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
that are very Style):in managing marginalization: selective incorporation, ostensible/mimetic
important
reform, indirect rule,
Katz, Michael consumption
B. 2007. and repression,
"Why Aren't andBurning?"
U.S. Cities surveillance. Another54:23-29.
Dissent reason is co-opting
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,
The population studieddiscuss method,
is primarily findings,
Americans livinganalysis, writing
in urban areas. Thestyle, or other
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
urban article
areas was verytowell
were compaired written
similar areas inand provided
European a sufficient amount of
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.