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The Socjournal » Theory

We live in a violent world, but it is not just physical violence we endure. We also endure psychological violence and nowhere is that more obvious then when we consider the very real suffering that many adolescents endure. As the…

The Socjournal » Social Psychology

Jun 22nd, 2010 | By Michael Sosteric You think we live in a functioning democracy? You think you’re a powerful actor in a sea of democratic choice? Think again. According to this psychologist we are nations of people broken by…

The Socjournal » Health

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…

The Socjournal » General

Oct 15th, 2010 | By Michael Sosteric As a publisher or writer or publisher of Sociology and Social sciences, you’ve probably never thought of a mass market for your goods. The critical study of sociology remains conveniently obscured behind a…

The Socjournal » Gender

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…

The Socjournal» SGerardi

Name: Steven Email: Bio: Professor of Sociology New York City College of Technology CUNY June 7th, 2010 Functionalism is an American sociological concept created by an American-Talcott Parsons. As a young Ph.D Parsons joined the Sociology faculty at Harvard University. …

The Socjournal» Thomas J. Scheff

March 1st, 2010 The film Groundhog Day (1993) puts the protagonist, Phil Connors, in a time warp. Nothing that he does matters because he is stuck in February 2, Groundhog Day, in a small rural town. For most of the…

The Socjournal» Dr. Monica Brasted

February 17th, 2010 While traveling recently, I stopped at a fast food restaurant with my 6-year-old daughter.  When we sat down at the table to eat, she disappointedly pulled a pink care bear out of her cheeseburger meal.  When I…

The Socjournal» Emily Jill Hodgson

June 18th, 2010 Sweatshops and Post-Industrial Society: Conflicting Contemporary Phenomena Emily Jill Hodgson SOCI 460 Athabasca University June 13, 2010 — The shoes on our feet The results of the Google search on both sweatshops and global sweatshops, as found…