Month July 2010

Untowning Hartwick

Alexander ThomasDepartment of Sociology SUNY Oneonta [email protected] ABSTRACT This paper traces the recent history (1948-1998) of economic restructuring in a rural community in central New York State. It is argued that several similarities exist between the experience of the small…

Hate on the Net

Evelyn KallenYork University ABSTRACT This paper will attempt to demonstrate that cyberhate messages promoted on the Internet by organized political and religious hate groups incite hatred and promote harmful action against racial, ethnocultural, religious and same-sex oriented minorities. The author’s…

Paying the Piper

Nicholas BurbulesDepartment of Educational Policy Studies Whitman College [email protected] T CallisterDepartment of Educational Policy Studies Whitman College [email protected] ABSTRACT The enormous educational potential of the Internet is threatened by the increasing commercialization of cyberspace. Beyond the obvious and often prohibitive…

Electronic Journals

Mike SostericDepartment of Global and Social Analysis Athabasca University [email protected] ABSTRACT This article examines the political economy of scholarly publication. After briefly outlining the contours of the current crises in the scholarly communication system, the article goes on to discuss…