http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl "The extra-ordinary lies within the curve of normality" Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:30:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/finished-thesis-new-job/ http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/finished-thesis-new-job/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:44 +0000 Rense Nieuwenhuis http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/?p=1085 http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/finished-thesis-new-job/feed/ 2 http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/unintended-consequences-catholicism-and-abortion-attitudes/ http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/unintended-consequences-catholicism-and-abortion-attitudes/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:00:48 +0000 Rense Nieuwenhuis http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/?p=883 One of the elegances of sociology is found in the unintended consequences of our actions. In my studies of attitudes towards abortion, I found a nice example of such unintended consequences regarding the Catholic church. But, I doubt that the findings are warranted by the analyses.]]> http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/unintended-consequences-catholicism-and-abortion-attitudes/feed/ 0 http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/graph-abortion-attitudes-in-united-states/ http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/graph-abortion-attitudes-in-united-states/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:00:35 +0000 Rense Nieuwenhuis http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/?p=741 ]]> http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/graph-abortion-attitudes-in-united-states/feed/ 0 http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/us-presidential-abortion-debate/ http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/us-presidential-abortion-debate/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:00:56 +0000 Rense Nieuwenhuis http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/?p=575 With the U.S. Presidential election campaigns gaining momentum, the important issues are becoming more and more clear. One such issue that might make or brake a candidate, is their stance on abortion. McCain and Palin strongly objecting against the possibility of women having an abortion, Obama and Biden take a pro-choice stance. More interestingly, though, Obama and Biden explicitly state on their site that it is their goal to protect the Roe vs. Wade ruling, whereas McCain-Palin explicitly state their goal to overrule Roe vs. Wade. From a social science perspective, I think it is interesting to investigate these issues to a bit more depth, especially to see whether abortion has always been such a dividing line in American Politics.]]> http://www.rensenieuwenhuis.nl/us-presidential-abortion-debate/feed/ 0