The Global Sociology Blog

BBC NEWS | Health | ‘Tragedy’ of maternal death via kwout Let’s see, can we spot the thing that is obvious but NOT mentioned or discussed in this article? BBC NEWS | Health | ‘Tragedy’ of maternal death via kwout Well?? Education is great. It is the remedy for everything and it is uncontroversial unless [...]

Via VeganProf who posted the article on Facebook: The Power Elite: Another Myth Debunked: Online Threats to Children "Overblown" via kwout Nothing indeed triggers moral panic more than supposed threats to children and their sexual purity… remember the alleged day-care centers that were supposed to be Satanic cults in the 1980s. Innocent people served time [...]

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Prisoner star McGoohan dies at 80 via kwout I was a huge fan of The Prisoner!

Via Sociological Images (click on the image for a bigger version), Obviously, the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia and the DRC have produced the largest numbers of refugees in the world, by far. It is surprising, though, to find Iran and Pakistan as major asylum countries but it makes sense, of course, to have [...]

Via The Blue Marble, And, as usual, we are treated of the now standard practice in journalism: all views are equal: Wind turbine destroyed after ‘octopus UFO’ seen in sky – Telegraph via kwout Fortunately, some smart alecky commenter at the Guardian comes up with a reasonable answer: turbine blades are not indestructible. It’s a [...]

Case in point: BBC NEWS | UK | Prince’s racist term sparks anger via kwout Oh sure, he’ll apologize for it (just like he did when he used a Nazi uniform at a costume party). The newspaper will be all over him for a while. But truly, one of the markers of social privilege is [...]

I’m on my fourth Kiva loan, what are you waiting for? A Fistful Of Dollars: The Story of a Kiva.org Loan from Kieran Ball on Vimeo .

These two items are a bit older but they are related to the environmental pressures that are severely damaging marine life. both are related to human activity. First, this item: BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Fisheries waste ‘costs billions’ via kwout Lack of regulation and inefficient fishing are indeed putting increased pressure on [...]

Pierre Maura reports on an INSEE study (INSEE is the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies which produces all the major French surveys and is a great source of reliable data for social scientists) on social inequalities. Comprendre [cɔ̃.pʀɑ̃dʁə] : v. tr.: Homogamie sociale et inégalités via kwout Maura paid special attention to [...]

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Via Jenn Lena who wants us to spread the word on this: Here is some context of the whole incident. I find the whole idea that the officer confused his gun with the Taser he was actually trying to get not exactly an excuse. There is now a fairly long record of using Tasers just [...]

globeandmail.com: Polygamy charges in Bountiful via kwout I have written about Winston Blackmore before, especially in my review of Daphne Bramham‘s book, The Secret Lives of Saints. Bramham is a columnist for the Vancouver Sun. In today’s column, she outlines the legal risk involved with such prosecution: Print Story – canada.com network via kwout Let’s [...]

The title refers to an article by Charles Tilly, "Changing Forms of Inequality", Sociological Theory, 21:1, March 2003, pp. 31- 36. The starting point of the article is the critique of the usual individualist premises that tend to dominate discussions of inequalities, congealed into a model with the following properties, as listed by Tilly: A [...]

The 10 Best Jobs in America Today via kwout Don’t get me wrong, I have no complaints about my job as sociologist but I’m quite sure I work more than 45 hours (and that’s not even counting the blogging). I attribute this to the systematic underestimation of the number of hours academics work. Most people [...]