Archive for October, 2009
October 15th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Economy, France, Labor, Precarization, Public Policy, Risk Society, Social Inequalities, Social Stratification, Sociology
Fear of falling or peur du déclassement – the fear of downward social mobility – has been a topic in several French publications. First, the déclassement concept has been recently developed by sociologist Camille Peugny: Camille Peugny – le déclassement by vincennes This topic has been also addressed in a couple of articles in Le [...]
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October 15th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Development, economics, Global Governance
Via Visual Economics: The shocking thing is how little of this goes to Africa.
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October 15th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Religious Fundamentalism
Four weddings? The Moonies prefer 20,000 – Asia, World – The Independent via kwout
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October 13th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Consumerism, Corporatism, Culture, Economy, Health, Sociology, Sports
First, the Grumpy sociologist tells me that sports / leisure prevent social contestation: The Grumpy Sociologist: How Sports and Leisure Stunt Social Resistance via kwout But then, Ian Welsh tells me the opposite! Yes Virginia, Americans are fat as a group | Ian Welsh via kwout And both arguments are pretty convincing. Or is it [...]
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October 13th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Global Governance, Globalization, surveillance society
Interpol and U.N. Back ‘Global Policing Doctrine’ – NYTimes.com via kwout Global databases, huh? How reassuring.
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October 13th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Health, Health Care
BBC NEWS | Health | Bans ‘do not cut abortion rate’ via kwout Oh, and the Guttmacher Institute is not just a “pro-choice think tank”. It is one of the most reliable sources on reproductive issues. What this shows is that abortion restrictions do not lower the number of abortions. They only increase the number [...]
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October 12th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Poverty, Precarization, Public Policy, Racism, Social Deviance, Social Exclusion, social marginality, Social Sanctions, Social Stigma, Sociology, Symbolic Violence
“Making the inmate or his kin pay, reducing services within custodial establishments to a bare minimum, generalized unskilled work inside penitentiaries: for now, these measures are pursued less for their financial fallout, which is negligible compared to the pharaonic expenditures demanded by the policy of penalization of poverty, than for the message they send to [...]
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October 12th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Gender, Mass Violence, New Wars, Patriarchy, Sexism
Men commit wide-scale sexual crimes with impunity in conflict zones, says UN via kwout Just sayin’ Do read the Convention at the link below: CEDAW 29th Session 30 June to 25 July 2003 via kwout Fortunately, we have a Secretary of State who is a (real) fierce advocate on this issue. And by the way, [...]
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October 12th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Education, Humor
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October 11th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Labor, Poverty, Precarization, Public Policy, Social Deviance, Social Disadvantages, Social Exclusion, Social Inequalities, social marginality, Social Norms, Social Sanctions, Social Stigma, Social Stratification, Sociology, Structural Violence, Symbolic Violence
“Probing the gestation, operant philosophy, and early results of the welfare ‘reform’ of 1996 highlights developments fostering the penalization of public aid and thence the emergent coupling with the penal wing of the state. (…) In both the political debate leading to the passage of the law and the body of the legislative text itself, [...]
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October 11th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Culture, Social Theory, Sociology
[Updated below] This is interesting: Obama, Weber, and Re-Enchanting the World » ThickCulture via kwout This captures one of the aspects that has always bothered me about Obama as candidate, speaker and now President: reliance on faith. The American society is already awash in childish religiosity and public figures, especially of the progressive or liberal [...]
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October 11th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Economy, Globalization
Click on the image for the full view and effect! (Via Information is Beautiful)
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October 10th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Biodiversity, Environment, Sustainability
The world’s dirtiest rivers and lakes slideshow via World’s Dirtiest Rivers and Lakes : TreeHugger via kwout The most (depressingly) impressive photo: World’s Dirtiest Rivers and Lakes : TreeHugger via kwout The whole slideshow is impressive.
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October 9th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Religious Fundamentalism
She is Leila Babes: Interdire la burqa : ce que Leïla Babès a dit aux députés | Rue89 via kwout Read the whole thing.
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October 9th, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Labor
The Geography of Jobs – TIP Strategies via kwout
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