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From Great Books to Serviceable Course Texts: A Review of Recent Introductory Political Theory Textbooks
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Newspaper Coverage of the 1990 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Campaign
Get PDFA content analysis of five daily newspapers\u27 coverage of the 1990 Pennsylvania gubernatorial contest revealed that, as hypothesized, the "strategic game," particularly the horse race, was the predominant press theme. Also confirmed were the predictions that a gubernatorial challenger would receive as much coverage as the incumbent but that differences in patterns of incumbent and challenger coverage would appear. The press focused more on the challenger\u27s campaign mistakes and problems and on the incumbent\u27s record and experience. The fact that the challenger was a female and the incumbent a male received little media attention, and there were very few mentions of candidate gender. Differences in coverage patterns among the five papers were also found: the larger papers were more attentive to the campaign, but contrary to expectations were not more attentive to the issues. Issue-oriented coverage was most prominent in the paper published in the state capital
The Political Economy of Colonialism in Puerto Rico
Get PDFThis article is a rebuttal to the argument that Puerto Rico cannot be considered a colony of the United States because the people of the island have rejected independence. The position presented here is that the democratic process through which Puerto Ricans have seemingly rejected independence. The underlying theme of this article is that the Puerto Rican and U.S. ruling elites have not allowed the Puerto Rican masses to choose among all the possible status alternatives. By not adopting policies to develop the endogenous productive capacity of the insular economy, the elites have elimated economically viable independence as a status option
Implementation of Title IX: Perspective of Pennsylvania Sports Leader
Get PDFTitle IX of the Higher Education Act is to provide women with legal protection against discrimination in educational programs and activities, including intercollegiate athletics. The purpose of this research is to examine the attitudes and perceptions of male and female sport leaders toward Title IX and the specific democratic value, equality, which underlays it. This article reports the findings of an attitudinal survey of sport leaders in selected public institutions of higher education in Pennsylvania. The survey addressed the sport Ieaders\u27 attitudes toward political and social equality and the enforcement issue of Title IX. The thesis of this report is that so long as there is a gap between persons\u27 support for democralic values and the abstract and their actual behavior, enforcement of Title IX will remain controversial and equality between the sexes will not be achieved
Working Together for Health Equity: How a Multidisciplinary, Community- Engaged Partnership Reframed Our Understandings of Pittsburgh’s Maternal-Child Health Crisis
No full textFrom the unequal toll exacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to the brutal murder of George Floyd, the events of 2020 vividly demonstrated the catastrophic consequences of structural racism in the United States. As we consider what the future holds on the many fronts of the struggle for racial justice, we reexamine the ongoing maternal-child health (MCH) crisis in the United States by focusing on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Black families are affected at an even more alarming rate. We conducted multidisciplinary research to support our community partners’ proposal to initiate an MCH-related vocational program for adolescent girls in their community. Our partners’ creative assets–based approach to community emphasized agency, empowerment, and the reconnection of young Black women to a shared cultural history of maternal health wisdom (midwifery). In this paper we share how community engagement has helped us to reframe maternal-child health inequality as a social problem. We reflect critically on current academic explanations, assess empirical data at the national and local levels, and issue a broader call for action by academics, universities, and policymakers for which the first critical step is to rethink common assumptions about health
Redreaming Boundaries and Community Engagement: John Edgar Wideman and the Homewood Reading Series
No full textJohn Edgar Wideman is one of Pittsburgh’s most decorated, yet least celebrated native sons. Though Wideman left the city in his youth, he returned as part of a series of events to honor the fiftieth anniversary of his first book. Wideman embodies the unique intersections and tensions that exist in Pittsburgh related to race, place, and the stories we tell. His presence as part of a collaborative reading series reflected those dynamics, bringing together the members of two Pittsburgh neighborhoods: Homewood, a Black neighborhood where Wideman was raised, and Oakland, which is home to the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt). The project created an opportunity for conversation between Black high school students from Westinghouse Academy in Homewood and mostly non-Black university students from Pitt. It also created a cross-disciplinary dialogue between community-engaged scholars at the university. This article draws on student writing and other resources to narrate the limited but meaningful connections between the intersecting spaces that came together in honor of this literary giant. It also situates the project within public humanities scholarship and a community engagement framework, related to the potential role of urban universities in neighboring communities. Finally, it argues that the project has resonance for these uncertain times, as it embodied the themes of Brothers and Keepers, a literary work that explores the tensions that exist in crossing boundaries and how the stories we tell provide meaning, despite differences
The People’s Artist: In Loving Memory of Eugene Eda Wade, 1939–2021
No full textWhen we think of the Black community mural movement in the United States, our minds typically think of Bill Walker in Chicago. But throughout the sixties and seventies and even into the eighties, another visionary artist was standing shoulder to shoulder with Walker, creating transformative art that brought joy, inspiration, and love into people’s lives across the nation. Eugene Eda Wade, the self-described “little old dirt-poor boy born in a shack” in Scotlandville, Louisiana, is an unforgettable artist. It became abundantly clear to me after just a few moments in his presence that Eda, as he was known to many, was brimming with monumental creativity and compassion, and he was an artist who had the clear purpose of devoting his life to making art for the people
Labor Unions and American Elections: The Politics of Voter Mobilization in the 2000 Presidential Election
No full textIn 2000, labor unions attempted to enhance their political influence by increasing voter turnout among union members in support of Al Gore. This strategy was thought to be especially effective in a polity where voter participation is so low. Labor\u27s political efforts helped Gore to a popular vote victory, but the union political strategy failed because of the dynamics of the Electoral College and low union density in many regions of the United States