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...Emergence of American Political Economy 1790-1840--Janet Riesman. Robinson Hall Downstairs Seminar Room...
...David Riesman '31, professor of sociology emeritus, says the 1960s brought on a counter-culture movement, offering special interest groups the "freedom to begin expressing" themselves. According to the official list of student organizations, ethnic and special interest groups comprise approximately a third--67 out of 184--of student groups...
David Michael '87, the former chairman of the Student Advisory Committee at the Institute of Politics agrees with Riesman, saying that "the activism of the 1960s and 1970s set a precedent" for increased student involvement in special interest groups...
...fact, Riesman says, students may join a special interest group precisely because they know they will be taken seriously. He says, "Students may be more active now in an effort to reject an image of themselves as only being interested in themselves...
...only did the 1960s spur students into joining community causes, but it witnessed a counter-culture movement which translated into "a reaction against homogenity and a desire for distinctiveness," Riesman says...