July 4th, 2011 by SocProf and tagged Book Reviews, Corporatism, Economy, Education, Labor, Precarization, Public Policy, Social Capital, Social Exclusion, Social Inequalities, Social Privilege, Social Stratification, Socialization
Welcome to the brave new world of work, where you work more and get paid nothing! Travailler plus pour ne rien gagner (maybe that should be Sarkozy’s slogan for his reelection campaign!). This is the reality experienced by more and more people in the US, and thoroughly explored by Ross Perlin in Intern Nation: How [...]
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July 4th, 2011 by SocProf and tagged Corporatism, Ideologies, Labor, Neoliberalism, Poverty, Precarization, Public Policy, Social Change, Social Inequalities, Social Movements, Social Stratification
When I mentioned in my Twitter timeline that I had started reading Owen Jones‘s Chavs: The Demonization of The Working Class, one of my Twitter followers asked that I post about it as I read. And, of course, one should always do what one’s Twitter followers demand! Therefore, I will post bits and pieces as [...]
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July 3rd, 2011 by SocProf and tagged Gender, Labor, Patriarchy, Sexism, Social Discrimination, Social Inequalities, Social Stratification
So, yesterday, I blogged about culture and misogyny (and on this same subject, you should all read this). Today, let’s me line up a few items that clearly highlight the consequences of misogynistic culture, as embedded in social structure in the form of sexist discrimination. Item the first something that will not surprise anyone because [...]
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July 2nd, 2011 by SocProf and tagged Education, Gender, Patriarchy, Sexism, Socialization
When I posted a few days ago about the gender-neutral experiment at a Swedish pre-school, one of my friends commented that the whole thing seemed a bit cultish. It seems she is not the only one: “Many pre-schools have hired “gender pedagogues” to help staff identify language and behaviour that risk reinforcing stereotypes. Some parents, [...]
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