{"id":1472,"date":"2012-11-24T12:37:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-24T17:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2014-04-01T11:19:48","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T16:19:48","slug":"friday-roundup-november-23-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2012\/11\/24\/friday-roundup-november-23-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Roundup: November 23, 2012 (A Day Late)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Living in the past!<\/h3>\n

A vegetarian, I can’t blame tryptophan. Thus, it must be some sort of “tater-drunk hangover”—or a strong desire not to step on Chris’s excellent post from yesterday—that brings this Friday Roundup on a Saturday. Let’s all just pretend it’s yesterday and enjoy what The Society Pages offered up in a cornucopia (Sm\u00f6rg\u00e5sbord?)\u00a0of social science goodness this week.<\/p>\n

The Editors’ Desk:<\/h3>\n

“Guest Post: Foreign Aid to Local NGOs—Good Intentions, Bad Policy<\/a>,” by\u00a0Kendra Dupuy,\u00a0James Ron, and\u00a0Aseem Prakash\u00a0for\u00a0OpenDemocracy.net. In which political scientists consider the local-level involvement of international NGOs.<\/p>\n

“Design Time<\/a>,” by Chris Uggen. In which our editor notes that inspiration needn’t be plagiarism (just don’t claim you wrote “Don’t Stop Believin'”).<\/p>\n

Citings & Sightings:<\/h3>\n

“Half a Million Held Back<\/a>,” by Letta Page. In which U of M research explores the timing and geographic distribution of grade school “retentions.”<\/p>\n

“September and October Media Awards for Measured Social Science<\/a>,” by Hollie Nyseth Brehm. In which we continue to catch up with belated awards, drawing attention to excellent pieces from the Wall Street Journal<\/em> (looking at the “missing prisoner” problem in survey research) and\u00a0TIME’s\u00a0<\/em>online Health and Family<\/em> section (which wondered why a presidential candidate would link single moms to gun violence).<\/p>\n

“Miracles<\/a>,” by Hollie Nyseth Brehm. In which Christmas miracles are real for a growing number of Americans of all religious (or non-religious) inclinations.<\/p>\n

Teaching TSP:<\/h3>\n

“American Immigration<\/a>,” by Hollie Nyseth Brehm. In which a TSP roundtable and a PBS quiz on immigration are employed to get students grappling with immigration’s complexities.<\/p>\n

Contexts:<\/h3>\n

The latest issue of Contexts<\/em> (the American Sociological Association’s public outreach journal) is now available, and many of its pieces are online. Here are a few to whet your appetite for the full issue.<\/p>\n