Social Science Research Council
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| As reported in the SSRC's audio slideshow featuring Rachel Luft and Robert "Kool Black" Horton, public housing in New Orleans continues to be demolished despite fierce public protests. |
After the Storm, No Calm in Sight
Three years since Katrina, SSRC.org talks to award winning sociologist Shirley Laska about her continuing efforts to aid the rebuilding of the housing infrastructure in New Orleans—as well as her evacuation plans in case Gustav strikes. We also feature an audio slideshow on the housing recovery, with another sociologist, Rachel Luft, and activist Robert "Kool Black" Horton.
Go to the audio slideshow (~5MB)
Publications
The Measure of America: American Human Development Report 2008-2009
Written, compiled, and edited by Sarah Burd-Sharps, Kristen Lewis, and Eduardo Borges Martins
Soft Power Superpowers: Cultural and National Assets of Japan and the United States
Yasushi Watanabe and David L. McConnell
Darfur: A New History of a Long War (revised and updated)
Julie Flint and Alex de Waal
New at the SSRC
- PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT Craig Calhoun and the SSRC offer congratulations to former Board Chair Cora B. Marrett, who recently received the American Sociological Association's (ASA) prestigious Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award.
- ESSAY FORUM "Making Communications Research Matter," with contributions from scholars and others who advocate a closer relationship between communications research and policymaking. Open for comment.
- EVENT Hirschman Prize ceremony and conference, honoring 2008 recipient Charles Tilly, October 3-5. Visit the event website for details. Also see our tributes to Charles Tilly and his article, "Memorials to Credit & Blame."
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