Things That Suck and Things That Don't Suck
Body: Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.Things that suck: Having one's flight delayed for 2 hours because of a big time thunderstorm in ChicagoBeing seated on the plane next to a big guy (so,...
View ArticleTo Suck or Not To Suck - Part of a Series
Body: Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.Progress!! I managed to get Japanese food AND utensils, which avoided my having to resort to the same creative, yet shameful, solution as I did...
View ArticleLow Suckitude Day And Clash of the Titans (AKA: Frenchdoc meets VastLeft)
Body: Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.In addition to the plenary session which I'll talk about below, I attended a couple of teaching workshops sessions that are probably of interest only...
View ArticleGeneral Suckitude and Non-sucky Session on Sucky Topic
Body: Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.Things that suckAnother session, another !@#$ baby.The universe turning against you:Being delayed at Logan Airport long enough to see O-Force One...
View ArticleThe Brave New World of Work - Precarious Work, Insecure Workers
Body: Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.This session by ASA President Arne Kalleberg (website) deserves a post of its own, because I thought it was so good and important. The title says it...
View ArticleTraining for the Carceral and Surveillance Society
Body: Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.Scott Jaschik was at the ASA meeting (I had breakfast next to him on Saturday morning) and he has an interesting article in Inside Higher Ed regarding...
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Basic Sociology - Group Behavior
Body: GroupsSocial groups have specific characteristics: (a) they consist of two or more people who (b) interact in an ordered fashion, (c) share specific values and norms, and (d) have at least some...
View ArticleStephanie Coontz Revisits The Feminine Mystique
Body: Stephanie Coontz makes all the so-called relationship, marriage and family experts from the conservative thinktanks look like the frauds that they are. Her most recent book, Marriage - A History,...
View ArticleRead Slowly and Carefully
Body: Please read Paul Jorian's blogpost regarding the implosion of the credit markets, the reasons, the influence of "The Chicago School" of economists whose assumptions continue to help us not...
View ArticleNew Study Shows Prop. 8 Success “Not Personal”
Body: New Study Shows Prop. 8 Success “Not Personal” -- If you live in California and are a Republican, attend church at least once a week, hold socially conservative views, and are 65-years-old or...
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