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A proposal is made to improve the quality of living by utilizing the contributions of group workers to modify and create new patterns of social interaction

Scholarly investigation of pressure group advocacy generally has examined each federal venue in isolation. However, the nature of our system-multiple policymakers with generous amounts of discretion & with oversight or review power over one another -- suggests that groups often can ignore context to some extent & choose among venues. Thus, it is likely that lobbying Congress, the courts, or the administration necessitates an initial choice. Here, I show that group characteristics & environmental conditions make the courts a more or less attractive venue for pursuing policy. As the interest group universe continues to develop & specialize, it is likely that these characteristics of internal structure & external environment may interact & affect the ability of the courts to generate major policy initiatives. 2 Tables, 1 Appendix, 62 References. Adapted from the source document.

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El presente ensayo busca apelar al cine como expresión de la cultura para retratar las diversas vías de construcción de identidades, pues logra en una imagen amalgamar una pluralidad de relatos, como por ejemplo, dar cuenta del momento en el que nuestra identidad se fractura (a través del film Machuca); observar cuando nuestra identidad es un rastro que da cuenta de nuestro presente (a través de Memoria del Saqueo); nos ayuda a reconocer el choque entre el "otro" y el "nosotros" (como observaremos a través de las películas Fresa y Chocolate, Santera, La estrategia del caracol y La ley de Herodes); por último, el cine , como veremos en este ensayo, se convierte en una vía para pensar la identidad como la resultante de la "construcción" de un relato que trasciende situaciones y abre nuevos horizontes (Diarios de Motocicleta) o bien el eterno retorno al regazo calido de nuestras antiguas certezas (El hijo de la novia). ; This assay uses the cinema as an expression of culture that has the ability to portray different ways to build identities, to condense on an image different identities path. For example, in the film Machuca, we can see how political identities experience a social split; in Memoria del saqueo we can observe how social and political construction of an identity could be understood as a sign of the past that came back to the present; in Fresa y chocolate and also the films Santera, La estrategia del caracol and La ley de Herodes, we can observe the identity clash with the "other", that shapes and stressed that thing "we" are; finally, a film is also becomes a field to think about identity construction process that open a new future like in Diario de motocicleta, or open the possibility to return to our old certainties like in El hijo de la novia. ; Fil: Lucca, Juan Bautista. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Rosario; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario; Argentina

This study uses ethnographic methods to explore the relationship between collective identity, personal identity and activism in local Democratic clubs and county groups in Eastern Virginia. Drawing from interviews with activist group leaders and group members, participant observation at party events, and document analysis of party documents, I introduce the concepts of maximal reality and submaximal reality to help understand how individual and group practices reinforce collective identities that promote group activism. I argue that the emphasis of maximal realities through practices of silence and group activist rituals creates a dialectic of political participation that ensures Democratic identity is reinforced and group activism continues.

A.T. work was partially supported by AFOSR-MINERVA FA9550-18-0496 Grant and Bial Foundation Grant 163/14. ; Catalonian secessionism acquired prominence from 2010 onwards. During the last decade secessionist parties won three regional elections and sustained Governments by tiny majorities at the Autonomous Parliament. Two illegal consultations about selfdetermination were called and around 2 million (38% of population census) supported secession from Spain. An "Independence Declaration" was proclaimed on 27th Oct. 2017, followed by suspension of Home Rule sanctioned by Spanish Parliament that endured till mid2018. The main consequence of the secessionist push was the build-up of a confrontation between two large segments of Catalan citizenry, unionists and secessionists, which was absent before. This study aims to shed light on the rise of secessionism and the appearance of a deep fissure between these communities. By building upon the complete series of data from iterated official polls (88.538 respondents, 45 surveys), the paper displays the evolving changes along the period 2006-2019 of national identity feelings ("sense of belonging"). Along that period, there were increases exceeding 15 percentage points of "only Catalan" national identity and analogous decreases of "equally Catalan and Spanish" dual national identity. The findings disclosed highly significant covariations between changing trends on national identity feelings with: (1) family/mother language, Catalan vs. Spanish; (2) following regional media versus other media. Since language/ascendancy origins and media consumption trends are closely interrelated, within Catalonia, our discussion focuses on the role played by such ethno-cultural cleavage. Further, statistical analysis for longitudinal data identified several turning points linked to singular political events that likely accentuated polarization around the issue of secession. The findings unveil evolving tracks that could help in the understanding of a process that, in a very short time, produced a severe social division within a fully open and democratic society at the heart of Europe.