Otto Newman
Encyclopedia
Otto Newman is an Adjunct Professor of Sociology at San Diego State University
, where he has been since 1987. His extensive writings have been published on four continents. His main works include: Gambling: Hazard and Reward (London University Press) and The Challenge of Corporatism (Macmillan
). He has also authored extensive research reports leading to policy implementation.
, Austria
. At the age of 16, he was able to escape the Anschluss
on the final Kindertransport
out of Vienna
leaving on December 13, 1938, from the Wien Westbahnhof train station.
After arriving in England
, he was kept at a Dovercourt
holiday camp until arrangements could be made for further care. He was offered a home with an English family, but after taking a placement exam was chosen as one of six older children arriving on the Kindertransport
to earn a spot at the University of Oxford
, studying there for 3 years.
Otto was unable to finish studies at Oxford due to his being interned
as an enemy alien on the first day of his inter-BSC college exam.
On July 2, 1940, Otto’s 18th birthday, he was rounded up and eventually shipped to the Isle of Man
. Later, he was transferred to the transit camp at the Lingfield horseracing track.
Otto was due to sail on two different deportation
ships, one bound for Australia
, and one for North America
. Upon arriving at the docks, each time he found that his name had been left off the final boarding lists. Both times the ships were sunk by enemy action. Later, released from internment, he had sponsorship from an American cousin and a visa to travel to America. However, with increased shipping loses no further passengers were allowed to travel by the time clearance came through.
After being released from internment Otto managed to find work in London and served his duty as a fire watcher during the war. When allowed, Otto volunteered to serve in the RAF, but was rejected when it was learned that his parents were still in Vienna
. He then volunteered for factory work and was sent to a place producing pistons for fighter aircraft where he worked for a short time.
At the age of 22, Otto became a professional gambler until the end of the war.
Engaging in sports he was, for two years running, Chelsea
& Kensington
's 100–yard swimming champion. In the last year of the war, he made the final in the British Open Table tennis
championship beating two highly ranked players on the way and eventually losing to the world champion after a tough fight — no doubt his most outstanding sporting achievement. Otto was picked inside right for the Alliance League football team, the strongest combined amateur football team, only to fall victim to a clumsy tackle tearing his left knee cartilage.
fashion house.
Later he went into business as a clothing manufacturer under the name of Paul Asker Fashions. The most successful item of manufacture was his introduction of the modern Hoop Skirt in the 1950s, which was designed by his wife.
, earning his Diploma in Sociology in 1964. He continued at the London School of Economics
earning his BSc (Soc) in 1966 and his PhD in Sociology in 1970.
From 1968 to 1971 he was a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Stirling
, in Scotland.
In 1971 he moved to the Polytechnic of the South Bank
in London, where he chaired the department of Social Sciences from 1975 to 1987. He also directed the Lifestyle Research Unit, closely linked to the Greater London Council
, cooperating in effecting policies enhancing the prospects for the city’s youth. He served on the Executive of the British Sociological Association
for a number of years, chairing the Publications Committee, editing the Sociology in Practice series and actively involved in the Sociology editorial board.
, then returned to South Bank University. Moving to California in 1987 he accepted a position at San Diego State University
. He was also a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, San Diego
from 1987 to 1990. Now an adjunct professor at San Diego State University, he remains active in teaching, research and publishing. He has just finished (2008) writing his memoirs in a self-published work called “Escapes and Adventures: A 20th Century Odyssey.”
, 1940
DipSoc (double distinction), University of London
, 1964
BSc (Soc), London School of Economics
, University of London
, 1966
PhD (Soc), London School of Economics
, University of London
, 1970
1987-1990 Visiting Scholar, University of California, San Diego
1971-1987 South Bank University, London:
1971-1974 Principal Lecturer
1974-1986 Chair, Department of Social Sciences
(1986 Faculty: 32 tenured, 18 part-time, 11
Research Fellows/Assistants)
1984-1987 Director, Lifestyle Research Unit, South Bank University,
London
1981-1982 Visiting Professor, University of Illinois at Springfield
1968-1971 Lecturer, Sociology, University of Stirling
, Scotland
1950-1964 Managing Director, Commerce and Industry
1945-1950 Company Secretary
: Social Issues and Motivations
Corporatism
Unemployed
Youth
Leisure Studies
and Lifestyle Enhancement
Community Motivators
Football Hooliganism
Politics of Unreason
American Exceptionalism
Affluence
and Post-Scarcity
Society
Communitarianism
The Future of the American Dream
The Promise of the Third Way
Soft Power
Globalization
, Terrorism
and Human Rights
, London, 1973-1983:
Sociological Studies Board
National Visiting and Award Boards
National Advisory Boards
South Bank University, 1971-1987:
Academic Board
Faculty Board
Higher Degree Committee; Vice-Chair
Planning and Resource Board; Vice-Chair
Degree Validation Board
Faculty Appointment Board
British Sociological Association
:
Publications Committee; Chair 1975-1980
National Executive Board; 1976-1984
Coordinating Committee; 1979-1980
Sociology, Journal of the British Sociological Association: Editorial Board, 1976-1980
Sociology in Practice, Series Editor, Croom Helm, 1981–1984
Greater London Council
:
Consultant: Arts & Recreation, 1983-1986
Industrial Enterprise Board, 1984-1986
Steering Committee, Arts & Recreation, 1983-1986
Sports Committee, Arts & Recreation, 1985–1986
National Gambling Board, London, 1973–1980
The Challenge of Corporatism(1981). New Studies in Sociology. London: Macmillan.
Escapes and Adventures: A 20th Century Odyssey. Lulu Press, 2008
With Richard DeZoysa:
The American Dream in the Information Age (1999). UK: Macmillan
US: St. Martin’s Press.
The Promise of the Third Way (2001. UK: Palgrave; US: St. Martin’s Press.
The American Dream in the Information Age (2002). Mandarin edition. Beijing, China: Social Sciences Documentation Publishing House.
Towards Progress and Peace: Globalization, Terrorism and Human Rights (2005). Bloomington, Ind: Author House.
“Elites and Society”; Sociological Society, June 1965
Sociology of the Betting Shop”; British Journal of Sociology
,
19(1), March 1968
“The Gambling Problem”; Social Service Quarterly, Summer 1972
“The Sociology of Social Problems”; Canadian Review of
Sociology and Anthropology, 12(4), 1976
“Leisure and Life Styles”; Ontario Psychologist, 8(2), 1976
“The Educator’s Dilemma”; British Journal of Educational Studies,
25(1), 1977
“The Newly Acquisitive Affluent Worker”; Sociology, 13(1), 1979
“Education for Social Dominance and Control”; New Education,
2(1), 1980
“Class Matters”, Sociology, 14(1), 1980
“Corporatism, Leisure and Collective Control”; Centre for Work
And Leisure Studies, Salford University, 1981
“Leisure Counselling Today”; World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City, 1982
"Leisure Counselling”; Centre for Work and Leisure Studies, Salford University, 1982
“The Coming of a Leisure Society?”; Leisure Studies, 2(1) 1983
“Leisure and Social Change”; Education and Society, 1(1), 1983
“Lifestyle Enhancement for the Young Unemployed”; Report No1
Greater London Council, 1983
“Training for the Young Unemployed”; Industrial Enterprise Board, 1983
“Community Activator: a Case for Action”; Greater London Council, 1984
“The Learning of Lifestyle Enhancement”; Inner London Education Authority, 1984
“From Employment to Work”; Industrial Enterprise Board, 1984
“Proactivism: The Answer to Youth Unemployment?”; Greater London Council, 1985
“The Causes of Unemployment”; Greater London Council, 1985
“Unemployment, Work and the New Post- Industrialism”; European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1985
“Soccer Violence: Initial Observations”; Greater London Council, 1985
“Hooligans At Home and Abroad”; Greater London Council, 1985
“Youth since Industrialisation”; Greater London Council, 1985
“Soccer: A Brief Social History”; Greater London Council, 1986
“Recreation and Lifestyle for the Young Unemployed”; Greater London Council, 1986,Summary Report No2 (with Maureen Farish and Peter Miller)
“Policies for the Lost Generation”; Greater London Council, 1986, Summary Report No3 (assisted by Maureen Farish and Peter Miller)
“Why Us: From Paragons to Pariahs”; London Residuary Authority, 1986
“Don’t Be A Jerk”; London Residuary Authority, 1986
“White Collar Hooliganism”; London Residuary Authority, 1986
“The Brixton Recreation Centre: Analysis of a Political Institution”;
London Residuary Authority, 1986 (with Karl Murray)
With Richard DeZoysa:
“American Exceptionalism: Against the Tide Again?”; South Bank University, Occasional Papers No 2, 1993
“American Policy Choices for a New Era”; Contemporary Politics, 1(3), 1995
“The Underclass, Welfare and Joblessness”; California Sociological Association, 1995
“The Republican Vision”; The Discoursi, Sundsvall: Sweden, 1996
“Prospects for a Revitalised Community”; Contemporary Politics, 2(4), 1996
“Virtues, Values and Identity"; The Americana, Spring 1997
“Food: Feast of Famine"; The Americana, Summer 1997
"The New World Order: Then and Now”; The Americana, Fall 1997
“Perspectives on Civic Society: the Prospect"; DMI Rapport, No 2
Demokratiinstitutet,: Sweden
"Communitarianism- a New Panacea?”; Sociological Perspectives, 40(4), 1997
“Exploring the Idea of A Third Way: A New Agenda for The Global Era”; The Discoursi, Sundsvall: Sweden Winter 2000
“The Third Way Alternative: America’s New Political Agenda"; Contemporary Sociology Winter 6(3) Winter 2000
“Globalization, Soft Power and the Challenge of Hollywood"; Contemporary Politics, 8(3) June 2002
"American Declinism and the Third Way Option"; 2(2) June 2007
Simon Wiesenthal Center
, Los Angeles
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
, Washington, D.C.
Holocaust Museum Houston
Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre
Imperial War Museum
, London, UK.
Yad Vashem
, Israel
San Diego State University
San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
, where he has been since 1987. His extensive writings have been published on four continents. His main works include: Gambling: Hazard and Reward (London University Press) and The Challenge of Corporatism (Macmillan
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others.-History:...
). He has also authored extensive research reports leading to policy implementation.
Escape
Otto Neumann was born on July 2, 1922 in ViennaVienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. At the age of 16, he was able to escape the Anschluss
Anschluss
The Anschluss , also known as the ', was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938....
on the final Kindertransport
Kindertransport
Kindertransport is the name given to the rescue mission that took place nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. The United Kingdom took in nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Free City of Danzig...
out of Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
leaving on December 13, 1938, from the Wien Westbahnhof train station.
After arriving in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, he was kept at a Dovercourt
Dovercourt
For the neighbourhood in Toronto see Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-JunctionDovercourt is a small seaside town in Essex, England. It is older than its smaller but better-known neighbour, the port of Harwich, and appears in the Domesday Book of 1086...
holiday camp until arrangements could be made for further care. He was offered a home with an English family, but after taking a placement exam was chosen as one of six older children arriving on the Kindertransport
Kindertransport
Kindertransport is the name given to the rescue mission that took place nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. The United Kingdom took in nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Free City of Danzig...
to earn a spot at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, studying there for 3 years.
Internment / war years
At the start of the war in 1939, there were 78,000 refugees in Britain who were termed ‘enemy aliens’. ‘Enemy aliens’ was the term used to describe all peoples living in the UK who were from Germany, Austria or Italy. Jewish people who had emigrated from Germany to escape Hitler’s antisemitism were also regarded as ‘enemy aliens’.Otto was unable to finish studies at Oxford due to his being interned
Internment
Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people, commonly in large groups, without trial. The Oxford English Dictionary gives the meaning as: "The action of 'interning'; confinement within the limits of a country or place." Most modern usage is about individuals, and there is a distinction...
as an enemy alien on the first day of his inter-BSC college exam.
On July 2, 1940, Otto’s 18th birthday, he was rounded up and eventually shipped to the Isle of Man
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...
. Later, he was transferred to the transit camp at the Lingfield horseracing track.
Otto was due to sail on two different deportation
Deportation
Deportation means the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. Today it often refers to the expulsion of foreign nationals whereas the expulsion of nationals is called banishment, exile, or penal transportation...
ships, one bound for Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and one for North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. Upon arriving at the docks, each time he found that his name had been left off the final boarding lists. Both times the ships were sunk by enemy action. Later, released from internment, he had sponsorship from an American cousin and a visa to travel to America. However, with increased shipping loses no further passengers were allowed to travel by the time clearance came through.
After being released from internment Otto managed to find work in London and served his duty as a fire watcher during the war. When allowed, Otto volunteered to serve in the RAF, but was rejected when it was learned that his parents were still in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. He then volunteered for factory work and was sent to a place producing pistons for fighter aircraft where he worked for a short time.
At the age of 22, Otto became a professional gambler until the end of the war.
Engaging in sports he was, for two years running, Chelsea
Chelsea, London
Chelsea is an area of West London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road and Chelsea Harbour. Its eastern boundary was once defined by the River Westbourne, which is now in a pipe above...
& Kensington
Kensington
Kensington is a district of west and central London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street, and it contains the well-known museum district of South Kensington.To the north, Kensington is...
's 100–yard swimming champion. In the last year of the war, he made the final in the British Open Table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
championship beating two highly ranked players on the way and eventually losing to the world champion after a tough fight — no doubt his most outstanding sporting achievement. Otto was picked inside right for the Alliance League football team, the strongest combined amateur football team, only to fall victim to a clumsy tackle tearing his left knee cartilage.
Business
Marrying June Pattenden on June 6, 1946, Otto soon had two children, Paul born in 1947 and Victoria in 1948, and worked as Company Secretary for a West EndWest End of London
The West End of London is an area of central London, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings, and entertainment . Use of the term began in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross...
fashion house.
Later he went into business as a clothing manufacturer under the name of Paul Asker Fashions. The most successful item of manufacture was his introduction of the modern Hoop Skirt in the 1950s, which was designed by his wife.
British academia
Leaving his successful manufacturing business at the age of 40, Otto Newman returned to academia to complete his studies at the University of LondonUniversity of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, earning his Diploma in Sociology in 1964. He continued at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
earning his BSc (Soc) in 1966 and his PhD in Sociology in 1970.
From 1968 to 1971 he was a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Stirling
University of Stirling
The University of Stirling is a campus university founded by Royal charter in 1967, on the Airthrey Estate in Stirling, Scotland.-History and campus development:...
, in Scotland.
In 1971 he moved to the Polytechnic of the South Bank
London South Bank University
London South Bank University is a university in south London. With over 25,000 students and 1,700 staff, it is based in the London Borough of Southwark, near the South Bank of the River Thames, from which it takes its name...
in London, where he chaired the department of Social Sciences from 1975 to 1987. He also directed the Lifestyle Research Unit, closely linked to the Greater London Council
Greater London Council
The Greater London Council was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council which had covered a much smaller area...
, cooperating in effecting policies enhancing the prospects for the city’s youth. He served on the Executive of the British Sociological Association
British Sociological Association
The British Sociological Association is a scholarly and professional society for sociologists in the United Kingdom, and was founded in 1951. They publish the academic journals Sociology, Work, Employment and Society and Cultural Sociology as well as their membership newsletter...
for a number of years, chairing the Publications Committee, editing the Sociology in Practice series and actively involved in the Sociology editorial board.
United States
From 1981 through 1982 Otto accepted a visiting lecturer position at Sangamon State University, later called the University of Illinois at SpringfieldUniversity of Illinois at Springfield
The University of Illinois at Springfield is a public university in Springfield, Illinois. The University was established in 1969 as Sangamon State University by the Illinois General Assembly and became a part of the University of Illinois system on July 1, 1995.The University of Illinois at...
, then returned to South Bank University. Moving to California in 1987 he accepted a position at San Diego State University
San Diego State University
San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
. He was also a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
from 1987 to 1990. Now an adjunct professor at San Diego State University, he remains active in teaching, research and publishing. He has just finished (2008) writing his memoirs in a self-published work called “Escapes and Adventures: A 20th Century Odyssey.”
Qualifications
Inter BSc (Math/Eng), University of OxfordUniversity of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, 1940
DipSoc (double distinction), University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, 1964
BSc (Soc), London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, 1966
PhD (Soc), London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, 1970
Professional appointments
1987- Professor/Adjunct Professor, San Diego State UniversitySan Diego State University
San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
1987-1990 Visiting Scholar, University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
1971-1987 South Bank University, London:
1971-1974 Principal Lecturer
1974-1986 Chair, Department of Social Sciences
(1986 Faculty: 32 tenured, 18 part-time, 11
Research Fellows/Assistants)
1984-1987 Director, Lifestyle Research Unit, South Bank University,
London
1981-1982 Visiting Professor, University of Illinois at Springfield
University of Illinois at Springfield
The University of Illinois at Springfield is a public university in Springfield, Illinois. The University was established in 1969 as Sangamon State University by the Illinois General Assembly and became a part of the University of Illinois system on July 1, 1995.The University of Illinois at...
1968-1971 Lecturer, Sociology, University of Stirling
University of Stirling
The University of Stirling is a campus university founded by Royal charter in 1967, on the Airthrey Estate in Stirling, Scotland.-History and campus development:...
, Scotland
1950-1964 Managing Director, Commerce and Industry
1945-1950 Company Secretary
Research activity
GamblingGambling
Gambling is the wagering of money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods...
: Social Issues and Motivations
Corporatism
Corporatism
Corporatism, also known as corporativism, is a system of economic, political, or social organization that involves association of the people of society into corporate groups, such as agricultural, business, ethnic, labor, military, patronage, or scientific affiliations, on the basis of common...
Unemployed
Unemployment
Unemployment , as defined by the International Labour Organization, occurs when people are without jobs and they have actively sought work within the past four weeks...
Youth
Leisure Studies
Leisure studies
Leisure studies is a branch of the social sciences that focuses on understanding and analyzing leisure. Tourism and recreation are common topics of leisure research....
and Lifestyle Enhancement
Community Motivators
Football Hooliganism
Football hooliganism
Football hooliganism, sometimes referred to by the British media as the English Disease, is unruly and destructive behaviour—such as brawls, vandalism and intimidation—by association football club fans...
Politics of Unreason
American Exceptionalism
American exceptionalism
American exceptionalism refers to the theory that the United States is qualitatively different from other countries. In this view, America's exceptionalism stems from its emergence from a revolution, becoming "the first new nation," and developing a uniquely American ideology, based on liberty,...
Affluence
Wealth
Wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or material possessions. The word wealth is derived from the old English wela, which is from an Indo-European word stem...
and Post-Scarcity
Post scarcity
Post scarcity is a hypothetical form of economy or society, in which things such as goods, services and information are free, or practically free...
Society
Communitarianism
Communitarianism
Communitarianism is an ideology that emphasizes the connection between the individual and the community. That community may be the family unit, but it can also be understood in a far wider sense of personal interaction, of geographical location, or of shared history.-Terminology:Though the term...
The Future of the American Dream
American Dream
The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States in which freedom includes a promise of the possibility of prosperity and success. In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams in 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each...
The Promise of the Third Way
Third way (centrism)
The Third Way refers to various political positions which try to reconcile right-wing and left-wing politics by advocating a varying synthesis of right-wing economic and left-wing social policies. Third Way approaches are commonly viewed from within the first- and second-way perspectives as...
Soft Power
Soft power
Soft power is the ability to obtain what one wants through co-option and attraction. It can be contrasted with 'hard power', that is the use of coercion and payment...
Globalization
Globalization
Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...
, Terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
and Human Rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
Professional academic appointments
Council for National Academic AwardsCouncil for National Academic Awards
The Council for National Academic Awards was a degree awarding authority in the United Kingdom from 1965 until 1992. The CNAA awarded academic degrees at polytechnics, Central Institutions and other non-university institutions such as Colleges of Higher Education until they were awarded university...
, London, 1973-1983:
Sociological Studies Board
National Visiting and Award Boards
National Advisory Boards
South Bank University, 1971-1987:
Academic Board
Faculty Board
Higher Degree Committee; Vice-Chair
Planning and Resource Board; Vice-Chair
Degree Validation Board
Faculty Appointment Board
British Sociological Association
British Sociological Association
The British Sociological Association is a scholarly and professional society for sociologists in the United Kingdom, and was founded in 1951. They publish the academic journals Sociology, Work, Employment and Society and Cultural Sociology as well as their membership newsletter...
:
Publications Committee; Chair 1975-1980
National Executive Board; 1976-1984
Coordinating Committee; 1979-1980
Sociology, Journal of the British Sociological Association: Editorial Board, 1976-1980
Sociology in Practice, Series Editor, Croom Helm, 1981–1984
Greater London Council
Greater London Council
The Greater London Council was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council which had covered a much smaller area...
:
Consultant: Arts & Recreation, 1983-1986
Industrial Enterprise Board, 1984-1986
Steering Committee, Arts & Recreation, 1983-1986
Sports Committee, Arts & Recreation, 1985–1986
National Gambling Board, London, 1973–1980
Publications
Gambling: Hazard and Reward (1972). London: University of London Press.The Challenge of Corporatism(1981). New Studies in Sociology. London: Macmillan.
Escapes and Adventures: A 20th Century Odyssey. Lulu Press, 2008
With Richard DeZoysa:
The American Dream in the Information Age (1999). UK: Macmillan
US: St. Martin’s Press.
The Promise of the Third Way (2001. UK: Palgrave; US: St. Martin’s Press.
The American Dream in the Information Age (2002). Mandarin edition. Beijing, China: Social Sciences Documentation Publishing House.
Towards Progress and Peace: Globalization, Terrorism and Human Rights (2005). Bloomington, Ind: Author House.
Journals and research reports
“Family Planning: Past and Present"; Sociological Society, March 1965“Elites and Society”; Sociological Society, June 1965
Sociology of the Betting Shop”; British Journal of Sociology
British Journal of Sociology
The British Journal of Sociology is an academic journal, founded in 1950 at the London School of Economics. The main founders were the sociologists Morris Ginsberg and Thomas Humphrey Marshall. Their intended title, "The London Journal of Sociology", seems to have been changed by the publisher...
,
19(1), March 1968
“The Gambling Problem”; Social Service Quarterly, Summer 1972
“The Sociology of Social Problems”; Canadian Review of
Sociology and Anthropology, 12(4), 1976
“Leisure and Life Styles”; Ontario Psychologist, 8(2), 1976
“The Educator’s Dilemma”; British Journal of Educational Studies,
25(1), 1977
“The Newly Acquisitive Affluent Worker”; Sociology, 13(1), 1979
“Education for Social Dominance and Control”; New Education,
2(1), 1980
“Class Matters”, Sociology, 14(1), 1980
“Corporatism, Leisure and Collective Control”; Centre for Work
And Leisure Studies, Salford University, 1981
“Leisure Counselling Today”; World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City, 1982
"Leisure Counselling”; Centre for Work and Leisure Studies, Salford University, 1982
“The Coming of a Leisure Society?”; Leisure Studies, 2(1) 1983
“Leisure and Social Change”; Education and Society, 1(1), 1983
“Lifestyle Enhancement for the Young Unemployed”; Report No1
Greater London Council, 1983
“Training for the Young Unemployed”; Industrial Enterprise Board, 1983
“Community Activator: a Case for Action”; Greater London Council, 1984
“The Learning of Lifestyle Enhancement”; Inner London Education Authority, 1984
“From Employment to Work”; Industrial Enterprise Board, 1984
“Proactivism: The Answer to Youth Unemployment?”; Greater London Council, 1985
“The Causes of Unemployment”; Greater London Council, 1985
“Unemployment, Work and the New Post- Industrialism”; European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1985
“Soccer Violence: Initial Observations”; Greater London Council, 1985
“Hooligans At Home and Abroad”; Greater London Council, 1985
“Youth since Industrialisation”; Greater London Council, 1985
“Soccer: A Brief Social History”; Greater London Council, 1986
“Recreation and Lifestyle for the Young Unemployed”; Greater London Council, 1986,Summary Report No2 (with Maureen Farish and Peter Miller)
“Policies for the Lost Generation”; Greater London Council, 1986, Summary Report No3 (assisted by Maureen Farish and Peter Miller)
“Why Us: From Paragons to Pariahs”; London Residuary Authority, 1986
“Don’t Be A Jerk”; London Residuary Authority, 1986
“White Collar Hooliganism”; London Residuary Authority, 1986
“The Brixton Recreation Centre: Analysis of a Political Institution”;
London Residuary Authority, 1986 (with Karl Murray)
With Richard DeZoysa:
“American Exceptionalism: Against the Tide Again?”; South Bank University, Occasional Papers No 2, 1993
“American Policy Choices for a New Era”; Contemporary Politics, 1(3), 1995
“The Underclass, Welfare and Joblessness”; California Sociological Association, 1995
“The Republican Vision”; The Discoursi, Sundsvall: Sweden, 1996
“Prospects for a Revitalised Community”; Contemporary Politics, 2(4), 1996
“Virtues, Values and Identity"; The Americana, Spring 1997
“Food: Feast of Famine"; The Americana, Summer 1997
"The New World Order: Then and Now”; The Americana, Fall 1997
“Perspectives on Civic Society: the Prospect"; DMI Rapport, No 2
Demokratiinstitutet,: Sweden
"Communitarianism- a New Panacea?”; Sociological Perspectives, 40(4), 1997
“Exploring the Idea of A Third Way: A New Agenda for The Global Era”; The Discoursi, Sundsvall: Sweden Winter 2000
“The Third Way Alternative: America’s New Political Agenda"; Contemporary Sociology Winter 6(3) Winter 2000
“Globalization, Soft Power and the Challenge of Hollywood"; Contemporary Politics, 8(3) June 2002
"American Declinism and the Third Way Option"; 2(2) June 2007
Holocaust testimony
Otto Newman's video testimony is located in the library collections of:Simon Wiesenthal Center
Simon Wiesenthal Center
The Simon Wiesenthal Center , with headquarters in Los Angeles, California, was established in 1977 and named for Simon Wiesenthal, the Nazi hunter. According to its mission statement, it is "an international Jewish human rights organization dedicated to repairing the world one step at a time...
, Los Angeles
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust. Adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the USHMM provides for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history...
, Washington, D.C.
Holocaust Museum Houston
Holocaust Museum Houston
The Holocaust Museum Houston, is located in Houston, Texas and was opened in 1996. The museum is located in the Houston Museum District.The museum is the fourth largest Holocaust memorial museum in the United States. The museum's mission is to make people aware of the dangers which prejudice,...
Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre
Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre
The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre is a museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, dedicated to Holocaust education and awareness. It was founded in 1979 by a group of Holocaust survivors and facilitated by the philanthropy of Steven Cummings...
Imperial War Museum
Imperial War Museum
Imperial War Museum is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. The museum was founded during the First World War in 1917 and intended as a record of the war effort and sacrifice of Britain and her Empire...
, London, UK.
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem is Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953 through the Yad Vashem Law passed by the Knesset, Israel's parliament....
, Israel