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Against Subordination: Morality, Discourse, And Decision In The Legal Theory Of Jurgen Habermas, William Rehg

Cardozo Law Review

This reflection explores the manner in which Jurgen Habermas's Between Facts and Norms establishes a relationship between law (or legal procedures) and an idealized conception of rational practical discourse. Part I of this Article spells out a problem that arises if one subordinates law to such idealizations of practical reason; here I will argue that the subordination of law to morality is part of a larger problem that one does not escape simply by analyzing law in the broader terms of discursive justification in general. Part II pursues further the question of whether Habermas's legal theory escapes this difficulty, turning …

Reflexive Law, Civil Society, And Negative Rights, Andrew Arato

Cardozo Law Review

Jurgen Habermas has remained faithful to the heritage of Critical Theory-to the method and perspective of imminent social criticism. His concept of "paradigm" is fully intelligible only in context of such background. It means, first and foremost, enlightenment concerning a given society with a normative project in mind-in the present case, the actualization of the system of rights. Thus, a paradigm is a form of diagnosis, based on the rational reconstruction of forms of consciousness, filtered and synthesized into theory, that seeks to orient action. At all points, the construction of paradigms refers to a social totality which is subjected …

Comportements Démographiques Et Statut Socio-Économique Des Immigrants Canadiens, Roderic Beaujot

PSC Discussion Papers Series

Abstract not available

Determinants Of Migration: Inter-European Migration, 1950-1989, Sven Mikael Jansson

Digitized Theses

It is commonly assumed that governmental regulations determine the flow of international migration streams. Time-series techniques are used to analyze the migration flows to Belgium from France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands in the post-war period 1950-1989 in order to estimate the impact that the migration policy change in 1968 had on these flows. A survey of the predominantly cross-sectional migration literature revealed that substantial contradictions are reduced when studies are separated according to their power to detect the significant push and pull factors. The preliminary findings for the time-series analyzed indicated that these series required differencing once before achieving …

Communication, Culture And Reproduction: Analysis Of Contraceptive Adoption In Kenya, Lewis Odhiambo Omwanda

Digitized Theses

This dissertation explored the relationships between social communication, culture and reproductive behaviour. Drawing upon theories of structural and behavioral change, mechanisms of value formation and transformation over time were discussed and used to build upon Lesthaeghe and Surkyn's (1988) postulation linking the ideational system reproductive behaviour. Accordingly, theories that posit reproductive choices in sub-Saharan Africa as primarily rooted in past practices and traditional value systems were questioned and, instead, interactionist bases of reproductive choice were suggested that accord with communication theories of behavioral innovation and social change.;The theories were tested using the 1989 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey data, and …

Imaginary Companions In Preschool-Aged Children: A Theoretical Examination, An Exploration Of The Role Of Parents, And A Study Of The Relationship Between A Child And Her Imagination, Joy Lyn Bryan

Doctoral Dissertations

Two theories about why children create imaginary companions were examined, the void-stress and the psychoanalytic theories. The relationship between children and their imaginary companions, the role of parents, and fantasy choice were also examined. To these ends, children completed measures of loneliness, moral reasoning, locus of control, stress, and self-perceived competence. If they had an imaginary friend they also completed a perceived competence scale from the point of view of their imaginary companion. Children with imaginary companions also completed two measures of the relationship between themselves and their imagined friend: relationship circles and the Sibling Inventory of Differential Experience. All …

Illusions Of Change: An Analysis Of The Fatherhood Discourse In "Parents Magazine", 1929-1994, Candice Leonard

Doctoral Dissertations

This project explores the question of women's expectations and experience across the transition to parenthood. Specifically, the source of women's unmet expectations about the genderedness of household division of labor and familywork are examined, bridging the literatures on expectation formation and information-seeking behavior.

The centerpiece of the study is a comprehensive, context-sensitive analysis of the fatherhood discourse in Parents Magazine from 1929 through 1994, which uses both quantitative and qualitative methods. Importance is placed on the fact that this is primarily a male-produced discourse that defines fatherhood for women. It was found that there are significant differences by author sex …

Structural Inequalities, Family And Cultural Factors, And Spousal Violence Among Anglo And Hispanic-Americans, Jana Lynn Jasinski

Doctoral Dissertations

There is some evidence that rates of spousal assault are higher among Hispanic Americans compared to Anglo Americans, however, very little empirical research has focused extensively on Hispanic Americans and their risks for spousal violence. There is even less research that considers different Hispanic groups. This study used the 1992 National Alcohol and Family Violence Survey to examine the relationships among structural inequalities, family relations, and spousal assault among a sample of 1,768 Anglo and Hispanic Americans.

The results indicated that Hispanic Americans were more likely to use minor or severe physical violence against their spouses, however, there were also …

The Role-Set Of The Truck Driver: Issues Of Worker Autonomy, Ideology, And Identity, Bruce Patrick Day

Doctoral Dissertations

In this dissertation, I explore occupational socialization and identity formation within the context of work, the workplace, and work practices. The workers presented in this study are long-haul, freight carrying truck drivers. The components of this study include: (a) a socio-historical analysis of the trucking industry, and (b) how characteristics of the truck drivers' work influence his identity, and how this influence is different for various types of drivers.

I have reviewed changes in the trucking industry from its beginnings at the start of this century to its current status in 1996. This includes looking at organizations developed in response …

Changes In Self-Sufficiency: A Feminist Approach To Literacy Program Evaluation, Marcia Ann Makris

Doctoral Dissertations

This research was a follow-up investigation of a federally-funded literacy program which was established to assist its participants to achieve self-sufficiency through employment. The program was designed and implemented in response to the federal legislative law, the Family Support of Act of 1988 (FSA), which mandated that states provide Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) programs to "assure that needy families with children obtain the education, training, and employment that will help them avoid long term dependency" and "assist recipients to become self-sufficient." The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the characteristics of the program that …

The Evolutionary Dimension Within Economic Thought, James Julius Neidhart

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation integrates the concepts of circular causality, emergence, and hierarchical organization through an investigation of the evolutionary dimension within economic thought. The different sections of this dissertation represent complementary perspectives on this theme.

The first chapter introduces the concept of circular causality and the technique of causal diagramming. These tools are used in the second and third chapters to highlight the evolutionary dimension within the history of economic thought. The particular theorists and groups of articles discussed include Adam Smith, Alfred Marshall, the Increasing Returns debates of the 1920's, Gunnar Myrdal, and Nicholas Kaldor. The significance of the Increasing …

"Getting America Told": The Black Press And Its Dialogue With White America, 1914-1919, William George Jordan

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation examines the role of African-American newspapers as a forum for interracial discourse during World War I. The black press addressed itself to white America, arguing that African-Americans' participation in the war made them worthy of full citizenship, pointing out the similarity between the nation's aim of championing democracy in Europe and the goal of creating racial justice in America, and drawing parallels between atrocities against civilians in Europe and the lynching of African Americans in the Southern states. Some influential white Americans paid attention to these arguments and responded to them. In doing so, they sought to use …

Toward An Interparadigmatic Dialogue On Goffman, James J. Chriss

Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Security And Rational Choice: Household, Community, And Public Provision., John Collins Kilburn Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation examines the problem of order through an analysis of individual practices of security. Because security is a multi-dimensional issue, no unified perspective currently exists to explain security practices. Based on my analysis of data from a detailed survey of 137 residents of a Baton Rouge neighborhood, I argue that there are three main dimensions of security and each has a unique set of determinants, since individuals are contextually situated in their households, neighborhoods, and municipalities. This dissertation examines variables related to psychological, stratification, social network, and rational choice perspectives. The analysis demonstrates that although factors suggested by each …

Gender And Spousal Violence: A Test Of Social Control And Resource Theories., Deborah Marie Hanrahan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This research provides an explanation of spousal violence that has previously been lacking in the family violence literature--a social control approach. This research tests the hypothesis that those with stronger bonds to society will be less likely to engage in spousal violence. Furthermore, this research will incorporate the role that family structures have in stratifying social control for males and females by testing power-control theory, which suggests that women from egalitarian households of origin will be more likely to commit wife-to-husband violence than those from patriarchal households. Conversely, men from egalitarian households should be less likely to commit husband-to-wife violence …

The Politics Of Puberty: Gender Harassment In The Schools, Cynthia A. Falcone

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

Sexual harassment in the work place and on college campuses has been acknowledged for some time, but its prevalence in high schools and junior high schools has only recently come to light. Reports of student-to-student gender harassment by school-aged children are often dismissed as teasing. The lack of response leaves victims feeling isolated and unsafe. Gender harassment is placed on a sexual violence continuum, revealing it to be a patterned, systematic form of oppression based on gender. The effects of gender harassment, as experienced by the targets, with regard to the definition of self and autonomy are discussed. A model …

Transactional Interactions And Growth In The Global Economy: A Multiple-Network Analysis., Kuo-Hua Chen

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation postulates that the trend of increasing globalization of economic activities within the shifting features of the world economy has been the dominating force transforming and integrating the international economic structure. I adopt ecological theory's external view of system structure, and focus on a more relational view of international exchange. Using network methodology, I analyze the effects of global transactional interactions on economic growth. This research extends concepts of the macro-urban approach to an analysis of international transactions. Based on data for 93 nations over a 20-year period (1970-1978 and 1978-1990) from three transactional networks (93 x 93 matrices), …

Social Tolerance For Drug Use Among Junior High School Students In Taipei, Taiwan., San-Yi Li

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examines the degree of social tolerance for drug use among junior high school students in Taipei, Taiwan, and the relationships between their social tolerance for drug use and their individual, family, and drug environment characteristics. The theories of anomie, socialization, social control, and differential association are used as a guide for these examinations. The data for this study were collected from a sample of 604 students from 16 classes in three grades at five schools using a self-administrated questionnaire designed for this purpose. These classes were randomly selected from all 85 junior high schools which were stratified by …

Neighborhood Characteristics And Crime Specific Victimization Rates: A Sociological Analysis., Esther Celeste Jones

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation examines the influence of ecological, institutional, and cultural variables on neighborhood victimization rates of assault, burglary, and robbery in 30 urban neighborhoods. Ordinary least square regression analysis is sued to determine which variables are most predictives of these rates. Based on social disorganization theory, social control theory, and subculture of violence theory, an integrated model is developed. The integrated model includes elements of all three theoretical orientations, clearly indicating that crime is not unidimensional, and that different variables are predictive of specific types of crime at the neighborhood level. It was found that assault and robbery were best …

An Examination Of The Effects Of The Mother's Education And Household Exposure To Disease On Childhood Diarrheal Morbidity In Sudan., Dawood Hussein Sultan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation examines the effect of increases in the mother's level of education on the likelihood of diarrheal morbidity among Sudanese children aged 6 to 23 months. Maximum likelihood logistic regression models are used in the analysis. The logit estimates obtained from these models revealed that children of mothers who are illiterate run on average more than 10 times the risk of diarrhea as that run by children to mothers with a senior secondary or higher education. Slight increases in the mother's education, as indicated by an incomplete primary school education, reduce the likelihood of diarrhea by more than 50%. …

Investigating The Antecedents Of Youth Unemployment: Individual, Family, And Neighborhood Factors., Mary Smalley Delamatre

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Young adults are two to three times more likely to be unemployed than older adults, and African-American and poorly educated youths are disproportionately unemployed (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1995a). The goal of the present study was to identify precursors of youth unemployment that could be targets of interventions. This longitudinal study explored the relationship between individual, family, and neighborhood factors, measured during junior high and high school, and the employment status of 19-year-old males. Participants were individuals participating in the Pittsburgh Youth Study, a longitudinal study of prosocial and antisocial behavior. This random sample of 506 males were 7th …

The Young Parsons And The Mature Habermas, James J. Chriss

Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Reason For Plaid, Christopher Ditomo

Undergraduate Review

No abstract provided.

The Third Generation Hypothesis And Latina/O Dating Patterns At Humboldt State University, Elizabeth Flores

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

Assimilation into the mainstream culture has been studied extensively. The degree of assimilation, ethnic identity, and cultural awareness varies for the first, second, and third generations of an ethnic group. In order to test these assumptions a study was conducted at the campus of Humboldt State University. Using Marcus Lee Hansen's third generation hypothesis of "what the [child] wishes to forget, the grand[child] wishes to remember", as a theoretical framework and Milton Gordon's schema of assimilation, a questionnaire was devised and administered. The sample was composed of 25 Latino males and 25 Latina females of various ages and class standings. …

The Interactional Nature Of Familial Elderly Abuse: A Study In The Sociology Of Emotions, Patricia Jordan

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

This paper proposes that, in placing an emphasis on quantitative measurements of certain situational and relational stress factors, existing research in the field of familial elderly abuse has neglected the importance of addressing the dynamics of violent relationships. As such, the role of self-esteem in violent interaction has not only remained an elusive concept, it has necessarily been given less emphasis. Drawing upon the works of Denzin (1984, 1989), Jackson (1984), Scheff (1970, 1990a, 1990b), and Scheff and Retzinger (1991), the present study proffers an innovative, composite methodological approach for overcoming these past oversights; one which serves to complement existing …

The Interactional Nature Of Familial Elderly Abuse: A Study In The Sociology Of Emotion, Patricia Jordan

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

This paper proposes that, in placing an emphasis on quantitative measurements of certain situational and relational stress factors, existing research in the field of familial elderly abuse has neglected the importance of addressing the dynamics of violent relationships. As such, the role of self-esteem in violent interaction has not only remained an elusive concept, it has necessarily been given less emphasis. Drawing upon the works of Denzin (1984, 1989), Jackson (1984), Scheff (1970, 1990a, 1990b), and Scheff and Retzinger (1991), the present study proffers an innovative, composite methodological approach for overcoming these past oversights; one which serves to complement existing …

The Interactional Nature Of Familial Elderly Abuse: A Study In The Sociology Of Emotions Chapters 4-6, Patricia Jordan

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

This paper proposes that, in placing an emphasis on quantitative measurements of certain situational and relational stress factors, existing research in the field of familial elderly abuse has neglected the importance of addressing the dynamics of violent relationships. As such, the role of self-esteem in violent interaction has not only remained an elusive concept, it has necessarily been given less emphasis. Drawing upon the works of Denzin (1984, 1989), Jackson (1984), Scheff (1970, 1990a, 1990b), and Scheff and Retzinger (1991), the present study proffers an innovative, composite methodological approach for overcoming these past oversights; one which serves to complement existing …

Cultural Orientations

Border Life Collection

Handwritten essay. Topics covered in this essay are: Mexican American culture, Anglo culture, interview, perceptions.

Grounds Of Unconstitutionality: The Italian Case, Riccardo Guastini

Cardozo Law Review

Validity and invalidity are properties of legal rules. Both concepts refer to relationships-relationships between a given rule and the second-order rules that govern its creation and contents.

Indeed, it is a well-known feature of modern legal systems that law regulates, among other things, the creation of law itself. This amounts to saying that each legal system includes a large variety of second-order rules that govern the production of further legal rules along with "ordinary" rules of behavior, such as the rules of criminal law. Second-order rules regulate both the rule-making process and, to a certain extent, the contents of forthcoming …

Cultural Orientations

Border Life Collection

Typed essay. Topics covered in this essay are: Mexican culture, Anglo culture, and language.