Why Aren't Us Cities Burning

5.What were the primary findings of the research? Annotated In this article, Michael Katz, discusses why heBibliography believes U.S. cities aren't burned due to protests Worksheet and riots, as this action happened quite frequently prior to the 1970's. He believes one reason is

that there are a set of mechanisms that work with the new ecology of urban power. These

Review the directions and How to Prepare an Annotated mechanisms work against civil violence by managing marginalization. There are five mechanisms Bibliography 1.Citation (ASA Style):in managing marginalization: selective incorporation, ostensible/mimetic that are very important

reform, indirect rule, consumption and repression, andBurning?" surveillance. Another54:23-29. reason is co-opting Katz, Michael B. 2007. "Why Aren't U.S. Cities Dissent and controlling immigrants. The threat of deportation and unemployment have shown to be an effective mechanism of social control because it lowers the potential for violent civil actions and promotes peaceful protest. The United States has limited civil violence by facilitating the incorporation of immigrants. 2.What is the primary research question or thesis of this article? What accounts for the absence of civil violence on American streets? The author wants to

know why so much urban violence occurred prior to the 1970's but does not occur nearly as much today.

3.What are the characteristics of the population studied? How many people, ages, genders, race/ethnicity/nationality, professions, etc.? How were these people selected? 6.Critique this article, method, findings, writing or other The population studieddiscuss is primarily Americans livinganalysis, in urban areas. Thestyle, researcher also elements of the research project.

studied African Americans, Latin Americans, and Asian immigrants in urban areas of the United States. The population contained all ages, genders, and professions. The study of these This article was verytowell written provided a sufficient amount of urban areas were compaired similar areas inand European nations. information rather than an overwhelming amount of information. The method used for this research project suited it well. The researcher was able to make the primary purpose of the research very clear as well as the primary findings. It was an interesting article that brought an idea to my attention that I probably would have never thought about on my own.

4.What research method(s) was employed by the researchers? Was this appropriate for the population and the research question? Were there limitations to this method?

For this study, the researcher used grounded theory approach. I fell that this particular method was appropriate for the population because grounded theory is an inductive approach to the study of social life. It creates theories through constant comparing of observations. It analyzes patterns, themes, and common categories discovered in the observed data. Grounded theory tries to combine a naturalist approach with a positivist concern for a "systematic set of procedures" in qualitative research. (Babbie, p.324). There are guidelines to grounded theory but I don't feel as if they hindered or took away from the results of the research.