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"𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 '𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐲,' 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬." Today in America this has created, “𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 '𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐮𝐦𝐩'... 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡." – Peter Turchin 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐲 has long been identified as a leading contributor to institutional, system, and indeed civilizational failure. Consider the federal acquisition system for R&D and delivering new capability which failed years ago but is kept alive by tremendous waste; time, resources, talent, and effort is sacrificed for a bunch of rigid bureaucrats and industry insiders who have been indoctrinated senseless but dutifully keep the money flowing into the ‘right’ pockets.          The flexibility to create new ways of doing things and alternative systems have been provided and their use and exploration congressionally mandated (the law), yet the acquisition community remains stubborn, fixated, and is becoming more inflexible than ever… totally irrational.   #flexibility #creativity #criticalthinking #problemsolving #commongood #othertransactions are the solution

"As someone who doesn't experience racism himself, in my case, I'm part of the society as well. And for me, racism is something that has to be challenged. "We are aspiring for something better than a society that excludes." Watch as Dr James Carr, Associate Professor of Sociology at University of Limerick, explains what he feels it means to have a more Inclusive Society and how work happening at UL right now can help move us closer to that goal. Learn more about Research at UL: https://www.ul.ie/research #StayCurious

Please join Knowli in welcoming Taylor Darks, M.S. to our team! Ms. Darks is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at Florida State University. Through her doctoral training at Florida State University and during her undergraduate at Florida A&M University, she honed her substantive expertise in policy and political development. Ms. Darks has substantial experience collecting the qualitative accounts of politicians and decision-makers within the political sector, as well as conducting content analyses of local government documents, resolutions, and laws. #data #dataanalytics #university #visualization #datascience

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MSU Political Science's Minority Politics Lab and the College of Social Science present Dr. Prentiss A. Dantzler, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto, to discuss his research in public housing developments. Broken Home: Reconstructing the Moral Standards of Mobility for Atlanta's Early Black Public Housing Families Mon, March 11, 2024 2:10 PM at Bessey Hall, Room 312 Abstract: The public housing program was designed as a stepping-stone into upward socioeconomic mobility when the first developments were constructed for white and Black households in the 1930s. White residents were able to save and move into private housing with greater speed than Black residents, who faced both external and internal constraints on their socioeconomic status. As a result of this decreased mobility, scholars and policymakers soon associated public housing developments with impoverished Black containment, categorizing it as the home of the underclass and those who are stuck in place. This talk demonstrates how housing managers and their moral judgements shaped eviction rates and by default, public housing's ability to advance Black tenant mobility. https://lnkd.in/g8WeBq-Y #MSUSocialScience #YesPLS

White people often weaponize "expertise" in conversations about race(ism). Last week, I facilitated my Racetalk as a Skill workshop with my Introduction to Sociology students to prepare them for the conversations we will be having about race(ism) this semester. During the workshop, I asked them, "What prevents you from engaging in conversations about race and racism in class?" I often ask this question, and the two most common answers from my White students are: • Fear of offending people of color, and  • As a White person, they are not "experts" on race and so have nothing to add to these discussions. The "I am not an expert" rationale comes up so often during these workshops that I have started to address this explicitly over the years. Tomorrow, in my newsletter, I'll share how I address this with my students and colleagues. Sign up here to make sure you receive it: https://lnkd.in/ev3Tid9Q.

📖 Another interesting read for crowd managers around the world: Public Order Policing. A Professional’s Guide to International Theories, Case Studies and Best Practices. "More than 20 authors (police practitioners and renowned researchers) from Europe and the US share insights and experiences. They present cutting-edge, evidence-based, and successful strategies to plan, prepare, conduct, and analyze crowd events and offer a holistic approach grounded in sociology, criminology, psychology, ethics, and practical police work. " For more information and to download the free introduction, visit 👉 https://lnkd.in/dhPGBxVb #uk #crowds #events #crowdprofs #eventprofs #strongertogether

📢 Professional Insight Alert: Join us in a compelling conversation with Guy Smith, an expert in gun control policy research. This episode unpacks the necessity of rational skepticism in policymaking: https://buff.ly/48wqZJJ A must-listen for professionals engaged in public policy, sociology, and beyond. Let’s bring informed dialogue to the forefront. #ProfessionalGrowth #PolicyInsights

Our Sociology of Education lecture continues, with me asking, “What is the role of discipline and punishment in schools?” Which students get disciplined the most and what ramifications does that have for their future? Can we imagine schools that operate differently, more attuned with justice, and what might they look like? #publicpolicy #schooldistricts #equityineducation #educationalequity #schooltoprisonpipeline #schooltoprison Notes: RSA’s= Restrictive State Apparatuses, like our police and military, which control people through force and restrictions. ISA’s= Ideological State Apparatuses, like our schools and churches, which control/guide/condition people through ideology and culture. So, do RSAs belong in ISAs?