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There’s something wrong in the world today, and Sociologists know what it is. From the School of the America’s (website, Wikipedia) to the increasing gap between rich and poor, to the colonial wars of violent conquest conducted in the name…
Tim McGettigan is a Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University – Pueblo. Tim’s primary research interests are in the areas of science, technology and the future, and Tim blogs about those topics at the following site: Socera. In addition, to…
François Larose Faculty of Education University of Sherbrooke Robert David Faculty of Education University of Sherbrooke Jean-Marie Dirand Faculty of Applied Sciences University of Sherbrooke Thierry Karsenti Faculty of Education UQAH Vincent Grenon Faculty of Science University of Sherbrooke Sylvain…
Alexander M Thomas Department 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…
Amardo Rodriguez Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies Syracuse University Syracuse, New York [email protected] Samuel Huntington is once again blaming me, that is, those of us who are of different worlds, and who move between worlds, and who claim to…
Good Science is a critical text, and a defense of science and the pursuit of truth. Here’s a list of courses that would benefit from having a bit of Good Science in them: Sociology of Science Sociological Theory Philosophy of…
Janet Atkinson-Grosjean Interdisciplinary Studies University of British Columbia [email protected] Abstract The article describes a preliminary study of a western Canadian university’s” research awareness campaign” and links it to the parallel appointment of a new president with a strong” public affairs”…
Good Science for Popular Science Readers Good Science explores the impact of science on the making of the modern world. In the process of seeking truth, scientists–from Galileo to Stephen J. Hawking–have often made discoveries that have revolutionized reality. Good…
Reinald Döbel Institut fuer Soziologie Scharnhorststr Introduction This essay was written back in 1995, as a compilation of a partly improvised speech delivered to an audience of students and lecturers at the University of Muenster in Germany. The occasion was…
“Working theoretically from an evolving standard of truth, Professor McGettigan takes the reader through major issues in science that detail how we move from A to B to C. That is to say, inside of 200 pages of beautifully written…
