Does Shame Always Go Hand in Hand With Povert...

Cees van der Eijk gives a talk for the Sociology seminar series. Cees van der Eijk discusses teaching quantitative methods, focussing on the need in successful methods teaching to locate methods topics in (a) the context of substantive research questions and examples, but also (b ...  عرض المزيد

Chris Zorn discusses teaching quantitative methods focussing on (a) integrating contemporary data science approaches into undergraduate instruction, and (b) using "big data" examples to generate and maintain students' interest. 

What's the best way to help people stuck in poverty get out of poverty? Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, shows where conservatives and progressives differ. 

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the world's poorest country, with a large majority of its 70 million citizens living in absolute poverty. For a long time, poverty in Africa has been seen as a purely humanitarian issue. But could the answer just be good economic management ...  عرض المزيد

Qu’est-ce que le poverty porn ? Merci d'avoir posé la question ! On peut traduire “poverty porn” par “pornographie de la misère”. Une expression provocante pour dénoncer la manière dont est représentée la pauvreté, dans les films, à la télévision, ou sur les réseaux sociaux. L’e ...  عرض المزيد

The paradox of poverty amidst plenty has plagued the United States throughout the 21st century--why should the wealthiest country in the world also have the highest rates of poverty among the industrialized nations? Based on his decades-long research and scholarship, one of the n ...  عرض المزيد