Roger Scully
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- February 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780199284320
- eISBN:
- 9780191603365
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199284326.003.0004
- Subject:
- Political Science, European Union
This chapter seeks to develop a coherent explanation of the circumstances in which political actors operating within EU institutions might be subject to socialisation processes that shape their ...
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This chapter seeks to develop a coherent explanation of the circumstances in which political actors operating within EU institutions might be subject to socialisation processes that shape their attitudes and behaviour in a more integrationist direction. Any such explanation, it is argued, must depend on two core elements: an understanding of the nature of the socialising experience to be undergone; and assumptions about the individuals who will undergo this experience. The chapter then goes on to discuss the likely implications of this framework for socialisation processes in the EP. The discussion shows that the extent to which MEPs become divorced from the national political scene has been substantially over-stated. It is argued that a rationalist understanding of MEPs’ core political goals — assumed to be policy, office and (re)-election — would predict that European Parliamentarians should prove relatively immune to any pressures to ‘go native’.Less
This chapter seeks to develop a coherent explanation of the circumstances in which political actors operating within EU institutions might be subject to socialisation processes that shape their attitudes and behaviour in a more integrationist direction. Any such explanation, it is argued, must depend on two core elements: an understanding of the nature of the socialising experience to be undergone; and assumptions about the individuals who will undergo this experience. The chapter then goes on to discuss the likely implications of this framework for socialisation processes in the EP. The discussion shows that the extent to which MEPs become divorced from the national political scene has been substantially over-stated. It is argued that a rationalist understanding of MEPs’ core political goals — assumed to be policy, office and (re)-election — would predict that European Parliamentarians should prove relatively immune to any pressures to ‘go native’.
Peter V. Marsden and Sameer B. Srivastava
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691133317
- eISBN:
- 9781400845569
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691133317.003.0009
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Research and Statistics
This chapter assesses trends in informal social connectedness over a 34-year period beginning in 1974, focusing on four forms of informal socializing measured regularly by the General Social Survey. ...
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This chapter assesses trends in informal social connectedness over a 34-year period beginning in 1974, focusing on four forms of informal socializing measured regularly by the General Social Survey. In recent controversy and debate over this subject, some studies report contraction in social networks, contrasting with others that indicate stability. The chapter shows that the frequency of socializing with relatives, friends, and neighbors changed modestly, but in different directions. Neighboring exhibits the clearest drop, balanced to an extent by recent upward movements in seeing relatives and friends. Overall, no general network shrinkage appears to be under way. Socializing trends may reflect some restructuring of interpersonal networks, however, as other social changes proceed, including rising electronically mediated interaction and residential dispersion.Less
This chapter assesses trends in informal social connectedness over a 34-year period beginning in 1974, focusing on four forms of informal socializing measured regularly by the General Social Survey. In recent controversy and debate over this subject, some studies report contraction in social networks, contrasting with others that indicate stability. The chapter shows that the frequency of socializing with relatives, friends, and neighbors changed modestly, but in different directions. Neighboring exhibits the clearest drop, balanced to an extent by recent upward movements in seeing relatives and friends. Overall, no general network shrinkage appears to be under way. Socializing trends may reflect some restructuring of interpersonal networks, however, as other social changes proceed, including rising electronically mediated interaction and residential dispersion.
Adam D. Reich
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691160405
- eISBN:
- 9781400850372
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691160405.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Health, Illness, and Medicine
This chapter examines both the promise and paradox of care at PubliCare Hospital. On the one hand, practitioners' deep commitment to the provision of care as a right gave the facility a special ...
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This chapter examines both the promise and paradox of care at PubliCare Hospital. On the one hand, practitioners' deep commitment to the provision of care as a right gave the facility a special character. On the other hand, these same commitments seemed to go hand in hand with a lack of role differentiation or organizational structure that lef the organization in a constant state of disarray and financial peril. The chapter shows that, among practitioners across the three hospitals in Las Lomas, those at PubliCare struggled most with how to reconcile a right to health care with care as a commodity to be sold. It also considers PubliCare Hospital's “socialized medicine” for desperate and despairing patients, what is unique about PubliCare physicians and nurses, and vocational commitment and creativity at the hospital. Finally, the chapter explains how the mission of health care at PubliCare seemed to be at odds with the market for care.Less
This chapter examines both the promise and paradox of care at PubliCare Hospital. On the one hand, practitioners' deep commitment to the provision of care as a right gave the facility a special character. On the other hand, these same commitments seemed to go hand in hand with a lack of role differentiation or organizational structure that lef the organization in a constant state of disarray and financial peril. The chapter shows that, among practitioners across the three hospitals in Las Lomas, those at PubliCare struggled most with how to reconcile a right to health care with care as a commodity to be sold. It also considers PubliCare Hospital's “socialized medicine” for desperate and despairing patients, what is unique about PubliCare physicians and nurses, and vocational commitment and creativity at the hospital. Finally, the chapter explains how the mission of health care at PubliCare seemed to be at odds with the market for care.
Richard E. Ocejo
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691155166
- eISBN:
- 9781400852635
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691155166.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
This chapter provides a brief social history of the Bowery as told through the transformation of its bars and nightlife. It first examines how bars and nightlife corresponded to and helped along the ...
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This chapter provides a brief social history of the Bowery as told through the transformation of its bars and nightlife. It first examines how bars and nightlife corresponded to and helped along the Bowery's eventual gentrification before discussing how new bars and contemporary nightlife development have shaped community life in downtown neighborhood bars. A vignette of the people at Milano's Bar, a bar that has evolved alongside the changes occurring in the Bowery and the nightlife scene, is presented. Through an analysis of its multiple generations of customers, its bartenders, and its owners, the chapter reveals the tensions that have arisen from the bar's own transformation as a refuge for the homeless to a public gathering place for residents to a “dive bar” for young visitors. The reactions of the people at Milano's to these changes illustrate how urban forces have shaped a fundamental aspect of life for people in these downtown neighborhoods, namely, community socializing.Less
This chapter provides a brief social history of the Bowery as told through the transformation of its bars and nightlife. It first examines how bars and nightlife corresponded to and helped along the Bowery's eventual gentrification before discussing how new bars and contemporary nightlife development have shaped community life in downtown neighborhood bars. A vignette of the people at Milano's Bar, a bar that has evolved alongside the changes occurring in the Bowery and the nightlife scene, is presented. Through an analysis of its multiple generations of customers, its bartenders, and its owners, the chapter reveals the tensions that have arisen from the bar's own transformation as a refuge for the homeless to a public gathering place for residents to a “dive bar” for young visitors. The reactions of the people at Milano's to these changes illustrate how urban forces have shaped a fundamental aspect of life for people in these downtown neighborhoods, namely, community socializing.
Steven M. Lowenstein
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195171648
- eISBN:
- 9780199871346
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195171648.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, European Early Modern History
This chapter shows that Jewish social life in the 19th century slowly became more sophisticated and less exclusive. Numerous German Jews acquired manners appropriate to polite gentile society and ...
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This chapter shows that Jewish social life in the 19th century slowly became more sophisticated and less exclusive. Numerous German Jews acquired manners appropriate to polite gentile society and began attending cultural events such as concerts and the theater. Though most Jews continued to socialize mainly with coreligionists, mixed Christian-Jewish formal and informal circles became more common. Jews of the higher classes were admitted to general bourgeois associations, and Jews participated in slowly growing numbers in local government and national politics. Violence against Jews became less common. In the liberal era of the 1850s and 1860s, barriers to Jewish mixing with non-Jews were probably lower than ever before in German history, though separate social circles were still quite noticeable.Less
This chapter shows that Jewish social life in the 19th century slowly became more sophisticated and less exclusive. Numerous German Jews acquired manners appropriate to polite gentile society and began attending cultural events such as concerts and the theater. Though most Jews continued to socialize mainly with coreligionists, mixed Christian-Jewish formal and informal circles became more common. Jews of the higher classes were admitted to general bourgeois associations, and Jews participated in slowly growing numbers in local government and national politics. Violence against Jews became less common. In the liberal era of the 1850s and 1860s, barriers to Jewish mixing with non-Jews were probably lower than ever before in German history, though separate social circles were still quite noticeable.
Carole B. Cox and Paul H. Ephross
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195099317
- eISBN:
- 9780199864744
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195099317.003.0004
- Subject:
- Social Work, Communities and Organizations
Families transmit culture as they socialize its members by teaching persons how to behave, speak, and feel. They transmit ethnicity as they teach children their histories and who they are. ...
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Families transmit culture as they socialize its members by teaching persons how to behave, speak, and feel. They transmit ethnicity as they teach children their histories and who they are. Traditional groups tend to have stricter patterns with regards to sex roles and behaviors, familial division of labor, and patriarchal power. Potential family conflict can arise from the contrast between traditional and American values. Often, children can serve as authorities as they assist parents to adapt, thus inverting traditional roles. Social workers must find commonality in working with families, with workers and family members perceiving problems through the same lens. It is equally important to engage the family early so that they can be mobilized on behalf of one of their members.Less
Families transmit culture as they socialize its members by teaching persons how to behave, speak, and feel. They transmit ethnicity as they teach children their histories and who they are. Traditional groups tend to have stricter patterns with regards to sex roles and behaviors, familial division of labor, and patriarchal power. Potential family conflict can arise from the contrast between traditional and American values. Often, children can serve as authorities as they assist parents to adapt, thus inverting traditional roles. Social workers must find commonality in working with families, with workers and family members perceiving problems through the same lens. It is equally important to engage the family early so that they can be mobilized on behalf of one of their members.
Elaine Chalus
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199280100
- eISBN:
- 9780191707087
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199280100.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
This chapter discusses women's contributions to family interests by exploring the nature of familial politics and the kinds of socio-political activities that women could engage in. It argues that ...
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This chapter discusses women's contributions to family interests by exploring the nature of familial politics and the kinds of socio-political activities that women could engage in. It argues that women need to be seen as fully functioning members of successful political family units. They were frequently involved in election-specific socializing (some, like visiting with voters' wives, sex-specific), in formal as well as informal canvassing, in making (or granting) politicized patronage requests, and in administering and managing people and political interests. Personal and family concerns outweighed ideological considerations for most, but not all, women.Less
This chapter discusses women's contributions to family interests by exploring the nature of familial politics and the kinds of socio-political activities that women could engage in. It argues that women need to be seen as fully functioning members of successful political family units. They were frequently involved in election-specific socializing (some, like visiting with voters' wives, sex-specific), in formal as well as informal canvassing, in making (or granting) politicized patronage requests, and in administering and managing people and political interests. Personal and family concerns outweighed ideological considerations for most, but not all, women.
Dal Yong Jin
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262014762
- eISBN:
- 9780262289511
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262014762.001.0001
- Subject:
- Computer Science, Game Studies
In South Korea, online gaming is a cultural phenomenon. Games are broadcast on television, professional gamers are celebrities, and youth culture is often identified with online gaming. Uniquely in ...
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In South Korea, online gaming is a cultural phenomenon. Games are broadcast on television, professional gamers are celebrities, and youth culture is often identified with online gaming. Uniquely in the online games market, Korea not only dominates the local market but has also made its mark globally. This book examines the rapid growth of this industry from a political economy perspective, discussing it in social, cultural, and economic terms. Korea has the largest percentage of broadband subscribers of any country in the world, and Koreans spend increasing amounts of time and money on Internet-based games. Online gaming has become a mode of socializing—a channel for human relationships. The Korean online game industry has been a pioneer in software development and eSports (electronic sports and leagues). The book discusses the policies of the Korean government that encouraged the development of online gaming both as a cutting-edge business and as a cultural touchstone; the impact of economic globalization; the relationship between online games and Korean society; and the future of the industry. It examines the rise of Korean online games in the global marketplace, the emergence of eSport as a youth culture phenomenon, the working conditions of professional gamers, the role of game fans as consumers, how Korea’s local online game industry has become global, and whether these emerging firms have challenged the West’s dominance in global markets.Less
In South Korea, online gaming is a cultural phenomenon. Games are broadcast on television, professional gamers are celebrities, and youth culture is often identified with online gaming. Uniquely in the online games market, Korea not only dominates the local market but has also made its mark globally. This book examines the rapid growth of this industry from a political economy perspective, discussing it in social, cultural, and economic terms. Korea has the largest percentage of broadband subscribers of any country in the world, and Koreans spend increasing amounts of time and money on Internet-based games. Online gaming has become a mode of socializing—a channel for human relationships. The Korean online game industry has been a pioneer in software development and eSports (electronic sports and leagues). The book discusses the policies of the Korean government that encouraged the development of online gaming both as a cutting-edge business and as a cultural touchstone; the impact of economic globalization; the relationship between online games and Korean society; and the future of the industry. It examines the rise of Korean online games in the global marketplace, the emergence of eSport as a youth culture phenomenon, the working conditions of professional gamers, the role of game fans as consumers, how Korea’s local online game industry has become global, and whether these emerging firms have challenged the West’s dominance in global markets.
Debbie Pinfold
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199245659
- eISBN:
- 9780191697487
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199245659.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, European Literature, 20th-century and Contemporary Literature
The concept of a fallen child depicts how a child can be corrupted without necessarily incurring guilt and how far a child’s ‘guilt’ is determined by subjective adult attitudes. In discussing the ...
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The concept of a fallen child depicts how a child can be corrupted without necessarily incurring guilt and how far a child’s ‘guilt’ is determined by subjective adult attitudes. In discussing the sexual corruption of a child, this chapter deals with Freud’s emphasis on the potential sexual nature of children. This chapter also demonstrates how authors and educators alike display a highly ambivalent attitude to schools as imparters of knowledge and as socializing instruments, and this idea forms an important socio-historical background to what went on in German schools between 1933 and 1945. Further, an overview of the role of schools and youth organizations in the Third Reich is given to show the extent of children’s practical, intellectual, and emotional involvement in the regime and thus facilitate an understanding of the fictional perspectives of those subjected to Nazi indoctrination.Less
The concept of a fallen child depicts how a child can be corrupted without necessarily incurring guilt and how far a child’s ‘guilt’ is determined by subjective adult attitudes. In discussing the sexual corruption of a child, this chapter deals with Freud’s emphasis on the potential sexual nature of children. This chapter also demonstrates how authors and educators alike display a highly ambivalent attitude to schools as imparters of knowledge and as socializing instruments, and this idea forms an important socio-historical background to what went on in German schools between 1933 and 1945. Further, an overview of the role of schools and youth organizations in the Third Reich is given to show the extent of children’s practical, intellectual, and emotional involvement in the regime and thus facilitate an understanding of the fictional perspectives of those subjected to Nazi indoctrination.
Peter Borsay
- Published in print:
- 1991
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198202554
- eISBN:
- 9780191675409
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198202554.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
This chapter focuses on two of the most important leisure facilities developed in the post-Restoration town: assemblies and walks. One such assembly that was set up was in York and it in fact ...
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This chapter focuses on two of the most important leisure facilities developed in the post-Restoration town: assemblies and walks. One such assembly that was set up was in York and it in fact operated in the city even before the Civil War. The purpose of these assemblies was to encourage undiluted socializing. In addition, walks and gardens were established to act as arenas for personal display outdoors. Most of these walks were located in open-air spaces that were near to where traditional games and festivals were held. One of the cities that initiated the creation of these walks was London.Less
This chapter focuses on two of the most important leisure facilities developed in the post-Restoration town: assemblies and walks. One such assembly that was set up was in York and it in fact operated in the city even before the Civil War. The purpose of these assemblies was to encourage undiluted socializing. In addition, walks and gardens were established to act as arenas for personal display outdoors. Most of these walks were located in open-air spaces that were near to where traditional games and festivals were held. One of the cities that initiated the creation of these walks was London.
Erich Goode
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781479878574
- eISBN:
- 9781479872718
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479878574.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Law, Crime and Deviance
Race plays a role in Washington Square Park, but often in unpredictable ways. The little survey the author conducted indicates that virtually no one in the park considers race a meaningful basis for ...
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Race plays a role in Washington Square Park, but often in unpredictable ways. The little survey the author conducted indicates that virtually no one in the park considers race a meaningful basis for social interaction with others, or has anything to do with judgments of deviance. Some urban public spaces are cosmopolitan in that all races are accepted on a more or less equal basis. The history of African Americans in and around the square has been conflictual, largely unwelcoming, and sometimes violent. The demographics of New York City and Greenwich Village indicates that very few African Americans live in the Village, far less than visitors to the park, and the black population of Manhattan is much smaller than that of New York City as a whole—and declining over time. The author conducted a racial tally of dyads in the park and found that whites in-socialize with other whites more than with any other group; blacks socialize more with other blacks than members of other racial categories, as do South Asians, but East Asians socialize more with non-East Asians. Overall, park-goers out-socialize more than elsewhere. The author believes that out-socialization may have long-term effects on racial acceptance.Less
Race plays a role in Washington Square Park, but often in unpredictable ways. The little survey the author conducted indicates that virtually no one in the park considers race a meaningful basis for social interaction with others, or has anything to do with judgments of deviance. Some urban public spaces are cosmopolitan in that all races are accepted on a more or less equal basis. The history of African Americans in and around the square has been conflictual, largely unwelcoming, and sometimes violent. The demographics of New York City and Greenwich Village indicates that very few African Americans live in the Village, far less than visitors to the park, and the black population of Manhattan is much smaller than that of New York City as a whole—and declining over time. The author conducted a racial tally of dyads in the park and found that whites in-socialize with other whites more than with any other group; blacks socialize more with other blacks than members of other racial categories, as do South Asians, but East Asians socialize more with non-East Asians. Overall, park-goers out-socialize more than elsewhere. The author believes that out-socialization may have long-term effects on racial acceptance.
Robert I. Field
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199746750
- eISBN:
- 9780199354528
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199746750.003.0007
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
The American health care industry could not have reached its present size and vitality without a foundation of government support. No other entity has the resources and national perspective needed to ...
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The American health care industry could not have reached its present size and vitality without a foundation of government support. No other entity has the resources and national perspective needed to buildand maintain the infrastructure on which it rests. However, the resulting public-private partnership also has its share of failings. Public largesshas created private sector behemoths that perennially lobby for new regulatory favors and ever greater levels of funding. The extent of this dynamic is distinctive among developed countries, and it has caused America’s private health care sector to be the largest and the system’s costs to be the highest of any. It has also kept the full magnitude of the government’s role largely hidden from public view. This has engendered widespread misunderstanding of the system’s true nature and skewed political debates over reform.Less
The American health care industry could not have reached its present size and vitality without a foundation of government support. No other entity has the resources and national perspective needed to buildand maintain the infrastructure on which it rests. However, the resulting public-private partnership also has its share of failings. Public largesshas created private sector behemoths that perennially lobby for new regulatory favors and ever greater levels of funding. The extent of this dynamic is distinctive among developed countries, and it has caused America’s private health care sector to be the largest and the system’s costs to be the highest of any. It has also kept the full magnitude of the government’s role largely hidden from public view. This has engendered widespread misunderstanding of the system’s true nature and skewed political debates over reform.
Lynne Haney
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520225718
- eISBN:
- 9780520936102
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520225718.003.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, European Cultural Anthropology
This chapter presents reconfigurations of Hungarian welfare from the earliest years of state socialism in 1948 to 1996. The transformations in state policies and institutional practices of the ...
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This chapter presents reconfigurations of Hungarian welfare from the earliest years of state socialism in 1948 to 1996. The transformations in state policies and institutional practices of the Hungarian welfare system are also presented. The welfare system constructed needs in three different ways: socialized, maternalized, and finally materialized. In the first phase, a mother's needs were conceptualized in societal terms by a welfare system that sought to reconstitute institutional relations. In the second phase, a welfare apparatus that sought to reconstitute the role of a mother materialized needs. Then, in contemporary Hungary, in the last phase, a welfare system aimed at the bureaucratic regulation of poverty needs materialized these women. The needs were collapsed into one, material need; their neediness defined in strictly monetary terms. This shift highlights the shifting conceptions of need embodied in both social policies and institutional practices. Differences in the practices of Hungarian welfare—changes in the size of the welfare apparatus and the structure of welfare institutions are also described.Less
This chapter presents reconfigurations of Hungarian welfare from the earliest years of state socialism in 1948 to 1996. The transformations in state policies and institutional practices of the Hungarian welfare system are also presented. The welfare system constructed needs in three different ways: socialized, maternalized, and finally materialized. In the first phase, a mother's needs were conceptualized in societal terms by a welfare system that sought to reconstitute institutional relations. In the second phase, a welfare apparatus that sought to reconstitute the role of a mother materialized needs. Then, in contemporary Hungary, in the last phase, a welfare system aimed at the bureaucratic regulation of poverty needs materialized these women. The needs were collapsed into one, material need; their neediness defined in strictly monetary terms. This shift highlights the shifting conceptions of need embodied in both social policies and institutional practices. Differences in the practices of Hungarian welfare—changes in the size of the welfare apparatus and the structure of welfare institutions are also described.
Roderic Ai Camp
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520233430
- eISBN:
- 9780520936386
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520233430.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Latin American History
This chapter presents striking evidence that supports the belief that mentors are crucial actors in determining many characteristics of the power elite. The general literature on mentoring in ...
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This chapter presents striking evidence that supports the belief that mentors are crucial actors in determining many characteristics of the power elite. The general literature on mentoring in postmodern societies concludes that collectivist cultures like Mexico give stronger support to mentoring than individualistic, organizational cultures, and that mentoring is a “key resource for the development of power in organizations,” affecting a protégé's rank, career track, and position of power. Mentors play multiple roles among power elites. In Mexico, the mentor has functioned as a recruiter, as a networker, and as a socializer. Family is the dominant locale for mentor-disciple relationships among capitalists; consequently a kinship connection produces this linkage. There is a powerful linkage in Mexico between influential leadership and mentors.Less
This chapter presents striking evidence that supports the belief that mentors are crucial actors in determining many characteristics of the power elite. The general literature on mentoring in postmodern societies concludes that collectivist cultures like Mexico give stronger support to mentoring than individualistic, organizational cultures, and that mentoring is a “key resource for the development of power in organizations,” affecting a protégé's rank, career track, and position of power. Mentors play multiple roles among power elites. In Mexico, the mentor has functioned as a recruiter, as a networker, and as a socializer. Family is the dominant locale for mentor-disciple relationships among capitalists; consequently a kinship connection produces this linkage. There is a powerful linkage in Mexico between influential leadership and mentors.
Kendall Lori
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520230361
- eISBN:
- 9780520935983
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520230361.003.0006
- Subject:
- Anthropology, American and Canadian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter describes the relationships among people on BlueSky and some surprising advantages and disadvantages of socializing online. Online life focuses on friendship rather than romance or ...
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This chapter describes the relationships among people on BlueSky and some surprising advantages and disadvantages of socializing online. Online life focuses on friendship rather than romance or aggression while BlueSky has its share of romances, most of the relationships among participants range between acquaintanceship and friendship. Participants point to these friendships as a primary benefit of online participation. The paucity of studies on offline friendship groups makes it difficult to compare BlueSky's friendships with offline relationships. In addition, as the few existing studies on friendship point out, the very term friendship is both vague and symbolically charged and may denote many different types of relationship. It also examines some of the reasons people still find face-to-face contact important. Further it emphasizes how friendships provide an important arena for the performance of gendered identities, and demonstrates some of the ways people enact understandings of gender through group conversations. It argues that gender underlies and informs all relationships with others and that friendships recognize, reinforce, and/or reconstruct gendered identities.Less
This chapter describes the relationships among people on BlueSky and some surprising advantages and disadvantages of socializing online. Online life focuses on friendship rather than romance or aggression while BlueSky has its share of romances, most of the relationships among participants range between acquaintanceship and friendship. Participants point to these friendships as a primary benefit of online participation. The paucity of studies on offline friendship groups makes it difficult to compare BlueSky's friendships with offline relationships. In addition, as the few existing studies on friendship point out, the very term friendship is both vague and symbolically charged and may denote many different types of relationship. It also examines some of the reasons people still find face-to-face contact important. Further it emphasizes how friendships provide an important arena for the performance of gendered identities, and demonstrates some of the ways people enact understandings of gender through group conversations. It argues that gender underlies and informs all relationships with others and that friendships recognize, reinforce, and/or reconstruct gendered identities.
Jason King
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- February 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780190244804
- eISBN:
- 9780190244835
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190244804.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
In a time when hooking up dominates campus life even though most are unhappy with it, students are looking for something different. Faith with Benefits is the result of the largest study of students ...
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In a time when hooking up dominates campus life even though most are unhappy with it, students are looking for something different. Faith with Benefits is the result of the largest study of students at Catholic colleges and universities to see if these campuses offer any alternatives. Based on two years of surveys and interviews, Faith with Benefits argues that the connection between the religious culture and hookup culture of Catholic campuses is neither simple nor straightforward. Those campuses at the extremes of Catholic identity—those with very strong or marginal Catholic identity—have the lowest rates of hooking up, while those in the middle have the highest rates of hooking up. This is further complicated by the fact that hookup culture is not the same on all these campuses. There was not one hookup culture but multiple ones. Some had a stereotypical hookup culture, some used hooking up as way into relationships, and others defined their culture over and against hooking up. What seemed to be key is the religious faith of the students and the kind of support they had from their college or university.Less
In a time when hooking up dominates campus life even though most are unhappy with it, students are looking for something different. Faith with Benefits is the result of the largest study of students at Catholic colleges and universities to see if these campuses offer any alternatives. Based on two years of surveys and interviews, Faith with Benefits argues that the connection between the religious culture and hookup culture of Catholic campuses is neither simple nor straightforward. Those campuses at the extremes of Catholic identity—those with very strong or marginal Catholic identity—have the lowest rates of hooking up, while those in the middle have the highest rates of hooking up. This is further complicated by the fact that hookup culture is not the same on all these campuses. There was not one hookup culture but multiple ones. Some had a stereotypical hookup culture, some used hooking up as way into relationships, and others defined their culture over and against hooking up. What seemed to be key is the religious faith of the students and the kind of support they had from their college or university.
Julian M. Pleasants
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780813146775
- eISBN:
- 9780813156064
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813146775.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Political History
In 1950, the newly chosen US senator, Frank P. Graham, ran to be elected for a full term in the Senate. Although Graham had no experience in politics and refused to run a traditional campaign, his ...
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In 1950, the newly chosen US senator, Frank P. Graham, ran to be elected for a full term in the Senate. Although Graham had no experience in politics and refused to run a traditional campaign, his backers assumed he would win because of the enthusiastic support of the Scott administration and the farm, black, and labor vote. The conservatives in the state, fearful of Graham’s liberal tendencies, supported Willis Smith, a highly successful attorney. Smith, aided by big business, the power companies, and the banks, began to attack Graham for supporting socialized medicine and a compulsory fair employment practices commission. He accused Graham of Communist leanings because of his association with many subversive organizations. Smith made Scott an issue in the campaign for violating traditional neutrality in the party by supporting Graham. Graham was the “hand-picked” candidate of Scott and Truman—the “would-be dictators” of North Carolina. Scott and others fought back and defended Graham, but the contest changed when the Smith forces realized that they could not win on anti-Communist charges and shifted their emphasis to race. A series of racist ads helped change the momentum in the race. Although Graham won the first primary, he fell 5,634 votes from winning 50 percent of the vote.Less
In 1950, the newly chosen US senator, Frank P. Graham, ran to be elected for a full term in the Senate. Although Graham had no experience in politics and refused to run a traditional campaign, his backers assumed he would win because of the enthusiastic support of the Scott administration and the farm, black, and labor vote. The conservatives in the state, fearful of Graham’s liberal tendencies, supported Willis Smith, a highly successful attorney. Smith, aided by big business, the power companies, and the banks, began to attack Graham for supporting socialized medicine and a compulsory fair employment practices commission. He accused Graham of Communist leanings because of his association with many subversive organizations. Smith made Scott an issue in the campaign for violating traditional neutrality in the party by supporting Graham. Graham was the “hand-picked” candidate of Scott and Truman—the “would-be dictators” of North Carolina. Scott and others fought back and defended Graham, but the contest changed when the Smith forces realized that they could not win on anti-Communist charges and shifted their emphasis to race. A series of racist ads helped change the momentum in the race. Although Graham won the first primary, he fell 5,634 votes from winning 50 percent of the vote.
Philip Allott
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199244935
- eISBN:
- 9780191697418
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199244935.003.0015
- Subject:
- Law, Philosophy of Law
This chapter discusses self-ordering society. Order may be used to ground ideas of value with a view to modifying willing and acting within a given society. A society is by its nature self-ordering ...
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This chapter discusses self-ordering society. Order may be used to ground ideas of value with a view to modifying willing and acting within a given society. A society is by its nature self-ordering in the sense that society is creating itself as both structure and system and are the continuing process of ordering; a society's socializing through the struggle of the total social process is an ordering, as society seeks ceaselessly to resolve perennial dilemmas of society; society forms its constitution and creates social power in the form of legal relations; social consciousness itself is by its nature a self-ordering of society as it transforms the reality of all-that-is into a reality-for itself; and society is ordering itself in seeking its prosperity and well-being.Less
This chapter discusses self-ordering society. Order may be used to ground ideas of value with a view to modifying willing and acting within a given society. A society is by its nature self-ordering in the sense that society is creating itself as both structure and system and are the continuing process of ordering; a society's socializing through the struggle of the total social process is an ordering, as society seeks ceaselessly to resolve perennial dilemmas of society; society forms its constitution and creates social power in the form of legal relations; social consciousness itself is by its nature a self-ordering of society as it transforms the reality of all-that-is into a reality-for itself; and society is ordering itself in seeking its prosperity and well-being.
Edward William Lane and Jason Thompson
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9789774165603
- eISBN:
- 9781617975516
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774165603.003.0016
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Middle Eastern Studies
There were sixty to seventy public baths (or hammams) in Cairo, some for men or women only and some with different times for men and women. As well as hygiene and washing, for women, a trip to the ...
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There were sixty to seventy public baths (or hammams) in Cairo, some for men or women only and some with different times for men and women. As well as hygiene and washing, for women, a trip to the baths was an opportunity for socializing, sometimes with music and refreshments. This chapter describes the architecture and design of a bath and includes plans of the layout. It explains in detail the interior of the baths and what different rooms and chambers were used for. It also points out that, although not expensive, there were those who would not be able to afford it and would bath in the Nile instead, while the rich also had baths at home.Less
There were sixty to seventy public baths (or hammams) in Cairo, some for men or women only and some with different times for men and women. As well as hygiene and washing, for women, a trip to the baths was an opportunity for socializing, sometimes with music and refreshments. This chapter describes the architecture and design of a bath and includes plans of the layout. It explains in detail the interior of the baths and what different rooms and chambers were used for. It also points out that, although not expensive, there were those who would not be able to afford it and would bath in the Nile instead, while the rich also had baths at home.
John J. Betancur and Janet L. Smith
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252040504
- eISBN:
- 9780252098949
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252040504.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, Conflict Politics and Policy
This book has highlighted the shortcomings of both mainstream and critical approaches used to explain how and why neighborhoods change by focusing on the case of Chicago. The evidence it has ...
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This book has highlighted the shortcomings of both mainstream and critical approaches used to explain how and why neighborhoods change by focusing on the case of Chicago. The evidence it has presented shows that neighborhoods are important yet limited spaces for study, policy making, and activism. This concluding chapter discusses the three broad categories of forces that shape neighborhood space and change over time in the current regime, both conceptually and practically: flexible accumulation, accumulation by expropriation, and the production of new space whose identity is driven by socialized consumership. It also offers a grounded set of recommendations for a different approach to how we study, document, and experience the realities of neighborhood change, arguing, for example, that we must view every neighborhood as constituted and specifically as a product for consumption or confinement; look for evidence of efforts to produce differential spaces in order to understand how and why some neighborhoods change and others do not; and historicize neighborhoods and explanations for why they change.Less
This book has highlighted the shortcomings of both mainstream and critical approaches used to explain how and why neighborhoods change by focusing on the case of Chicago. The evidence it has presented shows that neighborhoods are important yet limited spaces for study, policy making, and activism. This concluding chapter discusses the three broad categories of forces that shape neighborhood space and change over time in the current regime, both conceptually and practically: flexible accumulation, accumulation by expropriation, and the production of new space whose identity is driven by socialized consumership. It also offers a grounded set of recommendations for a different approach to how we study, document, and experience the realities of neighborhood change, arguing, for example, that we must view every neighborhood as constituted and specifically as a product for consumption or confinement; look for evidence of efforts to produce differential spaces in order to understand how and why some neighborhoods change and others do not; and historicize neighborhoods and explanations for why they change.
