Indirect Agents of Empire

2012 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 378-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verity G. McInnis
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Critical Dimension ◽  
British India ◽  
The Social ◽  
Army Officers ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Male Authority ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
The U.S

The experiences of army officers’ wives stationed in British India and the U.S. West during the period 1830–1875 offer a critical dimension to understandings of imperialism. This comparative analysis argues that these women designed a distinct identity that blueprinted, directed, and legitimized the ambitions of empire. In feminizing the Army’s ranking system, officers’ wives appropriated and wielded male authority. Military homes—a space where class, race, ethnicity, and gender intersected—functioned as operational sites of empire, and, in managing household servants, officers’ wives both designed and endorsed the principles of benevolent imperialism. Whether adjudicating local disputes, emasculating soldier-servants of lower rank, or enacting the social norms of the metropole, these women confidently executed their duty as imperial agents.

The Social Cost of Atheism: How Perceived Religiosity Influences Moral Appraisal

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 93-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Wright ◽  
Ryan Nichols
Keyword(s):  
Moral Theory ◽  
Social Cost ◽  
Moral Judgments ◽  
Western World ◽  
Immoral Behavior ◽  
The Social ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
Social Stereotype

AbstractSocial psychologists have found that stereotypes correlate with moral judgments about agents and actions. The most commonly studied stereotypes are race/ethnicity and gender. But atheists compose another stereotype, one with its own ignominious history in the Western world, and yet, one about which very little is known. This project endeavored to further our understanding of atheism as a social stereotype. Specifically, we tested whether people with non-religious commitments were stereotypically viewed as less moral than people with religious commitments. We found that participants’ (both Christian and atheist) moral appraisals of atheists were more negative than those of Christians who performed the same moral and immoral actions. They also reported immoral behavior as more (internally and externally) consistent for atheists, and moral behavior more consistent for Christians. The results contribute to research at the intersection of moral theory, moral psychology, and psychology of religion.

Gender Inequality: Sorting Out the Effects of Race/Ethnicity and Gender in the Anglo Male-Latino Female Earnings Gap

1996 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Avalos
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Latino Women ◽  
Human Capital Model ◽  
Earnings Gap ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
The U.S

One of the most significant features of the U.S. economy in the 20th Century is the persistent earnings gap between men and women. The gap in earnings between Anglo men and women of color has also been an enduring featue of the U.S. labor market. Since 1949, the earnings gap between Latino women and Anglo men has remained virtually the same (53%–55%), even though Latinos have steadily increased their labor force participation at a faster rate than any other female group. While this form of gender inequality has received considerable attention, only a few studies have focused on the earnings of Latino women. This exploratory study tests the ability of a human capital model to explain earnings inequalities between Latino women (Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban) and Anglo men. Using regression decomposition analyses, we also examine how the factors of race/ethnicity and gender affect the earnings differences between men and women. Our findings indicate that the human capital model accounts for less than 25% of the earnings difference between our male and female groups. When we control for the net effect of ethnicity holding gender constant, we find that the human capital model accounts for 83% of the earnings difference between Anglo women and racial/ethnic women, suggesting that gender is an important predictor in explaining the earnings gap. Given these results, we offer other possible explanations (e.g., economic restructuring) for the persistence of the inequality of earnings between Latino women and Anglo men. We conclude with some policy suggestions for alleviating this labor market problem.

Studying Identities with Experiments: Weighing the Risk of Posttreatment Bias Against Priming Effects

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samara Klar ◽  
Thomas Leeper ◽  
Joshua Robison
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Priming Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Common ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Demographic Covariates ◽  
Effect Heterogeneity ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
Measuring Control

AbstractScholars from across the social sciences argue that identities – such as race, ethnicity, and gender – are highly influential over individuals’ attitudes, actions, and evaluations. Experiments are becoming particularly integral for allowing identity scholars to explain how these social attachments shape our political behavior. In this letter, we draw attention to how identity scholars should approach the common practice of assessing moderators, measuring control variables, and detecting effect heterogeneity using covariates. Special care must be taken when deciding where to place measures of demographic covariates in identity-related experiments, as these cases pose unique challenges from how scholars traditionally approach experimental design. We argue in this letter that identity scholars, particularly those whose subjects identify as women or minorities, are often right to measure covariates of interest posttreatment.

scholarly journals Beyond Black and White: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the U.S. South and Southwest

2005 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 510
Author(s):  
Fay A. Yarbrough ◽  
Stephanie Cole ◽  
Alison M. Parker
Keyword(s):  
White Race ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
The U.S
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