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Alexander R. Thomas Department of Sociology and Anthropology Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts, USA 02115 mailto:[email protected] Abstract Conventional wisdom suggests that the reduction of funding for social welfare policies during the 1980s is the result of a conservative backlash against the…

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL MOONLIGHTERS Mauri P. Collins The Pennsylvania State University Calder Square P.O. Box 10002 State College, PA 16805-0002 Zane L. Berge Georgetown University 238 Reiss Science Bldg. Washington, DC 20057 [email protected] This paper reviews some of the literature…

Sociological Research Online, the first fully refereed sociology journal to be published on the Internet….Sociological Research Online is produced by a consortium of the British Sociological Association, the Universities of Surrey and Stirling and SAGE Publications, under the aegis of…

KEYWORDS: ELECTRONIC JOURNALS; POLITICAL ECONOMY OF SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING; CRISES IN SCHOLARLY PUBLICATION 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…

KEYWORDS: CYBERHATE; RACISM; NATIONALISM; NAZI; INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICT; INVALIDATION MYTHS; INTERNET; HATE MONGERING; HUMAN RIGHTS; HOMOSEXUALITY 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…

– Abstract     – Introduction     – The Service University and Market Discipline     – Accountability     – Changing Demographics     – The Changing Classroom     – Commodification, Colonization, and Discipline     – Corporate Boards of Governors?     – Counterpoints – EndNotes – References

KEYWORDS: COMMODIFICATION; COMMERCIALISATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; MARKET PENETRATION; NEOLIBERAL IDEOLOGIES; PUBLIC AWARENESS 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…

KEYWORDS: COMPUTERS; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, INTERNET; COMMERCIALIZATION; CREDIBILITY; ACCESS; SURVEILLANCE; PRIVACY The enormous educational potential of the Internet is threatened by the increasing commercialization of cyberspace. Beyond the obvious and often prohibitive costs of hardware, software, and Internet connectivity associated with…

Jeff Barry Cooperative Information Services Librarian The University of Tennessee Libraries Knoxville, TN 37996. [email protected]. The World-Wide Web initiative originated with the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) in 1989 as an attempt to electronically distribute the literature of high-…

*NOTE: All authors contributed equally to this project. Mike Sosteric, Editor EJS Assistant Professor Centre for Global and Social Analysis Athabasca University [email protected] Gina Ratkovic Department of Sociology University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Mike Gismondi, Associate Editor EJS Associate Professor…