The Social Dimensions Of Sustainability And Change In Diversified Farming Systems, 2012 Santa Clara University
The Social Dimensions Of Sustainability And Change In Diversified Farming Systems, Christopher M. Bacon, Christy Getz, Sibella Kraus, Maywa Montenegro, Kaelin Holland
Environmental Studies and Sciences
Agricultural systems are embedded in wider social-ecological processes that must be considered in any complete discussion of sustainable agriculture. Just as climatic profiles will influence the future viability of crops, institutions, i.e., governance agreements, rural household and community norms, local associations, markets, and agricultural ministries, to name but a few, create the conditions that foster sustainable food systems. Because discussions of agricultural sustainability often overlook the full range of social dimensions, we propose a dual focus on a broad set of criteria, i.e., human health, labor, democratic participation, resiliency, biological and cultural diversity, equity, and ethics, to assess social outcomes, …
The Paradox Of Political Power: Post-Racialism, Equal Protection, And Democracy, 2012 University of Pittsburgh School of Law
The Paradox Of Political Power: Post-Racialism, Equal Protection, And Democracy, William M. Carter Jr.
Articles
Racial minorities have achieved unparalleled electoral success in recent years. Simultaneously, they have continued to rank at or near the bottom in terms of health, wealth, income, education, and the effects of the criminal justice system. Social conservatives, including those on the Supreme Court, have latched onto evidence of isolated electoral success as proof of “post-racialism,” while ignoring the evidence of continued disparities for the vast majority of people of color.
This Essay will examine the tension between the Court's conservatives' repeated calls for minorities to achieve their goals through the political process and the Supreme Court's increasingly restrictive "colorblind" …
Wisconsin's League Against Nuclear Dangers: The Power Of Informed Citizenship, 2012 Santa Clara University
Wisconsin's League Against Nuclear Dangers: The Power Of Informed Citizenship, Nancy Unger
History
Wisconsin's League Against Nuclear Dangers (LAND), a loose organization active in the 1970s and 1980s, was predominantly made up of white middle-aged and middle-class homemakers with minimal formal education in the sciences. The story of LAND is a powerful lesson in what people can accomplish when they take their rights as citizens seriously and commit themselves to learning a complex subject in depth in order to be knowledgeable and persuasive.
Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 36-K, No. 12, 2011 University of New Mexico
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Short Takes
Mundo de Torturadores
Voices From Inside
Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 36-J, No. 11, 2011 University of New Mexico
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Steps Against Juvenile Life Without Parole
Campaign to End the New Jim Crow in Solidarity with the Occupy Movement
Crime of the Month
Education Behind Bars Newsletters
Pen Pals for LWOP Prisoners
The San Quentin News Needs Help
Sab 26.11.2011 Ultimas Noticias- Egipto
3rd Year of Multi-Year RESIST Grant!!!
Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 36-I, No. 10, 2011 University of New Mexico
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Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted Peoples Movement
Crime of the Month
Soliciting Holiday Card Designs
Voluntarios: Heroes de la Frontera
Summary of the Platform of the Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted Peoples Movement
Diagnosis Blog: Checking Up On Health Blogs Inthe Blogosphere, 2011 University of Massachusetts Boston
Diagnosis Blog: Checking Up On Health Blogs Inthe Blogosphere, Edward Alan Miller, Antoinette Pole
Department of Political Science and Law Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Objectives. We analyzed the content and characteristics of influential health blogs and bloggers to provide a more thorough understanding of the health blogosphere than was previously available.
Methods. We identified, through a purposive–snowball approach, 951 health blogs in 2007 and 2008. All blogs were US focused and updated regularly. We described their features, topics, perspectives, and blogger demographics.
Results. Approximately half of the bloggers in our sample were employed in the health field. A majority were female, aged in their 30s, and highly educated. Two thirds posted at least weekly; one quarter accepted advertisements. Most blogs were established after …
Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 36-H, No. 9, 2011 University of New Mexico
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Attica is All Of Us
Crime of the Month
¡No Retrocedamos!: Licencias para Todos en NM
Soliciting Holiday Card Design
CCA and MTC, For-Profit Prisons, Expand
Between Structure And Agency: Assassination, Social Forces, And The Production Of The Criminal Subject, 2011 Montclair State University
Between Structure And Agency: Assassination, Social Forces, And The Production Of The Criminal Subject, Cary H. Federman
Department of Justice Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Assassins are often regarded as ahistorical figures of evil. In this article, I contest this view by analyzing the assassination of President William McKinley by Leon Czolgosz in 1901. There are two purposes to this article. The first is to situate McKinley’s assassination within the history and development of the social sciences, principally sociology, rather than assume that the assassin is a trans-historical representation of willful irresponsibility. The second is to describe and critique the discourse that made Czolgosz into a rational agent once he entered history as an assassin.
Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 36-G, No. 8, 2011 University of New Mexico
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The Reinvention of Slavery
Para Difusion Inmediata
Solidarity Must Persist
Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 36-F, No. 7, 2011 University of New Mexico
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We Applaud and Stand With You in the Ongoing Struggle
Crime of the Month
Voices in Solidarity/From Inside
Que Puede Hacer si Usted es Arrestado o Detenido por Inmigración?
La Follette’S Autobiography: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, And The Glorious, 2011 Santa Clara University
La Follette’S Autobiography: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, And The Glorious, Nancy Unger
History
La Follette's Autobiography: A Personal Narrative of Political Experiences is a remarkable primary document of the Progressive Era. Originally published in 1913, it remains in print today and has the dubious honor of being one of Richard Nixon's three favorite books. It illuminates the crucial role that La Follette's home state of Wisconsin played in molding La Follette as a man and as a politician, thereby influencing his national progressive agenda; but it also reveals much more.
Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 36-E, No. 6, 2011 University of New Mexico
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Some Briefs
Justicia de la Libertad Condicional
Voices From Inside, In Solidarity
Some Tax Breaks for the Wealthy
Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 36-D, No. 5, 2011 University of New Mexico
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May Day 2011: Push All Workers Up!
Voice From Inside
Dia Mayo 2011
Lgbtq Womyn Of Color Conference — Crossroads And Crosswinds Connecting Across Race And Space, 2011 City University of New York (CUNY)
Lgbtq Womyn Of Color Conference — Crossroads And Crosswinds Connecting Across Race And Space, Arianne Benford
Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)
When I first arrived at the Second Annual LGBTQ Womyn of Color Conference, I was nearly knocked over by the embrace the conference's coexecutive director, Adrienne Williams. We had only spoken on the phone a few times, yet the last time I can remember being so warmly received was during one of my infrequent trips home to see my mother. While I was sure that in that moment she had a long list of other things to do, she still made time to ensure that I was being treated well. Adrienne's hug was not a singular experience, but more of …
Palestinian Queer Activists Talk Politics, 2011 CUNY College of Staten Island
Palestinian Queer Activists Talk Politics, Sarah Schulman
Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)
Palestinian queer activists Haneen Maikey and Abeer Mansour will be touring 6 US cities for a series of open conversations hosted by locally and nationally known US activists. Their New York host is CLAGS—please join us for this exciting expansion of the Global LGBT.
Retired Women And Volunteering: The Good, The Bad, And The Unrecognized, 2011 Montclair State University
Retired Women And Volunteering: The Good, The Bad, And The Unrecognized, Olena Nesteruk, Christine A. Price
Department of Family Science and Human Development Scholarship and Creative Works
In this article, we examine varied attitudes and practices toward volunteering in later life, as shared by a group of 40 retired women. We categorize women based on their engagement in retirement and label the categories according to societal expectations as follows: traditional volunteers as "good," nonvolunteers as "bad," and caregiving volunteers as "unrecognized." Using critical gerontology and a feminist framework, we juxtapose the lived experiences of retired women with a prevailing discourse on successful aging and civic engagement. We advocate for societal recognition of caregiving as a valuable form of volunteering, as well as the need to respect multiple …
Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 36-C, No. 4, 2011 University of New Mexico
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Where Does Torture Happen?
En Donde Sucede la Tortura?
Crime of the Month
Voices From Inside
Coalition For Prisoners' Rights Newsletter, Vol 36-C, No. 3, 2011 University of New Mexico
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Women in Prison -- A Fast Growing Population
In Memoriam
Mujeres Encarceladas Hoy en Dia
A Little Respect, Please, 2011 Organization of American States
A Little Respect, Please, Christina Cerna
Human Rights & Human Welfare
Simon Tisdall suggests that last month, when Mohammed Bouazizi (twenty-six years old), “an unemployed graduate, set himself on fire outside a government building in protest at police harassment,” his act became the “rallying cause for Tunisia’s disaffected legions of unemployed students, impoverished workers, trade unionists, lawyers and human rights activists.” The reaction to his act of self-immolation and death on January 4th led to the flight of President Ben Ali ten days later to Saudi Arabia and to the end of Ali's twenty-three-year rule of Tunisia. Time reported the event as follows: “When Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight on Dec. …