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UW books in brief: US credit markets in history, ‘value sensitive’ design, the lasting effects of reproductive slavery, and more

Peter Kelley — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 21:04:54 +0000

Recent notable books by UW faculty members explore how the U.S. government has historically used credit to create opportunity, how "reproductive slavery" has left lasting ramifications and how technology design benefits from human values.

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Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies to hold ‘Re-imagining Solidarity’ conference March 10

Peter Kelley — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:13:14 +0000

Immigrant rights, environmental concerns and racial, class, gender and sexual justice will be the focus of a daylong conference hosted by the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies March 10 at the UW.

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Q & A: Sarah Quinn lifts the curtain on the ‘hidden state’

Kim Eckart — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 21:01:24 +0000

Given today’s political climate, one might assume that terms like “administrative state” and “deep state” are merely examples of polarized rhetoric. But the wariness underlying those terms goes back much further, said Sarah Quinn, an assistant professor of sociology at the ��. Try colonial America. “Some historians will say this is something that defines American culture, going back to before the revolution – that there is a longstanding dislike of centralized power and markets, and that this...

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