Social Thought and Research, Volume 20, Number 1&2 (1997)

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    The Continuity of Violence in the Stages of the Shi-Shi Movement of Nineteenth-Century Japan
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1997-04-01) Tamura, Yuichi
    Some scholars place violence as prominent in an early stage of a social movement, whereas others argue that violence is characteristic of a later stage. This paper addresses the question of whether there is a specific movement stage that is particular characterized by violence through an analysis of the shi-shi movement (1858-1864). The shi-shi movement helped create the revolutionary situation which culminated in Japan's Meiji Restoration (1868). Violence was prominent and consequential in the shi-shi movement and was found throughout the career of the movement. This study of a single case is by no means suffcient to claim primary over existing models of the place of violence in social movements. The shi-shi movement, however, significantly varies from theoretical models that link violent actions to a specific movement stage.
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    Social Thought and Research, Volume 20, Number 1&2 (1997): Book Review
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1997-04-01) Worrell, Mark P.
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    Social Thought and Research, Volume 20, Number 1&2 (1997): Book Review
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1997-04-01) Gotham, Kevin
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    Citizen-State Interaction and Technical Controversy: The U.S. Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1997-04-01) Futrell, Robert
    This paper explores the development and transformation of a local collective campaign opposing the U.S. Army's ChemicaL Weapons Stockpile Disposal Program into a social movement with national and international dimensions. I examine the ways in which the actions of both citizens and the Army have been shaped by officials, policies, and organizations at multiple levels of the state. Contrary to the emphasis on extra-institutional actions noted in many studies of movements and collective action, I show that the social; political and scientific context of technical controversies with the state may place constraints upon and opportunities for action to be directed and sustained through institutional channels. Specifically, I explain the effects of political opportunities, "tareget vulnerabilities" (Walsh 1986) and specialized resources on the development and transformation of claims-making, forms of action,organizational structure and the expressed aims of the groups involved. I end with suggestions for practical distinctions and refinements in the concepts used in the analysis.
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    Authoritarianism, Critical Theory, and Political Psychology: Past, Present, Future
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1998-04-01) Worrell, Mark P.
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    The Socioeconomic Position of the Louisiana Creoles: An Examination of Racial and Ethnic Stratification
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1998-04-01) Bankston, Carl L., III; Henry, Jacques
    This study suggests that the class-caste argument associated with the Wilson- Willie debate provides a fundamental line of division in theories of racial and ethnic stratification; it maintains that groups that combine minority statuses may be affected by both class and caste influences, a situation of "double jeopardy". and it describes French-speaking Louisiana blacks, or Creoles, as a group that combines minority statuses. Analysis of Census data shows that race and Louisiana French ethnicity are each related to life chances and that ethnic inequality is primarily a matter of class characteristics, while racial inequality is primarily a matter of caste characteristics. There is an interaction between ethnictty and race, however; minority ethnicity shows a weaker relationship to household income for blacks than for whites. We suggest that this may be a consequence of the relative pouier of minority identities.
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    Social Thought and Research, Volume 20, Number 1&2 (1997): Book Review
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1997-04-01) Warren, Carol A. B.
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    Fluctuations of Authoritarianism in Society
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1998-04-01) Meloen, Jos D.
    This analysis aimed first to construct and test an empirical time series model of authoritarianism in society. Using rival theoretical assumptions of authoritarianism a number of models were built from available time-series. and the models were subsequently tested by time series analysis. The main models were developed from the assumptions of the psycho-dynamic approach of Adorno et aI. (1950), the cognitive-learning approach of Altemeyer (1988) and the economic approach of authoritarianism (Sales 1972, 1973). Second, the analysis aimed to test some basic reactions to authoritarianism in society. The main assumption tested was that large scale social phenomena like authoritarianism will have an impact on individual authoritarianism, that in turn will also be related to more specific individual behaviors. This was examined by cross-correlations with time lags analysis and by path analysis.
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    Ideology as Response: Cultural and Political Process in the Sanctuary Movement
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1997-04-01) Greer, Colleen
    This paper examines the ideology ofthe Sanctuary Movement on beha!f of Salvadoran and Guatemalan refugees displaced by domestic turmoil and war. This movement coalesced in the United States in the 1980s out of disparate efforts to assist particular refugees. Three interpretations of the role ideology are assessed: ideology as a resource for pursuing interests; ideology as a value system informing grievances; and ideology as socially-constructed frames realigned through discourse. It tsfound that core aspects of the ideology of the Sanctuary Movement emerged as individuals and church congregations came to terms with the needs and actions of those they helped and the U.S.government's opposition. Much of the ideology of the Sanctuary Movement was worked out by participants as they acted after the movement was underway. Anaiysis of ideology as a response is essenttal to relate the Sanctuary Movement to both the broader political culture and the political process with which it engaged.
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    Feminist Cross-cultural Research: Observations from a Research Project in Germany
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1997-04-01) Adler, Marina A.
    Recent research indicates that the rapid imposition of West German structures (policy, economy, culture) on East Germany caused economic hardships and personal insecurities which Ieave many East German women feeling vulnerable. This essay depicts the experiences involved in conducting an ethnographic study to examine the situation of women East and West of the former German border. Secondary analysis, survey research, observation and interviews with women's representatives show significant differences in the actual and perceived consequences of unification for women's lives in East and West. The feminist nature of the research and the complex structure of German bureaucracy were often impediments to the progress of this study. Recommehdations for researchers planning to do cross-national studies on women are discussed.
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    Social Thought and Research, Volume 20, Number 1&2 (1997): Book Review
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1997-04-01) Lundskow, George
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    Social Thought and Research, Volume 20, Number 1&2 (1997): Book Review
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1997-04-01) Stull, Donald D.
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    Hispanic Migrant Laborer Homelessness in Nebraska: Examining Agricultural Restructuring as One Path to Homelessness
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1997-04-01) Gaber, Sharon Lord; Cantarero, Rodrigo
    Research on homelessness in the U.S. has proliferated over the past decade. Although this research has great!y increased our knowledge of homelessness, few studies have explored the paths to homelessness in rural, agricultural settings. Through a survey of 114 male homeless persons in Linaun, Nebraska, we surmise the existence of a homeless sub-population, which makes up a large proportion of the homeless in Nebraska, and perhaps other similar rural agricultural states: Hispanic migrant laborers. We elaborate on a theoretical construct composed of agricultural structural changes and Nebraska geographic particularities that facilitate homelessness in this sub-population.
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    The Men of 1989: On the German "New Right"
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1997-04-01) Dahl, Goran
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    Social Thought and Research, Volume 21, Number 1&2 (1998): Front Matter
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1998-04-01)
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    Personality, Authority, and Society
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1998-04-01) Werz, Michael
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    Carl Schmitt: the Hobbesian of the 20th Century?
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1997-04-01) Thomsen, Jacob Als
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    System-Integration and its Discontents: A Reconsideration on what Sociology can Learn from Psychoanalysis
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1997-04-01) Dahl, Goran
    Sociology and psychoanalysis have one common insight - that they can conceptualize the objective, symbolically general forms of human interaction. However, thf!Y can never grasp the private experience, feelings and unconscious meanings of the individual "as they really are. In psychoanalysis this is most outspoken - the real and imaginary spheres in which we all live are to a great extent outside the symbolical. Thus, I think sociology in general and 'critical' sociology and the sociology of knowledge in particular have something to learn from psychoanalysis. My point in this article is simpfy to reconsider what sociology can learn from psychoanalysis. In doing so, I am not trying to construct a new 'synthesis'. This article treats three basic features: how sociology and psychoanalysis share basic assumptions on sociabiliry; how they both have interacted with the modernization of society; finally how my discussion can be related to the difficult project of a 'critical theory'.
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    Attachment Experiences and Aggression Against Minorities
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1998-04-01) Hopf, Christel
    This article is the revised version of a lecture given in October 1996 at the 28th Congress of the German Society for Sociology in Dresden. See also the German text in Stefan Hrad'l (ed.), verhandlungen des 28. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Soziologie in Dresden (1997).
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    Social Thought and Research, Volume 20, Number 1&2 (1997): Front Matter
    (Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1997-04-01)