Advanced search    

Search: Political Philosophy

116 papers found.
Use AND, OR, NOT, +word, -word, "long phrase", (parentheses) to fine-tune your search.

How Infallibilists Can Have It All

agent S has to a fact P that makes P certain for S. I do not take a stand here on precisely what facts we can apprehend. This will largely depend on the outcomes of debates in the philosophy of mind and ... philosophy of mind and perception will differ on what kinds of factors are mentally accessible in this way. In section 1, I developed the concept of apprehension in a way that remains neutral on these debates

The Gender Gap in Political Affiliation: Understanding Why It Emerged and Maintained Itself Over Time

Republican. We find support for all four explanations. gender gap in political affiliation; marital decline; women's labor force participation; de-unionization - By Introduction In contrast, women have been ... , women voted similarly to their is why the gender gap in political preference emerged male relatives. In 1980, a gender gap in voting did in the 1980s and why it persists today. Our review of emerge when

Trump and Clinton Rallies: Are Political Campaigns Quasi-Religious in Nature?

analogies between political movements and religions. However, we are not aware of scholars who have explicitly looked at American political campaigns as potentially quasi-religious movements. We examined film ... applied to political campaigns, as well. Cottingham (2015) used a functionalist model to Over time, both major candidates for the 2016 U. S. make the case that Pittsburgh Steelers fandom is, as presidency

The Staying Power of Asbestos Hazards: A Critical Environmental Justice Case Analysis

, distinct identity as “lower class” Boorlings, passive political stance associated with strong Christian values, and limited knowledge of asbestos disease all contributed to differing interpretations of the ... material required engaging state powers for legislative action. Affected groups must similarly appeal to political actors to achieve rectification of present and future asbestos hazards. The second pillar

Sociology Between the Gaps Volume 8 (2023)

contrast to the “short campaigns like many political or eugenics or the biological ones (List of Invitations to the social movements.” Instead, their aspiration was for the Eugenics and Education Conference ... better understand students’ attitudes towards movement and a professor of Political Economy at eugenics, he crafted a six-question survey that he sent to Yale University, believed that eugenics functioned

Cultural Attitudes Towards Women in Politics and Women’s Political Representation in Legislatures and Cabinet Ministries

worldwide has generally lagged far behind their labor force participation and educational achievements. Theories about their political under-achievement have considered three types of explanations: political ... institutions that limit demand for their political service; social-structural conditions that inhibit the supply of adequately prepared women; and cultural attitudes that affect both the demand for and supply of

Is “Kiddie Lit” Growing Up? Changes in the Representation of Females and Minorities in Caldecott Winners and Honor Books Over the Past Half Century

and awards—are directly influenced by the noting how people of color and women were drastically broader social and political climates of their respective underrepresented in the stories that shaped ... % (28) 68% (23) 68% (23) 2% (21) 35% (12) 35% (12) 62% (21) 62% (21) 35% (12) (34) 1967-1973 2017-2023 0.7% (10) Total Number (147) About the Authors: Jessica Ahlquist studied political science and

“To Be Straight Or Closeted:” Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual College Women in Greek Life in the Context of the LGB Experience in the United States

homosexual men (Eaklor 2015; Stulberg 1988) . The American public used this narrative about the disease to further political and social anti-LGB agendas. As a result of viewing the discourse about

The Impossibility of Conservatism? Insights from Russian History

in the Tsarist period to show that if they live in times of great hardship, or under arbitrary political rule, political actors and thinkers with conservative sympathies (such as respect for tradition ... developing conservative political philosophy, other parts of history where conservatism?s problems have emerged and have a recognizable connection with the situation today remain of great interest. In

Why Have Americans Lost Faith In The Executive And Legislative Branches Of Government Over The Last Half Century?

showing that declines in trust in both branches of government have been greater for Republicans than for Democrats, much greater in the case of the executive branch. We argue that the political lens worn by ... citizens has at least as much to do with their trust in political institutions as does the work of insiders within those institutions. We provide evidence that the party in power and people's trust in the

Repairing a Movement: How a Feminist Drove Girls Out of Boy Scouts

that Henrietta had the industrialist from whom she took her Liberal political family surname legally changed from Powell to Baden- leaning. Despite receiving little formal education, she Powell to ... immortalize her husband (Hillcourt). found herself surrounded by intellectual and political Known today typically by his hyphenated last name, discourse (Reidi 2000). Baden-Powell excelled artistically and

The Structural Determinants of Health: How Systemic Racism Facilitates Community Violence in Washington, DC

) . Previous research suggests a strong relationship 2005. “Racial Discrimination in Mortgage Lending in between political representation and Black-White Washington D.C.: A Mixed Methods Approach. The inequities ... in infant mortality at the city level (King et Review of Black Political Economy, 33:9-30. https:// al. 2022). doi.org/10.1007/s12114-005-1012-z The Covid-19 pandemic further perpetuated health

What Happened to Americans’ Trust in Social Institutions Over Time, Especially During the Latter Half of the Trump Administration and the Beginning of the Covid Pandemic?

Levin’s theme that trust in institutions is primarily a function of the way institutional ‘insiders’ behave. Keywords: Americans’ trust in social institutions, institutional ‘insiders,’ political ... institutions as formative for themselves and others, but rather as platforms for performance—as “when the presidency and Congress are just stages for political performance art . . . [or] when journalism is

Introduction

that there is an uninterrupted tradition from the age of humanism and the Renaissance to today. Focusing on political philosophy has led Karen Green to trace women’s argu ments for their status as the ... topic which is, of course, of considerable contemporary interest. Three papers extend our knowledge of the moral and political philosophy developed by women. Jacqueline Broad offers the first extended

“Eugenically Yours”: A History of the American Eugenics Society

“short campaigns like many political or eugenics or the biological ones (List of Invitations to the social movements.” Instead, their aspiration was for the Eugenics and Education Conference 1937 ... understand students’ attitudes towards movement and a professor of Political Economy at eugenics, he crafted a six-question survey that he sent to Yale University, believed that eugenics functioned as a

Sociology Between the Gaps Volume 7 (2022)

meaning to, behaviors and outcomes (e.g., For example, dispositional attributions for poverty are Jones et al. 1972; Weiner 1986), a concept especially associated with political positions hostile to the ... also been associated with political affiliation and family members, and how these conflicts are discursively ideological commitments (Sahar 2014). Sahar (2014) negotiated by first-gen college graduates

The Impact of Doctor Care on COVID-19 Distrust: Results from a Random National Sample

variables to ensure that the correlation of interest is not a spurious byproduct of other demographic factors such as socio-economic status, gender, ever having been infected with COVID, political ... .) Schnabel 2022; Perry et al. 2021; Ruiz and Bell 2021), Table 2 displays a multivariate OLS regression to we account for the respondent’s political identification assess the correlation between doctor care

Through the Frames: Public Opinion on Medicare-For-All

political spectrum. Political Research Methods support for a public option was polled by Quinnipiac in November 2019, finding that 46% of Republicans For this paper, the author examined all the available ... States, believe extensive Democratic presidential primary debates that there are significant problems within the American and surrounding political discourse related to health healthcare system, and are

(White) Tyranny and the Democratic Value of Distrust

of Distrust,” The Journal of Philosophy 99.10 ( 2002 ), 532–48; Katherine Hawley, “Trust, Distrust, and Commitment,” Nous 48.1 ( 2014 ), 1–20. 3. I have argued that political solidarity is of value ... University Press, 1999 ); Patti T. Lenard, “ The Decline of Trust, The Decline of Democracy?” Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 8 .3 ( 2005 ), 363 - 78 ; Shayla Nunnaly , Trust

Reflections on Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead

Political Theory and Feminist Philosophy from Boston College. Ms. Palmisciano also earned a second Master’s Degree, an MTS (Master of Theological Studies) in Feminist Spirituality and Black History, from ... personal place of vulnerability, revealing that appeal with poetic, political, spiritual, philosophical, and she intended to keep her work and career “small.” Dr. sociological dimensions. For example