Ryan J Orr
Biographic Data
| ID | 3580778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryan J Orr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryan J |
| FAMILY NAME | Orr |
| SIGNATURE | ORR R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Millersville University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reinventing Rural: New Realities in an Urbanizing World
Teaching & Learning Guide for: Class Identification in Review: Past Perspectives and Future Directions
This guide accompanies the following article: Patrick Archer and Ryan Orr, ‘Class Identification in Review: Past Perspectives and Future Directions’, Sociology Compass 5/1 (2011): 104–115, 10.1111/j.1751‐9020.2010.00352.x Author’s introduction Historically, sociology has had a contentious relationship with the concept of class. At times, debates over the meaning and importance of class have defined the field. More recently, however, the notable a…
Class Identification in Review: Past Perspectives and Future Directions
The rebirth of class analysis in the last two decades is due, in large part, to a theoretical shift in the field regarding class identification. The notable absence or weakness of class identities has led many theorists to proclaim the death of class, divorce class locations from identification, or rethink class identification as a relative, hierarchical, and individual concept. In each case, assumptions of collective class identification are lai…
Site Fights”: Explaining Opposition to Pipeline Projects in the Developing World1
Fifty years ago, the main challenges to large infrastructure projects were technical or scientific. Today, the greatest hurdles faced by such projects are almost always social and/or political. Whether constructing large dams in the developing world or siting liquefied natural gas terminals in the United States, the onset of these projects often triggers intense popular opposition. But not always, and therein lays the animating aim of this projec…
Empathy, Attitudes, and Action: Can Feeling for a Member of a Stigmatized Group Motivate One to Help the Group?
Research reveals that inducing empathy for a member of a stigmatized group can improve attitudes toward the group as a whole. But do these more positive attitudes translate into action on behalf of the group? Results of an experiment suggested an affirmative answer to this question. Undergraduates first listened to an interview with a convicted heroin addict and dealer; they were then given a chance to recommend allocation of Student Senate funds…
Site Fights”: Explaining Opposition to Pipeline Projects in the Developing World1
Fifty years ago, the main challenges to large infrastructure projects were technical or scientific. Today, the greatest hurdles faced by such projects are almost always social and/or political. Whether constructing large dams in the developing world or siting liquefied natural gas terminals in the United States, the onset of these projects often triggers intense popular opposition. But not always, and therein lays the animating aim of this projec…
Reinventing Rural: New Realities in an Urbanizing World
Class Identification in Review: Past Perspectives and Future Directions
The rebirth of class analysis in the last two decades is due, in large part, to a theoretical shift in the field regarding class identification. The notable absence or weakness of class identities has led many theorists to proclaim the death of class, divorce class locations from identification, or rethink class identification as a relative, hierarchical, and individual concept. In each case, assumptions of collective class identification are lai…
Empathy, Attitudes, and Action: Can Feeling for a Member of a Stigmatized Group Motivate One to Help the Group?
Research reveals that inducing empathy for a member of a stigmatized group can improve attitudes toward the group as a whole. But do these more positive attitudes translate into action on behalf of the group? Results of an experiment suggested an affirmative answer to this question. Undergraduates first listened to an interview with a convicted heroin addict and dealer; they were then given a chance to recommend allocation of Student Senate funds…
Site Fights”: Explaining Opposition to Pipeline Projects in the Developing World1
Fifty years ago, the main challenges to large infrastructure projects were technical or scientific. Today, the greatest hurdles faced by such projects are almost always social and/or political. Whether constructing large dams in the developing world or siting liquefied natural gas terminals in the United States, the onset of these projects often triggers intense popular opposition. But not always, and therein lays the animating aim of this projec…
Class Identification in Review: Past Perspectives and Future Directions
The rebirth of class analysis in the last two decades is due, in large part, to a theoretical shift in the field regarding class identification. The notable absence or weakness of class identities has led many theorists to proclaim the death of class, divorce class locations from identification, or rethink class identification as a relative, hierarchical, and individual concept. In each case, assumptions of collective class identification are lai…
Teaching & Learning Guide for: Class Identification in Review: Past Perspectives and Future Directions
This guide accompanies the following article: Patrick Archer and Ryan Orr, ‘Class Identification in Review: Past Perspectives and Future Directions’, Sociology Compass 5/1 (2011): 104–115, 10.1111/j.1751‐9020.2010.00352.x Author’s introduction Historically, sociology has had a contentious relationship with the concept of class. At times, debates over the meaning and importance of class have defined the field. More recently, however, the notable a…
Reinventing Rural: New Realities in an Urbanizing World
Political science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Class (philosophy (2 works) · Class analysis (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Identification (biology (2 works)