From Concerned Jewish Parents & Teachers of L.A. v. Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium, decided yesterday by Judge Fernando Olguin (C.D. Cal.). An unincorporated association, the Concerned Jewish Parents and Teachers of Los Angeles, along with six individuals using the pseudonyms Jane or John Doe ("Doe plaintiffs") initiated this action …. [Their] claims revolve…
Der Verfasser sieht die Disziplin "American Studies" außerhalb der USA unter einem stärkeren Druck von außen als die meisten anderen Wissenschaftsdisziplinen. Verantwortlich hierfür sind seiner Ansicht nach der Kalte Krieg und die weltweite Vormachtstellung der USA wie auch ein verbreiteter Antiamerikanismus. Nach dem Ende des Kalten Krieges jedoch erwartet er im Kontext einer ausgeglicheneren Weltordnung einen Rückgang der politischen Einflussnahmen auf die "American Studies". Der Verfasser stützt seine Ausführungen auf die Situation der "American Studies" vor allem in Kanada, Indien und Australien. (ICE).
The American National Election Studies (ANES) is the definitive study of American political attitudes and behavior. The project has surveyed American citizens before and after every presidential election since 1948. With a time series of core questions asked continuously across many elections, these surveys provide a window onto the sweep and the pivot points of historic change in American public opinion. In recent studies, new questions comprise about 30 percent of each survey, allowing users to understand contemporary issues that might be driving American political dynamics. This visual history of the ANES was written on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. The post A Visual History of the American National Election Studies first appeared on Center for Political Studies (CPS) Blog.
Offers a general overview of longitudinal research in the US across the 20th century & introduces the 14 "landmark" studies selected for this volume. The unique quality of longitudinal studies extending over several decades is discussed, noting the importance of placing them in their historical, social, cultural, scientific, & intellectual contexts. Contributors discuss what they learned over the course of their research & contemplate the long-term effects of their studies on both themselves as researchers & on their subjects; public & policy impacts are also assessed. Theoretical & methodological developments in the field of longitudinal research are explored, along with ways that these have changed both data collection & analysis. 4 References. K. Hyatt Stewart
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the American National Election Studies– the definitive study of American political attitudes and behavior. The ANES has run national surveys of citizens before and after every presidential election since 1948, providing a rigorous, non-partisan basis for understanding contemporary issues as well as change over time. According to the […] The post Reflections on the American National Election Studies: An Interview with Nicholas Valentino first appeared on Center for Political Studies (CPS) Blog.
This reflection on the place of W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) in US intellectual history argues that the 1992 conference from which the essays in this book (see related abstracts) are taken begins to fill a void that is left by the dearth of scholarly treatments of Du Bois & his ideas. Du Bois virtually inaugurated some aspects of African studies, & was a pioneer in the field of cultural studies, with its troika of critical tools -- race, class, & gender. Several incidents from Du Bois's life are recounted to indicate his personal experience of racism & his personal, intellectual, & political response to it. His commitments to liberalism, Marxism, & race make him a particularly interesting example of the practicing intellectual. H. von Rautenfeld
An introduction to a collection of essays on whiteness notes that "whiteness studies" is not really a new phenomenon despite its emergence in its current incarnation in the 1980s & 1990s, but its explicit focus on whiteness as a subject of study & that name to describe the field are new. A sociology of knowledge perspective is deemed useful in shedding light on the rise of whiteness studies in terms of why whiteness had been so long ignored in the sociology of race & ethnic relations & the link between its advent & broader trends in society & that sociological work. It is suggested that the idea of whiteness studies emerged as the result of social change, ie, new social contexts (eg, the "crisis" of whiteness) & new intellectual perspectives within the academy. In this light, the implications of whiteness studies for the sociology of race & ethnic relations are critically assessed. Key insights on white racial identity -- the invisibility & socially constructed character of whiteness -- are elaborated. It is seen that the mainstreaming of whiteness & white racial unconsciousness interact to mutually reinforce each other in a manner that has created an unexamined core of US society. It is contended that the conceptual nature of "whiteness" is problematic, & like race, it is a socially constructed category reflecting social relationships &, as such, cannot be "understood apart from racialized social systems." Attention turns to the impact of whiteness on US intergroup relations, highlighting its role in conjunction with the "color-blind" ideology in the reproduction of white hegemony. Political effects of combining color-blindness & white transparency are addressed. The crisis of whiteness is next considered in terms of how it has become increasingly hard for it to remain the invisible & unexamined center of US society & what this means for the development of white identity. Research directions for the sociology of whiteness are offered in the context of outlining the book's goals. J. Zendejas
A concluding chapter outlines a critical theory of security that has the potential to meet the challenges of today's complex world. The conceptual framework is based on the critical theory tradition established by the Frankfurt School & the radical tradition in international relations theory. Four themes that emerge from critical theory tradition are: 1) knowledge is a social process; 2) there are serious flaws in naturalism & reductionism; 3) critical theory provides a basis for political/social progress: 4) the test of theory is emancipation. Four themes that emerge from radical international relations tradition are: A) human society is its own invention; B) politics among nations has been dominated by regressive theories; C) the state & other institutions must be denaturalized; D) progressive world order values should inform an international politics committed to improving world security. An examination of the contending approaches of feminism, postmodernism/poststructuralism, securitization studies, & constructivism is followed by a look at the importance of pluralism & the policy-relevant nature of this framework of critical security theory. J. Lindroth
The fact that globalization & development are two sides of the same coin-although fraught with ideological baggage-is found to reproduce ideological separatism & to obscure historical interrelations in the dichotomous debates of state centered versus transnational analysis, making the debate less political & more an epistemological issue in which the terms development, globalization, capital, & the state are terms whose meanings & discursive functions change across time and space. The author traces the moments in recent history of the development/globalization relationship to the ambiguity of sovereignty. The author locates the global origins of development in the 19th century improvement of mankind, & the post WWII world order as a construct of power relations using "development" as an enabling & legitimizing discourse. The ideological function of developments was revealed during the 1960's to the 1990's & the institution of globalization as a class political project in the New International Economic Order (NIEO) to the WTO. The legitimacy crisis of development & globalization is traced to incomplete state management of economic integration, the unrealizable ideal, & the imperialism of the "open world" rhetoric. The original formula of the development project of the "development brings democracy" is concluded to be in reverse in a unipolar world that is imposed by force is the condition for development that an evenly distributes spoils of the managed world market. This ideological representation is driven by power relations that are correlated with mounting resistances that are already referred to as "the world's other superpower.". References. J. Harwell
Discusses the professional paradox of African American journalists focusing on Warren Breed's study on social control in the newsroom to determine why if the number of African American journalists is increasing, news is still covered from a white perspective. The consequence of this paradox is African Americans leaving the field of journalism. A. Lee
Though the "descriptive" representation of African Americans in the FL state legislature increased steadily following the Voting Rights Act of 1965 & subsequent redistricting measures, it is unclear whether "substantive" representation -- black legislators' ability to represent black interests -- has also increased. House & senate journals & clerk manuals of the state's general assembly are used to analyze changes in the numbers of African Americans in this legislative body & their roll-call voting patterns , 1968-2000; the formation of voting coalitions with white legislators is also examined. The significance of the Congressional Black Caucus, black legislators' relationship with the governor, & the incorporation of blacks into leadership positions, especially committee chairpersonships, is also considered. References. K. Hyatt Stewart
Though the "descriptive" representation of African Americans in the FL state legislature increased steadily following the Voting Rights Act of 1965 & subsequent redistricting measures, it is unclear whether "substantive" representation -- black legislators' ability to represent black interests -- has also increased. House & senate journals & clerk manuals of the state's general assembly are used to analyze changes in the numbers of African Americans in this legislative body & their roll-call voting patterns , 1968-2000; the formation of voting coalitions with white legislators is also examined. The significance of the Congressional Black Caucus, black legislators' relationship with the governor, & the incorporation of blacks into leadership positions, especially committee chairpersonships, is also considered. References. K. Hyatt Stewart
