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The True American’s Triumph: The Mahoning Valley Anti-Klan Movement

the rapid decrease in membership following the Niles Riot in 1924. The ideology of a true American served as an important factor of the conflict; demonstrated in political cartoons, both the Valley Klan ... motivation among immigrants and Catholic groups throughout the North. Political cartoons and other contemporary forms of media provide substantial evidence of the Mahoning Valley Klan’s obsession with one

The Wrath of Kern County: Banning The Grapes of Wrath in the Summer of 1939

Gillian Barth looks at the social and political conditions that led to the banning of the Grapes of Wrath in Kern County, California. ... economic, social, and political conditions of Kern County in the 1930s. Lingo argues that each of these conditions shaped the banning of Steinbeck’s work. In this research paper, I refer heavily to Lingo’s

Shaking Things Up: The Influence of Women on the American Cocktail

to contribute to political and social discourse. One such way women did this was by beginning to drink alcohol publicly. While drinking had always been seen as a male only activity, many women began ... century, much was changing for American women. Working toward the right to vote and the passage of Prohibition gave women a route into the public sphere and allowed them to contribute to political and

A Contextual Contradiction: James Madison and Slavery in Revolutionary Virginia and Retirement

able to engage with slavery not as a political institution, but as a moral dilemma, social danger, and significant cultural and economic institution in Virginia. Ultimately, Madison’s perception of ... 1817. Chronologically organized, the selected correspondence elucidates a connection between the increasing tangibility of an independent American republic, the development of Madison’s political career

Liberalism and the Problem of Knowledge, A New Rhetoric or Modern Democracy

and nationalist violence, political tyranny, and what he sees as an inherent problem with liberal political philosophy, particularly its hope in the redemptive powers of an educated public. His solution ... for the latter, more pragmatic, view of knowledge. So does Willard. Liberalism and the Problem of Knowledge is an argument for the political and philosophical inability of liberalism to accommodate the

Clinical Sociology: An Agenda for Action

, political tyranny, and what he sees as an inherent problem with liberal political philosophy, particularly its hope in the redemptive powers of an educated public. His solution to this problem is a bold ... knowledge. So does Willard. Liberalism and the Problem of Knowledge is an argument for the political and philosophical inability of liberalism to accommodate the demands of an increasing number of important

The Political Climate in America from 1908 to 1913 The Birth of the Federal Reserve System

question is how: what tactics were used to make political progress? What were the characteristics of the political climate that made it possible to establish a central bank in America? It is important to

Öz- Savunuculuk Hareketi: Sosyal Hizmet Perspektifiyle Değerlendirme

selfrepresentationin the field of disability. In brief, the study is aimed at both to inform of philosophy of self-advocacy and to contribute to this positive effect ... /index.html, ( Accessed 2016 May 1 ). 13. Tsuda E. Japanese culture and the philosophy of self-advocacy: The importance of interdependence in community living . Br J Learn Disabil , 2006 ; 34 , 151 - 156 . 14

Paint and Politics: Analyzing the 2011 Egyptian Revolution through Graffiti

the construction of a single narrative by suggesting diversity in political leaders and historical narratives. The graffiti pieces reflect the diversity of citizens and present an acceptance of the ... Spring can easily be Atraced as far back as the eighteenth century, scholars often conflate the regional movement with recent political failure. However, the Arab Spring?s occurrence at a particular time

Developing New Models of Service Delivery to Aged Abuse Victims: Does It Matter?

The political pressures imposed on social agencies often require the introduction of alternative models of service delivery. There is some question, however, as to the effectiveness of such

One Man’s Patriot is Another Man’s Bandit: Sandino’s Image and the Debate Over the U.S. Occupation of Nicaragua

war between rival political factions in Nicaragua to install a government amenable to American interests. U.S. forces withdrew in 1925, but they returned in 1927 after a new civil war began. This second ... protracted series of military and political operations to bring the insurgency to an end. A key part of this effort was the U.S. government’s characterization of Sandino as a bandit. The U.S. had a history

A Dire Need for Parliamentary Reform: or, the Role of Elite Fears in Britain’s Great Reform Bill of 1832

conclusions.5 Eric Hobsbawm’s The Age of Revolution argues that potential gains of political power, with the support of an emerging middle class, likely motivated Whigs to push for the idea of expanded voting ... own gain focus on the effects of the bill and the subsequent political gains of the Whig party. The reform stripped seats in parliament from fifty-six boroughs—including rotten boroughs—and enfranchised

Local Solidarity and Low-Income Families: Can a Clinical Approach Be Empowering?

families. Based on Paolo Friere's philosophy (Freire 1979; Berryman 1987) , this research project reflected the belief that multi-problem families are not problems in and of themselves. These families ... with the traditional systems and institutions created to assist them; yet, political leaders often try to find megasolutions to today's social problems, rather than recognize the strength and diversity

Society and Self: A Symbolic Interactionist Framework for Sociological Practice

sociology giving up by default a role in change efforts that necessitate the consideration of social systems. Social workers, psychologists, political scientists, gerontologists, criminologists, marriage and ... . Hybrid areas such as "political psychology" and "community psychiatry" use symbolic interactionist as well as macro-sociotheoretical perspectives to explain race riots, police-community conflict

The Kremlin Kronicle: A Short Reflection

draws conclusions about the role culture played in social and political change. The blog looks specifically at the impact of the Orthodox Church, alcohol consumption amongst Soviets, literacy across the ... , with two minors in Science, Technology, and Law (STL) and Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). He will be graduating in the spring of 2018 with an Honors Baccalaureate degree that is highlighted by

Grant Park and the Globe: Lucy Mitchell, Bessie Bennett, and the Art Institute of Chicago

University of Chicago in 2019 with a BA in history and political science and a minor in philosophy. Primarily interested in postcolonial Southeast Asia and comparative historical analysis, Wen Li is currently ... in the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences (MAPSS) at the University of Chicago, concentrating in political science and computational social science. Teng, W.L., 2020. Grant

Full Issue: Volume 13

sociology.3 European Antecedents Sociology had it intellectual roots in European philosophy and economics. There can be many arguments about when sociology really started, and which of the early scholars has ... a current influence on clinical sociology. Certainly Machiavelli (1988), although generally considered a political scientist, can be given credit for applying the systematic study of social

Lifetimes in Humanist Sociology

. What findings they revealed, they wanted to be uncontestable. And they talked on and on at their meetings about what sociology might be and about the philosophy of sociology. They had long rejected ... social work as "band aid" and inconsequential, long voted down any resolution concerned with current political and social issues offered at an annual business meeting. In contrast, we wanted to perceive

The Influence of Religion on the Chicago School of Sociology

, and the Political reform Movement was the emergence of the "New Social Science." Many of the early sociologists, for example, William Graham Sumner, were clergymen and were profoundly influenced by the ... basic task of the New Social Science, as was clearly emphasized by William James and John Dewey for philosophy and psychology, Charles W. Beard and Frederick Jackson Turner for history, Thorstein Veblen

Full Issue: Volume 10

students, through their study of the history of society, to achieve a valid philosophy and valid values of their own. Park and Burgess, on the other hand, demanded that the student apply his developing ... , however, that these students do not reflect in their research more of the respect for the mind itself as a tool for arriving at truth, more of the recognition of the necessity of a valid philosophy through