Talk:American Academy of Political and Social Science

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Contents 1 Non Wikipedia entry 2 Copyvio 3 Fellows of the Academy 4 Presenters, not members ?

[edit] Non Wikipedia entry

On 4 April 2007, new editor [User:Ajvb|Ajvb]] made a number of edits to this article. See below. Because some of the material is directly quoted from copyrighted material of the AAPSS, and because it is not in proper Wikipedia form, I have placed it here, so that it can be mined for proper edits (with citation where necessary) to the article. Portions, as they are added to the article, are deleted from the listing below--Bejnar 20:31, 4 April 2007 (UTC) Overview

The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) is an organization dedicated to promoting the progress of the social sciences and the use of social science knowledge in the enrichment of public understanding and in the development of public policy. The Academy works to foster multidisciplinary understanding of important social issues, and to encourage and celebrate scholars who produce and use research to enhance public understanding of important social problems.

The American Academy was founded in Philadelphia on December 14, 1889 by faculty members from the University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College, and Bryn Mawr College, who wanted to create a forum in which to examine political, economic, and social issues confronting society. The founders also sought to create an organization that could properly represent a wide group of social sciences and at the same time serve as an intermediary between scientific thought and practical effort. They were particularly interested in insuring that the increasing specialization of the social sciences did not splinter understanding of important issues of public concern. Today AAPSS is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA at the Fels Institute of Government of the University of Pennsylvania.

Publications and Activities

Both current and past volumes of The Annals, published by SAGE Publications, are available in electronic form. In recent years, a volume edited by William Julius Wilson on “The Ghetto Underclass” (January, 1989) challenged the prevailing view of the existence of a “culture of poverty” to point to the structural cleavages separating ghetto residents from other members of society. A September 2006 volume, “Confronting the Specter of Nuclear Terrorism,” edited by Graham Allison, brought together scholars, scientists and policymakers to explore strategies for reducing the risk of terrorists’ acquiring and using nuclear weapons.

[edit] Copyvio

Part of paragraph beginning "Over its history, Academy members ..." was removed as a copyright violation. --Bejnar 21:45, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fellows of the Academy

On 4 April 2007, new editor Ajvb added a list of fifty-nine (59) fellows of the academy. Because of the large number, and since none of them, apparently, have Wikipedia articles, I have omitted them from the article. If you think that they should be included in the article, please say why. --Bejnar 21:45, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Presenters, not members ?

These names were added as Academy members, however, the evidence suggests that instead they either were presenters or had papers published by the Academy. Certainly they should not have been inserted in the article between the names of two Academy members who were civil servants (gov. employees) and the footnote reference for that membership status. In that same reference, these names were not identified as members. Names: Eleanor Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, W.E.B. DuBois, Margaret Mead, Thurgood Marshall, Mahatma Gandhi, Booker T. Washington. --Bejnar 23:09, 30 April 2007 (UTC)