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Happy Friday and welcome back! This week we’ve got a new special feature on diversity and wealth in the U.S. Congress, social science research on the migration of unaccompanied minors, and how social media can be a double-edged sword.<\/p>\nHappy Friday and welcome back! This week we’ve got a new special feature on diversity and wealth in the U.S. Congress, social science research on the migration of unaccompanied minors, and how social media can be a double-edged sword.<\/p>\n
“Diversity and Wealth in Congress Today<\/a>,” by Richard Zweigenhaft<\/a>. In our latest feature,\u00a0Zweigenhaft examines how the diversity of Congress and the wealth of its members has changed over time.<\/p>\n “The Rationale and Risks of Child Migration<\/a>,” by Lucas Lynch<\/a>. In light of recent media attention on unaccompanied minors who migrate to the United States, we rounded up social science research on the difficult decision to migrate and the experiences of those who do.<\/p>\n “Spelling Bees to Secure Straight ‘A\u2019s’<\/a>,” by\u00a0Neeraj Rajasekar<\/a>. New research in\u00a0The Sociological Quarterly\u00a0<\/em>finds that a belief in the need to competitive in the modern world drives many Asian-American parents to emphasize educational success for their children.<\/p>\n “How Class Privilege Shaped Kavanaugh<\/a>,” by\u00a0Caity Curry.<\/a>\u00a0In an\u00a0op-ed\u00a0<\/a>for\u00a0The Washington Post<\/i>,\u00a0Shamus Khan<\/a>\u00a0provides his take on how class privilege shaped many of Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n “Social Media is a Double-Edged Sword<\/a>,” by Allison J. Steinke<\/a>.\u00a0In an\u00a0article<\/a> published by\u00a0MIT Technology Review<\/i>,\u00a0Zeynep Tufekci<\/a>\u00a0uses\u00a0her research\u00a0on political upheaval and social media to show how digital connectivity can enable large-scale movements but also has a \u201cdark side.\u201d<\/p>\n “Who Gets to Change the Subject?<\/a>” by\u00a0Evan Stewart<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Nonviolent Protests and the Formation of Democracies<\/a>,” by Hannah N. Kleman<\/a>.<\/p>\n “How Marital Transitions Affect Perceptions about Family Caregiving Responsibilities<\/a>,” by\u00a0Lawrence H. Ganong<\/a> and Marilyn Coleman<\/a>.<\/p>\n Happy Friday and welcome back! This week we’ve got a new special feature on diversity and wealth in the U.S. Congress, social science research on the migration of unaccompanied minors, and how social media can be a double-edged sword. Special Feature: “Diversity and Wealth in Congress Today,” by Richard Zweigenhaft. In our latest feature,\u00a0Zweigenhaft examines […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2020,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17672],"tags":[33309,12722,12802],"class_list":["post-5302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friday-roundup","tag-friday-roundup","tag-roundup","tag-weekly-roundup"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5302"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5308,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5302\/revisions\/5308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}There\u2019s Research on That!<\/a>:<\/h3>\n
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