Doctoral Dissertation Research in Sociology: Religion, Reform and Politics

这是提高博士学位的赠款下的一个奖项 研究计划。 这是一个研究的各种 关于奴隶制的论述， 1831年至1861年期间。 它将通过在当地的工作进行， 历史档案，其中将收集各种数据， 参与关于奴隶制的辩论的团体 他们使用的话语。 结果将根据以下方面进行分析： 关于文化话语作用的理论和争论 社会运动动员。 这项研究将有助于一个日益增长的趋势， 系统分析思想和文化主题对 社会运动的出现。 它还将有助于 提高对北方各州政治动态的认识 它塑造了内战前的时期。 此外 对于研究所取得的科学成果， 奖励将在物质上帮助一个非常有前途的学生， 完成博士研究 论文 因此 它 为国家未来的科学人才做出贡献， 对下一代社会学家的全面培训。

This is an award under the Grants for Improving Doctoral Disseration Research program. It is a study of the various discourses about slavery that circulated in the North during the period 1831-1861. It will be carried out through work in local historical archives, where data will be collected on a variety of groups involved in the debates about slavery and the sorts of discourses they used. Results will be analyzed in terms of theories and debates about the role of cultural discourse in social movement mobilizations. This research will contribute to a growing trend to utilize systematic analysis of the impact of ideas and cultural themes on the emergence of social movements. It will also contribute to an enhanced awareness of the political dynamics in northern states which shaped the period leading up to the Civil War. In addition to the scientific gains to be achieved by the research, this award will materially assist a highly promising student in completing research for the Ph.D. dissertation. Thus it contributes to the future scientific manpower of the nation and the thorough training of the next generation of sociologists.