First we would likely not find much agreement as to what a better world is.  There are also many like
Ken Boulding who wore other labels who did work for the reduction of violence.  Warren Bennis
Gene Litwak and a host of others have make major contributions. 

If you think that survival of the species could make the world better Brock Chisolm would be there. 

Probably,  those who are making the world better  are  not the ones to make that claim.  I would be wary of people sociologists
or not who claimed that they were making the world better.

Del

Stacey and Lisa wrote:

Hi group,

I’m relatively new here, and am only a lowly student.  :-) 

 

From some of the great professors I’ve had, this would seem to be something that a sociologist would passionately pursue.  My questions for the great minds here:  Why aren’t sociologists more involved in making a better world?  Or are they working vigilantly and the mainstream media (and others) just aren’t giving them attention/credit?

 

Thank you for your time.

Stacey

 

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From: applyingsociology@yahoogroups.com [mailto:applyingsociology@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Glass
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 10:36 AM
To: applyingsociology@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [applyingsociology] False Pretenses

 

seems like this is the kind of work (analysis) that sociologists should be doing...

 

"President George W. Bush and seven of his administration's top officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, made at least 935 false statements in the two years following September 11, 2001, about the national security threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Nearly five years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, an exhaustive examination of the record shows that the statements were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses."

 

the remainder is here:

 

<http://www.publicintegrity.org/WarCard/Default.aspx?src=project_home&context=overview&id=945>

 

john

 

John E. Glass, Ph.D.

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