Month March 2012

Dec 9th, 2010 | By Default I’m a business student but interested in Sociology. Would taking a Sociology course help me in my business career. Nov 29th, 2010 | By Dr. Michael Sosteric Please, Can you explain about the social…

Apr 19th, 2011 | By Alex Afouxenidis 21st century global society is undergoing a period of profound economic crisis and transition. During the past twenty years or so, especially after the fall of eastern bloc regimes and their subsequent incorporation…

| Cite [hide academic citations] AMA citation: [lastname] . Sociology’s relation to business. The Socjournal. 2010. Available at: Accessed March 6, 2012. APA citation: [lastname], [firstname]. (2010). Sociology’s relation to business. Retrieved March 6, 2012, from The Socjournal Web…

Jan 25th, 2012 | By Tim Hutchcraft In my introductory Sociology courses, I teach my students about social norms and customs, often without applying the ideas and concepts to my own life.  For one, real life is different than a…

Nov 18th, 2010 | By Dr. Michael Sosteric So what determines human intelligence? Is it nature (i.e. genetics), nurture (i.e. socialization and education), or some combination of the two. This is not an easy question to answer but we all…

Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor. As Timothy McGettigan points out, the ideal of free market capitalism being good for the economy, and good for the world, is largely a myth. Nowhere is this clearer than in the…

Are humans basically good, or basically bad? Some people, like Freud, Hobbes, and Foucault, say bad. We’ve got a beast within and the only way to control that beast is to beat it down and repress it. You want proof?…

Oct 15th, 2010 | By Dr. Michael Sosteric Feminism is Queer is an introduction to the intimately related disciplines of gender and queer theory. Whilst guiding the reader through complex theory, the author develops the original position of queer feminism,…

Here is an article submitted by CPT Tanya Rosa of the Human Terrain Analysis Team-South, a US Army group tasked with interviewing Iraqi’s and gathering information. According to CPT Rosa, “the team is a mix of education levels, most graduate…

Jul 9th, 2010 | By Rachel Demerling The penetration of women into academe is growing, but at what cost? Babies get in the way and require valuable time away from a job that otherwise requires intense attachment and commitment, and…