August 14, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Culture, Ideologies, Social Inequalities, Social Stratification, Sociology
This is not exactly news to sociologists but we know that greater social inequalities have negative social effects across the board and across the class structure and not just for those on the lower rung of the social ladder. Now, more evidence is in: saez-UStopincomes-2007 – Now, this should be the subject of intense debate [...]
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August 14, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Gender, Patriarchy
This is the government the US is propping up in Afghanistan: Karzai’s secret U-turn on Afghan rape law – Asia, World – The Independent via kwout There is a French expression for situations like these when alternatives are equally awful: to have the choice between the plague and the cholera. That’s the choice for the [...]
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August 14, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Culture, Social Norms, Social Theory, Socialization
Indexed » Blog Archive » True for boys & girls. via kwout The idea of social disciplining of the body is one of my favorite aspects of Foucault’s insights. It is easy enough to identify social norms in societies and groups. It is often more complex to identify how these norms are imposed, enforced and [...]
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