From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Tue Nov 1 09:59:33 1994 Tue, 1 Nov 1994 09:49:57 -0800 for Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 09:49:55 -0800 From: Laura Miller To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: criminology Has anyone else read the November ASA Job Bulletin yet? I don't know why they don't just make a separate publication for all the criminology positions, considering that about 90% of the job listings are in that area. Does anyone know why this is happening? Is it because with all the money being poured into building more jails and "fighting crime," sociology departments are trying to train future jailors and police? Or have I simply not noticed some surge of research interest in criminology among sociologists? I am genuinely mystified (not to mention somewhat alarmed) by this hiring pattern. Laura Miller lmiller@ucsd.edu From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Tue Nov 1 10:59:51 1994 Tue, 1 Nov 1994 10:52:55 -0800 for Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 13:52:47 -0500 (EST) From: James Cassell Subject: Re: criminology To: Laura Miller On Tue, 1 Nov 1994, Laura Miller wrote: > Has anyone else read the November ASA Job Bulletin yet? I don't know why > they don't just make a separate publication for all the criminology positions, > considering that about 90% of the job listings are in that area. They do, but it's put out by the ASC (Am. Soc. of Criminologists) :-> > Does > anyone know why this is happening? Is it because with all the money being > poured into building more jails and "fighting crime," sociology departments > are trying to train future jailors and police? Yup! "Criminal justice" is one of the fastest growing majors at most colleges and universities for precisely this reason. Sociology depts. need people to teach all those classes. Note also that not _all_ of those crim jobs in the Employment Bulletin are in sociology depts.--"criminal justice" has emerged as a separate discipline. Some places have CJ depts., other have programs in traditional depts. such as sociology or political science. Yes, many of these CJ majors will be future jailors and police--as well as intake workers, parole officers, planners, private security personnel, and various other occupations in the criminal justice industry. Some will use CJ as an undergraduate "route" to law school. > Or have I simply not noticed > some surge of research interest in criminology among sociologists? I am > genuinely mystified (not to mention somewhat alarmed) by this hiring pattern. > > Laura Miller > lmiller@ucsd.edu You see little criminology in the major sociology journals because there are many other journals which focus on criminology and criminal justice. These have multiplied as programs granting PhDs in criminal justice have developed. After all, if you're an assistant prof. in SUNY-Albany's School of Criminal Justice, it does your career little good to publish in ASR--those who will determine your future don't read it. Crim is one of the areas of sociology which has "spawned" another discipline. Medical sociology is another. (UNC-CH was once strong in this area, but now there are several "health" related quasi-social science PhD programs on campus, but no medical sociologist in the sociology dept.) We seem to have a knack for this. Best, Jim Disclaimer: I'm not a criminolgist, but my wife is. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Cassell jwcassell@UNC.EDU Institute for Research in Social Science Phone: 919-962-0782 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Fax: 919-962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 USA From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Tue Nov 1 13:37:36 1994 Tue, 1 Nov 1994 13:28:36 -0800 for Date: Tue, 1 Nov 94 16:28 EST From: "Jetaway Dave" Subject: Re: criminology To: lmiller@weber.ucsd.edu >Has anyone else read the November ASA Job Bulletin yet? I don't know why >they don't just make a separate publication for all the criminology positions, >considering that about 90% of the job listings are in that area. Does >anyone know why this is happening? Is it because with all the money being >poured into building more jails and "fighting crime," sociology departments >are trying to train future jailors and police? Or have I simply not noticed >some surge of research interest in criminology among sociologists? I am >genuinely mystified (not to mention somewhat alarmed) by this hiring pattern. In our department demography snares most of the grants. Following this logic, I an generally mystified (and perhaps alarmed) that so much research attention is being devoted to fucking. Jetaway Dave From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Tue Nov 1 16:06:49 1994 Tue, 1 Nov 1994 16:04:34 -0800 for Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 07:59:35 -0600 From: Josef Barton Subject: BOOKS: POS302-L Race/Ethnicity Book Review List Invitation: POS302-L: The Race and Ethnicty Book Review Discussion List POS302-L is a discussion list constructed for the Race, Ethnicity and Social Inequality seminar to be held for the second time this Spring (1995) at Illinois State University. Subscription to the list is open to all faculty and students at any University or College. The discussion on the list consists of book reviews and commentaries on book reviews submitted by the subscribers. Subscribers will receive a "welcome" message indicating a schedule for each of the twenty seven books on the reading list. Reviews of other related books are also welcome. To subscribe send a message: To: listserv@ilstu.edu SUBSCRIBE POS302-L Your Name All the previous POS302-L reviews are archived on the gopher under: //Information about Colleges and Departments/ /Political Science/COURSES/POS302-L. The new books on the list for the Spring 1995 semester are: * Thomas Sowell, RACE AND CULTURE: A WORLD * James Crawford, HOLD YOUR TONGUE * Ruth Sidel, BATTLING BIAS * Dana Takagi, THE RETREAT FROM RACE * Stephen CORNELL, THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE * Vine Deloria and Clifford M. Lytle, THE NATIONS WITHIN * Nathan McCall, MAKES ME WANNA HOLLER * Ellis Cose, THE RAGE OF A PRIVILEGED CLASS * Mitchell Duneier, SLIM'S TABLE * Ruth Frankenberg, WHITE WOMEN, RACE MATTERS * Douglas S. Massey and Nancy Denton, AMERICAN APARTHEID * Robert D. Bullard, ed., UNEQUAL PROTECTION * Jared Taylor, PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS * R. Feagin and Melvin P. Sikes, LIVING WITH RACISM You are welcome to re-post this invitation. -- Gary Klass..................| gmklass@ilstu.edu Associate Professor.........| (309) 438-7852 4600 Political Science......| (fax) 438-5310 Illinois State University...|"The age of chivalry is gone. That of Normal, Illinois 61790-4600.|sophisters, economists and calculators ............................|has succeeded." -E. Burke From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 2 07:18:57 1994 Wed, 2 Nov 1994 07:14:33 -0800 for 01 Nov 1994 21:31:13 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 01 Nov 1994 21:25:27 -0700 From: "Lev S. Gonick" Subject: Virtual Seminar in Global Political Economy January 1995 Originator: psn@csf.colorado.edu X-Comment: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK This posting about a virtual seminar came across a progressive scholars network to which I subscribe...I thought it might be of interest to a few members of socgrad. T.R. Young ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Please excuse x-postings... This message is directed to upper level undergraduates studying global political economy _AND_ to folks involved in life long learning. Detailed below is our second offering of the Virtual Seminar in Global Political Economy that can be taken for university credit over the internet. Faculty and graduate students are welcome to join the Virtual GPE course as facilitators. Researchers and other interested parties who would like to "sit in" on the course should contact me directly. Virtual Seminar in Global Political Economy (GPE) University of Guelph and Arizona State University West Guelph, Ontario Phoenix, Arizona January 23rd - April 14 1995 Political Studies 379 (University of Guelph) Political Science 486 (Arizona State University West) Instructor: Lev S. Gonick, PhD tel/fax/e-mail: 602 543-0021/602 998-7065/ gonick@csf.colorado.edu 1 term semester credit course (3 credit hours at ASU-West) (0.5 credits at University of Guelph) Facilitators: 40+ Faculty and Resource persons from around the world _________________________________________________________ Course Description: The Virtual Seminar in Global Political Economy (GPE) is an experiment in research and education, mediated through computer networks, e-mail, and electronic archives. It seeks to create an international dialogue among students and scholars in various countries on several continents, creating for students a global forum in which they may and are expected to participate on an equal basis. In the process, discussions and an exchange of communication on the course theme and topics among recognised scholars and students from other cultures and societies will vastly enrich the learning experience. GPE will be academically rigorous. Participation will require or foster computer networking and analytical skills, and will impart an appreciation of the complexities and subtleties of the existing discourse on Global Political Economy (IPE) by both academics and practitioners. The central theme of the GPE Project for January 1995 is: Beyond the Pursuit of Growth: Revisting the Anatomy of the International Political Economy As a component of the weekly scheduled group sessions, students will be exploring the virtual topography of computer networks (or 'cyberspace'); examining the nature and content of the vast pools of information posited there; developing competence and skills in computer-mediated research and communications; and learning the praxis of building and using a particular information medium (computer networking). Summary of Course Objectives: (1) To develop an advanced understanding of international political economy through readings and dialogue with students and scholars at other institutions and in other countries; (2) To impart computer networking skills to students through the participatory, practical use of computers linked via Internet in a problem-learning environment; to enhance students' undestanding of and ability to access networked resources; to foster an academic examination of human communication within the parameters of synchronous and asynchronous networked applications; (3) To produce -- through group "class", and international dialogue and interaction -- a research paper on a key issue in international political economy. Students groups of two are encouraged to collaborate together on the research paper as long as the two students are not at the same physical location. Most of the required readings for the course will be on-line, either in complete or summary form. In addition, several texts and supplementary readings will be recommended for each seminar topic. Students are expected to actively participate in discussions of the week's readings, presentations and to provide critical contributions to other students' essay proposals and drafts. There will be one major written assignment: a researched essay of between 5000 and 8000 words. A short proposal for this paper is due Feb 28; a first draft (outline of argument and preliminary review of literature) is due March 20th on-line; final product due April 14th. In addition addition, students are expected to prepare one position papers (500-1000 words) on an identified week of readings. Finally, students will be graded for their participation and constructive engagement in the course. Method of Evaluation: Researched essay (April 14): 40% Research Paper proposal (February 28) 05% First Draft posted (March 20) 10% Critique of First Draft March 30) 10% Short position paper: 15% Cooperation/Colaboration and Participation - evaluated by instructors: 20% We will add addresses and send welcome notes to all who choose to join the GPE project. However, you must pay and register for this course before you will be allowed to participate in the weekly discussions. Details of the registration procedure are outlined below. Format of Class Registration: Canadian students are able to register for course credit at the University of Guelph (Political Studies 379) U.S. students are able to register for course credit at Arizona State University - West (Political Science 486) Students from other institutions around the world are welcome to register at either university or contact Professor Gonick to arrange alternatives. The registration fee for the course for Canadian unclassified students is $267.00 Canadian (including $45 electronic archival construction fee) and is payable to the University of Guelph (cheque or money order) at the time of registration. Canadian and non-Canadian students may register as Open Learners by simply paying the Open Learner registration fee of $267 Canadian (this includes the electronic archival construction fee of $45). The registration fee is payable to the University of Guelph. Payment for registration by Open Learners *only, in addition to cheque or money order, may be made by credit card (VISA, Mastercard or American Express). U.S. and non-U.S. students may register at Arizona State University West. The cost for course credit is $288 U.S. (this includes all fees). When you are registering, in addition to the above information, please provide the following information: Name: Surname: Given Name: Address: (Street, Apt.#, City, Country, Postal/Zip Code) Date of Birth: Sex: Male ( ) Female ( ) Home Telephone: Business Telephone: Fax Number: Email address: Marital Status: single ( ) Married ( ) Other: specify For further information on registration contact: Marlene Neal, Registration Co-ordinator Distance Education/Open Learning Office Johnston Hall University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, CANADA N1G 2W1 Fax: 1-519-824-1112 Tel: 1-519-824-4120, Ext 6050 Email: mneal@oac.uoguelph.ca OR Dr. Christine Hall Arizona State University West Tel: 1-602 543-4577 Email: icchc@asuvm.inre.asu.edu or: Distance Learning and Technology at ASU Tel: 602 965-6738 Fax: 602 965-8198 Email: idbpw@asu.inre.asu.edu For general questions contact Lev Gonick Tel: 602 543-0021 Fax: 602 998-7065 Email: gonick@csf.colorado.edu From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 2 12:16:03 1994 Wed, 2 Nov 1994 11:59:47 -0800 for Date: Wed, 02 Nov 94 11:17:39 EST From: CMSJOYA@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Subject: research design/new address To: SOCGRAD@UCSD.EDU Hi y'all, For those of you I haven't talked to recently, I have a new address -- CMSJOYA@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU I hope to hear from you. I also wanted to make one request of list-members. I'd like to hear your thoughts on what *should* be taught in a research design class -- theory construction, philosophy of science, etc. -- and favorite readings of yours in research design. What things have helped you learn how to design your research? Do you think a course like this is useful or a waste of time? Syllabi are welcome. Thanks, Joya Misra CMSJOYA@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Dept. of Sociology University of Georgia Baldwin Hall Athens, Georgia 30602 From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 2 20:48:34 1994 Wed, 2 Nov 1994 20:47:02 -0800 for From: Joseph_Jaramillo@baylor.edu Date: Wed, 02 Nov 1994 22:46:24 +0000 To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU sub joseph_jaramillo@baylor.edu socgrad From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Nov 5 06:14:24 1994 Sat, 5 Nov 1994 06:13:01 -0800 for Date: Sat, 5 Nov 1994 09:12:47 -0500 (EST) From: James Cassell Subject: Another Job Opening (fwd) To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion FYI ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Cassell jwcassell@UNC.EDU Institute for Research in Social Science Phone: 919-962-0782 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Fax: 919-962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 4 Nov 1994 17:02:26 -0500 From:David.M.Klein.1@ND.EDU Subject: Another Job Opening POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT For family specialists and others University of Notre Dame. The Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position beginning August 1995. New PhDs as well as persons with some years experience are encouraged to apply. Areas of specialization are open, but we are particularly interested in candidates who can teach graduate-level statistics. Review of applications will begin December 15, 1994, and continue until the position is filled. Send a letter of application, curriculum vitae and three letters of reference to: Chair, Search Committee, Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Notre Dame is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and strongly encourages applications from women and minorities. From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Nov 5 06:44:59 1994 Sat, 5 Nov 1994 06:43:53 -0800 for From: lichter@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu (Michael Lichter) Date: Sat, 5 Nov 1994 06:43:42 +0000 To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: photographs in ASR I was just looking through the revised (Feb. 1994) ASR submission guidelines and noticed that they have added guidelines for the submission of photographs. Have any photographs actually appeared in ASR? Under what circumstances do you think ASR would be willing to print a photo? Michael From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Nov 5 10:45:07 1994 Sat, 5 Nov 1994 10:43:39 -0800 for From: CBROWN@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU Date: Sat, 5 Nov 94 12:41:58 CST To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: ASR and photographs This may sound like an obvious answer, but it sound as if ASR is opening themselves up to the possiblity of publishing work in Visual Sociology. I am not sure if they have published any visual soc. stuff or other photographs. Chuck- From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sun Nov 6 07:34:29 1994 Sun, 6 Nov 1994 07:32:36 -0800 for Date: Sun, 06 Nov 94 09:33:54 EST From: "T R. Young" <34LPF6T@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> Organization: Central Michigan University Subject: Understanding Postmodern Sensibility To: GRADUATE STUDENTS IN SOCIOLOGY Part II of a mini-series on postmodern scholarship. A. Graduate students in sociology have a front row seat from which they can view the most sweeping change in the knowledge process since the publication of de Novum Organum by Francis Bacon in 1610...and the many successes of 'modern' science which followed over the next 3 1/2 centuries. B. Now there is a new transformation in the knowledge process which offers a great deal to the philosophy of science, to the sociology of knowledge and to the politics of academia. It is called postmodernism and refers to a generalized understanding that human beings are the architect of theory and research data which informs theory. The grounding assumption of object and objectivity in science has been called into question by a wide ranging set of critics. In brief, human beings use culturally constituted concepts to analyse nature and society; human beings work out of a set of culturally variable interests which guide the knowledge process; human beings chose among an inventory of methods, an inventory limited by culture and by the gatekeepers of the knowledge process in history, psychology, sociology, economics, and other social sciences. At the deepest levels of the knowledge process law, religion, politics, science and art are reunited to serve the interests of culture, ethnicity, race, gender and class. C. The core of postmodern scholarship centers around several french critics who have contributed much to the knowledge process since WWII. Foucault, Derrida, Merleau-Ponty, Barthes, Baudrillard and Lyotard are among those who have argued forcibly that all science is deeply contaminated by human interest masked as objective law. In addition to the original work, the graduate student new to these scholars might want to read: Rosenau, Pauline M., 1992, Princeton Univ. Press. It is a very readable account of the many contributions these and others have made to the deconstruction and decentering of 'Euro-centered male, control-oriented research and theory.' D. Some basic ideas: 1) author/authorly text. One who writes in such a way as to set his/her work as the officially given way to understand nature and society. 2) de-centering. A careful scrutiny of the value of that which has been omitted; that which is marginal to a discipline. In particular, feminist contributions, contributions from third world scholars, ideas and under- standings from prisoners, patients, gays, students and others 'marginal- ized' by those who 'author' the officially recieved texts on law, science, morality andreligion. Carol Gilligan's work on moral development is a fine piece of such work; she makes visible other standards of morality; standards other than those of Kohlberg and Piaget. 3) deconstruction. a systematic and careful scholarly effort to place a given work or practice, viewed as 'scientific' or 'normal' in its larger political and cultural context. Foucault's work on prisons, clinics and human sexuality is a case in point. 4) foundationalism. An effort, rejected by many postmodernists, to ground enquiry on 'first principles,' principles whose truth value is held to be beyond doubt. Pomo's hold that questions of fact, truth, correctness, or validity are answered by politics rather than by an impartial reading of the 'facts' themselves preselected by culturally determined concepts as by narrowly focussed research. 5) Hyper-reality. That which is produced by the very process of enquiry, description, narration. It is a simulation [simulacra] of a larger complex reality and is confused with that which exists apart from human desire or imagination...or that which is a product of human desire and imagination. Images are offered as 'ontos.' 6) Narrative [gran narratif]; a grand theoretical model of how things work which sets itself as the proper way to understand history and/ or society. Such grand narratives are ideologies masked as valid explanations of that which is or must be. Among the gran narratifs rejected as 'totalizing' accounts of complexity are Christianity, Marxism, Islamism, Structural-Functionalism, Modernization theory, Keynesian theory and yes, I am sad to say, Chaos/Complexity theory. 7) Totalizing. An effort to set one theory, one variable, one dynamic as the prime among primes in elaining how the world works. 8) Text. All science, religion, law and grounding principles are viewed as the product of authors who speak as if they were reporting rather than creating a knowledge product. 9) Inter-textual. The infinitely complex and endless 'conversation' between texts...intertextuality assumes all is related to all else. 10) Writer. One who interprets the text of someone else and then offers that 'reading' as the official understanding of what an earlier author meant...those who interpret the teachings of Christ, Marx, Lenin, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault or Derrida confuse their 'writerly' exposition to the 'authorly' original...it will not escape your notice that I am doing the same thing. I trust this sampler will give you insight and confidence in your own ability to grasp, master, contribute and transform the knowledge process and the sociological enterprize as you thread your way through the gates and politics of social science. Next Week: no lecture, I'm going to Carleton College to see a play. Next mini-lecture: on the social sources of both modern and postmodern knowledge processes...I think you may like that one. T.R. Young From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sun Nov 6 21:32:59 1994 sendmail 8.6.9/UCSD-2.2-sun Sun, 6 Nov 1994 20:59:09 -0800 for socgrad@ucsd.edu Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 20:59:09 -0800 From: Listserv@UCSD.EDU (Mailing List Processor) To: jan_sampson@baylor.edu Subject: Re: your LISTSERV request "list socgrad@ucsd.edu" Per request by jan_sampson@baylor.edu "list socgrad@ucsd.edu" 'socgrad@ucsd.edu' is not subscribed to any mailing lists. From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 7 11:25:56 1994 Mon, 7 Nov 1994 11:14:26 -0800 for Date: Mon, 07 Nov 94 14:03:18 EST From: "T R. Young" <34LPF6T@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU> Organization: Central Michigan University Subject: Research Methods in Postmodern Sociology To: GRADUATE STUDENTS IN SOCIOLOGY Michael Dover, Grad Student, UMich, asks two questions about the mini-lecture on Postmodern sensibility posted yesterday: 1. Is the lecture based on Rosenau's book, Pomo for the Social Sciences? Ans. No, I take responsibility for that 'reading' of pomo. 2. Is there a good reference on pomo methodology? Ans. Yes!! Norm Denzin [U-Ill.] and Yvonne Lincoln, Texas A&M, have a great new Handbook for qual methods which is based on Postmodern sensibility...if you've followed their work over the last few years you'll know where they come from. The title is: Handbook for Qualitative Research, 1994, Sage. Costs $92 but you should have a faculty member order a copy for a methods course and share it out. T.R. Young From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Tue Nov 8 19:20:47 1994 Tue, 8 Nov 1994 19:18:41 -0800 for Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 13:38:48 -0600 From: Josef Barton Subject: CFP: EYES ON THE MOSAIC, Chicago 4/95 The University of Chicago's Minority Graduate Students Association and Coordinating Council for Minority Issues Announce A CALL FOR PAPERS for Its Third Annual Student Conference EYES ON THE MOSAIC: Inquiries and Explorations in Race and Ethnic Studies April 1, 1995 at The University of Chicago's Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th Street The Student Conference Planning Committee seeks submissions for its third annual graduate/undergraduate student conference. Papers are especially encouraged for (but not limited to) the following thematic areas: 1) race, ethnicity, political culture, and political mobilization; 2) the vocabulary of social difference; 3) multiculturalism, urban education, and the politics of instruction and curriculum design; 4) race and ethnicity in arts and culture; 5) racial and ethnic concerns in the formation of public policy; and 6) global perspectives on race and ethnicity. The deadline for submission of abstracts is January 20, 1995. Please send submissions to Alford Young, Jr., Minority Graduate Students Association, Box 24, 1212 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. Absracts should be no longer than two (2) double-spaced pages in length. Upon acceptance of the abstract, complete papers will be due on March 1, 1995. For further information, please contact Fausto Ramos-Gomez via the internet: fir2@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 9 04:03:05 1994 Wed, 9 Nov 1994 04:00:50 -0800 for From: lichter@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu (Michael Lichter) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 04:00:44 +0000 To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: Re: research design/new address I haven't seen any traffic on this list lately. Is everyone in finals or something? Midterms? Paper writing? On Nov 2, 11:17am, CMSJOYA@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU wrote: > I also wanted to make one request of list-members. I'd like to hear your > thoughts on what *should* be taught in a research design class -- theory > construction, philosophy of science, etc. -- and favorite readings of > yours in research design. What things have helped you learn how to design > your research? Do you think a course like this is useful or a waste of time? I think that for almost-MA and almost-PhD students, this could be a good working course, one to flesh out their ideas for their research projects. I think it can only work if you're willing to take a pragmatic approach to methods and not get too deeply entangled in the epistemological issues that underly methods. I'm not saying that pragmatism is good, I'm just saying that, e.g., if you deeply agree with the ethnometodological or the feminist critiques of mainstream sociology, it's unlikely that a general course called "research design" is going to work for you. A pragmatic approach to methods and research design is going to step on or even ignore some important epistemological concerns, I think, but it's the only way you can present a class that's for everybody, rather than seperately for quantoids, comparative/historical folks, and conversation analysts. I'm probably wrong; feel free to say so. If I were trying to put together a course called "research design", I would probably start with the most practical aspects and work backwards through theory construction, and most likely wouldn't get too deeply into philosophy of science stuff, except to get into Social Science Doesn't Work Like Natural Science and Shouldn't Be Expected To (and why). I guess practical aspects means refining a research question, choosing a methodology appropriate to the question, and filling in the blanks. When we do talk about research design, there is a tendency to talk as if you are always going to be able to set yourself up to make a definitive test of your hypotheses. Not all methods involve hypothesis testing, but among those that do, this is often unrealisitc. Often, for reasons beyond your control, you wind up with a case (or selection of cases) which is not going to prove definitive. Time, money, and locality are going to constrain in a really major way what kind of research a graduate student (or, to a lesser extent, professor) is going to be able to undertake. Discussion of designing under constraint is essential. I only had one course where we went extensively into theory construction (and a bit into research design). It was a Comparitive and Historical Methods class. We used use Stinchcombe's CONSTRUCTING SOCIAL THEORIES, which I recommend, and THEORETICAL METHODS IN SOCIAL HISTORY, which is also good but less general (I like his treatment of Trotsky a lot). David Fisher's HISTORIAN'S FALACIES has some interesting stuff in it of wider applicability. The appendix "On Intellectual Craftsmanship" in THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION was another useful reading. In another class we used Goran Therborn's SCIENCE, CLASS, AND SOCIETY, which would probably be annoying to non-Marxists, especially when he counterposes Weber and Lenin :). Some of my favorite readings, though, came from a reading course on ethnography: Geertz's classic article on "Thick Description" plus the Charmaz and Katz articles in Robert Emerson's CONTEMPORARY FIELD RESEARCH; and the Platt, Abbot, and Walton articles in Ragin and Becker's WHAT IS A CASE? I'm told that Lieberson's MAKING IT COUNT has some good, related stuff in it, but I haven't read it. I hope this is helpful, in starting a discussion if nothing else. Michael From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 9 06:42:44 1994 Wed, 9 Nov 1994 06:41:21 -0800 for Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 08:37:31 -0600 (CST) From: Michael Gibbons Subject: Re: research design/new address To: Michael Lichter i must admit that i agree with michael lichter, socgrad has been boring! the sad part about this is that leaves me with psn stuff to read (blech!). some of you are subscribed to that as well and saw what happened last time i tried to speak up. so get this list off its butt. i am wearing black today. here in nebraska we have elected my worst neo-fascist nightmare, which is just in keeping with our nation's leap into bed with right-wingers. it's sad how much freedom we seem to be willing to give up for some illusory stability offered by these right-wingers. comments? michael From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 9 07:29:52 1994 Wed, 9 Nov 1994 07:28:26 -0800 for Wed, 9 Nov 94 10:28:25 +1100 From: "MORTEN G. ENDER" Organization: University of Maryland,College Park To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 10:27:59 EDT Subject: Re: research design/new address >i am wearing black today. here in nebraska we have elected my worst >neo-fascist nightmare, which is just in keeping with our nation's >leap into bed with right-wingers. it's sad how much freedom we seem >to be willing to give up for some illusory stability offered by these >right-wingers. we're still counting votes in maryland for the govenors race...we've got a political science prof running against a real estate baron's spouse...both are counting on absentee ballots to make the difference in a 50/50 dead heat; anybody got data or some sociological imagination on political affiliation of absentee ballot voters? i suspect they're primarily folks with physical limitations and international workers (e.g., military)...i suspect these folks will vote democratic... morten From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 9 10:14:39 1994 Wed, 9 Nov 1994 10:08:00 -0800 for Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 18:07:52 +0000 To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU From: Jon Hindmarsh (Jon Hindmarsh) Subject: Re: Publicise please >Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 17:45:47 >From: xxctsww (xxctsww) >To: socbb@soc.surrey.ac.uk >Subject: Re: Publicise please > >Forwarded message follows: >----------------- >Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 17:42:09 >From: Steve.Woolgar (xxctsww)@brunel.ac.uk >To: crict@brunel.ac.uk, techmg@brunel.ac.uk >Subject: Re: Publicise please > >Forwarded message follows: >----------------- >From: sshapin@helix.UCSD.EDU (Steven Shapin) >Subject: Publicise please >To: Steve.Woolgar@brunel.ac.uk (xxctsww) >Date: Thu, 3 Nov 94 15:38:11 PST > > > >University of California, San Diego. The >Department of Sociology is seeking a tenure >track or tenure professor specializing in the >sociology or social study of modern science, >technology, or related areas, to begin July 1, >1995. This position is subject to the >availability of funds. We seek candidates with >exceptionally strong research records or >potential, as well as promise or demonstrated >achievement as teachers, who can contribute >significantly to an interdisciplinary Ph.D. >program in Science Studies. Ph.D. or >advancement to candidacy is required. Rank >and salary are dependent on teaching and >research experience and the University of >California pay scale. Applications must be >received by January 10, 1995. Please send a >letter of application, curriculum vita, >samples of written work, and names and >addresses of three references to: Recruitment >Chair; Department of Sociology (0102); 9500 >Gilman Drive; La Jolla, CA 92093-0102. The >University of California is an affirmative >action/equal opportunity employer and welcomes >applications from qualified women and minority >candidates. > > > > > > From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 9 10:39:13 1994 Wed, 9 Nov 1994 10:29:57 -0800 for Date: Wed, 9 Nov 94 13:29 EST From: "Jetaway Dave" Subject: Re: research design/new address To: S-ENDER@bss1.umd.edu >>i am wearing black today. here in nebraska we have elected my worst >>neo-fascist nightmare, which is just in keeping with our nation's >>leap into bed with right-wingers. it's sad how much freedom we seem >>to be willing to give up for some illusory stability offered by these >>right-wingers. >we're still counting votes in maryland for the govenors >race...we've got a political science prof running against a real >estate baron's spouse...both are counting on absentee ballots >to make the difference in a 50/50 dead heat; anybody got data or some >sociological imagination on political affiliation of absentee ballot >voters? i suspect they're primarily folks with physical limitations >and international workers (e.g., military)...i suspect these folks >will vote democratic... >morten Absentee voting requirements vary so much by state that I doubt any generalizations are possible. In Washington State, for example, anybody can receive an absentee voting ballot, whether or not they will be physically absent from their district on election day. In contrast, in Pennsylvania, if you do use an absentee ballot but are later found to have been present at home on election day, your ballot is voided. AT least in theory. Jetaway Dave From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 9 12:39:41 1994 Wed, 9 Nov 1994 12:31:33 -0800 for Wed, 9 Nov 94 15:31:21 +1100 From: "MORTEN G. ENDER" Organization: University of Maryland,College Park To: "Jetaway Dave" , socgrad@UCSD.EDU Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 15:31:00 EDT Subject: Re: research design/new address > Absentee voting requirements vary so much by state that I doubt any >generalizations are possible. In Washington State, for example, >anybody can receive an absentee voting ballot, whether or not they >will be physically absent from their district on election day. In >contrast, in Pennsylvania, if you do use an absentee ballot but are >later found to have been present at home on election day, your ballot >is voided. AT least in theory. >Jetaway Dave just a footnote, there are some 50,000 registered absentee balloters in maryland...i do wonder if people place themselves on absentee ballot rolls to avoid being called for jury duty since a good number of folks take themselves completely off voter registration rolls to avoid jury duty (i.e., the last bastion of democratic participation before avoiding paying taxes)... morten From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 9 12:55:01 1994 Wed, 9 Nov 1994 12:49:02 -0800 for From: estrayer@cats.ucsc.edu Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 12:48:57 -0800 To: lichter@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu, mgibbons@cwis.unomaha.edu Subject: Re: research design/new address From mgibbons@cwis.unomaha.edu Wed Nov 9 06:37:31 1994 i must admit that i agree with michael lichter, socgrad has been boring! the sad part about this is that leaves me with psn stuff to read (blech!). some of you are subscribed to that as well and saw what happened last time i tried to speak up. so get this list off its butt. i am wearing black today. here in nebraska we have elected my worst neo-fascist nightmare, which is just in keeping with our nation's leap into bed with right-wingers. it's sad how much freedom we seem to be willing to give up for some illusory stability offered by these right-wingers. comments? michael ----------------- Well, I've given up on the hyperbole on PSN. Either I'm too stupid, impatient or, just possibly, it is PSN and _not_ me. ;-) Regardless, socgrad has been a bit uninspiring for me, but I figured that it has just been that I'm not interested in the current threads. Also, I'm busy as hell in school! Maybe I'm not alone on that score. What the hell, hang in Michael. This is still the best venue for socy discussions germaine to grad students. Regarding wearing black. Oh yeah! You think you have it tough! Well..... here in CA we've got four-more-years of Wilson. Serious bummer. Fascist? Well, I kind of like to be careful with that word, but fascistic tendencies, well, yes. Prop 187 on immigration is fascistic. Not a happy day. Maybe, though, it will spark some new alliances among minorigy and left-oriented groups for a push towards solidarity against the conservative right. Right? 2 cents, paid in advance, Eric From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 9 16:47:32 1994 Wed, 9 Nov 1994 16:45:38 -0800 for Date: Wed, 09 Nov 94 19:34:47 EST From: Alan Davidson Subject: elections To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU, psn@csf.colorado.edu Here in one of the supposedly more liberal states of the country where some Republicans are more liberal than some Democrats, we just elected a Governor who: (1) Managed to run a full election while keeping the details of a 911 call by his former spouse during an alleged domestic incident secret (maybe O.J. should consider running against Pete Wilson in '98); and (2) Has publicly declared that all attempts at school integration since the 1960's have been failures which should be reversed (Never mind that h e is a whole 35 years old). And he had a Republican challenger who wished to bring back the electric chair and station retired cops and military personnel in public schools. One thing to keep in mind is many Democratic Congressmen have retired in the past 5 years, so chances are this election was no more bloody than the 1980 elections which swept Ronnie Reagan to power. Also, I commend this list b/c I was actually intending to see some sick Reagan and Alzheimer's jokes From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 9 21:39:28 1994 Wed, 9 Nov 1994 21:37:50 -0800 for From: BREKHUS@zodiac.rutgers.edu Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 00:36:20 -0500 (EST) Subject: readings in popular culture for an undergrad class To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Hi, Anyone have articles or readings they would recommend for use in a popular culture class for undergraduates. A friend of mine is teaching an upper level class dealing with pop. culture and is trying to decide on readings.If you have any suggestions, please e-mail them to me and I'll forward them to him. Thank you, Wayne Brekhus brekhus@zodiac.rutgers.edu From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Nov 10 00:28:55 1994 Thu, 10 Nov 1994 00:27:12 -0800 for From: lichter@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu (Michael Lichter) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 00:27:05 +0000 To: BREKHUS@zodiac.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: readings in popular culture for an undergrad class On Nov 10, 12:36am, BREKHUS@zodiac.rutgers.edu wrote: > Anyone have articles or readings they would recommend for use in a > popular culture class for undergraduates. A friend of mine is teaching an > upper level class dealing with pop. culture and is trying to decide on readings.If you have any suggestions, please e-mail them to me and I'll forward them to > him. What about popular culture? How do you define popular culture? Is it the culture of the people? Is it what gets sold on TV, in movies, etc.? If you mean the former, there are things like Studs Terkel's books (e.g. WORKING) which are basically life history interviews. HABITS OF THE HEART by Bellah, Madsen, Sullivan, Swidler, and Tipton use interviews and participant observation to cover some of the same territory but much more sociologically. Blauner's BLACK LIVES, WHITE LIVES focuses on race in American culture. But that's probably not what you friend has in mind. Benjamin's "Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" (in REFLECTIONS) was one of my favorites when I was a Communications undergrad. My real actual favorite was John Berger's WAYS OF SEEING, which is sort of along the lines of Goffman's GENDER ADVERTISEMENTS but not quite as pedantic, or pedantic in a different way (it has a charming tinge of vulgar Marxism). Becker's ART WORLDS is a nice empirical discussion of the production of culture. Barnouw's THE SPONSOR, about the rise of TV and how commercial TV won out in the U.S., was a favorite of instructors way back when. So, these all have to do with the production of popular culture (and I'm sure there are more up to date things to look at -- Jill can name them if she's still lurking). Then there's all the scads and piles of stuff that analyze the content of popular culture. Again, an old favorite is Barthes' MYTHOLOGIES. There are tons of articles coming out daily. There was an issue of the Social Science Journal in 1991 (vol 28, no. 3) dedicated to "Postmodernism and the Social Sciences" which had some interesting stuff; I bet the students would like Norman Denzin's "The Postmodern Sexual Order: Sex, Lies, and Yuppie Love." It would be easy to work up some kind of exercise on O.J., comparing coverage and comparing coverage of coverage of coverage in Newsweek, Z, Cosmopolitan, wherever. There's Toni Morrison's edited volume on Thomas/Hill that I can't find right now. Random enough for you? Michael From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Nov 10 03:56:35 1994 Thu, 10 Nov 1994 03:54:55 -0800 for From: lichter@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu (Michael Lichter) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 03:54:47 +0000 To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: Photographs in ASR Just in case anybody was interested, I just got an e-mail note back from Karen Bloom, the managing editor of ASR. One of our number had forwarded her my question about under what circumstances photos would appear in ASR. She says: As with any graphic materials published in ASR, a published photograph would need to unquestionably add to the reader's understanding of the research being presented. She notes that one (1) photo has appeared in ASR -- a reproduction of the cover of a novel. A while back, ASR also considered a paper on emotions that included photos of facial expressions, but didn't publish it. So, I guess that answers that question. Is anybody in a department that takes photographic (or multimedia) sociology seriously? Michael From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Nov 10 03:59:03 1994 Thu, 10 Nov 1994 03:57:32 -0800 for Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 06:57:30 -0500 (EST) From: James Cassell Subject: (FWD) Job opening in crime & deviance To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion FYI ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Cassell jwcassell@UNC.EDU Institute for Research in Social Science Phone: 919-962-0782 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Fax: 919-962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 11:04:25 -0800 Subject: Job Opening ****JOB OPENING***** Sociology: Crime and Deviance Position The Department of Sociology at the University of San Francisco invites applications for a term position in Sociology of Crime and Deviance at the Assistant Professor level, anticipated to begin in the Fall of 1995. This is a one-year term appointment that may be renewed for up to three years. 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The University is a private Catholic and Jesuit institution, and particularly welcomes candidates who want to work in such an environment. ------ Forwarded message ends here ------ From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Nov 10 05:02:22 1994 Thu, 10 Nov 1994 05:00:36 -0800 for From: lichter@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu (Michael Lichter) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 05:00:30 +0000 To: Michael Gibbons Subject: Re: research design/new address On Nov 9, 8:37am, Michael Gibbons wrote: > i am wearing black today. here in nebraska we have elected my worst > neo-fascist nightmare, which is just in keeping with our nation's leap > into bed with right-wingers. it's sad how much freedom we seem to be > willing to give up for some illusory stability offered by these right-wingers. Here in California, Prop. 187 passed with about 65% of the vote. This is even more a police state measure than the three strikes law (which also passed), which at least has the benefit of injecting money into the state economy (it's a Carcellary Keynesian policy, as someone pointed out on PEN-L). Gov. Wilson even talked about issueing everybody forgery-proof ID cards, but I doubt he really meant it. The voter turnout was 60% of registered voters, which is not bad. A dataset I have in front of me says that more than 80% of eligible voters in LA County are registered (this sounds high to me, but I don't have any contradictory data). If 65% of voters supported Prop. 187, that's 0.65 * 0.60 * 0.80 = 0.31, so 31% of those eligible voted for Prop. 187. We know that 17% of eligible voters opposed Prop. 187, but we don't know anything about the other 52% (not to mention the ineligible) -- the MAJORITY who either were registered and did not vote, or who were not even registered. Among the eligible, registrants tend to be older, more affluent, and better educated than the pool as a whole. Among the registered, the likelihood of voting goes in the same direction, so that the voting population is doubly skewed relative to the general voting age citizenry (And what about non-citizens? Remember "no taxation without representation"?) The electoral process constitutes the only "poll" we accept which is demonstrably strongly non-representative. It's a bad sample. So are "we" running for the "stability" of the right wing? I'm not part of that "we", but for the majority of people it's hard to tell. Remember that most election-oriented opinion polls are representative not of the public in general, but of this skewed group of "likely voters". I've been pinning my hopes on the non-voters, thinking "I'm not going to blame the people of California for this outcome, because most of them didn't vote." I hope that the majority of non-voters are as disgusted by the outcome of this election as I am. On the other hand, I fear that my hopes are entirely unfounded. There was one bright thing in my day, regarding these elections. The Daily Bruin presented the results of their election exit poll, sampling 242 students voting in the dorms and on frat row. The results were 79% against Prop 187, 75% for Brown over Wilson, and so on. This is an elite school, and I'd rather see a liberal future elite than a conservative one. Onward to 1996. Michael From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Nov 10 07:33:46 1994 Thu, 10 Nov 1994 07:31:54 -0800 for Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 08:31:47 -0700 (MST) From: rebel palm aitchison Subject: Re: research design/new address To: Michael Lichter On Thu, 10 Nov 1994, Michael Lichter wrote: > Remember that most election-oriented opinion polls are representative > not of the public in general, but of this skewed group of "likely > voters". I've been pinning my hopes on the non-voters, thinking "I'm > not going to blame the people of California for this outcome, because > most of them didn't vote." I hope that the majority of non-voters are > as disgusted by the outcome of this election as I am. On the other > hand, I fear that my hopes are entirely unfounded. I'm sorry, but I DO blame them for not voting...if they're too apathetic about the condition of their society to take one day every two years and go out and vote, then maybe they deserve what they get. Who's supposed to represent them if they can't/don't/won't represent themselves? "Anyone who doesn't vote {when they are eligible to} loses his/her griping privileges." > against Prop 187, 75% for Brown over Wilson, and so on. This is an > elite school, and I'd rather see a liberal future elite than a > conservative one. Onward to 1996. "elite" being the operative word here......? From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Nov 10 09:49:55 1994 Thu, 10 Nov 1994 09:43:02 -0800 for Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 08:30:19 -0800 From: Nathan Newman Subject: Socialist Maintains Seat Some elections commentary ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- BERNIE SANDERS DEFIES PUNDITS -- VERMONT'S NEW POPULIST MESSAGE FOR CLINTON EDITOR'S NOTE: Refusing to run attack ads or tilt to the center, Vermont's feisty socialist congressman Bernie Sanders defied conventional wisdom by winning re-election. His populist campaign may have lessons for President Clinton as he seeks to remake his image. PNS associate editor Andrew Reding directs the North America Project of the World Policy Institute at The New School for Social Research. BY ANDREW REDING, PACIFIC NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK -- Does Vermont congressman Bernie Sanders know something the pundits have missed? If anyone should have been vulnerable to the right-wing tide that swept the nation on November 8, it was Sanders. Four years ago, the former mayor of Burlington and self-described socialist won Vermont's only House seat, becoming the only independent in Congress. He has since built a reputation as a dogged advocate of working people, family farms, the poor, and the elderly. He also pushed for a Canadian-style single-payer health plan and gun control, and opposed the Gulf War. With a political record far to the left of President Clinton, Sanders was a natural target for both the Republican National Committee and the National Rifle Association, both of which funnelled funds into the campaign of his chief opponent, John Carroll. Following the pattern elsewhere in the country, Carroll used the money for television attack ads. But Sanders bucked the conventional wisdom, and ran ads in which he publicly declined to follow suit. He also refused to tilt his campaign towards the center, promising instead to redouble his efforts to secure a single-payer health plan. On election night, Sanders' narrow lead in his traditional urban bastions seemed to augur defeat once the more conservative rural and small-town vote was counted. But the following morning brought another surprise: Sanders also prevailed in the traditionally Republican small towns and farms of Vermont. For the first time, Sanders broadened his political base statewide. By winning a state-wide race under very unfavorable circumstances, Sanders is now positioned to contest either of Vermont's two Senate seats, or the governorship, whenever an opening should occur. But the more intriguing implication of Sanders' victory is that, at least in smaller states, it is still possible to run an honest, principled, issue- oriented campaign and prevail. Like Lawton Chiles, the Florida governor first elected to statewide office after walking across the state to listen to its residents, Bernie Sanders has made a point of crisscrossing Vermont to listen to farmers, teachers, renters, environmentalists. His ads featured testimonials from a housewife praising his efforts to improve detection of breast cancer, and a railway engineer commending his initiatives to block layoffs by an out-of-state corporation that has acquired a Vermont railroad. It is probably not a coincidence that Sanders and Chiles were among the few survivors of the Republican onslaught of 1994. Jesse Jackson suggests that one of the Democrats' biggest handicaps is their unwillingness to stick to principles in the face of adversity. The biggest losers in this election, in fact, were the so-called New Democrats, who self-consciously staked out positions halfway towards the Republican camp. The President himself must be reckoned in this camp. His political vacillation has cost him the support of traditional democratic constituencies even as it failed to open up support from more conservative voters. The humiliating defeats of Dave McCurdy, the Oklahoman who chairs the Democratic Leadership Council, and of Frank Cooper, the Tennessean who offered a more conservative alternative to the Clinton health plan, are further signs of the limits of this approach. After all, if you want to send a conservative message to Washington, why not vote for the real McCoy? That is not to say that old-fashioned liberalism will work either, except for New England Kennedys. If Democrats are to have much of a political future, it will have to be through a new populism. That is the message from Vermont and Florida, just as it was the message of the Perot insurgency in 1992. President Clinton still has two years in which to remake his image. If he responds to the Democratic defeat by tilting further to the right, he will only accelerate his demise, as Jimmy Carter did in the second half of his term. That will cost him the support of traditional Democratic constituencies, without gaining him the respect of conservatives. His real challenge is to win over the Perot constituencies, and for that he will have to challenge Congress, the insurance companies, and other redoubts of power and privilege head-on. Maybe Clinton can learn something from the Sanders phenomenon in Vermont. With an aggressive push for campaign spending reform, for a simpler, less bureaucratic, single-payer health plan, and for a more progressive income tax that eases the burden on the middle and working classes, Clinton could just possibly create a new Democratic majority. ******************************************************* James J. Hughes, Assistant Director of Research, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, U. of Chicago, MC6098, 5841 S. Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 (work) 312-702-3742 (fax) 312-702-0090 From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Nov 10 15:11:39 1994 Thu, 10 Nov 1994 15:08:55 -0800 for From: lichter@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu (Michael Lichter) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 15:08:48 +0000 To: rebel palm aitchison Subject: Re: voting (was research design/new address) On Nov 10, 8:31am, rebel palm aitchison wrote: > On Thu, 10 Nov 1994, Michael Lichter wrote: > > I've been pinning my hopes on the non-voters, thinking "I'm > > not going to blame the people of California for this outcome, because > > most of them didn't vote." > > I'm sorry, but I DO blame them for not voting...if they're too apathetic > about the condition of their society to take one day every two years and > go out and vote, then maybe they deserve what they get. Who's supposed > to represent them if they can't/don't/won't represent themselves? Let me rephrase. In order to keep some faith in the people, I will assume that not all of them are as screwed up as the ones who voted. Otherwise I have to assume most people are extremely mean spirited (Prop. 187, Wilson, Lungren) and too dumb to know what's good for them (Prop 186, the health care measure). Furthermore, I don't think apathetic is the right word. It's "disaffected". I can hardly blame people for not having faith in the system. And, as Ice Cube once said, "if God had intended for us to vote, he would have given us candidates." Last, this country does not make it easy to vote. Sometimes it has made it extremely difficult, although that's not the case now. Still, efforts to make it easier have been vigorously fought. Our late great secretary of state has taken Gov. Wilson to court over his refusal to implement the "motor voter" plan that makes registration materials available through the Department of Motor Vehicles. Efforts for same-day on-site registration, pushed by Jesse Jackson for instance, have not gotten legislative support anywhere (that I know of), although this would undoubtedly increase participation (and there now exist ways of making this less prone to abuse than current methods). Many countries, Belgium for instance, have MANDATORY suffrage. Some also allow voting over two or three days. Why not us? > > against Prop 187, 75% for Brown over Wilson, and so on. This is an > > elite school, and I'd rather see a liberal future elite than a > > conservative one. Onward to 1996. > > "elite" being the operative word here......? Huh? Michael From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Nov 10 17:48:49 1994 Thu, 10 Nov 1994 17:47:31 -0800 for From: Melissa R Herman Subject: New network WIMNET-L (fwd) To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU (socgrad network) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 17:46:16 -0800 (PST) I thought people might be interested in this new network... > > ************************************************************************** > > ANNOUNCING the launch of a new NETWORK for discussion of GENDER ISSUES in > ORGANIZATIONS > > **************************************************************************** > > We invite those of you interested in the discussion of gender issues in > organizations to subscribe to WIMNET-L. WIMNET-L started out as the > network of the > Women in Management Division of the Administrative Sciences Association > of Canada (ASAC). It was intended as an electronic means for the members > of this division to keep in touch, share ideas and concerns, discuss > theory, problems and practice that fall under the broad category of > 'women in management'. Upon reflection, the initial members agreed that > opening up this forum to any interested parties, whether or not they are > members of ASAC, would enrich our discussion and provide a forum > dedicated to the discussion of gender issues in organization studies > within a larger community of scholars. > > This is a moderated discussion > list, with a launch date of November 1, 1994. The moderator is Michele > Bowring, and the list is housed at > the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We intend to > operate the list in a similar fashion to the OMTNet, i.e., once-a-day > digest, all issues archived (not in the management archive, but here at > the U of A). We invite > discussion, submission of Calls for Papers, Position Openings, and other > items that are of interest to members and that fall under the domain > 'gender issues in organizations'. > > To subscribe to WIMNET-L, just send a message to > LISTSERV@vm.ucs.ualberta.ca with a blank subject line, and the following > message: > SUBscribe WIMNET-L Your-name > > You must submit a name to be added to the list. > > To send a message to the list for posting, send it to: > WIMNET-L@vm.ucs.ualberta.ca > > If you have any questions, send them to this same address, I will receive > a copy of the message and will reply to you directly. We look forward to > surfing the internet with you. -- Melissa Herman manoki@leland.stanford.edu Department of Sociology Stanford University From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Nov 10 18:18:09 1994 Thu, 10 Nov 1994 18:14:51 -0800 for From: CBROWN@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU Date: Thu, 10 Nov 94 20:05:23 CST To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: Visual Sociology Michael asked if there was anyone in a sociology dept. that took visual sociology seriously. Doug Harper at the University of South Florida in Tampa (he is the chair of the soc. dept) is the editor of "Visual Sociology." He continues to do work in the area and has written two books "Working Knowledge," and "Good Company," both Univ. of Chicago Press. Chuck- From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Nov 10 18:49:21 1994 Thu, 10 Nov 1994 18:46:40 -0800 for From: estrayer@cats.ucsc.edu Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 18:46:32 -0800 To: DAVIDSON@uconnvm.uconn.edu, psn@csf.colorado.edu, socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: Re: elections >From DAVIDSON@uconnvm.uconn.edu Wed Nov 9 16:34:47 1994 Here in one of the supposedly more liberal states of the country where some Republicans are more liberal than some Democrats, we just elected a Governor who: (1) Managed to run a full election while keeping the details of a 911 call by his former spouse during an alleged domestic incident secret (maybe O.J. should consider running against Pete Wilson in '98); and (2) Has publicly declared that all attempts at school integration since the 1960's have been failures which should be reversed (Never mind that h e is a whole 35 years old). --------------- Now wait a minute....! THe big PW must be in his fifties or nearly so. I just read that he has been in politics for 25 years. Surely you jest. Regardless, what's this about Wilson's spouse making a 911 call? Now THAT sounds believable! ;-) Later, eric From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Nov 10 19:02:16 1994 Thu, 10 Nov 1994 18:58:32 -0800 for Date: Thu, 10 Nov 94 21:58:03 EST From: Alan Subject: clarification To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU, psn@csf.colorado.edu In case there is some doubt as to what state I am referring to in my elections post, I am talking about Connecticut. From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Fri Nov 11 06:28:41 1994 Fri, 11 Nov 1994 06:26:58 -0800 for Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 08:26:51 -0600 (CST) From: Melanie Lowery To: socgrad Subject: looking for Doug Smith I'm looking for Doug Smith, at Penn State... Doug, I lost your address etc. while switching mail programs. Please contact me! Melanie Lowery From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Fri Nov 11 12:19:22 1994 Fri, 11 Nov 1994 12:16:27 -0800 for Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 15:15:18 -0500 (EST) From: "Michelle K. Johnson" Subject: Re: research design/new address To: rebel palm aitchison Michael Gibbons , socgrad@UCSD.EDU content-length: 1948 RPA, I understand your theoretical statement about people and apathy. The larger issue which is absent from your discussion is structural oppression, which has long silenced people on the margins. Empowerment first necessitates that people believe in their worth and value as speakers for change, and their own status in the political and economic structure. Racism and classism in particular and other oppressive ideologies are alive, well, and at work in our not close to democratic system. I am always weary of discussions of apathy which are one dimensional and do not include the multiplicity of realities which shape individual and group actions, like voting practices. Food for thought. In struggle, Michelle On Thu, 10 Nov 1994, rebel palm aitchison wrote: > On Thu, 10 Nov 1994, Michael Lichter wrote: > > Remember that most election-oriented opinion polls are representative > > not of the public in general, but of this skewed group of "likely > > voters". I've been pinning my hopes on the non-voters, thinking "I'm > > not going to blame the people of California for this outcome, because > > most of them didn't vote." I hope that the majority of non-voters are > > as disgusted by the outcome of this election as I am. On the other > > hand, I fear that my hopes are entirely unfounded. > > I'm sorry, but I DO blame them for not voting...if they're too apathetic > about the condition of their society to take one day every two years and > go out and vote, then maybe they deserve what they get. Who's supposed > to represent them if they can't/don't/won't represent themselves? > > "Anyone who doesn't vote {when they are eligible to} loses his/her > griping privileges." > > against Prop 187, 75% for Brown over Wilson, and so on. This is an > > elite school, and I'd rather see a liberal future elite than a > > conservative one. Onward to 1996. > > "elite" being the operative word here......? > From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Fri Nov 11 13:58:53 1994 Fri, 11 Nov 1994 13:57:10 -0800 for Date: Fri, 11 Nov 94 16:57 EST To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU From: MINLIU@irishmvs.cc.nd.edu Subject: course - minorities Hi, Socgradders. I need some help organizing a course - 'Minorities in America'. Has anyone taught any similar course before? Any recommendations on bibliography? What went well in the classroom? Syllabi welcome. Thanks a lot for any input. Min Liu U. of Notre Dame From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Fri Nov 11 18:28:58 1994 Fri, 11 Nov 1994 18:18:55 -0800 for Date: Fri, 11 Nov 94 21:18:21 EST From: JEPSTEIN@KENTVM.KENT.EDU To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU ANNOUNCEMENT ROCKLIST is a net discussion group dedicated the academic examination of popular music in all it's various forms. The list welcomes discussion from a cultural, historical, sociological, political, feminist, philosophical or theoretical perspective, although it is not limited to these forms of discourse. ROCKLIST is unmoderated, allowing for the free exchange of ideas in an open and diverse enviornment. Because of the unmoderated nature of the list, respect for others opinions and differences is expected. Anyone with an academic or scholarly interest in popular music, which transends, but does not negate fandom, is welcome to join ROCKLIST. To subscribe to ROCKLIST send this message to LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU: sub rocklist yourfirstname yourlastname To post message to ROCKLIST send email to: ROCKLIST@KENTVM.KENT.EDU Questions regarding ROCKLIST should be directed to: JEPSTEIN@KENTVM.KENT.EDU From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Fri Nov 11 20:18:37 1994 Fri, 11 Nov 1994 20:13:00 -0800 for Date: Fri, 11 Nov 94 17:14:36 EST From: CMSJOYA@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Subject: ASA Teaching Resources Center To: SOCGRAD@UCSD.EDU Min's request suggested it was once again time for a little publicity for the ASA Academic, Teaching, and Career Resources Center. The ASA publishes a number of things which are very helpful to people developing new classes or just people interested in teaching. For example, there are syllabi sets on "Race and Ethnicity," "Race, Class, and Gender," "Chicano/Latino Studies," "AIDS," and even "Sociology of Jewry" available, all of which may be helpful for a class on "Minorities in America." There are other syllabi sets available for many other areas (I think 50 or so). There are also books which are oriented towards training grad students and other how to teach sociology, or even how to be a good TA. In terms of career stuff, there are numerous publications on naviagting the job market. So, get a copy of their 1994 catalog, if you don't already have one by writing the ASA at 1722 N Street NW, Washington DC 20036, or emailing ASA_Academic_Professional_Affairs@MCIMAIL.COM From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Nov 12 15:22:29 1994 Sat, 12 Nov 1994 15:21:02 -0800 for Date: Sat, 12 Nov 1994 15:21:01 -0800 (PST) From: Berch Berberoglu To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: sub sub berchb@scs.unr.edu socgrad From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Nov 12 16:23:08 1994 Sat, 12 Nov 1994 16:21:54 -0800 for Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 13:43:14 U From: Peter Blum Subject: None ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- None Below is an announcement for a part-time job opening in sociology. I would appreciate very much if you would forward this message to anyone who might be interested, and to any listservers or other forums related to sociology and/or anthropology. Thanks! PART-TIME JOB OPENING IN SOCIOLOGY Fri, Nov 11, 1994 Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan is seeking a half-time instructor in sociology for the Spring semester of 1995, beginning in January. A master's degree and teaching experience in sociology are required; ABD or completed PhD will be preferred. The person whom we hire will teach one course in cultural anthropology (200 level) and one course in deviance and crime (300 level), 3 semester hours each. The courses have been scheduled back-to-back on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 1:00-3:45 pm. The instructor would be expected to be available for some office hours on campus as well. Salary is $970 per credit hour, and compensation is available for travel at 28 cents per mile. Though the position is considered temporary and is non-tenure-track, there is a possibility for further part-time teaching for an interested and qualified individual, on a term-by-term basis. Future teaching possibilities would include courses in research methods, macrosociology, and possibly other areas. If you are interested in the possibility of working for us part-time in the future, but are not available in January, you may still send us a letter and vita to place on file. Please note that there are no plans for hiring of full-time faculty in sociology in the foreseeable future. Hillsdale is located in Southeastern Michigan, approximately ninety minutes driving from East Lansing, Ann Arbor, Fort Wayne, IN., or Toledo, OH, and approximately two hours driving from South Bend, IN. Hillsdale's department of psychology and sociology offers a major in sociology and social thought and a minor in sociology. The program is primarily interpretive in focus, but organized around a core of courses touching on the full range of theoretical and methodological approaches in contemporary sociology. To apply for the position, or to obtain additional information, contact: Dr. Peter C. Blum Sociology Hillsdale College Hillsdale, MI 49242 Phone (517) 437-7341, ext. 2224 (If no answer, leave name and number with secretary or switchboard operator.) Internet: peter.blum@ac.hillsdale.edu (I prefer email if it is available to you.) There is no set deadline for applications, but we plan to hire someone by early December. Interested persons are urged to contact us as soon as possible. Please post a copy of this letter and/or pass along the information to anyone you know who may be interested. I have enclosed an additional copy for your convenience. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Regards, Peter C. Blum From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sun Nov 13 18:46:05 1994 Sun, 13 Nov 1994 18:44:15 -0800 for Date: Sun, 13 Nov 94 21:43:16 EST From: DCT93001@uconnvm.uconn.edu Subject: Elections To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU My worst nightmare is now a reality: CSPAN is becoming the ALL-NEWT Channel. Tillman From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 14 07:01:41 1994 Mon, 14 Nov 1994 06:59:43 -0800 for Date: Mon, 14 Nov 94 09:59 EST From: "Jetaway Dave" Subject: Re: voting (was research design/new address) To: lichter@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu >Last, this country does not make it easy to vote. Sometimes it has >made it extremely difficult, although that's not the case now. Still, >efforts to make it easier have been vigorously fought. Our late great >secretary of state has taken Gov. Wilson to court over his refusal to >implement the "motor voter" plan that makes registration materials >available through the Department of Motor Vehicles. Efforts for >same-day on-site registration, pushed by Jesse Jackson for instance, >have not gotten legislative support anywhere (that I know of), although >this would undoubtedly increase participation (and there now exist ways >of making this less prone to abuse than current methods). Many >countries, Belgium for instance, have MANDATORY suffrage. Some also >allow voting over two or three days. Why not us? While I think that 'motor voter' plans make sense, it is also true that the easier it is to register, the greater the opportunity for vote fraud. Minnesota has same day registration and voting. I don't believe that J. Jackson had anything to do with it. Not to thrilled about mandatory voting. I consider the act of not voting as a referendum on the slate of candidates presented. On the other hand, I also tend to agree with Rebel Palm that nonvoters give up some of their rights to complaining about the outcome if they acutally perfered the loser in the contest. Voting over two or three days would make sense also. So would making election day a special, mandatory national holiday, where it is illegal for private enterprises to operate. Excepting some essential services such as hospitals, newspapers, broadcast, etc. Jetaway Dave From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 14 13:02:01 1994 Mon, 14 Nov 1994 12:21:47 -0800 for Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 11:16:43 -0800 From: Laura Miller To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: Boston information Is anyone from the Boston area? Early next month, I'm planning to attend a conference for a couple days in Boston, which shouldprovide some great data for my dissertation. Does anyone know of a relatively cheap hotel/ motel to stay at around there? Thanks for any clues. Laura Miller UC San Diego lmiller@ucsd.edu From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 14 13:45:32 1994 Mon, 14 Nov 1994 13:24:40 -0800 for Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 16:14 EDT From: SCOTT BLAKE Subject: Re: voting (was research design/new address) To: CGH2@psuvm.psu.edu Jetaway Dave's point about not voting being a referendum on the slate of candidates is interesting. Unfortunately, the way voting works in the US, not voting is no different from endosing whoever wins. Perhaps we should think about the possibilities for implementing a "no confidence" vote. The implications would be staggering. What would we do if no one won? scott blake From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 14 14:08:37 1994 Mon, 14 Nov 1994 13:56:53 -0800 for From: XCHUFF@CCVAX.FULLERTON.EDU Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 13:48:29 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: voting/elections To: SOCGRAD@UCSD.EDU I would have to agree with everyone that feels that the "motor voter" plan makes sense, but I don't think that it is that difficult to register in the first place. I've often wondered if there were some easy, "magical" way that every eligible citizen could be registered, would there be that much larger of a turnout at the booths on election day!?? -TODD HUFF -Cal. From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 14 16:02:57 1994 Mon, 14 Nov 1994 15:44:59 -0800 for Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 17:36:45 -0600 (CST) From: Michael Gibbons Subject: voting To: socgrad it was put forth a few days ago the discussion of non-voting. to which i have two responses. first, i read a quote in a book called _13th gen_ by strauss and howe which dealt with generational differences. the quote sez: "withdrawing in disgust is not the same as apathy." i think that this is true. it is hard to get motivated to vote when your choices are tweedle dee and tweedle dum. the sad thing is though, and this is my second point, that by pissing us (the electorate) off enough to keep us away from the polls, they (the elected) usurp power from the citizenry and dig themselves deeper. this seems apparrent to me in the similarity between the asses and the elephants. i almost feel that our power as individuals is no more than at least to instill a certain amount of randomness to keep them (the elected) off guard. maybe there is a political option similar to monkeywrenching in environmentalism short of terrorism? also regarding the christianity of christians: the death penalty ones basing their argument in the old testament seem to ignore the part where jesus says that the old rule is no longer acceptable. i could look up that reference if i needed too, but most folks have an elementary understanding of the christian bible. re the e-petition: maybe we all could send copies to the electronic mail servers at the white house? michael From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 14 19:39:54 1994 Mon, 14 Nov 1994 19:37:41 -0800 for Date: Mon, 14 Nov 94 22:32:07 EST From: DCT93001@uconnvm.uconn.edu Subject: Voting To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU It seems to me that those who are unhappy with having to choose between the "lesser of two evils" when they enter the voting booth need to realize that the act of voting is the final step in a very long process. We should not allow others to choose our choices for us. If we don't like the choices then the thing to do is to become involved BEFORE the candidates are chosen. Get involved in the political process at the caucus level, at the grassroots level...be a part of the group that is recriuting and choosing the candidates that will represent a particular party. Don't let others make your choices for you. Tillman From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 14 20:58:33 1994 Mon, 14 Nov 1994 20:56:45 -0800 for From: BREKHUS@zodiac.rutgers.edu Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 23:37:20 -0500 (EST) Subject: non-voting To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU I've found the discussion on non-voting interesting, in part, because I had properly registered to vote for the last NJ Governor's election during a campus voter registration drive and was nonetheless turned away from the polls because the county managed to register me for the wrong ward in a different city even though I put the right address on my registration form and they mailed my sample ballot (for the wrong city) to my right address. When I tried to explain this to the pollworker at my proper polling place he was rude, interrupted me several times and just seemed generally irritated (he had apparently had to turn away several other students who also thought theywere properly registered that day). After every election here the campus newspaper runs a story about numerous students being turned away at the polls despite thinking they had registered properly. This year student groups had finally successfully fought to get polling places on campus (students used to have to vote in polling places far from campus), but it was to no avail as a large number were turned away anyways. The county seat here is run by a conservative "Democratic" machine that has fairly unfriendly relations with students and minority communities. Both these groups have low voter turnout but one wonders how much of it is the result of apathy and how much results from less accessible polling places for residents in these groups, and problems with voter registration drives in these areas of the community. The city usually claims the people in the voter registration drives must've made the errors, but I'm more inclined to believe the city is responsible. Either way my non-vote had little to do with politcal apathy and everything to do with obstacles that make voting less accessible than it should be. Incidentally in that election (not this year btw) the candidates I would have voted for almost all lost. Also, I never lived in the area listed on my sample ballot. Wayne Brekhus Rutgers University From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 14 22:27:27 1994 Mon, 14 Nov 1994 22:26:10 -0800 for From: estrayer@cats.ucsc.edu Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 22:26:08 -0800 To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: Re: non-voting The San Jose Mercury did a short study of a predominantly South-East Asian community which is in the lowest voting district in the San Jose area. I only skimmed it, but immediately recalled the book The Hidden Injuries of Race and Class by Sennett and Cobb. There are many people in this country that are so alienated from the main stream that the idea of voting may actually increase their sense of "otherness," or even shame. Certainly this is one (but complex) facet of the American non-voting public, but one that shouldn't be ignored. I don't have a clue presently as to the numbers of potential voters involved, but I'd expect that it applies to ghettoized areas and other areas of poverty. As for those that ARE in the main stream, and have access to information and even share opinions but still do not vote out of apathy, then, that too should be looked at. I can't, at this juncture, pass judgement on non-voters (unless one is in my face! ;-) because they represent a social problem, be it anomie, alienation or what have you. Oops. Getting long winded again! Bye, Eric / From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Tue Nov 15 05:28:24 1994 Tue, 15 Nov 1994 05:26:49 -0800 for Date: Tue, 15 Nov 94 08:24:56 EST From: Alan Davidson To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU, npage@uconnvm.uconn.edu, shemtovr@gar.union.edu Sorry for the length, but through the wonders of internet, here is the "Republican Contract with America" and "Proposition 187." It is tough to say enjoy, but here you go REPUBLICAN CONTRACT WITH AMERICA As Republican Members of the House of Representatives and as citizens seeking to join that body we propose not just to change its policies, but even more important, to restore the bonds of trust between the people and their elected representatives. That is why, in this era of official evasion and posturing, we offer instead a detailed agenda for national renewal, a written commitment with no fine print. This year's election offers the chance, after four decades of one-party control, to bring to the House a new majority that will transform the way Congress works. That historic change would be the end of government that is too big, too intrusive, and too easy with the public's money. It can be the beginning of a Congress that respects the values and shares the faith of the American family. Like Lincoln, our first Republican president, we intend to act "with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right." To restore accountability to Congress. To end its cycle of scandal and disgrace. To make us all proud again of the way free people govern themselves. On the first day of the 104th Congress, the new Republican majority will immediately pass the following major reforms, aimed at restoring the faith and trust of the American people in their government: * FIRST, require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply equally to the Congress; * SECOND, select a major, independent auditing firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of Congress for waste, fraud or abuse; * THIRD, cut the number of House committees, and cut committee staff by one-third; * FOURTH, limit the terms of all committee chairs; * FIFTH, ban the casting of proxy votes in committee; * SIXTH, require committee meetings to be open to the public; * SEVENTH, require a three-fifths majority vote to pass a tax increase; * EIGHTH, guarantee an honest accounting of our Federal Budget by implementing zero base-line budgeting. Thereafter, within the first 100 days of the 104th Congress, we shall bring to the House Floor the following bills, each to be given full and open debate, each to be given a clear and fair vote and each to be immediately available this day for public inspection and scrutiny. 1. THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT A balanced budget/tax limitation amendment and a legislative line-item veto to restore fiscal responsibility to an out-of-control Congress, requiring them to live under the same budget constraints as families and businesses. 2. THE TAKING BACK OUR STREETS ACT An anti-crime package including stronger truth-in-sentencing, "good faith" exclusionary rule exemptions, effective death penalty provisions, and cuts in social spending from this summer's "crime" bill to fund prison construction and additional law enforcement to keep people secure in their neighborhoods and kids safe in their schools. 3. THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT Discourage illegitimacy and teen pregnancy by prohibiting welfare to minor mothers and denying increased AFDC for additional children while on welfare, cut spending for welfare programs, and enact a tough two-years-and-out provision with work requirements to promote individual responsibility. 4. THE FAMILY REINFORCEMENT ACT Child support enforcement, tax incentives for adoption, strengthening rights of parents in their children's education, stronger child pornography laws, and an elderly dependent care tax credit to reinforce the central role of families in American society. 5. THE AMERICAN DREAM RESTORATION ACT A S500 per child tax credit, begin repeal of the marriage tax penalty, and creation of American Dream Savings Accounts to provide middle class tax relief. 6. THE NATIONAL SECURITY RESTORATION ACT No U.S. troops under U.N. command and restoration of the essential parts of our national security funding to strengthen our national defense and maintain our credibility around the world. 7. THE SENIOR CITIZENS FAIRNESS ACT Raise the Social Security earnings limit which currently forces seniors out of the work force, repeal the 1993 tax hikes on Social Security benefits and provide tax incentives for private long-term care insurance to let Older Americans keep more of what they have earned over the years. 8. THE JOB CREATION AND WAGE ENHANCEMENT ACT Small business incentives, capital gains cut and indexation, neutral cost recovery, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, strengthening the Regulatory Flexibility Act and unfunded mandate reform to create jobs and raise worker wages. 9. THE COMMON SENSE LEGAL REFORM ACT "Loser pays" laws, reasonable limits on punitive damages and reform of product liability laws to stem the endless tide of litigation. 10. THE CITIZEN LEGISLATURE ACT A first-ever vote on term limits to replace career politicians with citizen legislators. Further, we will instruct the House Budget Committee to report to the floor and we will work to enact additional budget savings, beyond the budget cuts specifically included in the legislation described above, to ensure that the Federal budget deficit will be less than it would have been without the enactment of these bills. Respecting the judgment of our fellow citizens as we seek their mandate for reform, we hereby pledge our names to this Contract with America. Proposition 187: Text of Proposed Law This initiative measure is submitted to the people in accordance with the provisions of Article II, Section 8 of the Constitution. This initiative measure adds sections to various codes; therefore, new provisions proposed to be added are printed in {+ italic type +} to indicate that they are new. PROPOSED LAW SECTION 1. Findings and Declaration. The People of California find and declare as follows: That they have suffered and are suffering economic hardship caused by the presence of illegal aliens in this state. That they have suffered and are suffering personal injury and damage caused by the criminal conduct of illegal aliens in this state. That they have a right to the protection of their government from any person or persons entering this country unlawfully. Therefore, the People of California declare their intention to provide for cooperation between their agencies of state and local government with the federal government, and to establish a system of required notification by and between such agencies to prevent illegal aliens in the United States from receiving benefits or public services in the State of California. SECTION 2. Manufacture, Distribution or Sale of False Citizenship or Resident Alien Documents: Crime and Punishment. Section 113 is added to the Penal Code, to read: {+ 113. Any person who manufactures, distributes or sells false documents to conceal the true citizenship or resident alien status of another person is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for five years or by a fine of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000). +} SECTION 3. Use of False Citizenship or Resident Alien Documents: Crime and Punishment. Section 114 is added to the Penal Code, to read: {+ 114. Any person who uses false documents to conceal his or her true citizenship or resident alien status is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for five years or by a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). +} SECTION 4. Law Enforcement Cooperation with INS. Section 834b is added to the Penal Code, to read: {+ 834b. (a) Every law enforcement agency in California shall fully cooperate with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding any person who is arrested if he or she is suspected of being present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws. +} {+ (b) With respect to any such person who is arrested, and suspected of being present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws, every law enforcement agency shall do the following: +} {+ (1) Attempt to verify the legal status of such person as a citizen of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted as a permanent resident, an alien lawfully admitted for a temporary period of time or as an alien who is present in the United States in violation of immigration laws. The verification process may include, but shall not be limited to, questioning the person regarding his or her date and place of birth, and entry into the United States, and demanding documentation to indicate his or her legal status. +} {+ (2) Notify the person of his or her apparent status as an alien who is present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws and inform him or her that, apart from any criminal justice proceedings, he or she must either obtain legal status or leave the United States. +} {+ (3) Notify the Attorney General of California and the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service of the apparent illegal status and provide any additional information that may be requested by any other public entity. +} {+ (c) Any legislative, administrative, or other action by a city, county, or other legally authorized local governmental entity with jurisdictional boundaries, or by a law enforcement agency, to prevent or limit the cooperation required by subdivision (a) is expressly prohibited. +} SECTION 5. Exclusion of Illegal Aliens from Public Social Services. Section 10001.5 is added to the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read: {+ 10001.5. (a) In order to carry out the intention of the People of California that only citizens of the United States and aliens lawfully admitted to the United States may receive the benefits of public social services and to ensure that all persons employed in the providing of those services shall diligently protect public funds from misuse, the provisions of this section are adopted. +} {+ (b) A person shall not receive any public social services to which he or she may be otherwise entitled until the legal status of that person has been verified as one of the following: +} {+ (1) A citizen of the United States. +} {+ (2) An alien lawfully admitted as a permanent resident. +} {+ (3) An alien lawfully admitted for a temporary period of time. +} {+ (c) If any public entity in this state to whom a person has applied for public social services determines or reasonably suspects, based upon the information provided to it, that the person is an alien in the United States in violation of federal law, the following procedures shall be followed by the public entity: +} {+ (1) The entity shall not provide the person with benefits or services. +} {+ (2) The entity shall, in writing, notify the person of his or her apparent illegal immigration status, and that the person must either obtain legal status or leave the United States. +} {+ (3) The entity shall also notify the State Director of Social Services, the Attorney General of California, and the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service of the apparent illegal status, and shall provide any additional information that may be requested by any other public entity. +} SECTION 6. Exclusion of Illegal Aliens from Publicly Funded Health Care. Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 130) is added to Part 1 of Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: {+ Chapter 1.3. Publicly-Funded Health Care Services +} {+ 130. (a) In order to carry out the intention of the People of California that, excepting emergency medical care as required by federal law, only citizens of the United States and aliens lawfully admitted to the United States may receive the benefits of publicly-funded health care, and to ensure that all persons employed in the providing of those services shall diligently protect public funds from misuse, the provisions of this section are adopted. +} {+ (b) A person shall not receive any health care services from a publicly-funded health care facility, to which he or she is otherwise entitled until the legal status of that person has been verified as one of the following: +} {+ (1) A citizen of the United States. +} {+ (2) An alien lawfully admitted as a permanent resident. +} {+ (3) An alien lawfully admitted for a temporary period of time. +} {+ (c) If any publicly-funded health care facility in this state from whom a person seeks health care services, other than emergency medical care as required by federal law, determines or reasonably suspects, based upon the information provided to it, that the person is an alien in the United States in violation of federal law, the following procedures shall be followed by the facility: +} {+ (1) The facility shall not provide the person with services. +} {+ (2) The facility shall, in writing, notify the person of his or her apparent illegal immigration status, and that the person must either obtain legal status or leave the United States. +} {+ (3) The facility shall also notify the State Director of Health Services, the Attorney General of California, and the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service of the apparent illegal status, and shall provide any additional information that may be requested by any other public entity. +} {+ (d) For purposes of this section "publicly-funded health care facility" shall be defined as specified in Sections 1200 and 1250 of this code as of January 1, 1993. +} SECTION 7. Exclusion of Illegal Aliens from Public Elementary and Secondary Schools. Section 48215 is added to the Education Code, to read: {+ 48215. (a) No public elementary or secondary school shall admit, or permit the attendance of, any child who is not a citizen of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted as a permanent resident, or a person who is otherwise authorized under federal law to be present in the United States. +} {+ (b) Commencing January 1, 1995, each school district shall verify the legal status of each child enrolling in the school district for the first time in order to ensure the enrollment or attendance only of citizens, aliens lawfully admitted as permanent residents, or persons who are otherwise authorized to be present in the United States. +} {+ (c) By January 1, 1996, each school district shall have verified the legal status of each child already enrolled and in attendance in the school district in order to ensure the enrollment or attendance only of citizens, aliens lawfully admitted as permanent residents, or persons who are otherwise authorized under federal law to be present in the United States. +} {+ (d) By January 1, 1996, each school district shall also have verified the legal status of each parent or guardian of each child referred to in subdivisions (b) and (c), to determine whether such parent or guardian is one of the following: +} {+ (1) A citizen of the United States. +} {+ (2) An alien lawfully admitted as a permanent resident. +} {+ (3) An alien admitted lawfully for a temporary period of time. +} {+ (e) Each school district shall provide information to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Attorney General of California, and the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding any enrollee or pupil, or parent or guardian, attending a public elementary or secondary school in the school district determined or reasonably suspected to be in violation of federal immigration laws within forty-five days after becoming aware of an apparent violation. The notice shall also be provided to the parent or legal guardian of the enrollee or pupil, and shall state that an existing pupil may not continue to attend the school after ninety calendar days from the date of the notice, unless legal status is established. +} {+ (f) For each child who cannot establish legal status in the United States, each school district shall continue to provide education for a period of ninety days from the date of the notice. Such ninety day period shall be utilized to accomplish an orderly transition to a school in the child's country of origin. Each school district shall fully cooperate in this transition effort to ensure that the educational needs of the child are best served for that period of time. +} SECTION 8. Exclusion of Illegal Aliens from Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions. Section 66010.8 is added to the Education Code, to read: {+ 66010.8. (a) No public institution of postsecondary education shall admit, enroll, or permit the attendance of any person who is not a citizen of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted as a permanent resident in the United States, or a person who is otherwise authorized under federal law to be present in the United States. +} {+ (b) Commencing with the first term or semester that begins after January 1, 1995, and at the commencement of each term or semester thereafter, each public postsecondary educational institution shall verify the status of each person enrolled or in attendance at that institution in order to ensure the enrollment or attendance only of United States citizens, aliens lawfully admitted as permanent residents in the United States, and persons who are otherwise authorized under federal law to be present in the United States. +} {+ (c) No later than 45 days after the admissions officer of a public postsecondary educational institution becomes aware of the application, enrollment, or attendance of a person determined to be, or who is under reasonable suspicion of being, in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws, that officer shall provide that information to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Attorney General of California, and the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. The information shall also be provided to the applicant, enrollee, or person admitted. +} SECTION 9. Attorney General Cooperation with the INS. Section 53069.65 is added to the Government Code, to read: {+ 53069.65. Whenever the state or a city, or a county, or any other legally authorized local governmental entity with jurisdictional boundaries reports the presence of a person who is suspected of being present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws to the Attorney General of California, that report shall be transmitted to the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. The Attorney General shall be responsible for maintaining on-going and accurate records of such reports, and shall provide any additional information that may be requested by any other government entity. +} SECTION 10. Amendment and Severability. The statutory provisions contained in this measure may not be amended by the Legislature except to further its purposes by statute passed in each house by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the membership concurring, or by a statute that becomes effective only when approved by the voters. In the event that any portion of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect any other provision or application of the act, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end the provisions of this act are severable. From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Tue Nov 15 07:07:19 1994 Tue, 15 Nov 1994 07:05:51 -0800 for by almaak.usc.edu (8.6.8.1/8.6.7+ucs) Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 07:05:48 -0800 (PST) From: James Beniger Subject: AAPOR Student Paper Awards To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU 29TH ANNUAL AAPOR STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION Open to Current Students and Recent Degree Recipients Fiftieth Anniversary Conference American Association for Public Opinion Research Bonaventure Resort & Spa Fort Lauderdale, Florida May 18-21, 1995 The American Association for Public Opinion Research announces its 29th Annual Student Paper Competition, open both to current students (undergraduate and graduate) and to those who received a degree during the 1993-94 academic year. We solicit papers in any field related to the study of public opinion, as most broadly defined, and in the theory and methods of survey and market research and applications of statistical techniques to such research. These fields include: Business Admin Economics Marketing Social Psych Cognitive Sci Geography Political Sci Sociology Communications History Psychology Statistics Demography Journalism Public Policy Survey Methods Papers topics might include methodological issues in survey or market research, or social science research more generally, theoretical questions that advance our understanding of public opinion processes and change, or substantive empirical findings about public opinion in the broadest social, behavioral, and policy contexts. Entries ought to be the length of the usual academic journal article, roughly 18-25 pages. Chair of the Student Paper Competition is Eleanor Singer, former editor of Public Opinion Quarterly, AAPOR President in 1987-88, and former President of the New York City chapter of AAPOR. Singer, who holds a doctorate in sociology, is currently Research Scientist at the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center, The Institute for Social Research. She is author of "Reporting on Risk" (with Phyllis Endreny, 1993), a co-author of "Reporting of Social Science in the National Media" (1988), and editor of "Survey Methods Research: A Reader" (with Stanley Presser, 1989). Awards will include one AAPOR Student Paper Award and possibly one or more Honorable Mentions, the number to be decided by a panel of judges selected from the AAPOR membership, including the academic, governmental and commercial sectors, and also including survey researchers and other survey professionals. A prize of $250 will be awarded for the winning paper, and its author will be invited to present the work at AAPOR's 50th Anniversary Conference, to be held May 18-21, 1995, at the Bonaventure Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Honorable Mention papers will also be considered for presentation at the 50th Annual Conference. Because of AAPOR's particular interest in broader historical perspectives on the field of public opinion research at its 50th Anniversary Conference, a second special prize might be awarded--at the discretion of the judges--for the best student paper on the history and development of public opinion and survey research. This might include such topics as the growth of the survey research industry, long-term changes in the definition and measurement of public opinion, the development of survey research or marketing methods, and historical trends in public opinion. AAPOR will provide travel expenses and accommodations at the 50th Annual Conference to the Student Paper Award winner or winners, and full or partial support for Conference expenses to one or more Honorable Mention winners. Please submit five copies of each paper, by Friday, January 6, 1995 (an absolute deadline, strictly enforced), to the 50th Conference Committee Chair: Professor James R. Beniger Annenberg School for Communication University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281 Those submitting to the Student Paper Competition will receive immediate confirmation of the receipt of their entry. Final decisions about the AAPOR Student Paper Award(s), and about inclusion of Student Award papers in sessions on the 50th Anniversary Conference Program, will be made on or about February 15, 1995. Notification of all decisions concerning Student Award Competition papers will be given shortly thereafter. From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Tue Nov 15 07:41:23 1994 Tue, 15 Nov 1994 07:39:34 -0800 for Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 10:39:29 -0500 (EST) From: James Cassell Subject: AAPOR Student Paper Competition (fwd) To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion FYI ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Cassell jwcassell@UNC.EDU Institute for Research in Social Science Phone: 919-962-0782 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Fax: 919-962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 10:08:45 -0500 From: James Beniger Subject: AAPOR Student Paper Competition 29TH ANNUAL AAPOR STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION Open to Current Students and Recent Degree Recipients Fiftieth Anniversary Conference American Association for Public Opinion Research Bonaventure Resort & Spa Fort Lauderdale, Florida May 18-21, 1995 The American Association for Public Opinion Research announces its 29th Annual Student Paper Competition, open both to current students (undergraduate and graduate) and to those who received a degree during the 1993-94 academic year. We solicit papers in any field related to the study of public opinion, as most broadly defined, and in the theory and methods of survey and market research and applications of statistical techniques to such research. These fields include: Business Admin Economics Marketing Social Psych Cognitive Sci Geography Political Sci Sociology Communications History Psychology Statistics Demography Journalism Public Policy Survey Methods Papers topics might include methodological issues in survey or market research, or social science research more generally, theoretical questions that advance our understanding of public opinion processes and change, or substantive empirical findings about public opinion in the broadest social, behavioral, and policy contexts. Entries ought to be the length of the usual academic journal article, roughly 18-25 pages. Chair of the Student Paper Competition is Eleanor Singer, former editor of Public Opinion Quarterly, AAPOR President in 1987-88, and former President of the New York City chapter of AAPOR. Singer, who holds a doctorate in sociology, is currently Research Scientist at the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center, The Institute for Social Research. She is author of "Reporting on Risk" (with Phyllis Endreny, 1993), a co-author of "Reporting of Social Science in the National Media" (1988), and editor of "Survey Methods Research: A Reader" (with Stanley Presser, 1989). Awards will include one AAPOR Student Paper Award and possibly one or more Honorable Mentions, the number to be decided by a panel of judges selected from the AAPOR membership, including the academic, governmental and commercial sectors, and also including survey researchers and other survey professionals. A prize of $250 will be awarded for the winning paper, and its author will be invited to present the work at AAPOR's 50th Anniversary Conference, to be held May 18-21, 1995, at the Bonaventure Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Honorable Mention papers will also be considered for presentation at the 50th Annual Conference. Because of AAPOR's particular interest in broader historical perspectives on the field of public opinion research at its 50th Anniversary Conference, a second special prize might be awarded--at the discretion of the judges--for the best student paper on the history and development of public opinion and survey research. This might include such topics as the growth of the survey research industry, long-term changes in the definition and measurement of public opinion, the development of survey research or marketing methods, and historical trends in public opinion. AAPOR will provide travel expenses and accommodations at the 50th Annual Conference to the Student Paper Award winner or winners, and full or partial support for Conference expenses to one or more Honorable Mention winners. Please submit five copies of each paper, by Friday, January 6, 1995 (an absolute deadline, strictly enforced), to the 50th Conference Committee Chair: Professor James R. Beniger Annenberg School for Communication University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281 Those submitting to the Student Paper Competition will receive immediate confirmation of the receipt of their entry. Final decisions about the AAPOR Student Paper Award(s), and about inclusion of Student Award papers in sessions on the 50th Anniversary Conference Program, will be made on or about February 15, 1995. Notification of all decisions concerning Student Award Competition papers will be given shortly thereafter. From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Tue Nov 15 18:20:23 1994 Tue, 15 Nov 1994 18:13:30 -0800 for Date: Tue, 15 Nov 94 21:05:50 EST From: Marni Hancock Organization: Emory University - Atlanta, Georgia, USA Subject: VOTERS To: SOCGRAD@UCSD.EDU In regard to the discussion of voting patterns--would it make any difference if we completely eliminated polls predicting election outcomes? My mother (not a sociologist though college educated and 80 years old) believes that a lot of people don't vote because the polls indicate that their "side" has already lost or won--long before the first vote is cast. Could this be a part of the cause for the decline in voter turnout over the years? If so, what could be done to correct the problem? I somehow doubt that we could eliminate polls--but is there a reasonable way to decrease there impact on the electorate? (There is an interesting sci-fi story of a near future time where election polling is so perfected that a single voter is interviewed and national election results determined based on that interview.) Just asking, Marni Hancock SOCAW059@EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 16 05:41:17 1994 Wed, 16 Nov 1994 05:38:52 -0800 for Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 06:38:45 -0700 (MST) From: rebel palm aitchison Subject: Re: Elections To: DCT93001@uconnvm.uconn.edu But did you see that hatchet job Datline did on him last night?? Even his friends sliced him up pretty badly. On Sun, 13 Nov 1994 DCT93001@uconnvm.uconn.edu wrote: > My worst nightmare is now a reality: > > CSPAN is becoming the ALL-NEWT Channel. > > Tillman > From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 16 06:43:16 1994 Wed, 16 Nov 1994 06:39:26 -0800 for by almaak.usc.edu (8.6.8.1/8.6.7+ucs) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 06:39:21 -0800 (PST) From: James Beniger Subject: Re: VOTERS To: Marni Hancock Marni, I have just the opposite theory: that many more people would otherwise conduct polls, but are discouraged by the knowledge that elections eventually will be held anyway, so what's the use! One thing those of us in POR might do, to correct this problem, would be to lobby to put the people who conduct those disruptive elections out of business, once and for all. To reverse your opening question, would it make any difference if we completely eliminated the elections that predict exit poll outcomes? -- Jim Beniger ******* On Tue, 15 Nov 1994, Marni Hancock wrote: > In regard to the discussion of voting patterns--would it make any > difference if we completely eliminated polls predicting election > outcomes? My mother (not a sociologist though college educated and > 80 years old) believes that a lot of people don't vote because the polls > indicate that their "side" has already lost or won--long before the first > vote is cast. Could this be a part of the cause for the decline in > voter turnout over the years? If so, what could be done to correct the > problem? I somehow doubt that we could eliminate polls--but is there > a reasonable way to decrease there impact on the electorate? > (There is an interesting sci-fi story of a near future time where > election polling is so perfected that a single voter is interviewed and > national election results determined based on that interview.) > Just asking, > Marni Hancock SOCAW059@EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU > From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 16 09:53:56 1994 Wed, 16 Nov 1994 09:48:34 -0800 for by KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU (PMDF V4.3-11 #5489) id <01HJJO3O2Y0W9H0XCF@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU>; Wed, 16 Nov 1994 11:48:20 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 11:48:20 -0600 (CST) Date-warning: Date header was inserted by KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU From: 1k1mgm@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU (Christopher Gunn) Subject: Re: VOTERS To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU James Beniger , writes: >On Tue, 15 Nov 1994, Marni Hancock , wrote: > >> In regard to the discussion of voting patterns--would it make any >> difference if we completely eliminated polls predicting election >> outcomes? My mother (not a sociologist though college educated and >> 80 years old) believes that a lot of people don't vote because the polls >> indicate that their "side" has already lost or won--long before the first >> vote is cast. [....] >I have just the opposite theory: that many more people would otherwise >conduct polls, but are discouraged by the knowledge that elections eventually >will be held anyway, so what's the use! [ :-) ?....] I'm speaking more as a journalist (which I was for a while in the 1970s) than as a sociologist here. I think that the method, speed and type of presentation of poll results currently employed by the press (doesn't that sound better than 'media'?) tend *somewhat* to cause elections to be plebiscitory in a shallow Gaullist sense, to take on an individualistic *mass* character (as opposed to a group-based, *public* process), and to contribute to passivity and apathy. In terms of methods, the current exit-poll-driven predictions have a different feel than the older key-precinct methods used through the '70s. The older methods were based (more than now) on real votes, rather than some schmucks' *opinions*. It somehow felt better to accept that some some areas had a 'bellweather' character (in fact, it was folkloric: as Maine goes, so goes the nation, etc.) through actual balloting. The current interview-based exit-poll methods conflate surveys and voting in a kind of nasty way, especially when pseudo-sociological 'explanations' of voting behavior are sought through simultaneous opinion research. The result is a blurring of the distinctions between individually-held *opinions* and publically-formed *positions*, the blurring being similar to that between exit-poll/opinion results and actual voting. The old, key-precinct methods also created a real (rather than artificial, embargo-type) delay in the results. (Some of you may remember staying up with Huntley-Brinkley or Walter Cronkite.... I'd frankly forgotten how much I missed those nearly-all-night election-results marathons....) Having nearly everything wrapped up in time for everybody to go watch David Letterman or whatever--all done in, what, maybe 2 hours of total on-air national TV time? less?-- has a trivializing effect on the election process. Up through the mid-80s, my friends and I used to have election-watch parties. What, now, is there to watch? Bob Novak raving on CNN? I wouldn't underestimate this 'over-in-a-snap, we won't interrupt your Regular Viewing Pleasure much' property of current results presentations. Finally, the form of presentation of outcomes contributes to the trivializing, massifying character of the election-results process. Part of it is the nifty swooping graphics, the MTV flavor, the Top 10 Reasons approaches, the sound bites.... MORE important is the set of underlying premises behind the orientation, that elections are a regrettably cumbersome bit of national temperature-taking that contributes another data point to the overall *poll-based* temperature-taking done by the press. This is more obvious in party primaries than in national elections. In primaries, the lead story is typically *changes in the polls*, while the lead story on election night is often an attempted explanation of why the results *differed* from the polls, with the implicit assumption that the polls were right and the *elections* had some damn sort of sampling error (bad weather, etc.). (This often expresses itself as 'did he meet "expectations"' analysis, i.e., the news has become difference between yesterday's news and today's suspect reality....) My comments above probably show how much, at heart, I'm an old liberal, even though this last election kicked a lot of what was left out of me. More than 1972 and 1984, I think.... You don't, however, have to be all that much of a Marxist to see the massification process I've described above as patently deliberate, not through some grand conspiracy but through an overall process of conversion of traditional behavior into advertising-driven, market-based consumption of commodities. Individual sub-details of this process (like exit polls) are obviously pretty trivial, but the impact of the process even in my adult lifetime has been enormous. An aside: I've made heavy use above of an ideal-typic dichotomy between'public' and 'mass' processes. This was a big deal when I last studied sociology formally (early '70s) and was near the core of the whole area of collective behavior (now apparently in eclipse as a topic). Now, as a returnee, I find that I get blank looks in classes when I try to use this as an axis of characterization.... Is this whole concept-field considered defunct (sent down to the political scientists....)? A hopeless relic of liberal idealism or otherwise delusional? I'd appreciate some clarification. Kit Gunn, Univ. of Kansas Christopher Gunn Molecular Graphics and Modeling Laboratory 1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu University of Kansas Phone: 913-864-4428 or -4495 Malott Hall Lawrence, KS 66045 From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 16 10:04:45 1994 Wed, 16 Nov 1994 09:54:56 -0800 for Date: Wed, 16 Nov 94 12:54 EST From: "Jetaway Dave" Subject: Re: voting (was research design/new address) To: BLAKE@binah.cc.brandeis.edu >Jetaway Dave's point about not voting being a referendum on the slate of >candidates is interesting. Unfortunately, the way voting works in the US, >not voting is no different from endosing whoever wins. Perhaps we should >think about the possibilities for implementing a "no confidence" vote. The >implications would be staggering. What would we do if no one won? >scott blake I think that at least a few countries have a "none of the above" option. If no candidate receives %50 of votes cast, a run - off election is held. I have _no_ idea what happens if the run-offs fail to produce a winner. Jetaway Dave From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 16 14:37:16 1994 Wed, 16 Nov 1994 14:23:57 -0800 for From: SHAFER@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 17:13 EDT Subject: voters To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU one suggestion to the problem of apathetic voters is to eliminate the winner take all position of US elections. A move to 'porportional elections' similar to parts of Europe would allow individuals to find a party and candidate whom they can feel good about instead of trying to force their varied views into the current anachronistic parties. I myself have a hard time voting for the current crop of candidates. by adding parties and viewpoints to political debates individuals might find a renewed relevance to their vote. dave shafer From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 16 16:37:00 1994 Wed, 16 Nov 1994 16:27:11 -0800 for Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 16:21:02 -0800 (PST) From: PORNADA Subject: RE:VOTING To: SOCGRAD@UCSD.EDU THIS IS JUST TRIVIAL BUT... IF EVERYONE LOOKED CLOSELY AT THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH ISSUE OR ON EACH CANDIDATE WE MIGHT GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN OFFICE. OR THE RIGHT ISSUES PASSED. BUT WHAT ARE THE RIGHT ISSUES? From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 16 19:11:57 1994 Wed, 16 Nov 1994 19:09:13 -0800 for Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 18:32:27 -0800 From: Laura Miller To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: voting Sometimes I wonder if I'm living in the same world as everyone else. The press (including plenty of opinion pieces) has been full of analyses claiming that the voters are fed up with "both" candidates for an office. Well, I don't know about the rest of the country, but here in California, there are several alternative parties with candidates for most offices. Everything from the Peace & Freedom Party (left) to the Liberatarian Party (not exactly right, but well, liberatarian). This year, the ballot information even came with a nifty little chart with the position statements of each party. So I've never understood those who sit out an election in protest; there are plenty of other candidates who would count as a protest vote (I used to support 3rd party candidates myself until Reagan was elected, and I learned that there is indeed a difference between Republicans & Democrats). So, is California unique in having alternative parties on the ballot? Laura Miller lmiller@ucsd.edu From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 16 19:26:41 1994 Wed, 16 Nov 1994 19:24:00 -0800 for From: SHAFER@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 22:14 EDT Subject: voting To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU no third parties on the ballot in Florida dave shafer From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Thu Nov 17 01:07:09 1994 Thu, 17 Nov 1994 01:05:45 -0800 for From: lichter@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu (Michael Lichter) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 01:05:39 +0000 To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: Important Research Results >From The Mini-Annals of Improbable Research (mini-AIR) Reprinted with Permission: ------------------------------------------------------------ 1994-07-03 Ig Nobel Peace Prize: Follow-up Investigation Robert L. Park of the American Physical Society (APS) has done a follow-up investigation of the work which earned John Hagelin this year's Ig Nobel Peace Prize. Park's report appeared in his weekly APS newsletter, "WHAT'S NEW." It reads in part: "The [1994 Ig Nobel] Peace Prize went to physicist John Hagelin for his experiment to reduce crime in Washington, DC by the coherent meditation of 4,000 TM [Transcendental Meditation] experts. By coincidence, Hagelin was holding a press conference [on the day of the Ig Nobel Ceremony] to announce his final results. It was a data analysis clinic; violent crime, he proudly declared, decreased 18%! Relative to what? To the predictions of "time-series analysis" involving variables such as temperature and the economy. So although the weekly murder count hit the highest level ever recorded, it was less than predicted." ------------------------------------------------------------ 1994-04-04 Interview with Linus Pauling (Excerpt) by Marc Abrahams MA: Do you have any advice for young people who are entering the field? LP: Well, I have advice for young people in general. That's a guestion I get asked reasonably often. I say you should look around carefully at the members of the opposite sex, and pick one out that you'd like to be with all your life. Get married young, and stay married. Then second, I say try to decide what you like to do best - what you enjoy doing - and then check up and see if it's possible for you to earn a living doing it. MA: Is there a third point? LP: No. MA. Each year we present Ig Nobel prizes to people whose achievements cannot or should not be reproduced. Who would you nominate to win an Ig Nobel prize? LP: Well of course I'd be pleased to have [Edward] Teller get a second Ig Nobel prize so he could become listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the person who's achieved the most Ig Nobel prizes. [Editor's note: Edward Teller, the father of the hydrogen bomb and the foremost proponent of the "star wars" missile defense system, was awarded the 1991 Ig Nobel peace prize. The citation said that Teller had "changed the meaning of peace as we know it."] --------------------------- 1994-07-13 How to Receive to mini-AIR, etc.(*) mini-AIR is an electronic publication, available over the Internet, free of charge. It is distributed as a LISTSERV application. We publish approximately 12 issues per year. To subscribe, send a brief E-mail message to either of these addresses: LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU or LISTSERV@MITVMA The body of your message should contain ONLY the words "SUBSCRIBE MINI-AIR" followed by your name. Here are two examples: SUBSCRIBE MINI-AIR Irene Curie Joliot SUBSCRIBE MINI-AIR Nicholai Lobachevsky To stop subscribing, send the following message to the same address: SIGNOFF MINI-AIR To obtain a list of back issues, send this message: INDEX MINI-AIR To retrieve a particular back issue, send a message specifying which issue you want. For example, to retrieve issue 94-00006,send this message: GET MINI-AIR 94-00001 To obtain a somewhat complete list of gopher sites that maintain mini-AIR, email us a request. ::::: AIR extracts on USENET The USENET news group clari.feature.imprb_research presents a syndicated weekly column of reports extracted from The Annals of Improbable Research. The material presented there is different from what appears here in mini-AIR. [Please note: The newsgroup is available to you if and only if your Internet site subscribes to the Clarinet newsgroups.] From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Nov 19 04:11:59 1994 Sat, 19 Nov 1994 04:09:36 -0800 for From: JWL3697@UTARLG.UTA.EDU id <01HJNIRCC99C002MMB@UTARLG.UTA.EDU>; Sat, 19 Nov 1994 06:09:33 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 05:59:34 -0600 (CST) Subject: info needed To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Hello, socgradders: I would greatly appreciate if someone can tell me the E-MAIL address of Dr. Rudy Seward of University of North Texas at Denton, TX. Secondly, are there any GTA/GRA of UNT out there? Please respond the ff ?'s, and thank you in advance. 1. How many hrs are you required (or credit courses) to take under the University policy if you are GTA/GRA? 2. Do they offer insurance? 3. How many hrs your have to have per week, or how many sections you have to teach per semester? 4. Do you know of any faculties whose areas are in minorities - asians, educ, teengers, family or work? what are their names? A million thanks to your help. Julia Lam UT Arlington From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Nov 19 06:10:26 1994 Sat, 19 Nov 1994 06:09:07 -0800 for Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 09:09:06 -0500 (EST) From: James Cassell Subject: Latin American Studies job (fwd) To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion FYI ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Cassell jwcassell@UNC.EDU Institute for Research in Social Science Phone: 919-962-0782 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Fax: 919-962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 18:27:21 -0700 From: Christoph Chase-Dunn Subject: Latin American Studies job (fwd) Professor Christopher Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 03:19:47 -0500 From: audie klotz Subject: Latin American Studies job The Latin American Studies Program announces a tenure track assistant professorship, beginning August 1995, with likelihood of joint appointment in political science or sociology. Qualifications include: Ph.D. in sociology or political science at time of appointment and commitment to research and undergraduate/graduate education for Latinos and other urban students. UIC, with over 3000 Latino students and surrounded by Chicago's diverse Latino populations (Mexican, Puerto Rican, etc.), offers unique research opportunities and extensive institutional support. Salary competitive with qualifications and experience. Send letter of application, c.v., and dossier to Rafael Nunez-Cedeno, Director, Latin American Studies M/C 219, University of Illinois at Chicago, 601 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607-7115. For fullest consideration applications should be received by January 2, 1995. Inquiries call 312-996-2445 or fax 312-996-1796. The University of Illinois at Chicago is an affirmative action equal opportunity employer. From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Nov 19 11:47:10 1994 Sat, 19 Nov 1994 11:46:03 -0800 for From: D.W.Weatherston@newcastle.ac.uk Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 20:49:41 +0000 To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU I have been asked to input a couple of seminars for politics undergrads covering the sociology of political violence.The seminars are part of a "terrorism" course. Could anybody assist by suggesting some suitable texts. I know its an obscure request which is the reason why I am seeking some ideas. Thanks in advance. David D.W.Weatherston@ncl.ac.uk From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Nov 19 11:50:17 1994 Sat, 19 Nov 1994 11:49:01 -0800 for From: D.W.Weatherston@newcastle.ac.uk Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 20:52:44 +0000 To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: help sociology of terrorism refs I have been asked to input a couple of seminars for politics undergrads covering the sociology of political violence.The seminars are part of a "terrorism" course. Could anybody assist by suggesting some suitable texts. I know its an obscure request which is the reason why I am seeking some ideas. Thanks in advance. David D.W.Weatherston@ncl.ac.uk From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Nov 19 20:55:01 1994 Sat, 19 Nov 1994 20:54:04 -0800 for From: tombrown@cats.ucsc.edu Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 20:53:59 -0800 To: D.W.Weatherston@newcastle.ac.uk, socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: terrorism Here's one: Author: Morgan, Robin. Title: The demon lover : on the sexuality of terrorism / Robin Morgan. 1st ed. New York : Norton, c1989. Description: 395 p. ; 22 cm. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 371-373. Subjects: Terrorism. Women terrorists. Terrorism -- Government policy. Feminism. Call numbers: UCB Main HV6431 .M663 1989 UCB Moffitt HV6431 .M663 1989 The ASA publishes a pamphlet on resources for courses in genocide. A lot of this literature deals with political violence, at least tangentially enough to produce some references that may be useful to you. Some of the deviance literature may also reference what you need, especially that concerned with state deviance. good luck, thomas From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Nov 19 21:01:21 1994 Sat, 19 Nov 1994 21:00:40 -0800 for From: tombrown@cats.ucsc.edu Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 21:00:38 -0800 To: D.W.Weatherston@newcastle.ac.uk, socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: more terror 7. Western state terrorism / edited by Alexander George. New York : Routledge, 1991. UCB Main HV6431 .W47 1991 8. Western state terrorism / edited by Alexander George. Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, 1991. UCD Shields HV6431.W47 1991b 4. Perdue, William D., 1943- Terrorism and the state : a critique of domination through fear / William D. Perdue. New York : Praeger, 1989. UCB Main HV6431 .P46 1989 From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sat Nov 19 22:49:54 1994 Sat, 19 Nov 1994 22:48:30 -0800 for Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 22:48:28 -0800 (PST) From: Berch Berberoglu To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: New Master of Arts Degree Program in Sociology ........................................................................... NEW PROGRAM *** NEW PROGRAM *** NEW PROGRAM *** NEW PROGRAM *** NEW PROGRAM ........................................................................... New Program MASTER OF ARTS IN SOCIOLOGY Department of Sociology University of Nevada, Reno Interested in Graduate Studies in Marxism? Want to study and write a thesis on class struggle, imperialism, the state, and revolution? Want to take seminars on Development, Third World Studies, Political Economy, and Race, Gender, and Class? If you answered "yes" to any of the above, then you're in for a treat. We are now accepting applications for Spring 1995 and Fall 1995 semesters. There are a number of teaching and research assistantships available for Fall 1995, as well as out-of-state tuition waivers and other forms of support. For more information and application materials, write to: Berch Berberoglu, Dept. Chair and Director of Graduate Studies Department of Sociology University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV 89557 USA .......................................................................... From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sun Nov 20 05:48:49 1994 Sun, 20 Nov 1994 05:47:20 -0800 for Date: Sun, 20 Nov 1994 08:47:18 -0500 (EST) From: James Cassell Subject: (FWD) Job opening in Family Studies To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion FYI ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Cassell jwcassell@UNC.EDU Institute for Research in Social Science Phone: 919-962-0782 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Fax: 919-962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 23:41:30 -0500 From: THOMAS ROBERT CHIBUCOS Subject: ******************************************************************************** BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY Department of Applied Human Ecology Family Studies Position, Assistant Professor. Full-time probationary tenure-track position to: teach graduate and undergraduate courses; advise undergraduates; supervise graduate student research and clinical internships; develop/sustain scholarly productivity commensurate with tenure/promotion; engage in university, public and professional service. This position is in a multidisciplinary department whose mission centers on advancing knowledge and practice about families, individuals and children across the full range of environmental contexts. There are 567 undergraduate majors and 42 graduate students in the department. Of particular relevance to this position are the established clinical internship sites in Northwest Ohio for graduate students in marital-family therapy as well as the pool of diverse and accessible populations of families which is expanding rapidly through a variety of research and service activities in which faculty are involved. Bowling Green, Ohio is a wonderful town in which to live, is strategically located within 1 1/2-4 hours driving distance of Chicago, Ann Arbor, Columbus, Cincinnati, East Lansing and Detroit, and offers easy access to Lake Erie and Toledo both of which offer numerous opportunities for cultural and recreational activity. Qualifications: 1) earned doctorate in family studies or related field (ABD if imminent) 2) expertise in one or more of the following areas: family policy; minority families; family theory; children's stress or school problems; marital-family therapy 3) scholarly accomplishment or evident potential for same 4) experience and clinical training in marital-family therapy (AAMFT clinical membership preferred). Salary Competitive. Effective date: 15 August 1995. Application Deadline: 20 January 1995 Application letter, vita and the names (with address, phone and FAX) of four potential references to: Thomas R. Chibucos, Chair, Department of Applied Human Ecology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403-0254; (419) 372-7823; FAX (419) 372-7854. ******************************************************************************** From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sun Nov 20 16:48:54 1994 Sun, 20 Nov 1994 16:47:26 -0800 for From: halebsky@ssc.wisc.edu Date: Sun, 20 Nov 1994 18:40:09 -0600 To: "socgrad@ucsd.edu"@ssc.wisc.edu Subject: book about terrorism I found _Assassination on Embassy Row_ by John Dinges and Saul Landau (1980, Pantheon Books) absolutely fascinating. It's the true story of the assassination of Orlando Letelier by one of Pinochet's hit men. It reads like a thriller and I'm sure your students would like it. Steve Halebsky Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sun Nov 20 22:04:18 1994 Sun, 20 Nov 1994 22:02:46 -0800 for Date: Sun, 20 Nov 94 23:58:21 CST From: vijayan Subject: terrorism To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Hi graders: For those of you interested in on a sociological discourse on terrorism, the following dissertati may be of some interest. It contains a well written chapter looking at terrorism from the point of view of a symbolic inte ractionist. Powell, Joel; 1989; Negotiation processes in hostage and barricaded incidents. University of Iowa, Ph.D Dissertation. The dissertation must be available through UMI (Univ. of Michigan) dissertation services. From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 21 09:29:15 1994 Mon, 21 Nov 1994 09:26:28 -0800 for Subject: terrorism To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 12:26:17 -0500 (EST) From: Karen T Farquharson For those interested in terrorism, the following citations are anthropological studies: Nordstrom and Martin, _The Paths to Domination, Resistance, and Terror_ Warren, _The Violence Within_ Both of these have case studies of terrorism in a variety of places. Some of the cases are more interesting than others. Anyone interested in which essays can email me. Zulaika, _Basque Violence: Metaphor and Sacrament_ is a book length case study. For a fiction piece on the aftermath of terror, Ariel Dorfman's _Death and the Maiden_ is very good and stimulated much discussion in my class on political violence. Karen From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 21 12:38:12 1994 Mon, 21 Nov 1994 12:34:19 -0800 for Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 15:22 EDT From: SCOTT BLAKE Subject: Pop Culture To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Hi folks. This is a general request for information. Anyone at Bowling Green State have info about the Pop Culture program there? Anyone else have info about other Pop Culture programs and/or know of a good starting point for this? Thanks in advance, scott blake From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Tue Nov 22 05:33:07 1994 Tue, 22 Nov 1994 05:31:19 -0800 for Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 08:19 EDT From: SCOTT BLAKE Subject: Internet pointers To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Hi folks. For some reason, I seem to be my department's resident computer wiz (a very frightening thought). I will be doing some training for faculty and grad students in January. As part of this, I will distribute a list of interesting things to do on the net. Please send any and all information you may have about Gopher sites, FTP sites, MOO's, MUD's, MUSH's, WWW pages, WAIS sites, MAiling Lists, Newsgroups, and anything else to me. I have a fair database already compiled, including a few guidebooks, but I am interested in anything you may have. I will send out the information to the list when it is compiled. Thanks in advance, Scott Blake Brandeis University ps - Everything even vaguely relevant to sociologists is welcome. From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 21 18:56:05 1994 Mon, 21 Nov 1994 18:51:50 -0800 for Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 18:51:49 -0800 From: Laura Miller To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: call for papers ***********************forwarded message************************ ** note: the following call is open to students of ALL disciplines... CALL FOR STUDENT PAPER SUBMISSIONS ** The Journal of Creative Social Discourse ** A Publication of The University of Cincinnati's Sociology Graduate Student Lyceum Call for Student Submissions Alternative expressions of sociology allow communications of ideas that defy traditional expression. The Journal of Creative Social Discourse encourages those seeking a forum for these ideas to submit by: January 15, 1995 Appropriate submissions include, but are not limited to: short stories, poetry, nonfictional narratives, photo essays, line drawings, humor, and cartoons created by students on topics relevant to sociologists. Topics include, but again, are not limited to, the following: the profession of sociology, academia, teaching sociology, social dynamics, social statics, social psychology, and current social issues. * Deadline for submission is January 15 for publication of Volume 2, #1 by April 15, 1995. * Narratives must be typed and double spaced. * Submissions must include name (on cover letter only) and academic status. * Submissions will be subject to the peer review process. * Submit in hard copy triplicate and on disk (preferably in IBM DOS ASCII or Macintosh Microsoft Word format) to: David Purcell Department of Sociology ML 378 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0378 For more information, contact David Purcell at the address above, or through the internet (purcelda@ucbeh.san.uc.edu). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Purcell/Sociology Dept/University of Cincinnati internet: purcelda@ucbeh.san.uc.edu Things that matter: Amnesty International/Jason & The Scorchers Australian Shepherds/Allen Ginsberg/hazelnut coffee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Tue Nov 22 17:25:56 1994 Tue, 22 Nov 1994 17:23:53 -0800 for From: SFULLER@ac.dal.ca Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 21:21:48 -0400 Subject: PhD programs To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Hi, I'm in the process of narrowing my choices for soc doctoral programs- unfortunately the list is still larger than my application budget, so I'm seeking some inside dirt on the following schools: Cornell, Princeton, U of Washington, Yale, U of Pennsylvania, Rutgers Pittsburg, Brandeis, Columbia and NYU and, in Canada U of T, Carleton and Concordia I've been doing a fair amount of research into faculty publications, so the info I'm most interested in from other grad students is more general, i.e., would you recommend the department to others, why or why not? what are the best and worst things about the department? are there significant political conflicts in the department that are adversely affecting grad students? I'm looking for a department with a strong feminist scholarly contingent as well as a healthy tradition of qualitative research generally-any insights or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Sylvia Fuller (sfuller@ac.dal.ca) From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Tue Nov 22 21:57:42 1994 Tue, 22 Nov 1994 21:55:57 -0800 for Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 21:55:55 -0800 (PST) From: "Kevin K. Wall" To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU subsocgrad From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Tue Nov 22 22:09:24 1994 Tue, 22 Nov 1994 22:08:12 -0800 for Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 22:08:11 -0800 (PST) From: "Kevin K. Wall" To: ucsd server sub kkw@scs.unr.edu socgrad From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 23 04:07:14 1994 Wed, 23 Nov 1994 04:04:44 -0800 for From: lichter@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu (Michael Lichter) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 04:04:38 +0000 To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: Homans quote Hello sleepy list! I've got a quote I pulled off of somebody's .signature a while back, and I was wondering if anybody has an exact reference. It is: To overcome the inertia of the intellect, it is sometimes more important that a new idea be interesting than that it be correct. George Homans Is this really Homans? I could swear Stinchcombe says something almost identical. Anyway, another one to ponder: It is really intolerable that we can only say one thing at a time; for social behavior displays many features at the same time, and so in taking them up one by one we necessarily do outrage to its rich, dark, organic unity. George Homans SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: ITS ELEMENTARY FORMS. 1961:114. I agree with everything up to "dark, organic unity". I don't think complexity (or multi-threadedness) implies unity except in the trivial sense that everything is what it is. Michael From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 23 06:32:26 1994 Wed, 23 Nov 1994 06:31:28 -0800 for Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 09:31:26 -0500 To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU From: danryan@minerva.cis.yale.edu (Dan Ryan) Subject: Re: Homans quote Professor Doctor Lichter writes... >It is: > To overcome the inertia of the intellect, it is sometimes more > important that a new idea be interesting than that it be > correct. > George Homans >Is this really Homans? I could swear Stinchcombe says something almost >identical. It DOES sound Stinchcombian. A related comment of his that I often quote is that it is better to be wrong than vague (_Constructing Social Theories_, page ref not at hand). It's always struck me as a message that bears repeating. DJR From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 23 11:19:25 1994 Wed, 23 Nov 1994 11:07:46 -0800 for Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 11:07:45 -0800 (PST) From: DENISE M DALAIMO Subject: Presentation of Self on the Internet To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Hi gang, I'm doing research on the self and cyberspace, and I'm looking for any stories you might have about ways in which you, or others, have "altered" your self through your behavior in communicating over the net. Some people have false, or gender neutral names and some people alter their identity totally. The reasons for this are endless; from business, to pleasure, to fear. I'm also interested in interactions you've had in Multi-User Dimensions. As many voices as possible are invited to speak on any related topic. Please send any replies privately to: neese@nevada.edu Thanks in advance for any help. Please forward or post this to anyone who might want to participate. Denise Dalaimo University of Nevada, Las Vegas neese@nevada.edu From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 23 15:36:44 1994 Wed, 23 Nov 1994 15:32:59 -0800 for Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 17:32:14 -0600 (CST) From: Michael Gibbons To: socgrad as the sun was setting tonight, i couldn't help but think that it won't be too long (geologically) before humans are a thing of the past. it seems that we better pull our heads out of our butts if we want to continue to play the evolution game, or the world will go along without us. just something to ponder, and maybe we can get a conversation going. ps. the aliens told me so. From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sun Nov 27 10:22:47 1994 Sun, 27 Nov 1994 10:21:05 -0800 for Sun, 27 Nov 94 13:21:03 +1100 From: "MORTEN G. ENDER" Organization: University of Maryland,College Park To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 13:20:39 EDT Subject: childless couples hi, here's a goose chase- does anyone know how the census defines childless couple households? does the definition include divorce? previous marriage children? cohabitating couples? empty nest households? gay and lesbian couples? all of above none of the above the percent of households i have is 5% (from a social problems text)-- but my students challenged me on the number and the definition saying it was too high and i can't find an answer in stat abstracts...help... thanks, morten From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sun Nov 27 11:42:08 1994 Sun, 27 Nov 1994 11:39:42 -0800 for Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 14:40:10 -0500 (EST) From: blyden b potts Subject: Re: childless couples To: "MORTEN G. ENDER" I don't know anything about the definition of childless couples in the Census, but I find it hard to believe that students thought 5% was too high! From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sun Nov 27 13:18:01 1994 Sun, 27 Nov 1994 13:16:55 -0800 for Date: Sun, 27 Nov 94 16:16 EST From: "Jetaway Dave" Subject: Re: childless couples To: S-ENDER@bss1.umd.edu Here's some goosey answers: >does anyone know how the census defines childless couple households? Not exactly, but I will ask around. >does the definition include divorce? Shouldn't. Most divorcee's no longer share a household, so it wouldn't fall under this domain. >previous marriage children? Yes, if they are living in the household. What I'm not sure of is whether the census bureau imposes a definitional age cut - off. Relates to the question about empty nesters as well. It depends on whether the census buearu uses _ever_ had a child or _currently_ has a child living in the household. My suspicion is that the defenition involves currently and may, in fact, exclude adult children living with one or both of their parents. >cohabitating couples? Oh yes. >empty nest households? See two comments above. >gay and lesbian couples? Don't ask, don't tell. I'm quite sure that regular censuses do not even ask about sexual orientation. In fact, given the political climate, such a question would never make it past Congress. >the percent of households i have is 5% (from a social problems text)-- >but my students challenged me on the number and the definition saying >it was too high and i can't find an answer in stat abstracts...help... Sounds way too low to me for 'households.' Sounds too low for 'families' as well. Jetaway DAve From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sun Nov 27 13:50:22 1994 Sun, 27 Nov 1994 13:49:06 -0800 for From: XCHUFF@CCVAX.FULLERTON.EDU Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 13:43:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: RE:childless couples To: SOCGRAD@UCSD.EDU The only info that I have seen recently is... "During our projection period (1990 to 2010) the number of childless couples (in the U.S.) will increase from 22 million to nearly 31 million households. This will be a gain of 44%, compared with 26% for all households. Aging baby boomers will make childless couples one of the hottest growth segments of the 1990s and 2000s." (p.34) - Special Report: The Future of Households American Demographics, v.15 no.12, Dec. 1993 p.27-40 I would have to agree that 5% seems correct, or even too low. I would be interested to see why the class feels that this number is too high. I'm not sure that this info helps any, but it at least seems to show that those percentages will be growing. TODD From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sun Nov 27 14:13:49 1994 Sun, 27 Nov 1994 14:11:08 -0800 for Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 14:11:06 -0800 From: Laura Miller To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: childless couples The Census Bureau defines a household as comprising all persons who occupy a housing unit. It includes the related family members and unrelated persons who share the housing unit. A married couple is defined as a husband and wife living together in the same household, with or without children. In the Stat Abstract, I can't find any reference to "childless couple." It doesn't really sound like a Census Bureau term. Oh, there's also an "unmarried couple" which means two unrelated adults of the opposite sex sharing the same household. Laura Miller From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sun Nov 27 14:39:51 1994 Sun, 27 Nov 1994 14:33:58 -0800 for From: lichter@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu (Michael Lichter) Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 14:33:53 +0000 To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: Re: childless couples Just to expand on what Laura said, there isn't really any way to answer the questions Morten is asking using normal census (PUMS) data. Beyond marriage and standard kinship relations, you have no idea what unrelated household co-residents are to each other. Furthermore, you don't know about their relationships to people outside the household. You do know how many live children a woman has had, but you don't know from which marriage, or how many marriages she's been in (although you do know if she's currently married and has ever been married, although there's no reason to assume that children imply marriage), and whether she's "picked up" someone else's kids along the way. You don't know how many children a man has fathered, nor how many times he's been married, or whether he and his wife have adopted any children who are no longer living with them. You can make some operational decisions and add some leaps, like, say, 33% of households consisting of two unrelated males or two unrelated females over age 25 are gay couples, 50% of non-married male-female households are "living together", and 80% of married couples where the woman has never had a child and with no children present are "childless". But you have no way of knowing if those numbers really represent what you're interested in. Michael -- Michael Lichter -----------------------------+ Department of Sociology | University of California, Los Angeles ---------------------------------------+ From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sun Nov 27 18:35:09 1994 Sun, 27 Nov 1994 18:32:24 -0800 for From: lichter@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu (Michael Lichter) Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 18:32:09 +0000 To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: RE:childless couples To contribute a few more numbers, I generated a couple relevant tables based on some work I've been doing. HOUSEHOLD TYPE, GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, 1990 CENSUS Cumulative Cumulative HHOLD Frequency Percent Frequency Percent -------------------------------------------------------------- MARRIED W/KIDS 1339636 27.3 1339636 27.3 MARRIED W/O KIDS 1289855 26.3 2629491 53.7 MALE W/KIDS 102049 2.1 2731540 55.8 FEMALE W/KIDS 310208 6.3 3041748 62.1 FAMILY W/O KIDS 398841 8.1 3440589 70.2 ADULT ALONE 697729 14.2 4138318 84.5 UNRELATED ADULTS 760123 15.5 4898441 100.0 The table above is a rough classification of households based on some family relationship variables. Family relationships in the census are defined relative to the householder, who is usually the person most directly responsible for the dwelling unit (as owner, leaseholder, etc.). Family households may or may not include unrelated individuals. The first two categories are households headed by either member of a married couple. In households with "kids", kids are children under 18 who are not necessarily the children of the householder; they could be grandchildren or cousins, for instance. The "male" and "female" categories refer to households headed by single adults who, again, are not necessarily the parents of the children present. "Family w/o kids" is a household with an unmarried householder, no children under 18, and at least one additional person related to the householder. The "adult alone" category should be pretty obvious, and the "unrelated adults" includes two or more unrelated persons sharing a housing unit. It is among this last category that you'd expect to find most non-marital "family" relations. Group quarters, e.g. college dorms, mental hospitals, and military barracks, are excluded. The 26% above "married w/o kids" is the same as what was posted earlier for "childless couples" nationally. Increases in this number over time do not necessarily represent changes in the number of women who never have children; other factors include reduction in the number of children, compression of timing of childbearing, children leaving home at earlier ages, higher life expectancies, etc. Although it's not a test of any of these, I decided to see how many of the "married w/o kids" category above included women who have never had children. CHILDREN EVER BORN, MARRIED FEMALE HOUSEHOLDERS OR SPOUSES OF HOUSEHOLDERS IN HOUSEHOLDS WITH NO CHILDREN PRESENT, GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, 1990 CENSUS Cumulative Cumulative KIDSBORN Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------- NONE 386157 29.9 386157 29.9 1 154593 12.0 540750 41.9 2 303830 23.5 844580 65.4 3 220292 17.1 1064872 82.5 4 113941 8.8 1178813 91.3 5 OR MORE 112415 8.7 1291228 100.0 Less than 1/3 have never had children, and if we broke them down by age, I think we'd see that most of the "none" group are not beyond childbearing age. Whatever. Michael -- Michael Lichter -----------------------------+ Department of Sociology | University of California, Los Angeles ---------------------------------------+ From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Sun Nov 27 21:20:18 1994 Sun, 27 Nov 1994 21:18:10 -0800 for Date: Sun, 27 Nov 94 21:17:13 -0800 (PST) From: Xuan Ho Subject: Refugee Literature To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Hi friends, I am in the concept paper stage for my dissertation, which will involve in the theoretical framework encompassing the literature on the Asian/Vietnamese refugee and immigration to the U.S starting in mid 1970's. I will appreciate your help in identifying the search methods and sources of literature. My disseration is in Human and Organizational System at the Fielding Institute. Can't wait to hear from you. Xuan Ho. From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 28 04:53:56 1994 Mon, 28 Nov 1994 04:51:20 -0800 for Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 07:51:18 -0500 (EST) From: James Cassell Subject: U Michigan Population Studies Post-Doc Fellowships (fwd) To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion FYI - Jim ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Cassell jwcassell@UNC.EDU Institute for Research in Social Science Phone: 919-962-0782 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Fax: 919-962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 16:18:02 -0500 (EST) From: Emily M. Agree To: aging , Demography List Subject: U Michigan Population Studies Post-Doc Fellowships Inquiries regarding the following announcements should be directed to either David Lam or Lora Myers ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Demography of Aging Population Studies Center University of Michigan - Ann Arbor The Population Studies Center of the University of Michigan expects to have one opening for a postdoctoral fellow in the demography of aging. Position sponsored by the National Institute on Aging. Starting date on or about September 1, 1995. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in demography, public health, or one of the social sciences (sociology, economics, anthropology). Background in aging is desirable, but not required. Selection will be based on scholarly potential and compatibility with a faculty ment or. Positions offer exceptional opportunity for collaboration with staff of the Population Studies Center and Institute for Social Research on major projects in the U.S. and Asia. Term of appointment is two years. Stipend commensurate with experience at the level mandated by NIH. Applicants must be citizens (or non-citizen nationals) of the United States. Screening of applications will begin January 15, 1994. Send letter of inquiry, curriculum vitae, brief statement (1-2 pages) of research interests , examples of written work, and three letters of recommendation to: Chair, NIA Postdoctoral Search Committee, Population Studies Center, 1225 South University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2590. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Population Studies Center University of Michigan The Population Studies Center of the University of Michigan invites applications for 1-2 postdoctoral fellowships sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Term of appointment is two years, starting May-September, 1995. Research interest in the socio-cultural factors associated with population growth in developing countries is preferred. Fieldwork during the appointment period is encouraged. A Ph.D. or equivalent degree in Sociology, Economics, Anthropology, or related field is required. Preference given to applicants with some post-doctoral experience. Stipend commensurate with experience. Screening of applications will begin on January 15, 1995. Please send letter of inquiry indicating preferred starting date, curriculum vitae, brief stateme nt (1-2 pages) of research interests, examples of written work, and three letters of recommendation to: Chair, Mellon Postdoctoral Search Committee, Population Studies Center, 1225 South University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2590. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 28 09:06:56 1994 Mon, 28 Nov 1994 09:02:40 -0800 for Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 12:02:38 -0500 (EST) From: James Cassell Subject: New List for Grad Student Dissertation Worries ... (fwd) To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion FYI ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Cassell jwcassell@UNC.EDU Institute for Research in Social Science Phone: 919-962-0782 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Fax: 919-962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 USA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: New List for Grad Student Dissertation Worries ... From: rosati@gusun.acc.georgetown.edu (Tony Rosati) Date: 28 Nov 94 06:21:23 -0500 Something I came across recently that I thought would be good enough for all to have.... I can vouch for the ASGS; they indeed are a valuable service for graduate students. ========= The Association for Support of Graduate Students, publishers of Dissertation News and Thesis News, is going online in December! ASGS is initiating a moderated discussion list, free to all interested persons, entitled, "doc-talk." The list will provide information of value to graduate students (& faculty) involved in doing master's and doctoral theses; it will make available articles focused on how to do a thesis, reviews of resources, and answers to students' questions pertaining to their theses, as well as providing current notices of deadlines for thesis-related grants and conferences at which students can present thesis research. If you would like to receive distributions to this list, send an email message to "listserv@netcom.com" and in the body of the message (not the subject line) put the following: subscribe doc-talk. Del Tycer Executive Vice President Association for Support of Graduate Students (ASGS) 585 Fallen Leaf Way Incline Village, NV 89451 Phone (702) 831-1399 Fax (702) 831-2199 -- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------* | ** National Association of Graduate - Professional Students * [NAGPS] ** | | *** Information Exchange Coordinator & Member, Board of Directors *** | +-----------------------++-------------------------------------------------+ | Anthony V. Rosati || ** rosati@gusun.georgetown.edu ** | | Dept. of Chemistry || ** rosati@access.digex.net ** | | Georgetown University || ** rosati@cap.gwu.edu ** | | Washington, DC 20057 ||<>>>>>>>>>>>>>Internet Access Points<<<<<<<<<<<<>| *-----------------------++-------------------------------------------------* From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 28 10:34:43 1994 Mon, 28 Nov 1994 10:30:02 -0800 for Date: Mon, 28 Nov 94 12:10:20 EST From: CMSJOYA@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Subject: stinchcombe To: danryan@minerva.cis.yale.edu Dan, I found not quite the quote you remarked upon at the beginning of _Constructing Social Theory_ (I'm using it in the grad design course I'm working up): "But for a social theorist ignorance is more excusable than vagueness. Other investigtors can easily show I am wrong if I am sufficiently precise. They will have much more difficulty showing by investigation what, precisely, I mean if I am vague. I hope not to be forced to weasel out with 'But I didn't really mean that.' Social theorists should prefer to be wrong rather than misunderstood. Being misunderstood shows sloppy theoretical work." - Art Stinchcombe 1968, p. 6 From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 28 13:31:39 1994 Mon, 28 Nov 1994 13:23:59 -0800 for From: JWL3697@UTARLG.UTA.EDU id <01HK0MVVXV80005G1V@UTARLG.UTA.EDU>; Mon, 28 Nov 1994 15:23:55 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 15:17:50 -0600 (CST) Subject: re: childless couples To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU "Population Bulletin" vol.47 No.2 (Aug 1992) has all the info you need. It is published by the Population Reference Bureau in D.C. Cost is about $10. I lost the original requesting posting, that is why I put up the info here. I hope whoever needs it gets to read this. Julia Lam UT Arlington From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Mon Nov 28 16:55:44 1994 Mon, 28 Nov 1994 16:47:29 -0800 for Date: Mon, 28 Nov 94 19:42:20 EST From: Marni Hancock Organization: Emory University - Atlanta, Georgia, USA Subject: CHILDLESS COUPLES To: SOCGRAD@UCSD.EDU I have nothing sociological to add to the discussion--however, according to most medical texts discussing infertility, 1 in 15 couples is involuntarily infertile--ie, just over 6%. No current treatments are sufficiently successful to significantly alter that statistic. Therefore, your 5% figure is undoubtedly conservative, excluding voluntarily childless couples. Of course, some of the infertile adopt children, but again, in the modern world, a hard to implement solution. Hope this helps. Marni Hancock RN, MSN, grad student sociology at Emory University. SOCAW059@EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Tue Nov 29 04:15:37 1994 Tue, 29 Nov 1994 04:14:21 -0800 for From: JWL3697@UTARLG.UTA.EDU id <01HK1HXNUF1C006AY1@UTARLG.UTA.EDU>; Tue, 29 Nov 1994 06:14:19 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 06:09:07 -0600 (CST) Subject: Chinese-American Teenagers To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Hello, cyper-pals: Anybody knows of any literature about Chinese-American teenagers who work? Anything from whether they work or not to the psy effect of work on the individuals. I appreciate any info. Thanks in advance. Julia Lam UT Arlington (grad student) From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Tue Nov 29 14:07:55 1994 Tue, 29 Nov 1994 13:56:03 -0800 for Date: Tue, 29 Nov 1994 16:55:53 -0500 To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU From: danryan@minerva.cis.yale.edu (Dan Ryan) Subject: putting sociology in boxes Greetings, Comrades -- I've been working with a librarian who is developing a set of entries for a gopher server in the social sciences. The goal is to come up with a manageable (no more than, say, 18 entries each of which is a line or less in lenght) list of sub-areas that pretty much covers everything, is as unambiguous as possible (that means easy to decide where to put things and easy to decide where to look for things), and reflects, to some degree, the empirical reality of how the discipline is presently "shaped" in practice (who reads whom, for example, what are the enclaves?). Here is a recent draft. I thought this might provoke some interesting discussion on the list as it has here. I myself have found it a real challenge to say how and why I'd organize it in a particular way. Cheers, Dan >SOCIOLOGY, DEMOGRAPHY, AND URBAN STUDIES >General Sociology: History, Theory and Method >Applied Sociology: Policy and Planning >Demography, Life Course, and Migration >Economic Sociology: Markets, Networks, Firms, Occupations >Ethnicity and Race >Historical, Comparative Sociology >Law, Criminology, and Deviance >Medical Sociology >Organizations and Institutions >Political Sociology: States, Regimes, Welfare, Parties, Movements >Rural Sociology >Science and Technology, Knowledge and Education >Social Change and Futures Research >Social Inequalities: Race, Class, Gender >Social Movements >Sociology of Culture: Mass Media, Popular Culture, Art, Religion >Sociology of Sexuality: Sex, Gender, Family >Urban Studies: City Design, Public Space, Housing From list-relay@UCSD.EDU Wed Nov 30 18:32:21 1994 Wed, 30 Nov 1994 18:27:43 -0800 for Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 18:21:09 -0800 (PST) From: PORNADA Subject: congressman To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Will students in the state of Texas please, please, please get Michael Huffington out of our state. Make the request, please that He come back to Texas and run for state senator of Texas. This pompous Harvard grad is really getting under my skin. let him take his millions and go back to Texas. Please. greg(resident of California).