Patricia Ewick and Marc W. Steinberg
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780226644127
- eISBN:
- 9780226644431
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226644431.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Psychology and Interaction
On January 6, 2002 the Boston Globe published a reports on the Catholic Church cover up of sexual abuse by priests. The banner headline told a tragic story that would, in its basic plot, be repeated ...
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On January 6, 2002 the Boston Globe published a reports on the Catholic Church cover up of sexual abuse by priests. The banner headline told a tragic story that would, in its basic plot, be repeated with disturbing regularity over the course of the next decade. As a result of these revelations many Catholics would leave the Church; many would remain staunchly faithful. Some Catholics would decide to keep their faith, but also to change the Church. Based on years of ethnographic research, Ewick and Steinberg studied one group of such Catholics—a chapter of Voice of the Faithful. In standing up to the Church, their project parallels that of many change seekers whose efforts face obstacles by the economic and cultural resources and organizational power they seek to change. In the case of the Church crisis, expectations of obedience, deference to hierarchy, and presumption of ecclesiastic immunity collided with individual conscience, liberty and democracy. Caught between their loyalty to the Church and their sense of justice, these Catholics reimagined the Church and their role in it. Over more than a decade they engaged in an ongoing process of collective identity through which they reimagined their place within the institutional order and the meaning of being faithful Catholics. Theirs is an all-too-familiar story about identities under stress and their reconfiguration as collective challengers; about institutional betrayal and the restoration of trust; and, about commitment and the meaning of justice.Less
On January 6, 2002 the Boston Globe published a reports on the Catholic Church cover up of sexual abuse by priests. The banner headline told a tragic story that would, in its basic plot, be repeated with disturbing regularity over the course of the next decade. As a result of these revelations many Catholics would leave the Church; many would remain staunchly faithful. Some Catholics would decide to keep their faith, but also to change the Church. Based on years of ethnographic research, Ewick and Steinberg studied one group of such Catholics—a chapter of Voice of the Faithful. In standing up to the Church, their project parallels that of many change seekers whose efforts face obstacles by the economic and cultural resources and organizational power they seek to change. In the case of the Church crisis, expectations of obedience, deference to hierarchy, and presumption of ecclesiastic immunity collided with individual conscience, liberty and democracy. Caught between their loyalty to the Church and their sense of justice, these Catholics reimagined the Church and their role in it. Over more than a decade they engaged in an ongoing process of collective identity through which they reimagined their place within the institutional order and the meaning of being faithful Catholics. Theirs is an all-too-familiar story about identities under stress and their reconfiguration as collective challengers; about institutional betrayal and the restoration of trust; and, about commitment and the meaning of justice.
Marco Z. Garrido
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780226643007
- eISBN:
- 9780226643281
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226643281.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Stratification, Inequality, and Mobility
The title of the book, The Patchwork City, refers to the fragmentation of Manila into a “patchwork” of classed spaces, particularly slums and upper- and middle-class enclaves. The book is not just ...
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The title of the book, The Patchwork City, refers to the fragmentation of Manila into a “patchwork” of classed spaces, particularly slums and upper- and middle-class enclaves. The book is not just about urban fragmentation, however, but about its effects on class relations and politics. It argues that the proliferation of slums and enclaves and their subsequent proximity have intensified class relations. Class boundaries clarify along the housing divide and the urban poor and middle class emerge as class actors—not as labor and capital but as squatters and “villagers” (in Manila residential subdivisions are called villages). The first part of the book traces the emergence of class identities defined by experiences of spatial discrimination and siege. The second part shows these identities to be politically consequential. They shape the political thinking of the urban poor and middle class and help account for dissensus over the populist president Joseph Estrada. The book does not just tell us something new about segregation, class relations, and democracy, it shows these things to be connected. It spells out how they are connected, and thus helps us make similar connections in other cases. It makes clear, ultimately, that class as a social structure is as indispensable to the study of Manila—and of many other Global South cities—as race is to the study of American cities. In scope and approach, The Patchwork City expands the boundaries of both urban and political sociology.Less
The title of the book, The Patchwork City, refers to the fragmentation of Manila into a “patchwork” of classed spaces, particularly slums and upper- and middle-class enclaves. The book is not just about urban fragmentation, however, but about its effects on class relations and politics. It argues that the proliferation of slums and enclaves and their subsequent proximity have intensified class relations. Class boundaries clarify along the housing divide and the urban poor and middle class emerge as class actors—not as labor and capital but as squatters and “villagers” (in Manila residential subdivisions are called villages). The first part of the book traces the emergence of class identities defined by experiences of spatial discrimination and siege. The second part shows these identities to be politically consequential. They shape the political thinking of the urban poor and middle class and help account for dissensus over the populist president Joseph Estrada. The book does not just tell us something new about segregation, class relations, and democracy, it shows these things to be connected. It spells out how they are connected, and thus helps us make similar connections in other cases. It makes clear, ultimately, that class as a social structure is as indispensable to the study of Manila—and of many other Global South cities—as race is to the study of American cities. In scope and approach, The Patchwork City expands the boundaries of both urban and political sociology.
Susan P. Shapiro
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780226615608
- eISBN:
- 9780226615882
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226615882.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gerontology and Ageing
Seventy percent of Americans age 60 or over requiring decisions about medical treatment in the final days of life lack capacity to make these decisions. The biggest life-and-death decisions of their ...
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Seventy percent of Americans age 60 or over requiring decisions about medical treatment in the final days of life lack capacity to make these decisions. The biggest life-and-death decisions of their lives—literally—had to be made by someone else. Yet despite their critical role, we know remarkably little about these surrogate decision makers, the process they follow, the criteria they consider, the choices they make, and the challenges they face. Drawing on observations of two diverse intensive care units, day after day, for more than two years, this book exposes how and why surrogates navigate this grueling role and the impact of the course they fashion. Readers will learn how decision makers are selected, the interventions they weigh in on, the information they seek and evaluate, the values and memories they draw on, the criteria they weigh, the outcomes they choose, the conflicts they become embroiled in, and the challenges they face. Observations also provide insight into why some decision makers authorize one aggressive intervention after the next while others do not—even on behalf of patients with similar problems and prospects. And they expose the limited role of advance directives in structuring the process decision makers follow or the outcomes that result. These findings provide important lessons to future patients, their loved ones and surrogates; those who serve, counsel, or care for those as they near life’s end and their families (physicians, nurses, chaplains, social workers, and lawyers); and scholars, bioethicists, and health policy makers as well.Less
Seventy percent of Americans age 60 or over requiring decisions about medical treatment in the final days of life lack capacity to make these decisions. The biggest life-and-death decisions of their lives—literally—had to be made by someone else. Yet despite their critical role, we know remarkably little about these surrogate decision makers, the process they follow, the criteria they consider, the choices they make, and the challenges they face. Drawing on observations of two diverse intensive care units, day after day, for more than two years, this book exposes how and why surrogates navigate this grueling role and the impact of the course they fashion. Readers will learn how decision makers are selected, the interventions they weigh in on, the information they seek and evaluate, the values and memories they draw on, the criteria they weigh, the outcomes they choose, the conflicts they become embroiled in, and the challenges they face. Observations also provide insight into why some decision makers authorize one aggressive intervention after the next while others do not—even on behalf of patients with similar problems and prospects. And they expose the limited role of advance directives in structuring the process decision makers follow or the outcomes that result. These findings provide important lessons to future patients, their loved ones and surrogates; those who serve, counsel, or care for those as they near life’s end and their families (physicians, nurses, chaplains, social workers, and lawyers); and scholars, bioethicists, and health policy makers as well.
Becoming Mead
Not Tonight
The Good Project
Not Under My Roof
Saving Babies?
Authors of the Storm
Bargaining for Brooklyn
The Black Child-Savers
The Catholic Social Imagination
