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“I think the current administration has decided to embrace the Russian side of this conflict.” That’s part of the quote that Ted Gerber gave for Fox 47’s article, “A ‘shift in diplomatic tone’: U.S. votes against U.N. condemning Russia.“
Spatial Demography Abstract: Economic complexity (EC) measures the diversification and domestic comparative advantage of industry in an economy. Originally applied to studies of global economic development, dominant frameworks suggest the extent of a place’s economic capabilities underlies its economic and population growth potential, and ascribe to the universalistic notion that economic growth generates population growth. …
American Jewish History First paragraph: From the early 1880s until the outbreak of the Great War, twenty million immigrants arrived in the United States. Most of them came from southern and eastern Europe rather than the northern and western European sources to which Americans were accustomed, and Jews made up a sizable portion of these …
The book Democratizing the Corporation: The Bicameral Firm and Beyond has been awarded the 2025 William Foote Whyte and Kathleen King Whyte Book Prize. Joel Rogers is one of the book’s editors, along with Isabelle Ferreras and Tom Malleson. The book is party of the Real Utopias Project, a part of the Havens Wright Center …
Urban Affairs Review Abstract: In recent years, the rural–urban divide has become one of the defining features of American partisan politics. Usually conceptualized as a regional phenomenon, discussions of the rural–urban divide often overlook geographic polarization on the local scale and its impact on cities, urban governance, and urban problems. This research note draws attention …
Education Economics Abstract: This paper studies the links between discrepancies in the language spoken at home and the medium of instruction at school and grade repetition using nationally representative sample surveys in India. Our sample consists of more than 100,000 students attending educational institutions. Using a fixed effects regression model, we find that language discrepancy …
Rural Sociology Abstract: In North Central Montana, a land-based conflict centered on the environmental organization American Prairie sparked the formation of the “Save the Cowboy, Stop the American Prairie Reserve” Facebook page, attracting posts and comments from ranchers and members of the area’s agriculture-dependent communities. Despite Montana’s rapid amenity migration and rural gentrification, this region …
How do you build back after disaster, and how does wealth impact the decisions made and the speed of rebuilding? Max Besbris was quoted in a New York Times article about the Los Angeles wildfires and recovery in the Pacific Palisades. “I suspect that because these are pretty wealthy households with a lot of economic and …
Socius – featured article Abstract: Contemporary sociological research emphasizes the need to analyze inequality beyond nominal categories. Although research has grown in this regard at the individual level, little research has pursued this approach with neighborhoods. This article explores how names can serve as a measure of the perceived typicality associated with race and how …
We are deeply saddened to share that Joe Elder passed away in Madison. Those who have known Joe know what a deep loss this is for our community. As Eric Grodsky stated, “You’d be hard pressed to find a truer moral compass than Joe and his late wife Joann, nor a pair of humans who …