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Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition, social milieu and personal character as possible. Talcott Parsons

Great Character Respect Diversity Those Possible Tradition Intellectual Personal Social Milieu Who Satisfactory Among Desirable

But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements. Talcott Parsons

Word Statements No Reason Fact Investigate He Taking Failing Implicit Involved Him His Denies Person Theory Reason

The hypothesis may be put forward, to be tested by the s subsequent investigation, that this development has been in large part a matter of the reciprocal interaction of new factual insights and knowledge on the one hand with changes in the theoretical system on the other. Talcott Parsons

Knowledge Matter Other Changes Reciprocal System Has-Been Insights Investigation Factual Part Hypothesis Put Development New Tested Been Hand Subsequent May Interaction Theoretical Forward Large Large Part

The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life - involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense. Talcott Parsons

Life Knowledge Everyday Life Sense Everyday Considerations Statement Systematic Implications Implicitly Empirically Involves Verifiable Justify Commonsense Explicitly Theory Even

In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties. Thomas E. Mann

Today Politics Competition Political Addition Characterized Polarization Between Major Parties Ideological Political Parties American Decline American Politics Growing Two

Congress requires states to draw single-member districts. Thomas E. Mann

Congress States Draw Districts Requires

The public's evaluation of the job George W. Bush is doing as president changed dramatically as a result of the horrific attacks of September 11 and his response in leading the country on a campaign against terrorism. Thomas E. Mann

Terrorism Result Job Country September Changed President Dramatically Response Horrific Attacks Leading Doing George His George W Campaign George W. Bush Against Public Bush Evaluation

But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism. Thomas E. Mann

Patriotism National Unity Presidential Approval Also Became Surrogate National Unity Measure

First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a growing sense of economic insecurity. Thomas E. Mann

War Terrorism Mind Trend Job Insecurity First Sense Down Market Corporate Approval Months Has-Been Scandals Ratings Economic Weeks Accelerate Been His Stock Stock Market Public Many Growing Recent

Second, the President's popularity has not translated into increased support for the Republican party or for the policies and approaches on domestic policy championed by the President. Thomas E. Mann

Party Increased President Approaches Support Policies Policy Domestic Domestic Policy Republican Republican Party Translated Popularity Second

The increase in straight-ticket party voting in recent years means that competitive congressional races can tip one way or the other depending on the showing of the candidates at the top of the ticket. Thomas E. Mann

Voting Party Increase Other Top Way One-Way Ticket Years Candidates Tip Depending Races Means Congressional Showing Recent Competitive Recent Years

I don't believe in a golden mean; I don't believe you find policy wisdom between two polar points. I don't dismiss that possibility, but I look at the platform that's so ideologically based, that's so dismissive of facts, of evidence, of science, and it's frankly hard to take seriously. Thomas E. Mann

Wisdom You Science Seriously Believe Evidence Frankly Possibility Find Take Facts Points Polar Between Look Policy Golden Mean Dismiss Hard Platform Based Two

Incumbents are safe, but party majorities are not. This fosters symbolic votes, message politics and little serious legislating in Congress. Thomas E. Mann

Politics Party Congress Votes Safe Message Little Serious Fosters Symbolic

Democrats do best in urban centers, Republicans in outer suburbs and rural areas. Thomas E. Mann

Best Outer Rural Rural Areas Area Democrats Centers Suburbs Urban Republicans

So American culture is itself a hybrid and lends itself to use in other people's hybrids. Todd Gitlin

Culture People Other Hybrid Itself American American Culture Lends Use

Mills insisted that a sociologist's proper subject was the intersection of biography and history. Todd Gitlin

History Insisted Proper Subject Biography Mills Intersection

I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of the 2000 election in the US and say that electoral politics doesn't matter any more, and that Ralph Nader was right when he said there is no difference between the two parties. Todd Gitlin

Life Politics Me Matter Election Ralph Ralph Nader Say No Difference More Results Could He Between Contemplate Parties Understand Said How Any Anybody Difference Us Electoral Right Two

To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for them. Todd Gitlin

You People Win Power Something Anywhere Them Convince

My book is focused on the power of the American state, not least because the government of the United States governs so much that the case could be made that everybody around the world ought to have a vote in determining some of its policies. Todd Gitlin

Government Vote Book World Made Power Everybody State Ought States Focused Some Case Determining Could Policies Because Around Least Governs American Much United United States

Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a given. Todd Gitlin

Everyday Furniture Given Environment Makes Inertia Were Human Appear

I don't think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society. Todd Gitlin

Think Society About Anyone Strategically Media Thinks

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