Doctoral Dissertation Research: A Sociological Analysis of Vatican II

SES 0002409PI: Michael Hout， Melissa J wilde这个项目研究导致梵蒂冈第二次大公会议（1962-65）的一些关键改革的力量。两项自由主义改革、一项保守主义改革、一项妥协主义改革等4项提案被认为是政治力量、妥协和推诿的结果。该项目提出了一个基于资源差异、政治机会和文化差异的竞争模型。这些分析使用了来自意大利、华盛顿特区和加州伯克利的档案材料。文化力量出现在各种提案草案、演讲、日记、审议期间的公开声明和投票结果的内容分析中。该研究将评估关于文化机构如何应对社会环境变化的几个假设。

SES 0002409PI: Michael Hout, Melissa J WildeThis project studies forces leading to some of the key reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65). Four proposals, two liberal reforms, one conservative reform, and one compromise reform, brought before the Council are treated as outcomes of political forces, compromises, and log-rolling. The project proposes a competition model based on differential resources, political opportunities, and cultural differences. The analyses use archival materials from Italy, Washington DC, and Berkeley CA. Cultural forces appear in content analyses of various drafts of proposals, speeches, diaries, public statements during deliberation, and vote outcomes. The research will assess several hypotheses on how cultural institutions respond to changes in their social environment.