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Some academics, such as Peter D. Salins, chair of the urban affairs department at Hunter College, share Kemp's criticisms of traditional, government-oriented solution to housing problems. In a 1986 issue of Public Interest, Salins argued that over-bureaucratization and misplaced priorities had hampered public housing efforts.
We asked candidates for Coop Board to submit a short statement detailing their reasons for running for the position and their stance on making the Coop's directors more accountable to their constituents. The following candidates expressed a commitment to making the Coop's governance more open: Alex Edelstein, Gordon...
Social Studies and Sociology represent basically different methodological approaches to different areas of social science--and each certainly has the right to question the legitimacy of the other. Social Studies is a problem-oriented cross-disciplinary approach to social questions, whereas sociology is a more quantitative discipline. If Social Studies...
Nor will tensions be limited to the polar simplicity of white vs. nonwhite. For all Jesse Jackson's rallying cries about shared goals, minority groups often feel keenly competitive. Chicago's Hispanic leaders have leapfrogged between white and black factions, offering support wherever there seemed to be the most to...
Deni Elliott, director of Dartmouth's Ethics Institute, contends that "ultimately we're doing women a disservice by separating rape from other violent crimes." A celebrated case in point is that of the Central Park jogger, three of whose alleged assaulters go on trial this month. Because she was raped...