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1 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIGION: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM THE NSBA?

by Christopher G. Ellison
"... There is a long and illustrious tradition of social science research on African American religion. Leading scholars--including W.E.B. DuBois, Charles S. Johnson, E. Franklin Frazier, and others-- devoted considerable attention ..."
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There is a long and illustrious tradition of social science research on African American religion. Leading scholars--including W.E.B. DuBois, Charles S. Johnson, E. Franklin Frazier, and others-- devoted considerable attention

FERMENTATION WITH LACTOBACILLUS AMYLOPHILUS AND ITS CRADLE-

by Université De Montréal, Andréanne Harbec, Département De, Génie Chimique, École Polytechnique, De Montréal, Mémoire Présenté, En Vue, Du Diplôme, De Maîtrise, Ès Sciences Appliquées, Andréanne Harbec, Université De Montréal, École Polytechnique, De Montréal
"... présenté par: HARBEC Andréanne en vue de l’obtention du diplôme de: Maîtrise ès sciences appliquées a été dûment accepté par le jury d’examen constitué de: M. LEGROS Robert, Ph.D., président M. DUBOIS Charles, Ph.D., membre et directeur de recherche M. PAYET Jérôme, Ph.D., membre et codirecteur de r ..."
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présenté par: HARBEC Andréanne en vue de l’obtention du diplôme de: Maîtrise ès sciences appliquées a été dûment accepté par le jury d’examen constitué de: M. LEGROS Robert, Ph.D., président M. DUBOIS Charles, Ph.D., membre et directeur de recherche M. PAYET Jérôme, Ph.D., membre et codirecteur de

PRELIMINARY VERSION COMMENTS WELCOME

by Jonathan Maurice, Agathe Rouaix, Marc Willinger, Jonathan Maurice, Agathe Rouaix, Marc Willinger
"... We provide a new experimental investigation of the neutrality theorem of Warr (1983), who states ”when a single public good is provided at positive levels by pri-vate individuals, its provision is unaffected by a redistribution of income”. Instead of comparing different income distributions across g ..."
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poorer reduce their contribution of a larger amount than the amount of contribution added by subjects who become richer. And it is shown that the latter do not react enough to the redistribution. 1We thank Sascha O. Becker, Friedrich Bolle, Dimitri Dubois, Charles Figuières, Jean Hindriks and Karl

Income Redistribution and Public Good

by Jonathan Maurice, Agathe Rouaix, Marc Willinger
"... We investigate experimentally the relevance of Warr’s neutrality theorem (1983). In our test treatments we implement an unexpected income redistribution among group members. We compare treatments with equalizing (unequalizing) redistribu-tion to benchmark treatments without redistribution, starting ..."
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general tendency for poor subjects to over-contribute significantly more than rich subjects. ∗We are specially indebted towards Charles Figuières who helped us at various stages of this project through helpful discussions and in-depth readings. We thank Mickael Beaud, Sascha O. Becker, Friedrich Bolle

CONTINUITY, IDENTITY AND CAUSAL LINES IN SOCIO- CULTURAL PROCESSES

by Orlando Patterson , 2002
"... The claim is frequently made that the past powerfully influences the present. Laymen and scholars alike constantly assume or assert that a given behavior or cultural pattern or belief is a consequence of conditions that existed in some previous period or context. Or, more strongly, that some present ..."
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present object of interest – be it an idea, belief, design, pattern of behavior or other area of culture — is a direct continuity of some similar object existing in a previous period. The historical sociologist, Charles Tilly, observes that “we bear the nineteenth century like an incubus, ” a continuity
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