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Policing Native Americans Off The Rez, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. Dec 2005

Policing Native Americans Off The Rez, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

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Native Americans, Criminal Justice, Criminological Theory, And Policy Development, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Larry Gould Ph.D. Dec 2005

Native Americans, Criminal Justice, Criminological Theory, And Policy Development, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D., Larry Gould Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

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Did Katrina Recalibrate Attitudes Toward Poverty And Inequality? A Test Of The “Dirty Little Secret” Hypothesis, David Grusky, Emily Ryo Dec 2005

Did Katrina Recalibrate Attitudes Toward Poverty And Inequality? A Test Of The “Dirty Little Secret” Hypothesis, David Grusky, Emily Ryo

Emily Ryo

We test the popular claim that poverty and inequality were “dirty little secrets” until the media coverage of Hurricane Katrina exposed them to a wider public. If this account were on the mark, it would suggest that the absence of major antipoverty initiatives in the United States is partly attributable to public ignorance and apathy coupled with the narrowly rational decision on the part of policymakers to attend to other issues about which the public evidently cares more. Using the 2004 Maxwell Poll, we find strikingly high levels of awareness and activism on poverty and inequality issues even prior to …

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Mental Health Among Taiwanese Americans: Gender, Immigration, And Transnational Struggles, Chien-Juh Gu Dec 2005

Mental Health Among Taiwanese Americans: Gender, Immigration, And Transnational Struggles, Chien-Juh Gu

Chien-Juh Gu

Gu examines how Taiwanese Americans' immigration background, gender, and relations in the family and workplace affect their mental health. She argues that Taiwanese Americans' experience of distress is not only gendered but also transnational. Men's and women's experiences differ, and transnational culture influences how they interpret their worlds. While work situations frustrate men, family life bothers women. Their identities are multiple and fluid, and they struggle with their American-ness and Chinese-ness in everyday life. Men feel excluded by the majority culture in the workplace because they are "too Chinese." Women, in contrast, wonder if they should follow Chinese or American …

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Rethinking The Study Of Gender And Mental Health, Chien-Juh Gu Dec 2005

Rethinking The Study Of Gender And Mental Health, Chien-Juh Gu

Chien-Juh Gu

No abstract provided.

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The Childhood Of Human Rights: The Kodak On The Congo, Sharon Sliwinski Dec 2005

The Childhood Of Human Rights: The Kodak On The Congo, Sharon Sliwinski

Sharon Sliwinski

This article examines the Congo reform movement's use of atrocity photographs in their human rights campaign (c. 1904–13) against Belgian King Leopold, colonial ruler of the Congo Free State. This material analysis shows that human rights are conceived by spectators who, with the aid of the photographic apparatus, are compelled to judge that crimes against humanity are occurring to others. The article also tracks how this judgement has been haunted by the potent wish to undo the suffering witnessed.

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The Blogosphere And The New Pamphleteers, Donald J. Kochan Dec 2005

The Blogosphere And The New Pamphleteers, Donald J. Kochan

Donald J. Kochan

The future of the free dissemination of information lies in the blog, some may say. The internet has entirely transformed how we receive and consume information. It’s the newest incarnation of information dissemination. From the insights of Alexis de Tocqueville, “Feelings and opinions are recruited, the heart is enlarged, and the human mind is developed only by the reciprocal influence of men upon one another.” Bloggers are a powerful force in the distribution of information and ideas and the creation of communities of conversation. Throughout history, the dissemination of information, news, opinions, and ideas has continuously transformed. In the 18th …

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Grey Suit Or Brown Carhartt: Narrative Transition, Relocation And Reorientation In The Lives Of Corporate Refugees, Brian A. Hoey Dec 2005

Grey Suit Or Brown Carhartt: Narrative Transition, Relocation And Reorientation In The Lives Of Corporate Refugees, Brian A. Hoey

Brian A. Hoey, Ph.D.

This article examines relocation stories of people who leave behind corporate work culture, relocate from metropolitan areas to small towns and rural places and attempt to reorient themselves to work and family obligations. Decisions to start over take place within the context of moral questions about what makes a life worth living and what does not through a process in which geography has bearing. For these migrants, a choice about where to live is also one about how to live. Choices of how to live one’s life are made of more than simple economics, they are also moral. The restructuring …

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“Strangeness At The Gates: The Peculiar Politics Of Immigration”, Roger D. Waldinger, Nazgol Ghandnoosh Dec 2005

“Strangeness At The Gates: The Peculiar Politics Of Immigration”, Roger D. Waldinger, Nazgol Ghandnoosh

Roger D Waldinger

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Where The Action Is: Small Groups And Contemporary Sociological Theory, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington, Gary Alan Fine Dec 2005

Where The Action Is: Small Groups And Contemporary Sociological Theory, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington, Gary Alan Fine

Brooke Harrington

Although small group research has been somewhat marginalized within sociology during the past decades, the authors argue that a focus on interaction arenas can contribute to a more complete analysis of social life. Specifically the authors examine three central domains of sociological analysis—culture, organizations, and the economy—to demonstrate how a focus on the mesolevel of analysis allows for a merging of macrosociology and microsociology. The authors draw on the perspective of sociological miniaturism to provide a model for cross-level research.

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“You’Re Awfully Old To Have This Disease”: Experiences Of Stigma And Ageism In Adults 50 Years An Older Living With Hiv/Aids., Charles A. Emlet Dec 2005

“You’Re Awfully Old To Have This Disease”: Experiences Of Stigma And Ageism In Adults 50 Years An Older Living With Hiv/Aids., Charles A. Emlet

Charles Emlet

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Phenomenology And Ethnomethodology In Economic Sociology, Christopher Prendergast Dec 2005

Phenomenology And Ethnomethodology In Economic Sociology, Christopher Prendergast

Christopher Prendergast

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