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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…
Nicholas FoxMedical School University of Sheffield [email protected] This paper explores postmodern social theory approaches to research writing. In particular I am interested in the possibilities which an emphasis on intertextuality can offer in the production of social research. Intertextuality is…
Emanuel Smikun American Social Indicators The neofunctionalist movement in sociology adopted functionalism as a tradition rather than a method (Alexander 1985). Its general discourse and research programs are mainly concerned with rehabilitating Parsons, further elaborating and proliferating his ideas and…
Ronald HinchDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology University of Guelph [email protected] Crysal HepburnDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology University of Guelph [email protected] ABSTRACT This paper examines issues related to the definition and study of serial murder. It examines definitional issues such as…
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…
Mike SostericDepartment of Global and Social Analysis Athabasca University [email protected] Mike GismondiDepartment of Global and Social Analysis Athabasca University [email protected] Gina RatkovicDepartment of Sociology University of Alberta [email protected] ABSTRACT The academy, like many public and private institutions before it, has…
Janet Atkinson-GrosjeanInterdisciplinary 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” focus.…
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…
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…
Steve MainprizeFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Douglas College [email protected] ABSTRACT Electronic monitoring (EM) is now a widespread practical resource and technique of community supervision/control in corrections. It is argued that an” elective affinity” in the conjuncture of specific political,…
