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Please consider registering guest Log In RegisterMembers Select Forum Classroom Controversy Good Science RSG Money and the Economy Unit 1 – Definitional Dialogue Unit 2 – Opportunistic Corruption Unit 3 – Superstition, Violence, Intoler… Unit 4 – Emergent Revelations Unit…

A refreshing, thoughtful and historical reading of the dramatic changes sweeping the Arab world.’ Marwan Bishara, senior political analyst, Al Jazeera [amazon_enhanced asin=”1780322232″ container=”div” container_class=”bookbox” price=”All” background_color=”FFFFFF” link_color=”000000″ text_color=”0000FF” /]For well over a year now, the dramatic, revolutionary unfolding of…

Dr. Michael Sosteric | Nov 16, 2012 | Comments 1 Women @ work? Progress has been made, but more work needs to be done. Women still fall short in top level CEO positions and are conspicuously absent in certain industries…

Of interest to Sociologists and students is the possibility of technology to break down class barriers. Here’s an interesting paper from the journal IRRODL that discusses the revolutionary potential of “technology enhanced learning” in developing nations. Food for thought, especially…

Here is some promotional copy for a pay-per-view on how to write resume and get jobs. In a market place crowded by highly qualified candidates, these techniques to stand out and get noticed make sense. If you do take the…

Dr. Michael Sosteric | Aug 16, 2012 | Comments 0 He is a refreshing admission of failure. Western social thought sucks and has failed to provide solutions to any “of our most pressing domestic social and economic issues.” Well duh.…

Dr. Michael Sosteric | Oct 03, 2011 | Comments 0 ‘Too often progressives demonise or just ignore the political right. This new collection redresses this deficit with a series of extremely well informed snapshots of the right in action across…

The following course, Sociology 101 (currently Sociology 288) , is a junior level sociology course provided by Athabasca University’s Center for Global and Social Analysis. Together with Sociology 100 this course forms a standard 6 credit introduction to the critical…

I just had a nice piece of news from Lexington Books. The first small printing (200 copies) of Good Science has sold out. Previously, I have not experienced this level of initial interest in my books and, as a result,…

War!? What is it good for? Taking stuff from others. Say it again. Oh, ah. Well, enough with the homage to Frankie who was in Hollywood in the 80s. War is another one of those ideological hot buttons, like greed,…