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...just in the United States, but also internationally.” In the past 30 years, Skocpol has delved into a wide variety of political fields ranging from international politics involving the causes of revolutions and peasant revolts to domestic issues pertaining to public policy and American civic life. Robert D. Putnam, last year’s Skytte Prize winner and the Malkin professor of public policy, said that her work emphasized the influence of the state on political life—an issue that had been largely ignored when scholars took more psychological and sociological approaches to political science...
...expect the Review to provide a shopping list.According to Li, the first issue of the review will not review games at all, but rather address them in a more scholarly light, covering topics such as games and learning, the concept of value in virtual worlds, and the political and civic impact of video games. GAMING IN THE LABORATORYA number of professors have agreed to contribute to the Review, touting the positive benefits and principles that can be gained from video games and the example that they set.“It is important to realize that video game playing...
What has also been confirmed is that the region's sacred places have been serving civic purposes without regard to anybody's religion. Even religious groups that proselytize by tradition have responded to the disaster by collaborating across once deep religious, racial and socioeconomic divides. "When it comes to serving the needy, we don't proselytize," says the Rev. Travis Scruggs, the minister of home relief and recovery for the First Baptist Church of New Orleans, who is known around town as the "Disaster Pastor." "We love people the way Christ loved them, without turning anyone away. Actions speak louder...
...know from my days in 2001 as the first director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, many well-meaning people harbor legitimate concerns about government's partnering with religious groups, even if solely to expand good works. That may be because the civic significance of what faith-based organizations do is little noticed or just taken for granted...
...additional proposal. At one point during my time in the White House, we discussed moving the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives from Washington and into a low-income urban community where it could practice what the President preached about the Federal Government's helping sacred places serve civic purposes in ways that respect constitutional principles and produce measurable results. The Bush Administration should consider relocating my former office to New Orleans. In both symbol and in substance, that would be a real faith-based initiative...