{"id":5903,"date":"2019-10-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=5903"},"modified":"2019-10-25T08:29:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T13:29:39","slug":"tsps-weekly-roundup-october-25-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2019\/10\/25\/tsps-weekly-roundup-october-25-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"TSP&#8217;s Weekly Roundup: October 25, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2019\/10\/TSP-Weekly-Update-2019.10.25-600x338.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2019\/10\/TSP-Weekly-Update-2019.10.25-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2019\/10\/TSP-Weekly-Update-2019.10.25-330x186.png 330w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2019\/10\/TSP-Weekly-Update-2019.10.25-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2019\/10\/TSP-Weekly-Update-2019.10.25.png 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome back! This week, we explain how colleges use sports to jockey with peer institutions for prestige and status, and we feature new research on police militarization and why women say no to leadership opportunities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/\">There\u2019s Research on That!<\/a>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2019\/10\/23\/why-elite-colleges-keep-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why Elite Colleges Keep Sports<\/a>&#8221; by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/people\/deornellas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jean Marie Maier<\/a>. US colleges continue to invest in costly sports programs for many reasons that have little to do with making money. We gathered social science research to better understand the motivations underlying colleges&#8217; huge investment in athletics. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/\">Discoveries<\/a>:  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/2019\/10\/21\/is-your-town-getting-tanked\/\" target=\"_blank\">Is Your Town Getting Tanked?<\/a>&#8221; by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/people\/ryanlarson\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Larson<\/a>.&nbsp;New research in&nbsp;<em>Criminology<\/em>&nbsp;investigates what&nbsp;factors make community law enforcement agencies more likely to participate in a Department of Defense program that provides military equipment to police and sheriff&#8217;s departments.&nbsp;<br><br>&#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/2019\/10\/24\/gendered-risk-and-leadership-ambitions\" target=\"_blank\">Gendered Risk and Leadership Ambitions<\/a>&#8221; by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/people\/deornellas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jean Marie Maier<\/a>.&nbsp;New experimental research in <em>Social Psychology Quarterly<\/em>&nbsp;shows that anticipating harsh consequences for failure may be one reason women turn down leadership opportunities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Our Partners:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/\">Council on Contemporary Families<\/a>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/2019\/10\/22\/mothering-while-black\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mothering While Black<\/a>&#8221; by Dawn Marie Dow.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sociological Images<\/a>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2019\/10\/24\/political-ads-no-filter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Political Ads, No Filter<\/a>&#8221; by Evan Stewart.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2019\/10\/21\/the-design-divide-tools-vs-appliances\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Design Divide: Tools vs. Appliances<\/a>&#8221; by Evan Stewart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And from the Community Pages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/\">C<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/holocaust-genocide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enter for Holocaust and Genocide Stud<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/holocaust-genocide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ies<\/a>&nbsp;discusses <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/holocaust-genocide\/daddy-who-was-franco-the-grave-of-the-dictator-and-spains-memory-problem-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Franco&#8217;s legacy and&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/holocaust-genocide\/daddy-who-was-franco-the-grave-of-the-dictator-and-spains-memory-problem-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spain&#8217;s struggle to confront&nbsp;its difficult past<\/a>,&nbsp;and penetrates <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/holocaust-genocide\/reflections-on-cambodia-the-biannual-iags-conference-in-phnom-penh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cambodia&#8217;s&nbsp;veneer of economic and infrastructural progress<\/a>&nbsp;to reveal the lingering effects of mass violence.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2019\/10\/18\/tsps-weekly-roundup-october-18-2019\/\">Last Week\u2019s Roundup<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/roundup\">Sign Up for Inbox Delivery of the Roundup<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><a href=\"http:\/\/books.wwnorton.com\/books\/book-template.aspx?ser=The+Society+Pages\">TSP Edited Volumes<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back! This week, we explain how colleges use sports to jockey with peer institutions for prestige and status, and we feature new research on police militarization and why women say no to leadership opportunities.&nbsp; There\u2019s Research on That!: &#8220;Why Elite Colleges Keep Sports&#8221; by Jean Marie Maier. 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