Social Living
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Living Fully with Shyness and Social Anxiety: A Comprehensive Guide to Gaining Social Confidence $5.17 Anxiety disorders are among the most commonly diagnosed psychological conditions in America, currently affecting more than 19 million people. In Living Fully with Shyness and Social Anxiety, distinguished therapist and mental health expert Erika B. Hilliard offers a comprehensive guide to living fully and confidently with such conditions. In warm, reassuring language, she covers in-depth all of th… |
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Living Justice: Catholic Social Teaching in Action $18.00 For over a decade Living Justice has introduced readers to Catholic social teaching. Grounded in scripture, theology, reason, and experience, these faith-based principles for promoting justice and peace in modern society have inspired a remarkable burst of social activism in recent decades. The second classroom edition has been revised and updated throughout while maintaining the book’s accessible… |
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Understanding Social Psychology Across Cultures: Living and Working in a Changing World (SAGE Social Psychology Program) $25.00 This long-awaited new textbook will be of enormous value to students and teachers in cross-cultural and social psychology. The key strength of Understanding Social Psychology Across Cultures: Living and Working in a Changing World is how it illustrates the ways in which culture shapes psychological process across a wide range of social contexts. It also effectively examines the strengths and limi… |
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1959 Ad Socialite Pepsi Cola Bottle Soda Pop Fashion Modern Living Party Social – Original Print Ad $36.95 This is an original 1959 color print ad for Pepsi-Cola…. |
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New Selectmedia Britannica Living Earth Vol. 1 Movie Science Physics Animals Social Studies $29.95 … |
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SOCIAL WORKER Street Sign new work psychologist gift novelty road $8.99 This sign is 4″x18″ and made with an exterior grade PVC plastic and printed with the best inks in the industry. Perfect for outdoor use for over 5 years or will look great inside. No rusting or fading indoors or out. The sign come with round corners and 2 holes for easy mounting. We carry 1000′s of different signs to choose from. You can’t go wrong with a ZANYSIGNS Street Sign, the ultimate gift f… |
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Word Cloud social Media – 24W x 17H – Peel and Stick Wall Decal by Wallmonkeys $33.99 WallMonkeys wall graphics are printed on the highest quality re-positionable, self-adhesive fabric paper. Each order is printed in-house and on-demand. WallMonkeys uses premium materials & state-of-the-art production technologies. Our white fabric material is superior to vinyl decals. You can literally see and feel the difference. Our wall graphics apply in minutes and won’t damage your paint or l… |
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Social Network – 18W x 11H – Peel and Stick Wall Decal by Wallmonkeys $37.99 WallMonkeys wall graphics are printed on the highest quality re-positionable, self-adhesive fabric paper. Each order is printed in-house and on-demand. WallMonkeys uses premium materials & state-of-the-art production technologies. Our white fabric material is superior to vinyl decals. You can literally see and feel the difference. Our wall graphics apply in minutes and won’t damage your paint or l… |
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Social Media Bowl – 72W x 48H – Peel and Stick Wall Decal by Wallmonkeys $107.99 WallMonkeys wall graphics are printed on the highest quality re-positionable, self-adhesive fabric paper. Each order is printed in-house and on-demand. WallMonkeys uses premium materials & state-of-the-art production technologies. Our white fabric material is superior to vinyl decals. You can literally see and feel the difference. Our wall graphics apply in minutes and won’t damage your paint or l… |
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Waging a Living $13.98 Tender and eye-opening, WAGING A LIVING takes an unwavering look at America’s working poor–people who work hard and play by the rules but never seem to get ahead. Over three years, the film follows four hard-working individuals as they strive for their piece of the American Dream but find only low wages, dead end jobs, and a tattered safety net in their way. As they raise children, try to get a… |
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Social Living $4.99 We believe it is important to preserve what makes music special, and make it easy to craft listening experiences. At MOG, browse millions songs and play them instantly. Or just turn on radio where you can stop and replay songs. You can also create playlists for any occasion, and even download songs to your mobile. We are dedicated to employing the cleanest but most powerful technology so you can enjoy music as much as ever. |
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Living the Catholic Social Tradition: Cases and Commentary $29.95 “Living the Catholic Social Tradition combines four essays from leading scholars with eight concrete case studies based on community social justice projects across the country. This unique combination of theory and reflective practice provides univer” |
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Living Justice: Catholic Social Teaching in Action: Catholic Social Teaching in Action $16.95 “Through Scripture, Tradition, world events, and living examples of heroism and holiness ranging from the simple to the extraordinary, Living Justice develops your understanding of Catholic social teaching and inspires you for service.” |
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Living Justice: Catholic Social Teaching in Action – Book $20.99 For over a decade Living Justice has introduced readers to Catholic social teaching. Grounded in scripture, theology, reason, and experience, these faith-based principles for promoting justice and peace in modern society have inspired a remarkable burst of social activism in recent decades. The second classroom edition has been revised and updated throughout while maintaining the book’s accessible introduction to both the foundations of Catholic social teaching and social justice in the world today.Living Justice leads readers step-by-step through the building blocks of Catholic social thought |
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Powerful Living a Social Psychology $25.65 Author: Dewinn Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 218 Publication Date: 2010/01/11 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.49 inches |
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Social Living (12-inch Version) $4.99 We believe it is important to preserve what makes music special, and make it easy to craft listening experiences. At MOG, browse millions songs and play them instantly. Or just turn on radio where you can stop and replay songs. You can also create playlists for any occasion, and even download songs to your mobile. We are dedicated to employing the cleanest but most powerful technology so you can enjoy music as much as ever. |
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Social Living (Pit Of Snakes) $4.99 We believe it is important to preserve what makes music special, and make it easy to craft listening experiences. At MOG, browse millions songs and play them instantly. Or just turn on radio where you can stop and replay songs. You can also create playlists for any occasion, and even download songs to your mobile. We are dedicated to employing the cleanest but most powerful technology so you can enjoy music as much as ever. |
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Social Credit : For Us, the Living $9.29 No Synopsis Available |
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Living Standards and Social Well-Being $119.44 No Synopsis Available |
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A Decent Living Out of Our Work: Black Women’s Labor Activism in St. Louis, 1929-45. $82.44 New – This dissertation argues that ideas about and responses to black women’s work and labor activism were central to the scope and trajectory of the struggle for racial and economic equality in St. Louis from the Great Depression to the post-World War II period. Largely excluded from organized labor and New Deal legislation, food, domestic, defense, and garment workers formed collective relationships with employers through community organizations and social networks. In building their own labo |
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A Decent Living Out of Our Work: Black Women’s Labor Activism in St. Louis, 1929-45. $58.04 New – This dissertation argues that ideas about and responses to black women’s work and labor activism were central to the scope and trajectory of the struggle for racial and economic equality in St. Louis from the Great Depression to the post-World War II period. Largely excluded from organized labor and New Deal legislation, food, domestic, defense, and garment workers formed collective relationships with employers through community organizations and social networks. In building their own labo |
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A Decent Living Out of Our Work: Black Women’s Labor Activism in St. Louis, 1929-45. $55.94 Used – This dissertation argues that ideas about and responses to black women’s work and labor activism were central to the scope and trajectory of the struggle for racial and economic equality in St. Louis from the Great Depression to the post-World War II period. Largely excluded from organized labor and New Deal legislation, food, domestic, defense, and garment workers formed collective relationships with employers through community organizations and social networks. In building their own lab |
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A Decent Living Out of Our Work: Black Women’s Labor Activism in St. Louis, 1929-45. $82.44 Used – This dissertation argues that ideas about and responses to black women’s work and labor activism were central to the scope and trajectory of the struggle for racial and economic equality in St. Louis from the Great Depression to the post-World War II period. Largely excluded from organized labor and New Deal legislation, food, domestic, defense, and garment workers formed collective relationships with employers through community organizations and social networks. In building their own lab |
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Evolutionary Psychology, Public Policy and Personal Decisions $47.5 During the last 15 years, human sociobiology has metamorphosed into evolutionary psychology. It is concerned with the social problems and stresses hominid and primate ancestors encountered, the psychological mechanisms natural selection shaped to deal with these stresses, and the way those ancient mechanisms work now. Evolutionary psychologists are making great progress in expanding the understanding of human nature, however, this knowledge has had little impact on policymakers and legislators. Supreme Court justices and managers seldom consult evolutionary psychologists to help with their deliberations. When faced with private decisions few individuals ask themselves how a Darwinian perspective might help them. This volume’s aim is to start the process of using theory and findings of evolutionary psychology to help make the world a better place to live. This book takes evolutionary psychology explicitly into applied areas in a way no other book has. It includes a reasonable scope of applications from pornography to psychopaths and from morality to sex differences in the workplace. An applications section provides concrete ideas for dealing with social and policy issues, including chapters on women in the workplace, rape, and child support. Providing good coverage of basic issues and theory of the field, this book gives lay people and law/policymakers appropriate background to fully understand the applications chapters. Part II provides information on basic psychological mechanisms for group living–including chapters on emotions, reciprocity and legal reasoning, and self deception–that impact on how well public policy and law function. The material in the first two sections providean intellectual basis for the chapters in the third part of the book which deals with the application of evolutionary psychology to a variety of substantive areas related to public policy and personal decisions. A political scientist concludes the book with a commentary on evolutionary |
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Good-Bye, Mr Patel $15.65 “Good-Bye, Mr Patel” is a Ugandan born Indian’s story of self discovery and quest for flawless vision. The author believes the modern day malaise and strife are caused by the increasing spiritual void in us and warped thinking that has put man on a proverbial treadmill of unprincipled living and search for elusive happiness somewhere outside in a material world. He says ‘when we clear our minds of the clutter of useless baggage, worthless information and second-hand knowledge stored to bolster our ego that is allowed to weigh upon us for no discernible reason other than to gain a sense of ascendancy over others and to justify our otherwise meaningless existence, then clear spiritual highways to blissful reality open up’.Bitter experiences of early life of poverty and belonging to the Patel clan forced the author to look at himself. He could not accept that he was any different from a non-Patel and realized how deeply scripted he was by the social environment in which he grew up. He craved freedom from the shackles of his social and psychological order. He chose to move away from calling himself a Patel to look at himself objectively. This introspective journey gave him the strength to break with his past, dismantle the shackles of impractical and unquestioned customs, traditions and beliefs to pave the way for an open mind to flourish. This fragmentary autobiography reveals how positive interpretations of his bitter experiences have shaped the transformation of his thinking and life and taken him to living in a state of abandonment – a life free of stress and anxiety. The title “Good-Bye, Mr Patel” suggests that there is a Patel lurking inside each one of us who needs to be banished. This is the ego that blinds and imprisons us in an illusory world that diverts the mind from venturing into world within where the real person resides.The book finishes with the author’s barrier-shattering, and enlightening, principles such as “no-one owes you a favour”, |
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If You Knew How Regular I Am – You Wouldn’t Be So Full of It: My 30 Year Secret Life with Crohn’s Disease $13.99 This story spans a 30 year period in my life, living with the complications and shame of the chronic illness, Crohn’s Disease. I will convey to you the challenges of fulfilling my dreams while at the same time hiding the true facts of my illness to family and friends. The story begins in 1975, when at the age of 20, I leave my home in Saginaw, MI to venture out to New York with a dream of becoming a model. However, shortly after my move, I am diagnosed with this incurable disease. Determined not to let this disorder defer my dreams, I set out to reach my goals through self-education, many job changes and pure faith.Throughout my journey, not only am I plagued with the daily challenges of this disorder but due to the lengthy times spent out on sick leave, holding on to employment becomes a struggle. However, through determination, I am able to overcome the challenges and become a successful sales person for one of the largest mutual fund companies in the U.S.As a Crohn’s sufferer, my challenge today is to bring awareness to the public of this disease. Because this disease is not considered as chronic under the social security disabilility and insurance companies’ guidelines, many severe sufferers, such as myself, have to encounter many economic hardships while dealing with the physical and emotional aspects of this illness. |
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MARGINAL MEN WITH DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS $80.75 Compared to ample information on why sub-Saharan African countries continue to lose their highly educated human resource to the West, very little exists on the experiences of these migrant professionals. Meaningful solutions to the issues of brain drain could be achieved if African governments and interested institutions would include an appraisal of the lived experiences of these professionals living outside the continent. This book departs from the traditional one-sided storytelling from the perspective of prognosticators on the African continent. The storytellers in this book are 10 sub-Saharan African professors who have migrated to the United States and are teaching in a predominantly White University in the Midwest. Readers would find a lucid analysis of the educational systems that produced these professors; conditions that birthed their migration; their experiences with the culture and people of the US; issues of race and racism; diversity, social justice, marginalization and double consciousness. Higher education and migration policymakers would find this book priceless. It is also a must read for African professionals contemplating migrating to the West. |
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Our Union: UAW/ Caw Local 27 from 1950 to 1990 $30.64 Used – The post-war period witnessed dramatic changes in the lives of working-class families. Wages rose, working hours were reduced, pension plans and state social security measures offered greater protection against unemployment, illness, and old age, the standard of living improved, and women and members of immigrant communities entered the labour market in growing numbers. Existing studies of the post-war period have focused above all on unions at the national and international levels, on th |
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Our Union: UAW/ Caw Local 27 from 1950 to 1990 $23.8 Used – The post-war period witnessed dramatic changes in the lives of working-class families. Wages rose, working hours were reduced, pension plans and state social security measures offered greater protection against unemployment, illness, and old age, the standard of living improved, and women and members of immigrant communities entered the labour market in growing numbers. Existing studies of the post-war period have focused above all on unions at the national and international levels, on th |
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Our Union: UAW/ Caw Local 27 from 1950 to 1990 $29.4 New – The post-war period witnessed dramatic changes in the lives of working-class families. Wages rose, working hours were reduced, pension plans and state social security measures offered greater protection against unemployment, illness, and old age, the standard of living improved, and women and members of immigrant communities entered the labour market in growing numbers. Existing studies of the post-war period have focused above all on unions at the national and international levels, on the |
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Our Union: UAW/ Caw Local 27 from 1950 to 1990 $23.8 New – The post-war period witnessed dramatic changes in the lives of working-class families. Wages rose, working hours were reduced, pension plans and state social security measures offered greater protection against unemployment, illness, and old age, the standard of living improved, and women and members of immigrant communities entered the labour market in growing numbers. Existing studies of the post-war period have focused above all on unions at the national and international levels, on the |
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The Russian Revolution in Retreat, 1920 $39.95 This book examines the relationship between the Russian Communist Party and the Russian working class between 1920-24, immediately after the civil war and during the first years of the New Economic Policy (NEP). Based on extensive original research, which casts much new light on this period, both from the perspective of the rank and file as well as the leadership, the book discusses working-class collective action in 1920, workers’ responses to the 1921 crisis, including the Kronstadt revolt, and the successes of the non-party workers’ movement in the elections of 1921. It shows how during and after the 1921 crisis the working class was politically expropriated by the Bolshevik party, and how democratic forms such as soviets and factory committees were deprived of decision-making power. Simon Pirani examines how during this period the Soviet ruling class began to take shape, preferring in 1922-23 mass mobilization campaigns in which workers remained politically passive, rather than the participatory mass democracy which had flourished in 1917. The Russian Revolution in Retreat, 1920-24 shows how, whilst some people argued that the principles of 1917 had been betrayed, others accepted a social contract under which workers were assured of improvements in living standards in exchange for increased labour discipline and productivity, and a surrender of political power, with political power becoming concentrated in the party, and, increasingly, in the party elite. |
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”!Me estreso demasiado!” (I am too stressed): A multi-dimensional exploration of stress among Mexican immigrant women in the U.S. $49.99 This study examines the experience of stress among Mexican immigrant women through the lenses of Ecological, Intersectionality, and Social Networks Theories. The three research questions were: (1) Does access to a larger social network influence the experience of stress among Mexican immigrant women?; (2) Do Mexican immigrant women holding a greater number of social roles experience more or less stress than women with fewer social roles?; and, (3) How women with lower levels of stress are similar/different from those who experience higher levels of stress?;Several hypotheses are presented in the introductory chapter. A questionnaire, blood pressure, heart rate variability, pulse, and semi-structure interviews were used to collect data from 100 people. Differences were found in the women’s experience of stress when considering certain demographic characteristics. The results show higher familial stress among women with access to more social networks, but the number of social roles was not a predictor or a mediator of stress. Age at migration predicted social networks, and women with longer time in the U.S. had access to larger networks. Working women with children under 18 at home had higher levels of stress than all other women; immigration stress was higher among women living with a husband/partner; parental stress was higher among women with a husband/partner and three or more children; and, women with a husband/partner and three or more children reported more familial stress than other groups. Women with more years in the U.S. presented with less occupational stress, (this was mediated by the size of social networks, but not by the number of social roles performed).;In addition, the study explored the correlations between psychosocial measures of stress and blood pressure, pulse and heart variability contributing data on the concurrent validity of the Hispanic Stress Inventory. The qualitative interviews confirmed the quantitative and biomarkers findings.;The |
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”Advancing the kingdom”: Missionaries and Americanization in Puerto Rico, 1898–1930s. $49.99 This dissertation examines the role of Protestant missionaries in Americanizing Puerto Rico from 1898 into the 1930s. It contends that Americanization was a dynamic, contingent, multi-directional, and contradictory process that had unintended consequences. These included the development of insular nationalism and Puerto Ricans’ employment of Americanization’s liberal ideology to make claims against the missionary establishment and the colonial state. Demonstrating that Protestants functioned as an advance guard for the colonial state in the areas of education and health care, it nevertheless argues that many missionaries began to question and then sharply criticized the entire civilizing project because of its harmful effects on most Puerto Ricans’ living and working conditions and on the island’s natural environment. It also argues that, in addition to its disciplinary aspects, the missionary project had emancipatory effects, including an expansion of the public sphere in terms of content and participation and the introduction of new social and occupational roles for women.;By focusing on relations between non-elite actors, this dissertation contributes to understanding how imperial relations were constructed on the ground. Though sharing fundamental goals with the colonial state, missionaries, unlike colonial officials, spoke Spanish and interacted with Puerto Ricans of all classes. Additionally, women missionaries played an active, highly visible role in this civilizing venture. This study examines missionary reform efforts and Puerto Rican responses to them, paying particular attention to the ways that iv missionary and local understandings of race, class, and gender shaped the outcomes of those efforts. It argues that local social and material conditions, ideologies, and practices significantly shaped missionaries’ methods and accomplishments or failures. Additionally, it argues the need for carefully historicizing Americanization, for those local actors and |
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”Advancing the kingdom”: Missionaries and Americanization in Puerto Rico, 1898–1930s. $49.99 This dissertation examines the role of Protestant missionaries in Americanizing Puerto Rico from 1898 into the 1930s. It contends that Americanization was a dynamic, contingent, multi-directional, and contradictory process that had unintended consequences. These included the development of insular nationalism and Puerto Ricans’ employment of Americanization’s liberal ideology to make claims against the missionary establishment and the colonial state. Demonstrating that Protestants functioned as an advance guard for the colonial state in the areas of education and health care, it nevertheless argues that many missionaries began to question and then sharply criticized the entire civilizing project because of its harmful effects on most Puerto Ricans’ living and working conditions and on the island’s natural environment. It also argues that, in addition to its disciplinary aspects, the missionary project had emancipatory effects, including an expansion of the public sphere in terms of content and participation and the introduction of new social and occupational roles for women.;By focusing on relations between non-elite actors, this dissertation contributes to understanding how imperial relations were constructed on the ground. Though sharing fundamental goals with the colonial state, missionaries, unlike colonial officials, spoke Spanish and interacted with Puerto Ricans of all classes. Additionally, women missionaries played an active, highly visible role in this civilizing venture. This study examines missionary reform efforts and Puerto Rican responses to them, paying particular attention to the ways that iv missionary and local understandings of race, class, and gender shaped the outcomes of those efforts. It argues that local social and material conditions, ideologies, and practices significantly shaped missionaries’ methods and accomplishments or failures. Additionally, it argues the need for carefully historicizing Americanization, for those local actors and |
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”Good-Bye, Mr Patel” $9.99 A story of self discovery and quest for flawless vision. The author believes the modern day malaise is caused by the increasing spiritual void in us and warped thinking that has put man on the treadmill of unprincipled living and search for elusive happiness. He says ‘when we clear our minds of the clutter of useless baggage, worthless information and second-hand knowledge stored to bolster our ego that is allowed to weigh upon us for no discernible reason other than to gain sense of ascendancy over others and to justify our otherwise meaningless existence, then clear spiritual highways to blissful reality open up’.Experiences of early life of poverty forced the author to look at himself. He realized how scripted he was by the social environment in which he grew up. He craved freedom from the shackles of his social and psychological order. He chose to move away from calling himself a Patel to look at himself objectively. This introspective journey enabled him to break with his past and dismantle the shackles of unquestioned customs and beliefs to pave the way for an open mind to flourish. This fragmentary autobiography reveals how positive interpretations of his experiences have shaped the transformation of his life and taken him to living a stress-free life. The book title suggests that there is a Patel lurking inside each one of us who needs to be banished. This is the ego that imprisons us in an illusory world that diverts the mind from venturing into the world within where the real person resides.The book finishes with the author’s barrier-shattering principles such as “no-one owes you a favour”, “the real enemy is within”, and more, which have crystallized from the crucible of daily living and paved the way for joyful living on a unique path! |
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”The numbers don’t work for us”: An alternate model of fundamental causality from the perspectives of African Americans in urban Atlanta. $49.99 Racial/ethnic disparities between African Americans and Whites in a number of health outcomes continue to exist despite decades of intervention research and social policy changes. Several perspectives have been proposed to explain the existence of these disparities, including the fundamental cause perspective. The fundamental cause perspective is promising because it suggests that focusing on distal factors that influence multiple risk factors and health outcomes may be the key to eliminating longstanding disparities in health. Proponents of this perspective suggest that low socioeconomic status is a fundamental cause of health disparities and that there are others yet to be determined and explicated. This study informs the development of an alternate model of fundamental causality rooted in the perspectives of those living in a neighborhood characterized by poor health and social outcomes.;Between April and August 2006 twenty residents (in two groups) from an urban Atlanta area used Photovoice to document their health and social realities. In total, they participated in seven rounds of picture-taking followed by seven small group dialogue sessions. Grounded theory analysis of the transcripts from these dialogues was used to develop an explanatory model of fundamental causes and their mechanisms. In contrast to the traditional framing of health in terms of physical health, residents defined community well-being and mental health as priority health concerns. Residents also identified the underlying factors and mechanisms that they believed contributed to poor community well-being and poor mental health. The most significant underlying factor was White and middle class Black indifference toward poor African Americans embedded in institutional practices and prevailing ideologies. This indifference contributes to neighborhood and housing disinvestment, speculative development, and displacement of families out of the neighborhood. The model also indicates that African |
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”The place is so backward”: Durable morality and creative development in northern Sierra Leone. $49.99 Residents of Makeni, Sierra Leone, describe their town and their behavior as “backward”. Both are “backward” because of the influences of trading, religion, bad governance, poor education, and war but especially because of endemic poverty. People are preoccupied with the fact that they, and their town, cannot “develop” from this state. I use this preoccupation with “development”—and lack thereof—as a lens through which to examine how basic morality, in Sierra Leone the existence of individuals in reciprocal relationships with kin and other members of patronage networks, has become flexibly responsive to personal circumstances that are consistently “backward” and impoverished.;Notions of reciprocity have become more concretely defined and closely aligned with relationships of overt mutual assistance: people are no longer taking their relationships for granted, and if they “develop” on their own, they expect not to have to assist anyone simply because the latter are kin. Some people flaunt their “self-development” by using their money on conspicuous consumption, a habit of politicians especially that is particularly morally contested in arguments over to whom any “self-made man” is obligated. People who “develop” too much without giving back to their social networks will be “pulled down” by the people they have neglected, and all of these habits are enhanced by the aid the town receives. These habits occur because residents, younger people especially, do not remember living in a stable or prosperous enough environment to assume that the exemplary morality—that of “taken for granted” mutual obligation with kin—is possible. Though conscious of what they ought to do in an ideal world, individuals live firmly in the world as it is, and make morally based decisions from this foundation. I argue that the consistent lack of a “normal” living situation, both in the pre-war past and in the present, means that, especially when studying a nation postwar, we cannot |
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”The place is so backward”: Durable morality and creative development in northern Sierra Leone. $49.99 Residents of Makeni, Sierra Leone, describe their town and their behavior as “backward”. Both are “backward” because of the influences of trading, religion, bad governance, poor education, and war but especially because of endemic poverty. People are preoccupied with the fact that they, and their town, cannot “develop” from this state. I use this preoccupation with “development”—and lack thereof—as a lens through which to examine how basic morality, in Sierra Leone the existence of individuals in reciprocal relationships with kin and other members of patronage networks, has become flexibly responsive to personal circumstances that are consistently “backward” and impoverished.;Notions of reciprocity have become more concretely defined and closely aligned with relationships of overt mutual assistance: people are no longer taking their relationships for granted, and if they “develop” on their own, they expect not to have to assist anyone simply because the latter are kin. Some people flaunt their “self-development” by using their money on conspicuous consumption, a habit of politicians especially that is particularly morally contested in arguments over to whom any “self-made man” is obligated. People who “develop” too much without giving back to their social networks will be “pulled down” by the people they have neglected, and all of these habits are enhanced by the aid the town receives. These habits occur because residents, younger people especially, do not remember living in a stable or prosperous enough environment to assume that the exemplary morality—that of “taken for granted” mutual obligation with kin—is possible. Though conscious of what they ought to do in an ideal world, individuals live firmly in the world as it is, and make morally based decisions from this foundation. I argue that the consistent lack of a “normal” living situation, both in the pre-war past and in the present, means that, especially when studying a nation postwar, we cannot |