This week we discuss an EU response to the German Green Party’s proposal to tax kerosene, the basis of jet fuel. And, I recently spoke with Ms. Emily Handsman of Northwestern University about her recent paper titled “From Virtue to Grit: Changes in Character Education Narratives in the U.S. from 1985 to 2016.” The paper is to be published in Qualitative Sociology, and is sole-authored. Segment 1 -- Emily Handsman on “From Virtue to Grit: Changes in Character Education Narratives in the U.S. from 1985 to 2016.” Segment 2 -- Radical frames, radical reality, and German Green Party environmental policy proposals.

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Economists talk money. Politicians talk government. On This Week in Sociological Perspective we talk money, politics, and everything else that makes the world go 'round, offering insight on society, public affairs, and news of the week. Guest authors join your host, UC-Berkeley Professor Samuel Roundfield Lucas, to transcend the headlines through fascinating research in sociology.