Ivan Light received a bachelor's in history from Harvard College in 1963, then attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a doctor's degree in sociology in 1969. He was professor of sociology at UCLA until his retirement in 2008. He continues to research,write and publish in academic fields to which he has previously contributed, His first book of historical fiction (Deadly Secret of the Lusitania) appeared in 2015. Supervisors: Reinhard Bendix, John A. Clausen, Martin Trow, Anselm Straus, Harold Wilensky
... Race, ethnicity, and entrepreneurship in urban America. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author:... more ... Race, ethnicity, and entrepreneurship in urban America. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Light, Ivan Hubert. Author: Rosenstein, Carolyn Nancy. PUBLISHER: Aldine de Gruyter (New York). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1995. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 0202305058 ). ...
... For certain countries farther east and south, especially Russia, Poland ... and early twenti-... more ... For certain countries farther east and south, especially Russia, Poland ... and early twenti-eth centuries, an essential component of their nationalist identities.1 Is there any possibility that ethnic hostility on such a level could be directed toward the Chinese in Southeast Asia by ...
Book-length study of black, Chinese, and Japanese self-employment in northern cities of the Unite... more Book-length study of black, Chinese, and Japanese self-employment in northern cities of the United States, 1880-1940, Self-employment is explained as a product of moral communities resulting from migration networks.
Max Weber insisted that followers grant charismatic authority, but he did not address the cultura... more Max Weber insisted that followers grant charismatic authority, but he did not address the cultural prerequisites that enable leaders to acquire it from them. Prophecy is the royal road. When a prophetic tradition has taught people to expect saviors in times of crisis, believers are primed to award charismatic authority to someone who resembles their expectation. The case of Donald Trump illustrates the importance of prophecy on the bestowal of charismatic authority. Within the Republican Party, two distinct prophetic traditions validated Trump’s salvific mission, thus enabling him to acquire power of command. Adhering to Biblical prophecy, conservative Protestants identified Donald Trump as God’s agent in preparation for the return of Jesus Christ. Also within the Republican Party, adhering to developmental economics, secular conservatives identified Donald Trump as a heroic entrepreneur whose vigor would restore America’s greatness. Because of Trump’s striking resemblance to Batman, the comic superhero’s many fans also had prior ideational access to Trump’s salvific mission. In the United States, the messianic prophecy of a tough-guy entrepreneur can derive from sacred culture, academic culture, popular culture, or from all three. The confluence produced a voter bloc primed to award charismatic authority to Trump.
Israel and the United States are among the five nations of the world that encourage foreigners to... more Israel and the United States are among the five nations of the world that encourage foreigners to migrate to settle and then to accept citizenship. This common policy causes common problems and experiences in both countries.... This book...opens the ...discussion about how Israel and the USA deal with immigration and how they are transformed by it. Approaching the discussion from the point of view of contemporary immigration research [it] prioritizes the economic processes of immigrant insertion in Israel and the USA immigrant absorption and assimilation in both countries policy debates and women immigrants for extended treatment. (EXCERPT)
To many who hear, the deaf world is as foreign as a country never visited.Deaf World thus concern... more To many who hear, the deaf world is as foreign as a country never visited.Deaf World thus concerns itself less with the perspectives of the hearing and more with what Deaf people themselves think and do. Editor Lois Bragg asserts that English is for many signing people a second, infrequently used language and that Deaf culture is the socially transmitted pattern of behavior, values, beliefs, and expression of those who use American Sign Language. She has assembled an astonishing array of historical sources, political writings, and personal memoirs, from classic 19th-century manifestos to contemporary policy papers, on everything from eugenics to speech and lipreading, the right to work and marry, and the never-ending controversy over separation vs. social integration. At the heart of many of the selections lies the belief that Deaf Americans have long constituted an internal colony of sorts in the United States.While not attempting to speak for Deaf people en masse, this ambitious platform anthology places the Deaf on center stage, offering them an opportunity to represent the world--theirs as well as the hearing world--from a Deaf perspective. For Deaf readers, the book will be welcomed as a gift, both a companion to be savored and, as often, an opponent to be engaged and debated. And for the hearing, it serves as an unprecedented guide to a world and a culture so often overlooked.Comprising a judicious mix of published pieces and original essays solicited specifically for this volume, Deaf World marks a major contribution.
In the 1980s, African American customers and Korean merchants came into frequent conflict in majo... more In the 1980s, African American customers and Korean merchants came into frequent conflict in major American cities. This paper argues that once the symbolic conflict was compromised, there remained a perceived conflict of interest that would be unresolved.
... Race, ethnicity, and entrepreneurship in urban America. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author:... more ... Race, ethnicity, and entrepreneurship in urban America. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Light, Ivan Hubert. Author: Rosenstein, Carolyn Nancy. PUBLISHER: Aldine de Gruyter (New York). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1995. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 0202305058 ). ...
... For certain countries farther east and south, especially Russia, Poland ... and early twenti-... more ... For certain countries farther east and south, especially Russia, Poland ... and early twenti-eth centuries, an essential component of their nationalist identities.1 Is there any possibility that ethnic hostility on such a level could be directed toward the Chinese in Southeast Asia by ...
Book-length study of black, Chinese, and Japanese self-employment in northern cities of the Unite... more Book-length study of black, Chinese, and Japanese self-employment in northern cities of the United States, 1880-1940, Self-employment is explained as a product of moral communities resulting from migration networks.
Max Weber insisted that followers grant charismatic authority, but he did not address the cultura... more Max Weber insisted that followers grant charismatic authority, but he did not address the cultural prerequisites that enable leaders to acquire it from them. Prophecy is the royal road. When a prophetic tradition has taught people to expect saviors in times of crisis, believers are primed to award charismatic authority to someone who resembles their expectation. The case of Donald Trump illustrates the importance of prophecy on the bestowal of charismatic authority. Within the Republican Party, two distinct prophetic traditions validated Trump’s salvific mission, thus enabling him to acquire power of command. Adhering to Biblical prophecy, conservative Protestants identified Donald Trump as God’s agent in preparation for the return of Jesus Christ. Also within the Republican Party, adhering to developmental economics, secular conservatives identified Donald Trump as a heroic entrepreneur whose vigor would restore America’s greatness. Because of Trump’s striking resemblance to Batman, the comic superhero’s many fans also had prior ideational access to Trump’s salvific mission. In the United States, the messianic prophecy of a tough-guy entrepreneur can derive from sacred culture, academic culture, popular culture, or from all three. The confluence produced a voter bloc primed to award charismatic authority to Trump.
Israel and the United States are among the five nations of the world that encourage foreigners to... more Israel and the United States are among the five nations of the world that encourage foreigners to migrate to settle and then to accept citizenship. This common policy causes common problems and experiences in both countries.... This book...opens the ...discussion about how Israel and the USA deal with immigration and how they are transformed by it. Approaching the discussion from the point of view of contemporary immigration research [it] prioritizes the economic processes of immigrant insertion in Israel and the USA immigrant absorption and assimilation in both countries policy debates and women immigrants for extended treatment. (EXCERPT)
To many who hear, the deaf world is as foreign as a country never visited.Deaf World thus concern... more To many who hear, the deaf world is as foreign as a country never visited.Deaf World thus concerns itself less with the perspectives of the hearing and more with what Deaf people themselves think and do. Editor Lois Bragg asserts that English is for many signing people a second, infrequently used language and that Deaf culture is the socially transmitted pattern of behavior, values, beliefs, and expression of those who use American Sign Language. She has assembled an astonishing array of historical sources, political writings, and personal memoirs, from classic 19th-century manifestos to contemporary policy papers, on everything from eugenics to speech and lipreading, the right to work and marry, and the never-ending controversy over separation vs. social integration. At the heart of many of the selections lies the belief that Deaf Americans have long constituted an internal colony of sorts in the United States.While not attempting to speak for Deaf people en masse, this ambitious platform anthology places the Deaf on center stage, offering them an opportunity to represent the world--theirs as well as the hearing world--from a Deaf perspective. For Deaf readers, the book will be welcomed as a gift, both a companion to be savored and, as often, an opponent to be engaged and debated. And for the hearing, it serves as an unprecedented guide to a world and a culture so often overlooked.Comprising a judicious mix of published pieces and original essays solicited specifically for this volume, Deaf World marks a major contribution.
In the 1980s, African American customers and Korean merchants came into frequent conflict in majo... more In the 1980s, African American customers and Korean merchants came into frequent conflict in major American cities. This paper argues that once the symbolic conflict was compromised, there remained a perceived conflict of interest that would be unresolved.
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