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Neoliberalizing the University: Implications for American Democracy

By: Sanford Schram

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Neoliberalizing the University: Implications for American Democracy

By: Sanford Schram

This collection brings together essays to address the crisis of Higher Education today, focusing on its neoliberalization. Higher Education has been under assault for several decades as neoliberalism’s preference for market-based reforms sweeps across the US political economy. The recent push for neoliberalizing the academy comes at a time when it is ripe for change, especially as it continues to confront growing financial pressure, particularly in the public sector. The resulting cutbacks in public funding, especially to state universities, led to a variety of debilitating changes: increases in tuition, growing student debt, more students combining working and schooling, declining graduation rates for minorities and low-income students, increased reliance on adjuncts and temporary faculty, and most recently growing interest in mass processing of students via online instruction. While many serious questions arise once we begin to examine what is happening in higher education today, one particularly critical question concerns the implications of these changes on the relationship of education to as yet still unrealized democratic ideals. The 12 essays collected in this volume create important resources for students, faculty, citizens and policymakers who want to find ways to address contemporary threats to the higher education-democracy connection. This book was originally published as a special issue of New Political Science.

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131727167X

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Becoming a Footnote

An Activist-Scholar Finds His Voice, Learns to Write, and Survives Academia

By: Sanford F. Schram,Sanford Schram

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An Activist-Scholar Finds His Voice, Learns to Write, and Survives Academia

By: Sanford F. Schram,Sanford Schram

Humorous and witty recollections of the author's journey from insecure graduate student to noted activist/scholar.

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SUNY Press

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1438447744

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Hard White

The Mainstreaming of Racism in American Politics

By: Richard C. Fording,Sanford F. Schram

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The Mainstreaming of Racism in American Politics

By: Richard C. Fording,Sanford F. Schram

This book analyzes data from a variety of sources to understand the mainstreaming of racism today. The book puts this research in a historical context. Today with issues of globalization, immigration and demographic diversification achieving greater public salience, racism is more likely to manifest itself more in the form of a generalized ethnocentrism that expresses "outgroup hostility" toward a diverse set of groups, including Latinos and Muslims as well as African Americans. Both changes in structure and agency have facilitated the mainstreaming of racism today. Changes in the "political opportunity structure," as witnessed by the rise of the Tea Party Movement, facilitated the mainstreaming of white extremists into the Republican Party and lay the basis for an electoral politics focused on giving voice to white people more generally acting on their outgroup hostility. Changes in the political structure were matched by the appearance of a charismatic leader in the person of Donald Trump who made great use of a transformed media landscape to stoke white people's outgroup hostility. Trump won the presidency most strategically deploying his demagoguery to mobilize white non-voters in swing states, with the end result greatly accelerating the mainstreaming racism and placing it at the center of policymaking in the White House. With the extensive empirical evidence provided, this book documents how the mainstreaming of racism today began before Trump started to run for the presidency but then increased under his leadership and it likely to be a troubling presence in U.S. politics for some time to come. The findings provided create the basis for suggestions on how to push racism back to the margins of American politics"--

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019750048X

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Change Research

A Case Study on Collaborative Methods for Social Workers and Advocates

By: Corey S. Shdaimah,Roland W. Stahl,Sanford F Schram

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Change Research

A Case Study on Collaborative Methods for Social Workers and Advocates

By: Corey S. Shdaimah,Roland W. Stahl,Sanford F Schram

Collaborating with community members adds a critical dimension to social work research, providing practitioners with intimate knowledge of a community's goals and needs while equipping community advocates with vital skills for social change. Sharing the inspiring story of one such partnership, Corey Shdaimah, Roland Stahl, and Sanford F. Schram recount their efforts working with an affordable housing coalition in Philadelphia, helping activists research low-income home ownership and repair. Their collaboration helped create the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund, which funnels millions of dollars to people in need. This volume describes the origins of their partnership and its growth, including developing tensions and their diffusion in ways that contributed to the research. The authors personalize methods of research and the possibilities for advocacy, ultimately connecting their encounters to more general, critical themes. Building on the field's commitment to social justice, they effectively demonstrate the potential of change research to facilitate widespread, long-term difference and improve community outcomes.

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Columbia University Press

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0231525362

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9780231525367

After Welfare

The Culture of Postindustrial Social Policy

By: Sanford Schram

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After Welfare

The Culture of Postindustrial Social Policy

By: Sanford Schram

Do contemporary welfare policies reflect the realities of the economy and the needs of those in need of public assistance, or are they based on outdated and idealized notions of work and family life? Are we are moving from a "war on poverty" to a "war against the poor?" In this critique of American social welfare policy, Sanford F. Schram explores the cultural anxieties over the putatively deteriorating "American work ethic," and the class, race, sexual and gender biases at the root of current policy and debates. Schram goes beyond analyzing the current state of affairs to offer a progressive alternative he calls "radical incrementalism," whereby activists would recreate a social safety net tailored to the specific life circumstances of those in need. His provocative recommendations include a series of programs aimed at transcending the prevailing pernicious distinction between "social insurance" and "public assistance" so as to better address the needs of single mothers with children. Such programs could include "divorce insurance" or even some form of "pregnancy insurance" for women with no means of economic support. By pushing for such programs, Schram argues, activists could make great strides towards achieving social justice, even in today's reactionary climate.

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NYU Press

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0814797555

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Words of Welfare

The Poverty of Social Science and the Social Science of Poverty

By: Sanford Schram

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Words of Welfare

The Poverty of Social Science and the Social Science of Poverty

By: Sanford Schram

It has been suggested that policy analysis has come to serve the needs of the state at the expense of the citizens. This book offers a critique of how welfare policy is analyzed and set in the USA, illustrating that how we study issues affects what ultimately gets done about them.

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816625786

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Disciplining the Poor

Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race

By: Joe Soss,Richard C. Fording,Sanford Schram

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Disciplining the Poor

Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race

By: Joe Soss,Richard C. Fording,Sanford Schram

This volume lays out the underlying logic of contemporary poverty governance in the United States. The authors argue that poverty governance has been transformed in the United States by two significant developments.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226768767

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9780226768762

Welfare Discipline

Discourse, Governance, and Globalization

By: Sanford F. Schram,Sanford Schram

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Welfare Discipline

Discourse, Governance, and Globalization

By: Sanford F. Schram,Sanford Schram

Rethinking the American understanding of poverty, welfare, and the language used to describe them.

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Temple University Press

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1592137784

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9781592137787

Asian States' Relations with the Middle East and North Africa

A Bibliography, 1950-1993

By: Sanford R. Silverburg,Bernard Reich

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Asian States' Relations with the Middle East and North Africa

A Bibliography, 1950-1993

By: Sanford R. Silverburg,Bernard Reich

Examines literature available in English and other western languages for those interested in learning more about the extent and variety of the relationship between the Middle East and North Africa.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810828723

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9780810828728

Fresh Blood

The New American Immigrants

By: Sanford J. Ungar

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Fresh Blood

The New American Immigrants

By: Sanford J. Ungar

Drawing on hundreds of richly textured interviews conducted from one end of the country to the other, veteran journalist Sanford J. Ungar documents the real-life struggles and triumphs of America's newest immigrants. He finds that the self-chosen who arrive every day, most of them legally, still enrich our national character and experience and make invaluable political, economic, social, cultural, and even gastronomic contributions. "First-class journalism, a book scholars will use decades from now to find out what it 'felt like' to be an immigrant in the 90s. I do not know of a better description and analysis of contemporary immigration." -- Roger Daniels, author of Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life "An excellent overview of contemporary immigration issues set within the context of developments in the past fifty years. Ungar makes a strong case for the contributions of recent immigrants and for maintaining a relatively open door in the face of sometimes shrill opposition." -- Thomas Dublin, editor of Immigrant Voices: New Lives in America "Exactly the right book at the right time. [Ungar] looks at the national controversy over immigration policy with a clear eye, producing a history and a convincing argument why this is no time to reverse a liberal welcome to newcomers that has always--in good times and bad--made this a better and more prosperous democracy." -- Ben H. Bagdikian, author of Double Vision

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University of Illinois Press

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0252067029

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9780252067020

Don't Shoot the Messenger

How Our Growing Hatred of the Media Threatens Free Speech for All of Us

By: Bruce W. Sanford

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Don't Shoot the Messenger

How Our Growing Hatred of the Media Threatens Free Speech for All of Us

By: Bruce W. Sanford

This volume explores the growing hostility of the public toward the media, discussing the reasons behind the ever-widening communications gap and the disturbing consequences of the problem.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742508374

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Praxis for the Poor

Piven and Cloward and the Future of Social Science in Social Welfare

By: Sanford Schram

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Praxis for the Poor

Piven and Cloward and the Future of Social Science in Social Welfare

By: Sanford Schram

A compelling examination of the careers of Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven as well as Jane Addams demonstrates how politically-active scholarship can contribute to struggles for social justice.

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NYU Press

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0814798179

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Praxis for the Poor

Piven and Cloward and the Future of Social Science in Social Welfare

By: Sanford Schram

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Piven and Cloward and the Future of Social Science in Social Welfare

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A compelling examination of the careers of Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven as well as Jane Addams demonstrates how politically-active scholarship can contribute to struggles for social justice.

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Becoming a Footnote

An Activist-Scholar Finds His Voice, Learns to Write, and Survives Academia

By: Sanford F. Schram

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Becoming a Footnote

An Activist-Scholar Finds His Voice, Learns to Write, and Survives Academia

By: Sanford F. Schram

How does a graduate student acquire the skills necessary to define a clear research agenda and write meaningful contributions to the scholarship in his or her field? Can the requirements of professional advancement in the ivory tower be reconciled with making a difference in the bare-knuckle world of policymaking? Can even a celebrated activist-scholar survive the seemingly relentless neoliberalization of higher education? Becoming a Footnote takes the reader on an inspirational journey through the experiences of researcher Sanford F. Schram, illuminating how he overcame his early insecurities and limitations, particularly about his writing, to develop into someone cited by both scholars and people involved in the policymaking process. With wit and humor, Schram illustrates how his award-winning research on race, poverty, and welfare emerged from the political struggles in which he was immersed, and how we all have something unique to contribute if we commit ourselves to making it happen.

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State University of New York Press

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1438447760

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Welfare Discipline

Discourse, Governance, and Globalization

By: Sanford F. Schram,Sanford Schram

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Welfare Discipline

Discourse, Governance, and Globalization

By: Sanford F. Schram,Sanford Schram

Rethinking the American understanding of poverty, welfare, and the language used to describe them.

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Temple University Press

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Change Research

A Case Study on Collaborative Methods for Social Workers and Advocates

By: Corey S. Shdaimah,Roland W. Stahl,Sanford Schram

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A Case Study on Collaborative Methods for Social Workers and Advocates

By: Corey S. Shdaimah,Roland W. Stahl,Sanford Schram

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Columbia University Press

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0231151799

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Disciplining the Poor

Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race

By: Joe Soss,Richard C. Fording,Sanford Schram

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Disciplining the Poor

Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race

By: Joe Soss,Richard C. Fording,Sanford Schram

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University of Chicago Press

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0226768767

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The Return of Ordinary Capitalism

Neoliberalism, Precarity, Occupy

By: Sanford Schram

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The Return of Ordinary Capitalism

Neoliberalism, Precarity, Occupy

By: Sanford Schram

The Return of Ordinary Capitalism examines neoliberalism as the prevailing political-economic logic of our time. How we got to this point, what are the effects on the economy, politics and public policymaking, and what can and should be done about it are the key questions addressed.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0190253029

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After Welfare

The Culture of Postindustrial Social Policy

By: Sanford Schram

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The Culture of Postindustrial Social Policy

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Words of Welfare

The Poverty of Social Science and the Social Science of Poverty

By: Sanford Schram

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The Poverty of Social Science and the Social Science of Poverty

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U of Minnesota Press

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Hard White

The Mainstreaming of Racism in American Politics

By: Richard C. Fording,Sanford F. Schram

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The Mainstreaming of Racism in American Politics

By: Richard C. Fording,Sanford F. Schram

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Brigham Young

Courageous Mormon Leader

By: William R. Sanford,Carl R. Green

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Brigham Young

Courageous Mormon Leader

By: William R. Sanford,Carl R. Green

Angry mobs had forced Brigham Young and his fellow Mormons out of Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. As leader of the Mormon Church, Young needed a safe place for his followers to live and worship freely. So with more than 5,000 Mormon settlers, Young crossed prairies, climbed mountains, and overcame hardship to reach his Promised Land, an unsettled region near the Great Salt Lake of Utah. Sometimes called the "American Moses," authors William R. Sanford and Carl R. Green explore the amazing life of this great pioneer.

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