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Selected Works

2001

Politics

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Buffalo's "Prophet Of Protest": The Political Leadership And Activism Of Reverend Dr. Bennett W. Smith, Sr., Sherri Wallace Jun 2001

Buffalo's "Prophet Of Protest": The Political Leadership And Activism Of Reverend Dr. Bennett W. Smith, Sr., Sherri Wallace

Sherri L. Wallace

Recently voted as one of Western New York's most influential people for the twentieth century (Gallivan 1999), the Reverend Dr. [Bennett W. Smith, Sr.] Sr.'s own electoral and political activism clearly emanate from the ethical expressions of the social justice ministry of his late friend and comrade, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. King characterized social justice in terms of "comprehensive social empowerment." He believed that freedom for African-Americans without empowerment (i.e. "Civil Rights"), land and/or other social/economic resources, was not "true" freedom (Walker 1991, 24). King's philosophy, similar to Stokely Carmichael's view of "Black Power," articulated a "call …

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The Compact Of Medina: A Constitutional Theory Of The Islamic State, Muqtedar Khan May 2001

The Compact Of Medina: A Constitutional Theory Of The Islamic State, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

The essay explores the Compact of Medina as a constitutional basis for a modern Islamic state.

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The Arts And Science Of Politics, Ozy B. Orluwene Jp Jan 2001

The Arts And Science Of Politics, Ozy B. Orluwene Jp

Dr Ozy B.Orluwene,JP

No abstract provided.

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Basic Concepts, Ozy B. Orluwene Jp Jan 2001

Basic Concepts, Ozy B. Orluwene Jp

Dr Ozy B.Orluwene,JP

No abstract provided.

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Rights Of Inequality: Rawlsian Justice, Equal Opportunity, And The Status Of The Family, Justin Schwartz Jan 2001

Rights Of Inequality: Rawlsian Justice, Equal Opportunity, And The Status Of The Family, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

Is the family subject to principles of justice? In A Theory of Justice, John Rawls includes the (monogamous) family along with the market and the government as among the "basic institutions of society" to which principles of justice apply. Justice, he famously insists, is primary in politics as truth is in science: the only excuse for tolerating injustice is that no lesser injustice is possible. The point of the present paper is that Rawls doesn't actually mean this. When it comes to the family, and in particular its impact on fair equal opportunity (the first part of the the Difference …

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Civil Society And Social Capital: A Primer, Bob Edwards, Michael W. Foley Jan 2001

Civil Society And Social Capital: A Primer, Bob Edwards, Michael W. Foley

Bob Edwards

No abstract provided.

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Buffalo Beat Op-Eds, Michael Lewyn Dec 2000

Buffalo Beat Op-Eds, Michael Lewyn

Michael E Lewyn

Assorted op-eds from Buffalo Beat, a Buffalo weekly (1998-2001)

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