scholarship, where issues of racial and class subordination are neglected or rejected and where a universal gay and lesbian experience is assumed. The work of this movement highlights …

Unthinking Whiteness, Rethinking Democracy: Or Farewell To The Blonde Beast; Towards A Revolutionary Multiculturalism, Peter Mclaren

Education Faculty Articles and Research

"The specific struggle that I wish to address is that of choosing against whiteness. Yet is it possible for us to choose against whiteness given that, historically, the practice of whiteness has brought about such a devastating denial, dissassembly, and destruction of other races? One would think that such a choice against whiteness would be morally self-evident. However, precisely because whiteness is so pervasive, it remains difficult to identify, to challenge, and to separate from our daily lives. My message is that we must create a new public sphere where the practice of whiteness is not only identified and analyzed …

Development, Change, And Poverty In The Informal Sector During The Era Of Structural Adjustments In Tanzania, Joe Lugalla

Institute for Educational Development, East Africa

This article focuses on periods of economic crisis and structural adjustments in Tanzania, when the informal sector changed both quantitatively and qualitatively. It highlights that the traditional view that the informal sector accommodated the unemployed, the poor, the unskilled, as well as utilizing family labour and local resources, was questionable in most of the sub-Saharan countries which were experiencing a severe economic crisis and have adopted structural adjustment policies (SAPs). The author suggests that policy programs aimed at promoting the informal sector should acknowledge the fact that the crisis, as well as SAPs, have forced not only the poor, but …

Tentative Agenda, Honors Weekend December 6-8, 1996

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Tentative agenda for the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts Kennedy Center Honor Weekend, December 6, 7 and 8, 1996, Park Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C. Box: The Kennedy Center General Correspondence 1995-2001 News Clippings Folder: General Correspondence 1995-96

Flyer: Planned Parenthood Opening Celebration, November 20, 1996.

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Opening Celebration of Planned Parenthood of Northeast Florida. Wednesday, November 20, 1996.

Memo: Honors Weekend November 8, 1996

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Memorandum to the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts from the Chairman and Chairman of the Special Events Committee regarding Honors Weekend December 6-8, 1996, Washington, D.C. Box: The Kennedy Center General Correspondence 1995-2001 News Clippings Folder: General Correspondence 1995-96

The Power Of One: How The Individual Activist Can Make A Difference, Henry Spira

Articles

No abstract provided.

Fax: White House Update For Women September 27, 1996, Betsy Myers

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

The White House Office For Women's Initiatives and Outreach.

Fax: President Clinton Helping To Protect Families From Inflation, September 25, 1996, Clinton Gore '96

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A fax sent to disseminate information about the President proposing legislation making it easier for families to use their savings for college tuition and the Treasury Department offering new "inflation protection" bonds.

Fax: Inside Source September 25, 1996, Inside Source Inc

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A fax sent to keep people informed about political decisions about Jacksonville and North Florida, "A newsletter for Decision Makers".

Fax: Celebrating The Success Of The Family And Medical Leave Act, September 24, 1996., Clinton Gore 96

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A fax sent to disseminate information about the President Clinton success with the Family and Medical Care Act.

Fax: Fighting For Quality Health Care, September 23, 1996, Clinton Gore 96

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A fax sent to disseminate information about the President Clinton fighting for healthy families through Health Insurance Reform Act (Kassembaum-Kennedy Bill), Family and Medical Leave Act, Childhood Immunization Initiative, Women Infants and Children Program (WIC), and other health care initiatives.