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The social sciences at the University of Chicago are renowned for their leadership in the development of empirical investigation in their respective disciplines. The postwar Chicago school of economics is only the best known of the efforts at that university to entrench specialized competencies in the faculty and students practicing a social scientific discipline. During the same period, the Committee on Social Thought emerged as an academic interdisciplinary unit in the humanities and social sciences. Ironically, the committee became the place in which one honed the competencies required for a particular type of interdisciplinarity.

Examines female political elites under the Soviet system, during perestroika, and since Aug. 1991 when their numbers have declined. Translated from Obshchestvennye Nauki i Sovremennost, no. 1, 1994. Some focus on a female economic elite.

Using the example of an obscenity case in Mecklenburg County, NC, the legal test for obscenity is examined. A cross-section of residents (N = 129) were assigned to view sexually explicit materials & were asked to judge the material's appeal to a prurient interest before & after the viewing. Results suggest that when respondents view specific materials rather than make hypothetical judgments about obscenity, they will produce more accurate assessments of community standards. 5 Tables, 45 References. Adapted from the source document.

Cet article fait le point sur les recherches récentes de la sociologie et de la science politique dédiées à la lutte antiterroriste internationale et française. Il insiste sur les paradigmes les plus novateurs, discute le concept fédérateur de « sécuritisation », des apports limités de la sociocriminologie radicale envers la figure de « la guerre au terrorisme », et montre la fécondité des approches de la sociologie pragmatique dans ce champ. Il revient ensuite sur les forces et faiblesses de la pensée stratégique dans le domaine et montre les modalités de recomposition des dispositifs de police et de justice tendant à s'émanciper de la séparation des pouvoirs de l'état de droit classique.

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