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CPAC, the Bulwark, and Political Puritanism
The Bulwark, an offshoot of the now-defunct Weekly Standard, evoked criticism with coverage of the Conservative Political Action Conference. We discuss tolerance for internal dissent within political parties, and how media’s business dynamics shape political debate.
The Shutdown
Joe, Neda Magbouleh (University of Toronto) and Bart Bonikowski (Harvard) discuss the 2019 federal government shutdown.
Nationalism (Bart Bonikowski)
An interview with Harvard University’s Bart Bonikowski about his work on the concept of nationalism.
Internal Politics in the Women’s March
Joe, Leslie, Howard Ramos (Dalhousie University), and Richard Carpiano (UC Riverside) discuss internal conflict and political splintering within the Women’s March.
The MAGA Hat Kid
Joe, Leslie, Howard Ramos (Dalhousie University), and Richard Carpiano (UC Riverside) discuss a conflict between Catholic school boys, Black Israelites, and a Native American group on the Washington Mall. An encounter between one boy and a Native American triggered social media firestorms, and many questions about the current state of America’s political culture and media.
Photo Credit
Story from New York Times captured and used under Fair Use.
The Anti-Vaccination Movement (Richard Carpiano)
We discuss the politics of under-vaccination with Richard Carpiano of UC Riverside. Richard recently published “Public Attitudes towards Child Undervaccination: A randomized experiment on evaluations, stigmatizing orientations, and support for policies” Social Science and Medicine.
Bianca Freire Medeiros
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En el quinto episodio de Sociología con Acento, conversamos con Bianca Freire Medeiros sobre las construcciones culturales de Rio de Janeiro a lo largo del siglo XX, el turismo en las favelas de Rio, la sociología urbana en América Latina, y sobre el asesinato de la activista y socióloga Marielle Franco. Bianca estudió en Brasil y en Estados Unidos, y es profesora de Sociología en la Universidad de Sao Paulo.
In the fifth episode of Sociología con Acento, we talk with Bianca Freire Medeiros about cultural constructions of Rio de Janeiro in the 20th century, tourism in Rio’s favelas, urban sociology in Latin America, and the assassination of activist and sociologist Marielle Franco. Bianca studied sociology in Brazil and the United States and is a professor at the University of Sao Paulo.
Robert Wuthnow on Small Town America’s Distress
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This week, The Annex is thrilled to sit down with Robert Wuthnow of Princeton University. Robert just published The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Rural America with Princeton University Press. We talk about the challenges facing small towns, the roots of their disaffect, and the politics that this distress creates.
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The Cambridge Analytics Scandal
We discuss the Cambridge Analytics scandal, in which a company stole Facebook user data to advance the Republican 2016 campaign.
Census Questions on Citizenship
We discuss plans to add a citizenship question to the Census.
