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SUMMARY:The Persistence of Racial Inequality
DESCRIPTION:The seemingly intractable problem of racial inequality in the United States—despite periods of tremendous progress—is evident in numerous measures of disparity (poverty rates\, educational achievement\, household net worth\, homicide and imprisonment rates\, and much more). The question is why racial inequality persists. \nOn October 14\, 2020\, Alondra Nelson\, president of the Social Science Research Council; Joshua Cohen\, academic faculty\, Apple University; Francis Fukuyama\, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow\, Freeman Spogli Institute\, Stanford University; and Glenn C. Loury\, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences\, Brown University\, considered this question and discussed social policy remedies to promote racial equality and the flourishing of Black Americans\, in a conversation moderated by Margaret Levi\, director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS). \n\nThis event was hosted by CASBS in partnership with the Social Science Research Council’s Inequality Initiative and the Center on Democracy\, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University\, as part of CASBS’s Social Science for a World in Crisis series.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/the-persistence-of-racial-inequality/
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SUMMARY:REIMAGINING SCHOOLS
DESCRIPTION:The Social Science Research Council and SAGE Publishing are pleased to present the first of a series of conversations—REIMAGINING SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS—a public forum focused on the work of cultivating equitable\, anti-racist social institutions. The first event in the series\, REIMAGINING SCHOOLS\, will feature several prominent experts of inequality in higher education. \nFeaturing: \nPrudence L. Carter\nE.H. and Mary E. Pardee Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Education\nUniversity of California\, Berkeley\nUnited States \nPawan Dhingra\nProfessor of American Studies and Faculty Equity and Inclusion Officer\nAmherst College\nUnited States \nNasima Hassan\nAcademic and author\nUnited Kingdom \nModerated by Alondra Nelson\nPresident\, Global Publishing\nSAGE Publishing \nIntroduced by Ziyad Marar\nPresident\, Social Science Research Council\nHarold F. Linder Professor\, Institute for Advanced Study \nThis program is presented as part of the Social Science Research Council’s Inequality Initiative\, a series of programs and projects that bring innovative social science analysis to bear on our understanding of the roots and consequences of unequal participation in political\, economic\, and social systems across the globe. \nWatch the Event \nAbout the Speakers\nPrudence L. Carter is the E.H. and Mary E. Pardee Professor and dean of the Graduate School of Education at Berkeley. Dean Carter’s expertise centers on issues of youth identity and race\, class\, and gender; urban poverty; social and cultural inequality; the sociology of education; and mixed research methods. Specifically\, she examines academic and mobility differences shaped by the effects of race\, ethnicity\, class\, and gender. Dean Carter earned a PhD in sociology from Columbia University. She is author of Keepin’ It Real: School Success beyond Black and White and Stubborn Roots: Race\, Culture\, and Inequality in U.S. and South African Schools. Before being named dean at Berkeley\, she was the Jacks Family Professor of Education and professor of sociology (by courtesy) at Stanford University. Dean Carter is an elected member of the National Academy of Education and the Sociological Research Association and a fellow of the American Educational Research Association. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for the William T. Grant Foundation and SOAR for Youth. \nPawan Dhingra is professor of American studies and faculty equity and inclusion officer at Amherst College. He is a former curator at the Smithsonian Institution. He has been published in the New York Times\, CNN\, and elsewhere\, and his work has been profiled in the Washington Post\, the Wall Street Journal\, National Public Radio\, the White House forum on AAPI heritage\, and other venues. He is a multiple award-winning author whose latest book is Hyper Education: Why Good Schools\, Good Grades\, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough\, which author Min Jin Lee described as a “fascinating exploration [that] gets to the root of education obsessions.” He also appears in the Netflix documentary Spelling the Dream. An award-winning teacher\, he has held tenured positions at Tufts University and Oberlin College. \nNasima Hassan\, originally from Lancashire\, has worked in secondary school teaching humanities\, in teacher training\, and in strategic management in higher education. She has worked extensively overseas supporting teachers’ professional development in India (Bangalore)\, South Africa (Kwazulu Natal)\, and most recently in conjunction with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Malaysia. She has published on the education system in South Africa\, faith schools\, and the schooling experience of British Muslims. Her doctoral thesis explored the concept of “Muslim consciousness” through a philosophical and political exploration of identity construction. She is coauthor\, with Tomas Boronski\, of Sociology of Education.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/reimagining-schools/
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SUMMARY:Electoral Anxieties: November 3rd and Its Aftermaths
DESCRIPTION:The stresses and strains on US democracy\, building over decades\, have reached an apex with the upcoming presidential election in ways that are unprecedented and daunting. Real fears of voter suppression\, unfounded suspicions of voter fraud\, and the effects of disinformation hover over November 3\, 2020. Genuine uncertainty characterizes what may follow. Will the results be accepted? Will a transition be orderly if the incumbent loses? \nIn recent years\, the SSRC Anxieties of Democracy program has been preoccupied with the long-term fracturing of the democratic status quo\, and what can be done to both secure and deepen democracy in ways that serve the public good. This roundtable brings into conversation three experts who bring diverse historical\, structural\, and comparative perspectives on democratic anxieties in the United States and elsewhere\, as well as keen insight into the moment we are now experiencing. Professors Han\, Levitsky\, and Pildes will give “lightning talks” on electoral and constitutional law\, social mobilization and political participation\, and how the current American electoral maelstrom looks in light of the fragility of democracies around the globe. Following initial questions to the panelists from AOD advisory committee co-chairs John Ferejohn and Deborah Yashar\, SSRC President Alondra Nelson will then moderate a discussion on which anxieties most deserve our focus\, and what might be done to strengthen American democracy in the immediate and long-term aftermath of November 3\, 2020.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/electoral-anxieties-november-3rd-and-its-aftermaths/
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SUMMARY:Electoral Anxieties: November 3rd and Its Aftermaths
DESCRIPTION:In conversation with SSRC president Alondra Nelson and Anxieties of Democracy program Advisory Committee co-chairs John Ferejohn (New York University) and Deborah Yashar (Princeton University) \n\n\n\nWatch the Roundtable\n \nAbout the Roundtable\nThe stresses and strains on US democracy\, building over decades\, have reached an apex with the upcoming presidential election in ways that are unprecedented and daunting. Real fears of voter suppression\, unfounded suspicions of voter fraud\, and the effects of disinformation hover over November 3\, 2020. Genuine uncertainty characterizes what may follow. Will the results be accepted? Will a transition be orderly if the incumbent loses? \nIn recent years\, the SSRC Anxieties of Democracy program has been preoccupied with the long-term fracturing of the democratic status quo\, and what can be done to both secure and deepen democracy in ways that serve the public good. This roundtable brings into conversation three experts who bring diverse historical\, structural\, and comparative perspectives on democratic anxieties in the United States and elsewhere\, as well as keen insight into the moment we are now experiencing. Professors Han\, Levitsky\, and Pildes will give “lightning talks” on electoral and constitutional law\, social mobilization and political participation\, and how the current American electoral maelstrom looks in light of the fragility of democracies around the globe. Following initial questions to the panelists from AOD advisory committee co-chairs John Ferejohn and Deborah Yashar\, SSRC President Alondra Nelson will then moderate a discussion on which anxieties most deserve our focus\, and what might be done to strengthen American democracy in the immediate and long-term aftermath of November 3\, 2020.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/electoral-anxieties-november-3rd-and-its-aftermaths-2/
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SUMMARY:Abe Global 2020 | Work-Life Balance in the Covid Age: Can the United States and Japan Meet the Challenges?
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nIn 2013\, standing before the UN General Assembly\, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo declared his intention to create a “Japan in which women can shine.” The government program\, which came to be known as “womenomics\,” was a central part of “Abenomics\,” the Prime Minister’s plan to revitalize the Japanese economy after several decades of stagnation. Womenomics was one of the key programs to deal with a confluence of problems: a rapidly ageing society\, a decline in the working age (15-64) population as the “baby boom” cohort retired\, and declining marriage and fertility rates. Decline in the working population was placing increasing pressure on social welfare schemes\, as smaller numbers of workers had to support a growing number of retirees. \nWomenomics aimed to increase female participation in the labor force. The policies which included generous time off for maternity and childcare\, an increase in subsidized child care capacity and paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers\, made it possible for women to return to the work force after giving birth and led to a steady increase in the female labor participation rate which was just 66.5% in 2000\, but had risen steadily\, reaching 78.9% in 2018\, a rate that was higher than that of the United States. \nThe hard-won gains of the Womenomics policies have been called into question with the advent of the Covid epidemic. In Japan\, as in the United States\, schools were temporarily closed causing a crisis for families with young children. Women\, who had become accustomed to busy lives in which they somehow “balanced” work with family and childcare obligations\, found themselves facing a more difficult struggle to meet both family and work obligations simultaneously. In both countries\, essential workers in many sectors of the economy were forced to make choices\, with implications for their health\, their families’ economic stability\, and the functioning of local and national economies. \nThe Covid crisis lifted a veil\, revealing the fragile base supporting the gains in gender equality in both countries\, leaving women to wonder if the gains they had made in the hard-fought struggles for gender equality were all going to disappear. The 2020 Abe Fellows Global Forum will review the gains made in the struggle for gender equality over the last decade\, and consider the challenges facing both Japan and the United States and the differential impact of the pandemic as a result of differences in education\, marital status\, occupation\, and race. Our speakers will address these issues\, considering what needs to be done to ensure progress toward greater gender equality—a gender equality based on a work-life balance that allows both women and men to share the pleasures and burdens of a life that truly balances work and private life. The speakers will also share ideas of what Japan and the United States can learn from each other. \nAbe Global 2020 is held in partnership with the 21st Century Japan Politics and Society Initiative at Indiana University and New America’s Better Life Lab. \n  \nAn initiative of the Abe Fellowship Program\, the Abe Fellows Global Forum (Abe Global) brings Abe Fellow research and expertise on pressing issues of global concern to broader audiences. Abe Global hosts events each year in partnership with academic and civic organizations. The Abe Fellowship Program is a partnership between the Social Science Research Council and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/abe-global-2020-work-life-balance-in-the-covid-age-can-the-united-states-and-japan-meet-the-challenges/
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