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May 2, 2011, 13:23
Here is a basic demographic breakdown of you, our reader. As you can see, you are about equally male and female. You are also highly educated and (since the…
April 27, 2011, 14:56
Sidebar Rotating Strip (295 by 16px) – Twenty Dollars per month. Approximately 25,000 impressions per month. CPM = .22%. Advertising limited to three banners…
February 8, 2011, 12:33
The following articles contain tips for being a better writer. They are designed to help sociologists and social science students learn to communicate…
August 30, 2010, 14:28
1. Start with a simple statement: We quit because nobody knew how to program the computer. 2. Put it in the passive voice, to dilute the responsibility:…
November 29, 2010, 19:09
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June 17, 2010, 11:08
The following pages contain sociology courses provided by various institutions. These courses are free to view online, but links are provided to the…
October 5, 2010, 13:45
The following course, Sociology 100: Introduction to Sociology (currently Sociology 287) , is a junior level sociology course provided by Athabasca…
October 6, 2010, 10:47
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will: Understand the political and economic meaning of empire. Understand the importance of power in…
October 6, 2010, 10:41
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: Identify gender inequalities in their work and life. Discuss the basic theoretical…
October 6, 2010, 10:39
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Describe the concept of master narratives and buried knowledge. 2. Discuss the…
October 6, 2010, 10:37
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Define and provide examples of social inequality in Canada and other countries. 2. …
October 6, 2010, 10:33
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Identify what is meant by the phrase “diversity of the family. 2. Outline the…
October 6, 2010, 10:30
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Distinguish between absolute and statistical definition of deviance. 2. Be able…
October 6, 2010, 10:29
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Define socialization. 2. Be able to identify agents of socialization and their…
October 6, 2010, 10:26
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Define culture, counter culture, high culture, mass culture, ideal culture, real…
October 6, 2010, 10:24
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Understand the importance of evidence and reasoned assessment to working with the…
October 6, 2010, 10:22
Objectives At the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Have a basic understanding of the discipline of sociology and the sorts of questions…
April 23, 2010, 12:57
The following course, Sociology 101 (currently Sociology 288) , is a junior level sociology course provided by Athabasca University’s Center for Global and…
February 1, 2011, 18:12
In this unit, we jump right into an analysis of social movements by taking a whirlwind tour of some of the economic, political and social issues (and movements)…
February 1, 2011, 18:09
In this unit, we conclude our introductory look at social movements by looking at current anti-war movements, and by examining the Internet and the WWW as…
February 1, 2011, 18:06
Atton, C. (2003, April 1). Reshaping Social Movement for a New Millenium. Social Movement Studies, 2 (3-15). Retrieved January 21, 2011 from http://mediaresearc…
June 29, 2010, 13:40
he higher the concentration of competition in any interaction, the less likely it is to be enjoyable and the more likely it is to be destructive to our self…
June 25, 2010, 12:40
Note: Before we begin, we ask that you contact the Athabasca University Library to request that either the film Thank You for Smoking or the Matrix trilogy…
June 23, 2010, 12:26
In a course on social movements and social issues, a critical text on homework may seem a little incongruous on a couple of levels. First, being registered at…
June 21, 2010, 12:17
The great movements of our time against war and for global democracy are very much concerned with communication and power . . . . —(Miller & Dinan, 2008,…
June 18, 2010, 11:04
Sociology 288 is designed to introduce you to the study of social movements from a sociological perspective. Typically, when sociologists talk about social…
May 31, 2010, 11:12
To contact us with questions about submission, or to open a publisher’s account, please email Dr. Mike Sosteric [email protected]. Note that Athabasca…
July 26, 2010, 19:52
Book/Novel/Resource advertising This is a paid advertising slot, however all books go through an editorial review prior to acceptance to assess suitability…
May 13, 2010, 15:51
To login or register, click this link. Contributors are expected to post their own materials. Contributors or potential contributors should contact Dr. Mike…
January 29, 2010, 15:17
So here you are, a student with a sociology textbook in one hand and this “primer” in the other, ready to study sociology. Congratulations! It’s a…
January 28, 2010, 19:18
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January 28, 2010, 14:14
This is the complete archive of the Electronic Journal of Sociology. The journal went into abatement in 2008 as a result of family pressure, and the sheer…
January 28, 2010, 14:11
The Socjournal currently needs: Regular column contributors. People who will write one or two longer essays per month. (contact us with your suggestions) …
May 31, 2010, 11:13
To submit a paper Read the submission guide. Register on this site by clicking this link. Contact Dr. Mike Sosteric with your username. Login and…
February 13, 2010, 22:23
The Socjourn is a new media sociology journal. We accept submissions from sociologists, graduate students, and multidisciplinary practitioners with an interest…
June 11, 2009, 10:58
Founded January 28th, 2010, the Socjournal is a new media journal intended to offer sociologists a window into the world of new media communications. Recognizin…
CFPs, disciplinary announcements, and other news relevant to Sociologists and their students
February 23, 2011, 19:28
“In stunning readings of culture, politics, identity, gender and ethnicity, Bannerji exposes the grave dangers lurking in demographic politics of blood, soil…
February 15, 2011, 19:21
Sociology mourns the passing of one of its own. Daniel Bell died in January after a long life of passionate engagement with many of the most important…
February 15, 2011, 14:55
A review of currently available social problems textbooks by Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
February 2, 2011, 10:58
David Franklin Noble died of a sudden illness in Toronto on December 27, 2010. Noble was an internationally acclaimed scholar and courageous activist,…
December 6, 2010, 12:47
Rebel Rank and File uncovers the hidden of the 1970s labour movement with thirteen cogent essays from labor historians, activists and writers. Topics range…
November 25, 2010, 13:34
So you got some questions? Want to know why things are? Need to have answers? Don’t know where to turn? Well then why don’t you ask a sociologist (reverb…
November 18, 2010, 12:31
Think you got what it takes to be a writer? Wanna put that expensive social science education to good use? Wanna rev up that creative right brain? Wanna…
October 15, 2010, 13:38
Feminism is Queer is an introduction to the intimately related disciplines of gender and queer theory. Whilst guiding the reader through complex theory, the…
October 7, 2010, 15:38
Columbia University Press is pleased to announce the publication of Robert K. Merton: Sociology of Science and Sociology as Science, edited by Craig…
October 6, 2010, 10:15
From a monthly unique hit rate of just under 6,000, the Socjourn has grown, in less than a year, to over 30,000 unique hits a month, a quarter of a million…
October 5, 2010, 11:20
Do you have what it takes to use your sociological imagination? Do you have what it takes to step outside the staid box of intellectual insentience? C…
June 30, 2010, 20:33
Announcing a New Book Series Series Editor: Bonnie Berry, Director of the Social Problems Research Group, USA Solving Social Problems provides a…
July 12, 2011, 14:10
Well it looks like the end of the world is finally here. Obama has just admitted there is no more cash. Unless the U.S. Government agrees to up the debt…
February 15, 2011, 14:55
A review of currently available social problems textbooks by Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
September 14, 2010, 17:43
BOOK REVIEW: Science, Evolution, and Creationism 2008. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. In an effort to extol the virtues of evolution, the…
August 9, 2010, 17:51
I very much enjoyed the money book. Your explanation of economics is refreshingly clear. The concepts you present are particularly important now, since the…
July 30, 2010, 12:22
In an era of constant war and aggression, William T. Hathaway provides a peaceful breathe of air. An awesome book for any social science educator wanting to…
March 17, 2010, 21:58
Through the medium of kinship, early humans developed cooperative arrangements that, according to Marshal Sahlins, were apparently mandated by virtue of…
February 19, 2010, 12:38
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…
February 6, 2010, 12:11
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…
May 18, 2011, 13:39
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Facebook ain’t your friend. From the facile and shallow way it connects people to the awesome power it gives…
April 24, 2011, 14:40
Is it really possible to have 800 “friends.” Does connecting through FaceBook really mean you’re connected in life? Or does the proliferation of one-click…
March 22, 2011, 10:05
If you think there’s a difference between Republican and Democrat, if you think the choice is real, think again. Barack Obama won the presidency and the…
March 8, 2011, 11:01
Sociology looks at income and wealth and one of the repetitive insights of sociology is that wealth in unequally distributed, more so today than perhaps ever…
March 2, 2011, 13:37
In truth, Bill Gates probably isn’t an idiot. He did build one of the most successful software companies in the world after all. At the same time however his…
February 10, 2011, 13:07
We live in a materialist universe, or do we? Scientists chant a materialist mantra but gravity, a concept present at the very birth of Science, is an invisible…
January 30, 2011, 19:33
As a sociologist I often get heartburn listening to others talk about evolution. As every sociology student knows, from the time Herbert Spencer first coined…
January 16, 2011, 23:15
Morality – Has it ever occurred to you how difficult it is to be a good person? In fact it seems that even the best people amongst us, cannot be good…
December 1, 2010, 15:11
Is our socialization process a process of ideological indoctrination? As part of our socialization we learn “how the world really works.” Our religions teach…
November 3, 2010, 11:23
Here is an awesome article that questions the western view of Arab women, the Western view of women, the Westernized view of the family, the Western fetish…
September 14, 2010, 17:43
BOOK REVIEW: Science, Evolution, and Creationism 2008. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. In an effort to extol the virtues of evolution, the…
September 14, 2010, 17:42
So what’s with professional athletes and violent behaviour? Are these individual just “thugs” or is something else going on. In this short article Earl Smith…
August 12, 2010, 13:37
Classroom controversies are short and provocative articles designed to encourage classroom debate. They revolve around current, often hot button issues, and…
July 29, 2010, 16:55
In this article William Hathaway, renowned peace author and activist, discusses the tenor of our times, revanchism, which refers to a global attempt by the…
April 24, 2011, 14:40
Is it really possible to have 800 “friends.” Does connecting through FaceBook really mean you’re connected in life? Or does the proliferation of one-click…
April 5, 2011, 19:56
Colonel Muammar Gadhafi’s days as Libya’s overlord are fast coming to a close. For an astonishing 41 years the people of Libya have been subjected Gadhafi’s…
March 22, 2011, 10:05
If you think there’s a difference between Republican and Democrat, if you think the choice is real, think again. Barack Obama won the presidency and the…
March 2, 2011, 13:37
In truth, Bill Gates probably isn’t an idiot. He did build one of the most successful software companies in the world after all. At the same time however his…
February 28, 2011, 15:10
As a rule academics are not trained to write well. You might even say academics are trained to confuse, hiding their thoughts behind walls of pretentious…
February 22, 2011, 18:51
As Bob Dylan once sang, times they are changing. Finally it does appear to be that way. The Middle East has boiled over with grass roots, ground up revolution!…
February 17, 2011, 14:34
As a sociologist I’ve always been interested in surveillance. Jeremy Bentham, Foucault, Orwell. Like it or not surveillance is an aspect of the industrial and…
February 10, 2011, 13:07
We live in a materialist universe, or do we? Scientists chant a materialist mantra but gravity, a concept present at the very birth of Science, is an invisible…
January 16, 2011, 23:15
Morality – Has it ever occurred to you how difficult it is to be a good person? In fact it seems that even the best people amongst us, cannot be good…
January 7, 2011, 12:26
Shopping mall culture in Malaysia is ever growing, so much that one could hypothesise about the emergence of a subculture centered on the shopping mall. More…
December 10, 2010, 13:42
It used to be identity was to be found in the way we thought, the groups we were a part of, and the things we held dear. More and more, however, we exist in a…
December 1, 2010, 15:11
Is our socialization process a process of ideological indoctrination? As part of our socialization we learn “how the world really works.” Our religions teach…
November 3, 2010, 11:23
Here is an awesome article that questions the western view of Arab women, the Western view of women, the Westernized view of the family, the Western fetish…
September 27, 2010, 12:10
We are the cultural and political elite of this world. We believe our society is the pinnacle of evolutionary development (what is better than “democracy”…
September 14, 2010, 17:43
BOOK REVIEW: Science, Evolution, and Creationism 2008. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. In an effort to extol the virtues of evolution, the…
August 12, 2010, 13:37
Classroom controversies are short and provocative articles designed to encourage classroom debate. They revolve around current, often hot button issues, and…
July 26, 2010, 16:53
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…
June 23, 2010, 12:53
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown, Ben Bernanke, America’s leading scholar of the Great Depression, has been credited with saving the nation’s…
June 7, 2010, 17:24
Sociology studies power, and one of the places that power is exercised in our society is in the boardroom. Is it any wonder then that a sociologist, looking at…
June 7, 2010, 17:16
Higher education faces challenges. From the competitive ethic of commercialism to the increasing demands for accessible and flexible education, colleges and…
March 30, 2011, 04:32
This article discusses the relationship between God and Money with America as an example of how Money and God influences our daily lives. From…
January 17, 2011, 16:00
Iisms and Schisms and postmodern standpoints. We live in spineless world were we all “go along” just to get along and where “playing the game” (i.e. complying…
January 16, 2011, 23:15
Morality – Has it ever occurred to you how difficult it is to be a good person? In fact it seems that even the best people amongst us, cannot be good…
November 11, 2010, 11:23
Academic communities and higher learning facilities like universities are the places where great knowledge is born and passed on with the purpose of ‘enlighte…
October 6, 2010, 04:25
According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, some 36 million people (mostly women and children) die every year from preventable hunger.…
September 27, 2010, 12:10
We are the cultural and political elite of this world. We believe our society is the pinnacle of evolutionary development (what is better than “democracy”…
July 12, 2011, 14:10
Well it looks like the end of the world is finally here. Obama has just admitted there is no more cash. Unless the U.S. Government agrees to up the debt…
April 27, 2011, 15:26
Cannabis gets a lot of bad press, but perhaps it is undeserved. While alcohol, cocaine, heroin, and even tobacco are known to be highly addictive and damaging…
February 28, 2011, 15:10
As a rule academics are not trained to write well. You might even say academics are trained to confuse, hiding their thoughts behind walls of pretentious…
February 17, 2011, 14:34
As a sociologist I’ve always been interested in surveillance. Jeremy Bentham, Foucault, Orwell. Like it or not surveillance is an aspect of the industrial and…
January 21, 2011, 13:04
What makes us put up with violence? Why, when we see abuse around us do we pretend it’s not abuse. This is a question that as a sociologist and parent of two…
December 1, 2010, 15:11
Is our socialization process a process of ideological indoctrination? As part of our socialization we learn “how the world really works.” Our religions teach…
August 30, 2010, 19:22
One of the first things the sociology initiate learns is about the “sociological imagination.” This concept is used to illustrate, the power of sociology.…
August 23, 2010, 11:23
Truth, justice, and the North American way? Not for these children. In fact, globally one child dies of hunger related illnesses every 15 seconds and one in…
June 22, 2010, 11:36
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…
June 10, 2010, 16:37
This article originally appeared in Volume Three of The Electronic Journal of Sociology. It is reproduced here as part of the debate on the challenges of…
February 26, 2010, 13:41
As sociologists, one of our (my wife and I) biggest pet peaves is gendered activities. These are activities where an individual is excluded from participation…
February 19, 2010, 12:38
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…
February 6, 2010, 12:11
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…
June 1, 2011, 10:07
We, especially those of us who live in North America, like to think we are stout individuals. We set our own course, navigate the waves, and actualize our…
May 31, 2011, 23:32
The first article I wrote for the SocJournal set the tone for my general opinion in regards to social media and online “friends.” I discussed the concept…
April 24, 2011, 14:40
Is it really possible to have 800 “friends.” Does connecting through FaceBook really mean you’re connected in life? Or does the proliferation of one-click…
Serious
July 14, 2011, 11:22
So what is intelligence? What is IQ? What makes one person smarter, and thus more deserving of reward, then another. Well, as Tim points out, and according to…
June 26, 2011, 11:29
It’s not often you get a honest account of the foundation of modern science. To be honest, accounts of science, especially those given to second year initiates”…
June 17, 2011, 11:26
Are humans basically good, or basically bad? Some people, like Freud, Hobbes, and Foucault, say bad. We’ve got a beast within and the only way to control that…
May 11, 2011, 18:09
When I was a kid I was always disappointed by the toys I got. They never lived up to the crazy expectations generated by dissembling advertisers as they…
May 10, 2011, 22:59
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in all my years of watching the U.S. is that government always precedes some big, mind numbing global intervention (war,…
April 7, 2011, 04:12
Implausible as it may seem, as the Fukushima Daiichi disaster has grown ever more cataclysmic, nuclear energy advocates have come out of the woodwork to tout…
April 6, 2011, 20:44
A sociologist looks at energy. Not oil, not nuclear, but renewable. Solar panels, wind, geothermal, these are all part of a decentralization of power generation…
April 5, 2011, 19:56
Colonel Muammar Gadhafi’s days as Libya’s overlord are fast coming to a close. For an astonishing 41 years the people of Libya have been subjected Gadhafi’s…
March 4, 2011, 13:04
Libya is being torn apart by an intransigent tyrant who can’t see the writing on the wall. If Qaddafi can no longer remain in power, then he has decided to…
March 2, 2011, 13:37
In truth, Bill Gates probably isn’t an idiot. He did build one of the most successful software companies in the world after all. At the same time however his…
February 22, 2011, 18:51
As Bob Dylan once sang, times they are changing. Finally it does appear to be that way. The Middle East has boiled over with grass roots, ground up revolution!…
September 14, 2010, 17:43
BOOK REVIEW: Science, Evolution, and Creationism 2008. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. In an effort to extol the virtues of evolution, the…
July 26, 2010, 16:53
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…
June 23, 2010, 12:53
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown, Ben Bernanke, America’s leading scholar of the Great Depression, has been credited with saving the nation’s…
June 7, 2010, 17:24
Sociology studies power, and one of the places that power is exercised in our society is in the boardroom. Is it any wonder then that a sociologist, looking at…
June 7, 2010, 17:16
Higher education faces challenges. From the competitive ethic of commercialism to the increasing demands for accessible and flexible education, colleges and…
March 22, 2011, 10:05
If you think there’s a difference between Republican and Democrat, if you think the choice is real, think again. Barack Obama won the presidency and the…
February 10, 2011, 13:07
We live in a materialist universe, or do we? Scientists chant a materialist mantra but gravity, a concept present at the very birth of Science, is an invisible…
November 3, 2010, 11:23
Here is an awesome article that questions the western view of Arab women, the Western view of women, the Westernized view of the family, the Western fetish…
October 4, 2010, 12:40
Ever wonder what happens to people who don’t go along in the army? They don’t get along. In this heart wrenching first person account one female soldier…
August 12, 2010, 13:37
Classroom controversies are short and provocative articles designed to encourage classroom debate. They revolve around current, often hot button issues, and…
From the Editor’s Desk
February 28, 2011, 15:10
As a rule academics are not trained to write well. You might even say academics are trained to confuse, hiding their thoughts behind walls of pretentious…
January 21, 2011, 13:04
What makes us put up with violence? Why, when we see abuse around us do we pretend it’s not abuse. This is a question that as a sociologist and parent of two…
December 1, 2010, 15:11
Is our socialization process a process of ideological indoctrination? As part of our socialization we learn “how the world really works.” Our religions teach…
July 12, 2011, 14:10
Well it looks like the end of the world is finally here. Obama has just admitted there is no more cash. Unless the U.S. Government agrees to up the debt…
May 11, 2011, 18:09
When I was a kid I was always disappointed by the toys I got. They never lived up to the crazy expectations generated by dissembling advertisers as they…
April 24, 2011, 14:40
Is it really possible to have 800 “friends.” Does connecting through FaceBook really mean you’re connected in life? Or does the proliferation of one-click…
April 6, 2011, 20:44
A sociologist looks at energy. Not oil, not nuclear, but renewable. Solar panels, wind, geothermal, these are all part of a decentralization of power generation…
April 5, 2011, 19:56
Colonel Muammar Gadhafi’s days as Libya’s overlord are fast coming to a close. For an astonishing 41 years the people of Libya have been subjected Gadhafi’s…
March 30, 2011, 04:32
This article discusses the relationship between God and Money with America as an example of how Money and God influences our daily lives. From…
March 2, 2011, 13:37
In truth, Bill Gates probably isn’t an idiot. He did build one of the most successful software companies in the world after all. At the same time however his…
January 30, 2011, 19:33
As a sociologist I often get heartburn listening to others talk about evolution. As every sociology student knows, from the time Herbert Spencer first coined…
January 16, 2011, 23:15
Morality – Has it ever occurred to you how difficult it is to be a good person? In fact it seems that even the best people amongst us, cannot be good…
December 8, 2010, 13:33
Ever wonder how those grocery shelves at your Publix get filled with all the wonderful and lovely produce you and your family enjoy? Think it is the result of…
November 18, 2010, 11:56
So what determines human intelligence? Is it nature (i.e. genetics), nurture (i.e. socialization and education), or some combination of the two. This is not…
November 3, 2010, 11:23
Here is an awesome article that questions the western view of Arab women, the Western view of women, the Westernized view of the family, the Western fetish…
October 15, 2010, 14:31
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…
October 5, 2010, 11:20
Do you have what it takes to use your sociological imagination? Do you have what it takes to step outside the staid box of intellectual insentience? C…
September 14, 2010, 17:43
BOOK REVIEW: Science, Evolution, and Creationism 2008. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. In an effort to extol the virtues of evolution, the…
August 12, 2010, 13:37
Classroom controversies are short and provocative articles designed to encourage classroom debate. They revolve around current, often hot button issues, and…
July 26, 2010, 16:53
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…
June 24, 2010, 23:49
An educator speaks about pedagogy, critical thinking, and connecting with students. Education is about creating a safe place for exploration, for confronting…
June 23, 2010, 12:53
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown, Ben Bernanke, America’s leading scholar of the Great Depression, has been credited with saving the nation’s…
June 10, 2010, 16:37
This article originally appeared in Volume Three of The Electronic Journal of Sociology. It is reproduced here as part of the debate on the challenges of…
June 7, 2010, 17:16
Higher education faces challenges. From the competitive ethic of commercialism to the increasing demands for accessible and flexible education, colleges and…
March 17, 2010, 21:58
Through the medium of kinship, early humans developed cooperative arrangements that, according to Marshal Sahlins, were apparently mandated by virtue of…
February 19, 2010, 12:38
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…
July 9, 2010, 14:13
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…
February 26, 2010, 13:41
As sociologists, one of our (my wife and I) biggest pet peaves is gendered activities. These are activities where an individual is excluded from participation…
February 17, 2010, 23:45
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…
April 5, 2011, 19:56
Colonel Muammar Gadhafi’s days as Libya’s overlord are fast coming to a close. For an astonishing 41 years the people of Libya have been subjected Gadhafi’s…
February 22, 2011, 18:51
As Bob Dylan once sang, times they are changing. Finally it does appear to be that way. The Middle East has boiled over with grass roots, ground up revolution!…
November 11, 2010, 11:23
Academic communities and higher learning facilities like universities are the places where great knowledge is born and passed on with the purpose of ‘enlighte…
November 3, 2010, 11:23
Here is an awesome article that questions the western view of Arab women, the Western view of women, the Westernized view of the family, the Western fetish…
October 6, 2010, 04:25
According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, some 36 million people (mostly women and children) die every year from preventable hunger.…
September 27, 2010, 12:10
We are the cultural and political elite of this world. We believe our society is the pinnacle of evolutionary development (what is better than “democracy”…
June 22, 2010, 11:36
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…
June 18, 2010, 11:46
The scholarly propaganda is simple, technology makes the world a better place. We are moving towards a post-industrial utopia characterized by human care and…
July 14, 2011, 11:22
So what is intelligence? What is IQ? What makes one person smarter, and thus more deserving of reward, then another. Well, as Tim points out, and according to…
July 12, 2011, 14:10
Well it looks like the end of the world is finally here. Obama has just admitted there is no more cash. Unless the U.S. Government agrees to up the debt…
June 26, 2011, 11:29
It’s not often you get a honest account of the foundation of modern science. To be honest, accounts of science, especially those given to second year initiates”…
June 17, 2011, 11:26
Are humans basically good, or basically bad? Some people, like Freud, Hobbes, and Foucault, say bad. We’ve got a beast within and the only way to control that…
June 1, 2011, 10:07
We, especially those of us who live in North America, like to think we are stout individuals. We set our own course, navigate the waves, and actualize our…
May 18, 2011, 13:39
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Facebook ain’t your friend. From the facile and shallow way it connects people to the awesome power it gives…
May 10, 2011, 22:59
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in all my years of watching the U.S. is that government always precedes some big, mind numbing global intervention (war,…
April 27, 2011, 15:26
Cannabis gets a lot of bad press, but perhaps it is undeserved. While alcohol, cocaine, heroin, and even tobacco are known to be highly addictive and damaging…
March 22, 2011, 10:05
If you think there’s a difference between Republican and Democrat, if you think the choice is real, think again. Barack Obama won the presidency and the…
March 8, 2011, 11:01
Sociology looks at income and wealth and one of the repetitive insights of sociology is that wealth in unequally distributed, more so today than perhaps ever…
February 22, 2011, 18:51
As Bob Dylan once sang, times they are changing. Finally it does appear to be that way. The Middle East has boiled over with grass roots, ground up revolution!…
February 17, 2011, 14:34
As a sociologist I’ve always been interested in surveillance. Jeremy Bentham, Foucault, Orwell. Like it or not surveillance is an aspect of the industrial and…
February 10, 2011, 13:07
We live in a materialist universe, or do we? Scientists chant a materialist mantra but gravity, a concept present at the very birth of Science, is an invisible…
January 17, 2011, 16:00
Iisms and Schisms and postmodern standpoints. We live in spineless world were we all “go along” just to get along and where “playing the game” (i.e. complying…
January 7, 2011, 12:26
Shopping mall culture in Malaysia is ever growing, so much that one could hypothesise about the emergence of a subculture centered on the shopping mall. More…
December 10, 2010, 13:42
It used to be identity was to be found in the way we thought, the groups we were a part of, and the things we held dear. More and more, however, we exist in a…
November 25, 2010, 13:34
So you got some questions? Want to know why things are? Need to have answers? Don’t know where to turn? Well then why don’t you ask a sociologist (reverb…
November 11, 2010, 11:23
Academic communities and higher learning facilities like universities are the places where great knowledge is born and passed on with the purpose of ‘enlighte…
October 18, 2010, 13:50
This student essay was submitted for Sociology 435 (The Sociology of Social Change) at Athabasca University. It is a critical examination of the…
October 12, 2010, 11:00
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…
October 4, 2010, 12:40
Ever wonder what happens to people who don’t go along in the army? They don’t get along. In this heart wrenching first person account one female soldier…
September 14, 2010, 17:42
So what’s with professional athletes and violent behaviour? Are these individual just “thugs” or is something else going on. In this short article Earl Smith…
August 30, 2010, 19:22
One of the first things the sociology initiate learns is about the “sociological imagination.” This concept is used to illustrate, the power of sociology.…
August 23, 2010, 11:23
Truth, justice, and the North American way? Not for these children. In fact, globally one child dies of hunger related illnesses every 15 seconds and one in…
August 12, 2010, 13:37
Classroom controversies are short and provocative articles designed to encourage classroom debate. They revolve around current, often hot button issues, and…
August 9, 2010, 13:39
The view propogated by the media companies and sellers of technology is that technology is freedom. From early dishwashers to the recent spate of ads hawking…
July 29, 2010, 16:55
In this article William Hathaway, renowned peace author and activist, discusses the tenor of our times, revanchism, which refers to a global attempt by the…
June 7, 2010, 12:14
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…
February 17, 2010, 23:45
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…
December 10, 2010, 13:42
It used to be identity was to be found in the way we thought, the groups we were a part of, and the things we held dear. More and more, however, we exist in a…
October 18, 2010, 13:50
This student essay was submitted for Sociology 435 (The Sociology of Social Change) at Athabasca University. It is a critical examination of the…
August 16, 2010, 18:22
First published in 1994 by Gerald Grow, this article takes a critical look at advertising, exploring the meaning behind the images. Commercials work not…
February 17, 2010, 23:45
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…
February 6, 2010, 12:11
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…
March 2, 2011, 13:37
In truth, Bill Gates probably isn’t an idiot. He did build one of the most successful software companies in the world after all. At the same time however his…
June 24, 2010, 23:49
An educator speaks about pedagogy, critical thinking, and connecting with students. Education is about creating a safe place for exploration, for confronting…
March 17, 2010, 22:26
This article was printed in the spring 2007 issue of “Our Schools / Our Selves,” published quarterly by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives www.policyal…
March 17, 2010, 21:58
Through the medium of kinship, early humans developed cooperative arrangements that, according to Marshal Sahlins, were apparently mandated by virtue of…
August 23, 2010, 11:23
Truth, justice, and the North American way? Not for these children. In fact, globally one child dies of hunger related illnesses every 15 seconds and one in…
March 2, 2011, 13:37
In truth, Bill Gates probably isn’t an idiot. He did build one of the most successful software companies in the world after all. At the same time however his…
October 6, 2010, 04:25
According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, some 36 million people (mostly women and children) die every year from preventable hunger.…
July 26, 2010, 16:53
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…
June 23, 2010, 12:53
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown, Ben Bernanke, America’s leading scholar of the Great Depression, has been credited with saving the nation’s…
June 7, 2010, 17:24
Sociology studies power, and one of the places that power is exercised in our society is in the boardroom. Is it any wonder then that a sociologist, looking at…
March 2, 2011, 13:37
In truth, Bill Gates probably isn’t an idiot. He did build one of the most successful software companies in the world after all. At the same time however his…
July 9, 2010, 14:13
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…
June 10, 2010, 16:37
This article originally appeared in Volume Three of The Electronic Journal of Sociology. It is reproduced here as part of the debate on the challenges of…
June 7, 2010, 17:24
Sociology studies power, and one of the places that power is exercised in our society is in the boardroom. Is it any wonder then that a sociologist, looking at…
June 7, 2010, 17:16
Higher education faces challenges. From the competitive ethic of commercialism to the increasing demands for accessible and flexible education, colleges and…
September 27, 2010, 12:27
Here is an article submitted by CPT Tanya Rosa of the Human Terrain Analysis Team-South, a US Army group tasked with interviewing Iraqi’s and gathering…
October 18, 2010, 13:50
This student essay was submitted for Sociology 435 (The Sociology of Social Change) at Athabasca University. It is a critical examination of the…
August 9, 2010, 13:39
The view propogated by the media companies and sellers of technology is that technology is freedom. From early dishwashers to the recent spate of ads hawking…
June 18, 2010, 11:46
The scholarly propaganda is simple, technology makes the world a better place. We are moving towards a post-industrial utopia characterized by human care and…
November 18, 2010, 11:56
So what determines human intelligence? Is it nature (i.e. genetics), nurture (i.e. socialization and education), or some combination of the two. This is not…
May 31, 2011, 23:32
The first article I wrote for the SocJournal set the tone for my general opinion in regards to social media and online “friends.” I discussed the concept…
May 18, 2011, 13:39
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Facebook ain’t your friend. From the facile and shallow way it connects people to the awesome power it gives…
April 24, 2011, 14:40
Is it really possible to have 800 “friends.” Does connecting through FaceBook really mean you’re connected in life? Or does the proliferation of one-click…
August 9, 2010, 13:39
The view propogated by the media companies and sellers of technology is that technology is freedom. From early dishwashers to the recent spate of ads hawking…
May 2, 2011, 13:30
Who is interested in Sociology? Why, everybody! We’ve got men, women, undecideds, elementary school students, university students, professors and professionals.…
April 7, 2011, 04:12
Implausible as it may seem, as the Fukushima Daiichi disaster has grown ever more cataclysmic, nuclear energy advocates have come out of the woodwork to tout…
April 5, 2011, 13:13
Now here’s a kick in the head. They know where you are. And by “they” I mean everybody. Anybody with even a minimum online presence in today’s surveillance/soci…
February 28, 2011, 15:10
As a rule academics are not trained to write well. You might even say academics are trained to confuse, hiding their thoughts behind walls of pretentious…
February 23, 2011, 19:28
“In stunning readings of culture, politics, identity, gender and ethnicity, Bannerji exposes the grave dangers lurking in demographic politics of blood, soil…
February 15, 2011, 19:21
Sociology mourns the passing of one of its own. Daniel Bell died in January after a long life of passionate engagement with many of the most important…
February 15, 2011, 14:55
A review of currently available social problems textbooks by Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
February 2, 2011, 10:58
David Franklin Noble died of a sudden illness in Toronto on December 27, 2010. Noble was an internationally acclaimed scholar and courageous activist,…
December 6, 2010, 12:47
Rebel Rank and File uncovers the hidden of the 1970s labour movement with thirteen cogent essays from labor historians, activists and writers. Topics range…
November 18, 2010, 12:31
Think you got what it takes to be a writer? Wanna put that expensive social science education to good use? Wanna rev up that creative right brain? Wanna…
October 15, 2010, 13:38
Feminism is Queer is an introduction to the intimately related disciplines of gender and queer theory. Whilst guiding the reader through complex theory, the…
October 7, 2010, 15:38
Columbia University Press is pleased to announce the publication of Robert K. Merton: Sociology of Science and Sociology as Science, edited by Craig…
October 6, 2010, 10:15
From a monthly unique hit rate of just under 6,000, the Socjourn has grown, in less than a year, to over 30,000 unique hits a month, a quarter of a million…
October 6, 2010, 04:25
According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, some 36 million people (mostly women and children) die every year from preventable hunger.…
October 5, 2010, 11:20
Do you have what it takes to use your sociological imagination? Do you have what it takes to step outside the staid box of intellectual insentience? C…
September 27, 2010, 12:27
Here is an article submitted by CPT Tanya Rosa of the Human Terrain Analysis Team-South, a US Army group tasked with interviewing Iraqi’s and gathering…
September 27, 2010, 12:10
We are the cultural and political elite of this world. We believe our society is the pinnacle of evolutionary development (what is better than “democracy”…
October 12, 2010, 11:00
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…
June 7, 2010, 12:14
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…
April 19, 2011, 04:44
21st century global society is undergoing a period of profound economic crisis and transition. During the past twenty years or so, especially after the fall of…
April 7, 2011, 04:12
Implausible as it may seem, as the Fukushima Daiichi disaster has grown ever more cataclysmic, nuclear energy advocates have come out of the woodwork to tout…
March 4, 2011, 13:04
Libya is being torn apart by an intransigent tyrant who can’t see the writing on the wall. If Qaddafi can no longer remain in power, then he has decided to…
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