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Settlement Sociology in the Progressive Years, 2015

JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK, 2020

Using both primary and secondary sources, this historiography presents the little known history o... more Using both primary and secondary sources, this historiography presents the little known history of the South End settlement house in Boston in order to establish its legitimacy in the development of both sociology and social work. Using specific examples from the settlement records, we show some of the contributions and consequences of the work of the South End House in shaping both disciplines in ways still visible today. We also probe substantive contributions that can be of use today as we continue the journey of studying, analyzing, and understanding social problems in order to ameliorate or solve them. The history narrative is told largely through the work of the South End House founder, Robert Woods, his work as sociologist and social worker as well as his associates, influences, and motivations.

Handbook of Death & Dying

Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience

American Behavioral Scientist, 2008

Paradigms allow people to understand the world from various viewpoints, target specific audiences... more Paradigms allow people to understand the world from various viewpoints, target specific audiences, define problems of study and methodological directives, and imply solutions in the real world. This article provides a brief history of theories of race and race relations, noting that racial paradigms in mainstream sociology have rarely been displaced by radically different ones. Until the 1960s, “new” paradigms appeared as repackaged perspectives with the same background assumptions. In this work, the authors juxtapose the viewpoints of social theorists writing from within the accepted (White “malestream”) canon against the writings of some who until recently have been excluded from the traditional canon. Reading theories from margin to center allows one to rethink the important features of a Black race paradigm that challenges prevailing theories and their background assumptions. This paradigm is characterized by democratic rhetoric, systematic research, and a call for social reform.

Ethnicity & disease, 2004

To interpret, within a sociological context, evidence of physician bias in the management and out... more To interpret, within a sociological context, evidence of physician bias in the management and outcomes of coronary heart disease (CHD) treatment for African Americans vs Whites. Articles addressing race and ethnic disparities in CHD, and gender as an additional risk factor, published since 1980, were searched and reviewed. Source material was identified using the electronic search engines for MEDLINE and Sociological Articles were included in the review of race or ethnic disparities in heart disease when they provided direct or indirect evidence of potential sources of physician bias and/or differential treatment for CHD. Three types of studies suggest the presence of physician bias, and include those demonstrating: 1) patterned disparities in treatments and interventions; 2) practitioner perceptual bias/stereotyping of patients; and 3) patient perceptions of bias in treatment. A growing body of research supports the presence of physician bias in differential treatment practices for...

Few concepts are more strategic to the study and practice of sociology than that of social class.... more Few concepts are more strategic to the study and practice of sociology than that of social class. Whether used as an analytical tool or as a social location, we often forego a definition of social class and assume a kind of native understanding. Typically, class is operationalized by indicators of access to resources such as income, occupation, and education. Entire courses are taught on the overlapping topics of social class, inequality, or stratification, and no sociology courses are taught without some reference to social class. Introductory textbooks typically devote at least one chapter to the topic and course materials on subjects such as family, deviance, criminology, aging, or racialethnic groups break out differences by social class. In fact, the importance of the concept of social class is more self-evident than its definition, and the history of sociology suggests that class as a concept has been with us from the beginning although that history, as written, is incomplete ...

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

With today’s twenty-four hour news, augmented by social media, we are constantly aware of threats... more With today’s twenty-four hour news, augmented by social media, we are constantly aware of threats to our comfort zone and to our sense of justice: democratic institutions under assault, hate crimes on the increase, a growing gap between rich and poor, climate change threatening our planet, health care differentials, xenophobia, and the voices of sexual assault survivors. With such a myriad of problems, we often become impervious to the troubles all around us and we rarely take time to reflect on our past. Yet there are lessons to be learned from history—lessons for today and lessons that fortify our resolve to right wrongs and to continue to fight for causes in which we believe. This paper is about a few women who from their location in Progressive Era settlement houses took up the fight for just causes and made a difference—in their time and for posterity. These women left their mark: in theoretical explanations of social problems; in new and interdisciplinary methodologies that yi...

Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, 2009

Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, 2009

Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World, 2011

Settlement Sociology in the Progressive Years, 2015

JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK, 2020

Using both primary and secondary sources, this historiography presents the little known history o... more Using both primary and secondary sources, this historiography presents the little known history of the South End settlement house in Boston in order to establish its legitimacy in the development of both sociology and social work. Using specific examples from the settlement records, we show some of the contributions and consequences of the work of the South End House in shaping both disciplines in ways still visible today. We also probe substantive contributions that can be of use today as we continue the journey of studying, analyzing, and understanding social problems in order to ameliorate or solve them. The history narrative is told largely through the work of the South End House founder, Robert Woods, his work as sociologist and social worker as well as his associates, influences, and motivations.

Handbook of Death & Dying

Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience

American Behavioral Scientist, 2008

Paradigms allow people to understand the world from various viewpoints, target specific audiences... more Paradigms allow people to understand the world from various viewpoints, target specific audiences, define problems of study and methodological directives, and imply solutions in the real world. This article provides a brief history of theories of race and race relations, noting that racial paradigms in mainstream sociology have rarely been displaced by radically different ones. Until the 1960s, “new” paradigms appeared as repackaged perspectives with the same background assumptions. In this work, the authors juxtapose the viewpoints of social theorists writing from within the accepted (White “malestream”) canon against the writings of some who until recently have been excluded from the traditional canon. Reading theories from margin to center allows one to rethink the important features of a Black race paradigm that challenges prevailing theories and their background assumptions. This paradigm is characterized by democratic rhetoric, systematic research, and a call for social reform.

Ethnicity & disease, 2004

To interpret, within a sociological context, evidence of physician bias in the management and out... more To interpret, within a sociological context, evidence of physician bias in the management and outcomes of coronary heart disease (CHD) treatment for African Americans vs Whites. Articles addressing race and ethnic disparities in CHD, and gender as an additional risk factor, published since 1980, were searched and reviewed. Source material was identified using the electronic search engines for MEDLINE and Sociological Articles were included in the review of race or ethnic disparities in heart disease when they provided direct or indirect evidence of potential sources of physician bias and/or differential treatment for CHD. Three types of studies suggest the presence of physician bias, and include those demonstrating: 1) patterned disparities in treatments and interventions; 2) practitioner perceptual bias/stereotyping of patients; and 3) patient perceptions of bias in treatment. A growing body of research supports the presence of physician bias in differential treatment practices for...

Few concepts are more strategic to the study and practice of sociology than that of social class.... more Few concepts are more strategic to the study and practice of sociology than that of social class. Whether used as an analytical tool or as a social location, we often forego a definition of social class and assume a kind of native understanding. Typically, class is operationalized by indicators of access to resources such as income, occupation, and education. Entire courses are taught on the overlapping topics of social class, inequality, or stratification, and no sociology courses are taught without some reference to social class. Introductory textbooks typically devote at least one chapter to the topic and course materials on subjects such as family, deviance, criminology, aging, or racialethnic groups break out differences by social class. In fact, the importance of the concept of social class is more self-evident than its definition, and the history of sociology suggests that class as a concept has been with us from the beginning although that history, as written, is incomplete ...

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

With today’s twenty-four hour news, augmented by social media, we are constantly aware of threats... more With today’s twenty-four hour news, augmented by social media, we are constantly aware of threats to our comfort zone and to our sense of justice: democratic institutions under assault, hate crimes on the increase, a growing gap between rich and poor, climate change threatening our planet, health care differentials, xenophobia, and the voices of sexual assault survivors. With such a myriad of problems, we often become impervious to the troubles all around us and we rarely take time to reflect on our past. Yet there are lessons to be learned from history—lessons for today and lessons that fortify our resolve to right wrongs and to continue to fight for causes in which we believe. This paper is about a few women who from their location in Progressive Era settlement houses took up the fight for just causes and made a difference—in their time and for posterity. These women left their mark: in theoretical explanations of social problems; in new and interdisciplinary methodologies that yi...

Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, 2009

Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, 2009

Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World, 2011

Paradigms allow us to understand the world from various viewpoints. Paradigms are targeted at spe... more Paradigms allow us to understand the world from various viewpoints. Paradigms are targeted at specific audiences, define the problems to be studied, include methodological directives, and imply solutions in the realm of science and in the real world. This paper provides a brief history of theories of race and race relations noting that racial paradigms in mainstream sociology have rarely been displaced by radically different ones. Until the 1960s "new" paradigms appeared as repackaged perspectives with the same background assumptions. However, there have been important challenges to prevailing theories and their background assumptions, particularly as advanced by black thinkers. In this work we juxtapose the viewpoints of social theorists writing from within the accepted (white, malestream) canon against the writings of some that until recently have been excluded from the traditional canon. Reading theories from "margin to center" allows us to rethink the important features of a black race paradigm characterized by rhetoric, research and reform and its implications for social justice, pedagogy, and practice. ________________________________________________________________________ This work is about the sociology of race and the paradigms that have shaped our theoretical and empirical work and, as a consequence, our understanding, pedagogy, and the pursuit of justice. As with all science, sociology is embedded in social context and sociologists, like all humans, are bound by their cultural past, products of a society that has socially constructed race, sometimes nobly and sometimes ignobly. i Because the bulk of the work collectively known as the sociology of race deals with black-white relations, we use race and race relations in this same restricted sense unless otherwise noted or made contextually evident. Paradigms are targeted at specific audiences, define the problems to be studied, include methodological directives, and imply solutions in the realm of science and in the real world. They also make their way into textbooks, framing the problems for perpetuity. We will use the term paradigm on two levels: both to denote