Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Politics of Inclusion: Patterns of Contention in the American South, 1954-65

这是博士论文研究改进计划下的一个奖项。这是一项关于经济发展和资源竞争如何影响美国南部对民权抗议的反应的研究。这项研究将经济发展和竞争的理论结合在一起，形成了一个全面的解释模型。它将1954年至1965年的县级事件数据与政府来源的数据以及基于地方来源的精选案例研究相结合。这项研究将增加我们对经济因素如何影响社区对集体抗议的反应的社会学理解。更广泛地说，它将有助于理解抗议和抵制变革的动力。除了研究取得的科学成果外，该奖项还将极大地帮助极有前途的学生完成博士论文的研究。有利于培养国家未来的科学人才，有利于培养下一代社会科学家。

This is an award under the Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research Program. This is a study of how economic development and competition for resources affected the reactions to civil rights protests in the American South. The study draws together theories of economic development and competition into a comprehensive explanatory model. It combines county-level event data from 1954 to 1965 with data from government sources and selected case studies based on local-level sources. %%% This study will add to our sociological understanding of how economic factors affect community reactions to collective protest. More generally, it will contribute to understanding the dynamics of protest and of resistance to change. 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 social scientists.