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Author Archives: Double take Sociology
Making Sense of January 6th: What We Know About Why Mobs Emerge
I just posted this on the Wicked Problems, Wicked Solutions blog. I’m including the first couple of paragraphs below. Here’s the link to the complete post. On January 6,2021, I watched with millions of other Americans as Trump supporters stormed … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, collective action, Donald Trump, emotion, frustration, insurrection, January 6th, Mike Pence, mobs, Nancy Pelosi, political extremism, political polarization, political violence, siege on U.S. Capitol, social media, social movements, social sciences, sociology, violence
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Protests and Pressure: Why is Trump Responding to the Black Lives Matter Movement Now?
This first appeared on the Wicked Problems, Wicked Solutions blog. Today, Donald Trump is scheduled to sign an executive order on police reform. According to senior White House officials, the order will create a database to track police officers with histories of … Continue reading
Galentine’s Day has become a thing – why hasn’t Malentine’s Day? — Wicked Problems, Wicked Solutions
On Feb. 13, women will celebrate Galentine’s Day, a holiday trumpeting the joys of female friendships. The holiday can trace its origins to a 2010 episode of “Parks and Rec,” in which the main character, Leslie Knope, decides that the … Continue reading
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Trump’s Tweets: What Do They Mean for Civil Conversations? — Wicked Problems, Wicked Solutions
Arguably, Trump will go down in history for his catch phrases and unconventional political use of Twitter. It is not clear, however, whether historians will be kind to him – or us – when they look back at our political … Continue reading
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The Joe Biden Moment: How Social Movements Can Capitalize on the Problems of Political Parties — Wicked Problems, Wicked Solutions
So far, the response has been mixed. Some Democrats have urged the party to come down “hard” on Biden, noting that this is the only way to get him to change his behavior. Others argue downplay Biden as “touchy-feely” and … Continue reading
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Sex and Love in the Digital Age — Wicked Problems, Wicked Solutions
The point here is that while America may be caught in a sex recession, there is reason to believe that digital technologies also deepen our connections – and we simply have not observed and named the phenomena yet. In a … Continue reading
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There’s More to Women’s Political Participation than Voting
Check out my post for undergraduates on women’s political participation in the U.S. here on the Wicked Problems, Wicked Solutions blog.
Constructing Narratives about the Political Fortunes of Women in 2018
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By Deana A. Rohlinger, Ph.D. Journalists and data junkies alike are gleefully dissecting the gender gap and what it potentially means for the mid-term elections generally and the political fortunes of women specifically. Number-cruncher extraordinaire,…
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Teacher Strikes: Why Now?
In February 2018, 34,000 West Virginia teachers went on strike and shut down every school in the state. The strike lasted nine days and ended when Governor Jim Justice committed to veto all the anti-union legislation and gave teachers a … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, arizona, Donald Trump, kentucky, Occupy Movement, oklahoma, Tea Party Movement, teacher strikes, west virginia
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