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Contents

HUMAN ARCHITECTURE
Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge


Volume I • Issue 1 • Spring 2002


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LIFE COURSES & SOCIAL POLICIES


Editor's Note: "Social Policies and Life Courses" —page v

I. From the Life Course to Social Policy

The Capitalist Cuckoo’s Nest
R.F.A., SUNY College at Oneonta —page 1

I only Thought I Knew It All: Society and the Individual
Samara Cohen, Binghamton University —page 9

Why Is P Afraid to Love a Woman?
Peter Dai, SUNY College at Oneonta
—page 18

Teacher Recruitment and Retention: Personal Conflicts, Social Dilemmas
P. E. Gracey III, SUNY College at Oneonta —page 26

“Alien Nation”
P. Heim, Binghamton University
—page 36

Good Mother/Daughter Hunting: A Process of Self-Healing
L. Mlecz, SUNY College at Oneonta
—page 45

For the Love of Our Many Lives
Stephanie Roth, Binghamton University —page 53

Banana or Bridge? How Capitalism Impacts My Racial Identity
YuhTyng Tsuei, Binghamton University —page 62

My Asian-American Experience
William Wang, Binghamton University —page 74

II. From Social Policy to the Life Course

Welfare Beyond Teaching: Caring for Children and Their Parents
Jan Michele Chilion, SUNY College at Oneonta —page 86

The Disabled Welfare Program: The Welfare System and the Disabled
Erin Syron, SUNY College at Oneonta —page 93

Inadequate Programs Assisting Mothers in Poverty
Jessica Udice, SUNY College at Oneonta —page 104

Children: The Unheard Society

Aaron Witkowski, SUNY College at Oneonta —page 111

III. Issues in Theory and Method

Ideology and Utopia in Mannheim: Towards the Sociology of Self-Knowledge
M.H. (Behrooz) Tamdgidi, Binghamton University —page 120

Notes on Contributors —page 141