The Global Sociology Blog

We often think of trade with China in terms of imports, what we get from them, the graph below, from Visual Economics, shows the exports to China (click on the image or the link for large version): Also note what kinds of goods are exported there: computers and electronics. Isn’t this surprising? One would think [...]

Via some guy with a Nobel Prize: Finance mythbusting, third world edition – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com via kwout

Via Epiphenom: How very Durkheimian. The starting point: nrc.nl – International – Features – Insecurity not education determines church attendance via kwout So, how do these factors work when it comes to religiosity: nrc.nl – International – Features – Insecurity not education determines church attendance via kwout One look at the overwhelming religiosity in the [...]

This seems appropriate after the US healthcare bill fiasco: WHO | WHO calls for action beyond the health sector to improve the health of girls and women via kwout The differential then has to do with structural discrimination an social stratification. Women are on the receiving end of many more social disadvantages than men. WHO [...]

Some people deserve to live disease-free more than others. That’s the beauty of the being part of the power elite. Is there any privilege that the financial class does not enjoy? Wall Street bankers at front of queue for scarce swine flu vaccine | Business | guardian.co.uk via kwout What everyone is thinking:

This looks like a new socblog (found via Twitter), so, I hope the author, Luis Antonio Guerrero Cantera, sticks with it and get prolific because there aren’t enough soc theory blogs around! θεωρειν. Apuntes sobre teoría sociológica y antropológica via kwout As always, update your RSS feeds and bookmarks!

Via Rue 89: banksecrets via kwout For instance, in the screenshot above, I selected Citibank and saw that they loaned over $10 million to a companies manufacturing cluster bombs. So, if you want to know more about controversial investments that your bank might be making, just head on over there and start clicking away. It [...]

Another great Italian blog: Tau ²· Zero by Gianni Silei (who’s lucky enough to be working in the great city of Siena) So, update your feeds and bookmarks. Tau Zero via kwout

There are more where this one came from and they’re all VERY depressing. And this… Calculated Risk: Employment Report: 190K Jobs Lost, 10.2% Unemployment Rate via kwout

If a white person commits an atrocity, it’s because that person has mental health problems If a non-white person commits an atrocity, it is because non-white people all have self-control problems of some kind (translation: they’re not as civilized as “we” are) If a person with an Arab name (Note to the media: there is [...]

Click on your own demographics and find out the unemployment rate for people in your category: The Unemployment Rate for People Like You – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com via kwout

Denis Colombi notes this wonderful gem from former Judo superstar turned right-wing politician (you see where this is going, don’t you?): Une heure de peine…: David Douillet est-il Français ? via kwout Let me offer a rough translation of this steaming pile: “To me, a woman doing judo or in another sport, that’s neither natural [...]

Via Sociological Images, this VERY interesting video (note the gender differences in reaction… it would have been interesting to see the reactions if it had been a black man shopping instead of a woman): It would also have been nice to have some statistics deconstruction: if you target only a specific segment of the population [...]

From their latest album, Raditutes, I Want You To:

I take a lot of fitness classes. I work out quite a bit, cardio kickboxing, step aerobics, strength training, pilates, core strength. I have done them all. But of course, it is impossible to switch off the sociologist thing. And of course, in fitness classes like these, gender is the first thing one notices. Instructors [...]