Archive for September, 2008
September 30th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Corporatism, Economy, Politics, Public Policy, Risk Society, Social Inequalities, Social Privilege, Social Stratification, Social Theory, Structural Violence
George Monbiot: The free market preachers have long practised state welfare for the rich | Comment is free | The Guardian via kwout
And of course, Big Corn is not the only pig at the trough. Monbiot runs down the list:
Advanced Technology Program which was supposed to promote high-tech innovation in a non-competitive environment (and [...]
Posted in Economy, Politics, Public Policy, Risk Society, Social Inequalities, Social Privilege, Social Stratification, Social Theory, Structural Violence | 2 Comments »
September 30th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Ethiopia, Global Governance, Globalization, Human Rights, Indigenous peoples, Mass Violence, New Wars, Ogaden, Politics, Poverty, Religious Fundamentalism
L’Ogaden, la sale guerre que personne ne veut voir – Tout savoir sur les dernières actualités politiques, monde, société, sports, écologie avec le journal en ligne Libération via kwout
Burnt villages, displaced populations, mass rapes, assassinations… does this sound familiar? This has become the usual pattern of new wars. Except this one does not receive any [...]
Posted in Global Governance, Globalization, Human Rights, Indigenous Populations, Mass Violence, New Wars, Politics, Poverty, Religious Fundamentalism | No Comments »
September 30th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Economy, Politics, Social Inequalities, Social Privilege, Social Stratification, Structural Violence
Don’t listen to the pundits. Congressfolks were probably swamped with emails and phonecalls and a lot of them are up for reelection… damn "people", they screwed up the big Obama-Paulson plan.
As always, Ian Welsh explains:
"Over the last 30 years the US had a class war , and the middle class lost almost every battle. Congress’s [...]
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September 30th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Development, Economy, Education, Gender, Global Imaginary, Human Rights, Microcredit, Patriarchy, Population, Poverty, Sexism
Via Davidson at Corrente:
See also the website. A simple way to put what a lot of people in development have been shouting for years.
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Posted in Development, Economy, Education, Gender, Global Imaginary, Human Rights, Microcredit, Patriarchy, Population, Poverty, Sexism | No Comments »
September 29th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Economy, Unemployment
It is always somewhat tricky to explain to students how/why the level of unemployment in the United States is underrated, thanks to the invaluable Avedon, there is now a neat graphic illustrating it:
See Shadow Government Statistics for other “correct” data.
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September 29th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Culture, Gender, Human Rights, Patriarchy, religion, Sexism
Ok, let me just say this, I find this ridiculous… I mean, it’s a great job and all but still:
India’s hugging saint embraces a military target – Asia, World – The Independent via kwout
50,000 hugs a freakin’ day?? Good grief. Again, there are tougher jobs but I can’t believe people buy that… plus there’s the [...]
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September 29th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Gender, Human Rights, Mass Violence, New Wars, Patriarchy, Sexism
Tim Hancock: Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo goes on unnoticed by much of the world | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk via kwout
Sadly, Samuel’s story is fairly typical of what happens to young boys in the DRC, forced to become child soldiers. But they are not the only [...]
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September 29th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Economy, Politics
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September 28th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Academia, France, Humor
Via Denis Colombi (Congrats!)… be kind to your Prepa students, Denis, they’ll remember you fondly for it!
But boy does this take me back to my days as a Khagneuse at Condorcet (Paris). I almost tagged this “human rights.”
Read the rest here.
Lots of other goodies at Surimi Bleu!
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September 28th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Development, Economy, Environment, Global Governance, Global Imaginary, Globalization, Human Rights, Ideologies, Mass Violence, Migration, Nationalism, New Wars, Population, Poverty, Risk Society, Structural Violence, Sustainability, UN
Antonio Guterres (Wikipedia page), Un High Commissioner on Refugees, gave an interview to Le Monde at the occasion of the UN General Assembly meeting to discuss the question of climate refugees, a status yet not legally recognized.
If there is a debate on climate change (big "if"), there is, according Guterres, no debate concerning the [...]
Posted in Development, Economy, Environment, Global Governance, Global Imaginary, Globalization, Human Rights, Institutional Racism, Mass Violence, Migration, Nationalism, New Wars, Population, Poverty, Risk Society, Structural Violence, Sustainability | 4 Comments »
September 28th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Dexter, Dramaturgy, Media, Microsociology, Social Deviance, Social Interaction
Best show on TV!
Did I mention that Dexter is an exercise in social identity, dramaturgy and norm interpretation? That’s right, it’s all microsociology.
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September 28th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Afghanistan, Gender, Human Rights, Mass Violence, New Wars, Patriarchy, Religious Fundamentalism, Sexism
Une célèbre femme policier assassinée à Kandahar, Proche Moyen-Orient – NouvelObs.com via kwout
Kandahar, as the article indicates, is a Taliban stronghold. Malalaï Kakar, 40, mother of 6, was in charge of the Division of crimes against women at th Kandahar police department. She had received threats from the Taliban before. Herself the daughter of a [...]
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September 27th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Media
Paul Newman dies at 83 | Film | guardian.co.uk via kwout
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September 26th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Biodiversity, Environment, Sustainability
So says The Blue Marble:
The Blue Marble: Arctic Speed-Melt Record via kwout
And they’ve got the video to prove it:
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September 26th, 2008 by SocProf and tagged economics
By RDF over at European Tribune:
"Two guys standing nearby get into a discussion and Fred says to Sam, "I’ll bet you $5 that Joe wins his bet."
Next to them are Bill and Bob. Bill says: "I’ll bet you $10 that Fred welshes on his bet if he loses."
Next to them is [...]
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