Word: social
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...breakdown of marriage that the social inequality of wives is most visible," Okin said...
...told you so. (9) Now, he suggests, instead of seeking government-initiated change, would-be reformers should look to negotiations between major groups in South African society. Pointing to Venezuela and Malaysia as examples, Huntington suggests that arrangements negotiated between leaders can enforce stability, and limit in advance any social or economic restructuring in a post-transformation regime...
Nevertheless, proportional representation by race must be considered by both in order to move America toward social justice, Bell said...
Only a mass, integrated anti-racist response can stem this tide of racist violence. Racist terror is an integral feature of capitalism and it must be smashed by the social power of the working class united with the intended victims of race terror and all anti-racist fighters...
...Federal entitlement payments that are dished out to citizens regardless of their financial need rose from $200 billion in 1979 to $400 billion in 1986, observes former Commerce Secretary Peter Peterson. Like many budget critics, Peterson advocates a so-called means test to make sure that such benefits as Social Security and Medicare go only to those who really need them. The number of senior citizens, for example, has grown significantly in recent years, but the group's poverty rate is edging downward (from 13.9% in 1978 to 12.4% last year). One type of means test would cut off benefits...