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Drew Halfmann
Drew Halfmann (born June 28, 1967) is an American Sociology, sociologist best known for his research on social policy in the United States. Career Drew Halfmann is currently Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis. His book ''Doctors and Demonstrators: How Political Institutions Shape Abortion Law in the United States, Britain, and Canada'' (University of Chicago Press, 2011), which won the 2012 Charles Tilly Award for Best Book from the American Sociological Association section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements, explains that abortion law remains contentious in the United States mainly due to permeability of political parties by social movements. This, Halfmann argues, is in contrast to abortion law in Britain and Canada, where the topic is a settled issue, experienced now in politics merely as a medical matter. Halfmann’s work has appeared in ''The American Sociological Review'', ''Mobilization (journal), Mobilization'', ''Social Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It was set up on May 6, 1935, by presidential order, as a key part of the Second New Deal. The WPA's first appropriation in 1935 was $4.9 billion (about $15 per person in the U.S., around 6.7 percent of the 1935 GDP). Headed by Harry Hopkins, the WPA supplied paid jobs to the unemployed during the Great Depression in the United States, while building up the public infrastructure of the US, such as parks, schools, and roads. Most of the jobs were in construction, building more than 620,000 miles (1,000,000 km) of streets and over 10,000 bridges, in addition to many airports and much housing. The largest single project of the WPA was the Tennessee Valley Authority. At its peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
