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June 18, 2010| AAPSS, ANNALS| AAPSS Editor
In his May 2010 Annals article, William Julius Wilson addresses the question of why both social structure and... Read More → William Julius Wilson: How Cultural and Structural Forces Interact
University of Chicago Sociology Professor Mario Small discusses the changes in attitudes toward poverty in... Read More → Mario Small: Defining policy through evidence not preconceptions
Can policy-makers move beyond the notion that the poor have wrong values that influence their life choices... Read More → Michele Lamont: The need to engineer policies so the poor are not stigmatized
For a long time, says David Harding, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan, culture... Read More → David Harding: Understanding what it is like as a poor person in this country
June 18, 2010| AAPSS, ANNALS, Fellows| AAPSS Editor
On May 13, 2010, a Congressional Briefing was held at the Capitol Visitor's Center in Washington, DC, with... Read More → Reconsidering Culture and Poverty: A Congressional Briefing
What is the role of culture in poverty? Sociologists David Harding, Michèle Lamont, Mario Small (editors),... Read More → Reconsidering Culture and Poverty
June 6, 2010| AAPSS, ANNALS| AAPSS Editor
The following podcast features an interview conducted by Stephanie Marudas with Douglas Massey.... Read More → Interview with Douglas Massey: Measuring the effects of US policy on Latin American migration patterns
June 1, 2010| AAPSS, Fellows| AAPSS Editor
On May 13, 2010, Rebecca M. Blank was inducted as the Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow of the Academy at the Newseum... Read More → Rebecca Blank:”Always remember that measurement matters.”
On May 13, 2010, Kitty Calavita was inducted as the Thorsten Sellin Fellow of the Academy at the Newseum in... Read More → Kitty Calavita: “The persistent gap in immigration law and its stubborn failures”
On May 13, 2010, Sheldon Danziger was inducted as the John Kenneth Galbraith Fellow of the Academy at the... Read More → Sheldon Danziger: “Economic growth on its own is no longer a sufficient antipoverty strategy”
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