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Janowitz, Morris was born on October 22, 1919 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Samuel Louis and Rose (Myers) Janowitz.
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Presents a sociological perspective on the issues involved in transforming the structure of inner city schools. This book evaluates the models which have guided past and present attempts at educational reform, and proposes a coherent theory for attacking the problems of urban education. Dr. Janowitz examines the inner city school as a social system—the physical structure, community setting, people involved, and persistent patterns of behavior. He analyzes the current trend of specialization teaching and recommends instead an "aggregation" model which increases the scope of the individual teacher and restructures the climate of the school.
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"A meticulous, well-tuned examination of what Janowitz says is the decline of civic thought in America, and what might be done to restore it. . . . The patriotism Janowitz proposes to reconstruct is not the sort of narrow nationalism your political science professor may have warned you about--patriotism as 'the last refuge of a scoundrel.' It is instead a patriotism that intelligently appreciates life in a (however imperfect) democratic land."--Robert Marquand, The Christian Science Monitor "In The Reconstruction of Patriotism, Morris Janowitz . . . places a national-service program on the national agenda. . . . Like William James, Janowitz envisions government enrolling young people to work for a year or two at subsistence pay, doing jobs that benefit society--working with, say, 'conservation, health, or old-age problems.' He believes that we need a service program because since the end of the Second World War our citizens (and, indeed, citizens of almost all the advanced industrial nations) have become more keenly aware of their rights than of their obligations, and generations are growing up with little or no understanding that they are members of a national community and have responsibilities to it--that they must give as well as take. . . . Because it reopens discussion of our wider obligations and how to fulfill them, Mr. Janowitz's thoughtful book is in itself a national service."--Naomi Bliven, The New Yorker "Morris Janowitz examines an issue that seldom is subject to social and political analysis--patriotism. His thesis is clear: The long-term trend in politics has been to enhance citizen rights without effective articulation of citizen obligations. A meaningful balance between the two, he contends, must be restored. . . . The strength of this study lies in Janowitz's persuasive argument that the durability and vitality of democratic institutions require that a sense of community, or shared values, be preserved. Without civiz consciousness, he rightly observes, social and political fragmentation ensues. . . . A lucid and impressively researched polemic."--W. Wesley McDonald, American Political Science Review "Janowitz addresses a seminal issue: how to restore the sense of shared civic responsibility that has fallen victim in recent years to our growing preoccupation with individual rights and the rise of special-interest groups. . . . Central to his prescription is the revival of the concept of the citizen soldier, whose importance since pre-Revolutionary War days Janoqitz discusses at length. He concludes, 'There can be no reconstruction of patriotism without a system of national service.' . . . An important book. I highly recommend it."--Washington Monthly
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The authors take the results of their first book (reprinted herein) and reexamine their findings about why people become prejudiced and the prospects for changing their attitudes.
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The Last Half-Century represents the culmination of a lifetime of scholarship by Morris Janowitz. In this comprehensive and systematic analysis of the major trends in American society during the past fifty years, he probes the weakening of popular party affiliations and the increased inability of elected representatives to rule. Centering his work on the crucial concept of social control, Janowitz orders and assesses a vast amount of empirical research to clarify the failure of basic social institutions to resolve our chronic conflicts. For Janowitz, social control denotes a society's capacity to regulate itself within a moral framework that transcends simple self-interest. He poses urgent questions: Why has social control been so drastically weakened in our advanced industrial society? And what strategies can we use to strengthen it again? The expanation rests in part on the changes in social structure which make it more and more complicated for citizens to calculate their political self-interest. At the same time, complex economic and defense problems also strain an already overburdened legislative system, making effective, responsive political rule increasingly difficult. Janowitz concludes by assessing the response of the social sciences to the pressing problem of social control and asserts that new forms of citizen participation in the government must be found.
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Janowitz, Morris was born on October 22, 1919 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Samuel Louis and Rose (Myers) Janowitz.
Bachelor of Arts, New York University, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy.in Sociology, University of Chicago, 1948; Docteur Honoris Causus, U. Toulouse, 1977.
Research assistant, Library Congress, Washington, 1941;
propaganda analyst, Department Justice, Washington, 1941-1943;
instructor then assistant professor The College, University of Chicago, 1947-1951;
visiting professor Graduate School Business, University of Chicago, 1961;
professor sociology, University of Chicago, 1962-1973;
distinguished service professor, University of Chicago, 1973-1987;
professor emeritus, University of Chicago, since 1987;
director Center Social Organ Studies, University of Chicago, 1962-1973;
department chairman sociology, University of Chicago, 1967-1972;
from assistant professor to professor sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1951-1961. Consultant to government private agys. Pitt professor Pet House U. Cambridge, 1972-1973.
Member social science advisory board United States Arms Control and Disarmament Board. Chairman Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society.
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(Military Studies, Political Studies, Social Studies)
Served to Second lieutenant Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Sociological Association (Vice-President 1970-1971, Career of Distinguished Service award 1985), American Political Science Association, International Sociological Association (research council), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Gayle Arlene Shulenberger, December 22, 1951. Children— Rebecca, Naomi.