THE TIME IS NEVER RIPE: The Repeated Defeat of Universal Health Insurance in the 20th Century United States. TWENTY SIXTH GEARY LECTURE, 1995

My presentation for today’s Geary lecture uses a recent episode in US politics - President Bill Clinton’s 1993 Health Security proposal for comprehensive health insurance reform, and the subsequent conservative political backlash against it - as a window into the history of attempts to create universal health insurance in the United States. This episode also reveals much about the present and probable future of social-welfare politics in the United States

Voice and Inequality: The Transformation of American Civic Democracy

Streaming video requires RealPlayer to view.The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.Theda Skocpol is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. She will discuss the results of her recent research in "Voice and Inequality: The Transformation of American Civic Democracy."Ohio State University. Mershon Center for International Security StudiesEvent webpage, streaming video, photo

Social Integration and Mental Health Promotion: A Study of Black Adolescents

Session 5: Strengths. Presenter: Theda Rose, Ph.D., Catholic University of America (2010) - "Social Integration and Mental Health Promotion: A Study of Black Adolescents".The Ohio State University College of Social Wor

Five minutes with Theda Skocpol: “Even those on the American centre-left are now viewing Europe in a negative sense because of austerity”

Should the organisations of the state be seen as independent actors, or are they simply reflective of groups within society? EUROPP’s editors spoke to Theda Skocpol about her contribution to ‘state theory’ and the effect of European integration on EU states. She also outlines some of her recent research on climate change legislation, and addresses the parallels between the Tea Party movement in the United States and populist movements in Europe

Petrology of Proterozoic to Tertiary Rocks in the Southern Burro Mountains, NM: Insights into Mazatzal to Basin and Range Magmatism and Tectonics

Analysis of thin sections from the Wind Mountain quadrangle, Burro Mountains, NM, near the Tyrone copper mine, reveals a complex geologic history. Rock samples collected in the study area were cut using a rock saw and thin sections were prepared and analyzed to determine mineral content and fabric patterns. The oldest rocks in the study area are strongly metamorphosed and locally mylonitized Proterozoic quartzofeldspathic gneisses and amphibolites of Mazatzal affinity. Mineralogical indications of shearing correlate with shear zones observed during field mapping in the area. Another set of samples are of younger Proterozoic granites and metagranites that intruded the country rock. This suite of granites is probably part of the 1.5 byo Burro Mountain granite. In addition to the ductile rocks, several thin sections were of mineralized fault breccia with abundant hydrothermal calcite and, in some samples, gozzan zone iron. Another group of thin sections were of unmetamorphosed mafic dikes rocks composed mostly of pyroxene (augite) and plagioclase. The youngest rocks studied were thin sections of Tertiary tuffs and flows. This study helps with understanding the magmatic, deformational and hydrothermal alteration history of an economically important area

Working with diverse students: Can lessons learnt in South Africa be applicable in Pan-Pacific region?

Diversity is often seen as a negative aspect in teaching and learning. It can, however, offer opportunities for growth on the part of all students as they learn to develop the social, cognitive and communication skills necessary to work in a multicultural environment. The issue of diversity has become prevalent in South Africa in the last few years. It has been shown that diversity needs to be addressed by helping the lecturers understand the issues and modify their curricula as well as by helping the students. This paper shows one lecturers research and journey in working diverse students in group work and asks the question if these lessons can be applicable in the Pan-Pacific region

Warren Durgin’s Gravestone and the Renewal of American Civic Democracy

In the Margaret Chase smith Essay, Theda Skocpol reflects on the importance of voluntary associations on Maine and national civic life in the past. She notes that the traditional types of voluntary associations have declined since the 1960s, though at the state and local level there are nonprofit organizations with paid staff that provide some of the functions of the older voluntary organizations, and which themselves also use volunteers

Warren Durgin’s Gravestone and the Renewal of American Civic Democracy

In the Margaret Chase smith Essay, Theda Skocpol reflects on the importance of voluntary associations on Maine and national civic life in the past. She notes that the traditional types of voluntary associations have declined since the 1960s, though at the state and local level there are nonprofit organizations with paid staff that provide some of the functions of the older voluntary organizations, and which themselves also use volunteers

Review Essay: Osceola: The White Man\u27s Indian

Patricia R. Wickman’s study of Osceola is not a typical biography. She outlines the major events in the life of Osceola, but her focus is primarily on Osceolana— that is, the artifacts associated with the hero of the Seminoles’ struggle to remain in their homeland. She attempts to separate the genuine accounts of his life and accurate visual representations of him from those that are derivative, and she authenticates some personal belongings while casting considerable doubt on others. Her narrative reads like a detective story. Like all detective work, some of her investigation is technical and dull, while other parts are exciting historical drama. But the drama lies not so much in who Osceola was but in who he has become