Publication Type: Traditional Presentation
Abstract: The focus of this presentation is sustainability education and its role in improving the chances of all things to live together on planet earth. It presents two examples of how universities and colleges of education can support sustainability education.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Members of the ``long civic generation," or the cohort that came of age around the time of World War II, were especially avid ``joiners," whether in the US or other industrialized countries. The reason for this, however, is not well understood. This paper develops and tests a general theory of how international war affects postwar levels of civic engagement. It argues that the state, through wartime mobilization, expands opportunities for work and participation, thus offering important opportunities for citizens' social learning. This learning, in turn, promotes higher levels of voluntary participation that persists long after the shooting ends. The study tests this proposition using both within-country and cross-country quantitative analysis of thirteen countries affected by World War II.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Recent research focusing on the social networks of injection drug users (IDUs) has provided considerable insight into how the structures of interpersonal relationships among IDUs affect risk behaviors such as needle-sharing. The majority of these studies, however, have characterized IDUs’ social networks with cross-sectional data. Using data from a longitudinal study of injection drug users, the goals of the present paper are to test a series of hypotheses that may explain why some relationships remain stable over time while others dissolve. The hypotheses were developed from assumptions regarding the nature of social exchange in small groups and the generation of social capital.
The study used a multilevel logistic regression analysis to test hypotheses at both the relational and individual level on relationship stability. Among the more salient hypotheses tested at the relationship level, we postulated that relationships in which respondents report both giving and receiving services and goods in balance would be more stable over time than those in which the exchange of goods and services is not reciprocated. At the individual level, we hypothesized that an individual IDU’s personal resources would be positively associated with the stability of their social relationships over time. A systematic matching of names and demographic characteristics of network contacts identified at baseline and follow-up determined that of the 9,861 relationships reported at baseline, 4,251 (44 percent) were reported again at either or both follow-up interviews. At both the relationship and individual level, we found support for some but not all of our hypothesized associations.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This essay suggests a strategy for teaching political philosophy. In response to the usual difficulties in capturing the interest of students and in an attempt to guide them through a detailed consideration of a political theory, a two-step approach is suggested. First the student’s attention is directed to the contemporary relevance of the questions posed by the classical political theorists, and then, a simple model of the internal structure of a political theory is used in order to facilitate the analysis and comparison between theories.

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