Word: sociologists
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...University of Indonesia sociologist Thamrin Amal Tomagola says Jakarta's recent truce with rebels in formerly restive Aceh province has inspired Papuans to take to the streets in hopes of securing similar concessions. Indeed, maintaining the status quo in Papua might no longer be an option. "Jakarta must change the way it handles Papua and listen to people's complaints," says Thamrin. "Otherwise the violence will continue and get worse every time it breaks...
...does not take a sociologist or economist to understand that sanctions are not toppling the regime's leaders. They are merely causing more hardship and suffering among the very people the West wishes to help, and forcing refugees to flee Burma's borders into neighboring countries. Sanctions are tools without teeth. Surely engagement and the promotion of a market economy would prove to be much more feasible. Edward Lim Singapore...
...next time you see the words “Riesman Center” written on the Hillel façade, don’t let anyone tell you that it’s named after noted sociologist David Riesman. It has everything to do with your blushing future hubby...
...course, taught by Palmer in Spring 2004, was attended by more than 600 students. During each lecture, students grilled prominent activists and world leaders—including physician and anthropologist Paul Farmer, well-known sociologist Juliet Schor, and left-leaning historian Howard Zinn—about their work and their visions for social change...
...medium of TV and of fitting all of these life stories and generational stories into four hours of TV is just an amazingly ambitious project,” said Lawrence-Lightfoot, a sociologist by training, who said that she is used to studying personal histories for months at a time...