Rachel S Madsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4269837 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel S Madsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel S |
| FAMILY NAME | Madsen |
| SIGNATURE | MADSEN R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brandeis University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
What is the KKK a Case Of? Extreme Cases as Analytic Device
Social scientists frequently deploy extreme or rare cases as analytic devices to produce insight into broader social processes. Such a move requires that analysts understand what their object of inquiry is in fact “a case of.” Focusing on the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) as one emblematic instance of an extreme case, this article considers the stakes associated with casing decisions around rare and extreme phenomena. Interrogating how the KKK has been unde…
Disaster, Time, and Dialogue: A Couple Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
There is much to learn about ourselves and the worlds we fashion 'when all hell breaks loose' (W. Lloyd Warner 1947:1). This brief paper is about The Katrina Bookshelf, specifically about a couple of the contributions several of the forthcoming books on The Shelf will make to the social study of disaster. It is both a collective and an individual achievement. Imagine The Katrina Bookshelf as a composition and each book on The Shelf a movement, a …
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Disaster, Time, and Dialogue: A Couple Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
There is much to learn about ourselves and the worlds we fashion 'when all hell breaks loose' (W. Lloyd Warner 1947:1). This brief paper is about The Katrina Bookshelf, specifically about a couple of the contributions several of the forthcoming books on The Shelf will make to the social study of disaster. It is both a collective and an individual achievement. Imagine The Katrina Bookshelf as a composition and each book on The Shelf a movement, a …
What is the KKK a Case Of? Extreme Cases as Analytic Device
Social scientists frequently deploy extreme or rare cases as analytic devices to produce insight into broader social processes. Such a move requires that analysts understand what their object of inquiry is in fact “a case of.” Focusing on the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) as one emblematic instance of an extreme case, this article considers the stakes associated with casing decisions around rare and extreme phenomena. Interrogating how the KKK has been unde…
Computer Science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Art (1 works) · Composition (language) (1 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (1 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Event (particle physics) (1 works) · Geography (1 works) · History (1 works)