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As a discipline, political science tends to have a split personality on the issue of whether the driving force behind political action is material or ideational. Put too crudely, White scholars tend ... the Graduate School of Education. Hochschild studies the intersection of American politics and political philosophy, particularly in the areas of racial and ethnic politics and policy, educational and
Native Hawaiians with recognition and greater control over their own affairs to counter their negative socio-economic status—is analyzed within the historical and political context of a government coy to ... Hawaii.”8 He even highlighted his upbringing in Hawai’i as a symbol of his own political philosophy: “The opportunity that Hawaii offered—to experience a variety of cultures in a climate of mutual respect
Political marginalization of minorities and government corruption are two key factors that have led to the overwhelming decline and decay of America's major cities. Local governments must combat the ... toward demise. Neighborhood councils may be the best strnctural changes to local government because they provide more meaningful opportunitiesfor political engagement of minority groups, while also sewing
an effective vehicle for challenging the existing social and political order; instead, its primary purpose under current doctrine is to signal the presence of an impermissible basis for differential ... be triggered by the mere act of racial categorization, but by classifications targeting groups characterized by a history of past discrimination, political powerlessness, or a trait that has no bearing
greater effort to that end than perhaps in any other domain of our civic life—the jury box. This paper recounts this important history and explores the political theory underlying the equal protection ... . Native Americans are excluded from this reference as used herein because of the complex political relationship between sovereign Native American tribes and the U.S. government. See JILL NORGREN & SERENA
of this political confrontation was . . . people’s public use of their reason.” The bourgeois public didn’t simply participate, but it did so both directly and critically. The development of the ... , particularly, the coffeehouses and the salons “were centers of criticism—literary at first, then also political—in which began to emerge, between aristocratic society and bourgeois intellectuals, a certain
John Rauls. Rawls may be the most influential political theorist of our time. Applying his theory to questions of race policy, this Article defends the following counterintuitive thesis: while strong ... 81,82 (1984). As for Rawls's major work, A THEORY OF JUSTICE, [it] is a powerful, deep, subtle, wide-ranging, systematic work in political and moral philosophy which has not seen its like since the
their belief systems and their familial and political groups, providing meaning to their lives. ... with IP law. By utilizing the existing framework for research regulation and tort law, tribes can stem the flow of cultural appropriation while allowing tribal political and cultural sovereignty to
Alexander’s New York Times bestseller, The New Jim Crow, and the unlikely coalition of activists, policy makers, celebrities, and business leaders on both sides of the political aisle who have pledged to end ... constraints on the participation of the criminalized poor in the political economy and social life of the spaces in which they live are not based on any combination of, or any one protected legal status. That
, Illinois; WallerCounty, Texas; and elsewhere have kept the movement alive. The mass media, the political elite, and the White middle class woke up to a reality that had been long known to communities of ... encounters. Implicit, and in some cases explicit, biases allow the majority electorate and those in political power to avoid the reality of the African-American community. Every few years, a high profile case
relevant political constraints—states used taxes and tax exemptions to dissuade free Black immigration and limit the opportunities for free Blacks within their borders. This topic is salient for at least two ... political rights, and none certainly would wish for social equality and the amalgamation of the races. So, if all were free, the presence of the negro among our people is a vast evil. It is to be furthermore
, CA, renewed political discourse on the topic. Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, an undocumented immigrant who had been previously deported five times, was charged for the murder. Mr. Lopez-Sanchez’s long ... refugees picking only those “who passed political screening”) (internal quotations removed). 16. See , e.g., Cambridge, Mass., City Council Order No. 4 (April 8 , 1985 ), http://cdn .factcheck.org
Cherokee identity. This dialogue should ideally have been undertaken before the Nation moved to the political solution of a vote on tribal citizenship criteria. The exclusion of the Freedmen's descendants ... of Political Science, Philosophy, and Justice Studies, University of New Hampshire. J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law; Ph.D., Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and
the cusp of change. Across a wide range of political perspectives, policymakers and advocates have come together to bridge divides and support meaningful criminal justice reform. And I’m proud to say ... worked with law enforcement agencies, corrections officials and stakeholders across the political spectrum to build collaborative support for policies that make our criminal justice system more effective
seeds of political expression and resistance to that image. While other scholars have considered the political nature of rap in the context of the First Amendment, this Article's approach is unique in ... -opted or useless given its misogyny, violence, and unbridled exhortation to material consumption, 'political" expression, resistance and social commentary can still be found therein. This resistance and
litigation within the broadercontext of the environmental justice movement and against the background of political-economic constraints.In the authors' opinion, Title VI claims share many of the same ... onerous burden of proof. The authors view the efficacy of Title VI litigation as necessarily limited by the fact that environmental racism is, in essence, a political problem: the systematic roots of
between its parts. Scholars have also used the theory to show the opportunities for advocacy that exist within the loosely coupled state.16 This Article picks up and expands on this strand of political ... Science and the Social Sciences: The Family Court, 21 MO. L. REV. 105, 106 (1956) (“The family court also strives to wed the legal and social sciences. It lifts bodily the main features of the philosophy
://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ video/2016/oct/20/donald-trump-bad-hombres-us-presidential-debate-las-vegas-video. On the personal and political hazards of the unwashed, see also Geoff Earl, Jeb Says Trump is a Germophobe ... pursuant to U.N. sanctions. Since Pen˜a Nieto will be both shamed and face immense political pressure by a U.N. incapacitation of these funds, we can use this newfound leverage to persuade him to pay us the
construct a homestead law to protect cash-poor landowners. Finally, the article concludes that if Wright had taken Whipper's more aggressive tact in his judicial opinions and political activity, the story of ... targets, however, must be South Carolina's African American leadership, which fractured during key moments of Reconstruction, thereby weakening their own political power and emboldening their enemies. A
been attributed to changes in sentencing policies and policing strategies following the “War on Drugs.”20 Concurrently, “tough on crime” policies and the broken windows philosophy of policing crime and ... Disabilities Following the passage of the Gun Free Schools Act in 1994, the national trend in school discipline has been to adopt a zero-tolerance philosophy, which is defined as “mandat[ing] the application of