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The Socjournal» Book Reviews

Feb 6th, 2010 | By Dr. Michael Sosteric A Century of Spin: How Public Relations Became the Cutting Edge of Corporate Power . There are now a range of academic disciplines which have been indelibly marked by — indeed produced…

The Socjournal» endorphin rush

Feb 19th, 2010 | By Dr. Michael Sosteric Two books that I have recently read deserve attention today. One is My Way Out and the other is The Cure for Alcoholism. Both are great books and both detail a pharmacological…

The Socjournal» pathologies

Feb 19th, 2010 | By Dr. Michael Sosteric Two books that I have recently read deserve attention today. One is My Way Out and the other is The Cure for Alcoholism. Both are great books and both detail a pharmacological…

The Socjournal» racing cars

Feb 17th, 2010 | By Dr. Monica Brasted 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…

The Socjournal» functionalism

Jun 7th, 2010 | By SGerardi Functionalism has long had a bad name in sociology as the handmaiden of elite interests, justifying all manner of inequality and power abuse by implying (and sometimes suggesting outright) that these things are “functional”…

The Socjournal» barbie dolls

Feb 17th, 2010 | By Dr. Monica Brasted 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…