TSP’s Sociology Roundup: Dec. 2, 2014

Without fail, the world keeps moving, and, as we like to say here at TSP, “We will do sociology to it.” Here’s how we’ve been putting those sociological imaginations to work since the last Roundup!

Features:

“Racism Retriggered,” by Jennifer D. Carlson. How disproportionate contact with the criminal justice system translates to fewer concealed pistol licenses being issued to African Americans.

The Editors’ Desk:

“Race and the Regulation of Voting,” by Doug Hartmann. When co-editor Chris Uggen’s research informs the NYTimes, Doug’s on the case.

“Ferguson, the Morning After,” by Doug Hartmann. When facts feel futile.

“Ferguson and Football,” by Doug Hartmann. The St. Louis Rams’ “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” entry to their Sunday Football game brings up sport and political protest, as well as the formal and informal policing of black men’s bodies.

There’s Research on That!:

“Volunteer Work: Getting the Gift to Keep on Giving,” by Jacqui Frost. You really shouldn’t swing a turkey, but if you did…

“Veterans’ Day and the Challenges of Civilian Life,” by Evan Stewart. Research on soldiers’ reintegration after service, from social benefits to institutional challenges.

The Reading List:

“Race and Citizenship: The Effects of Immigrant Status on Rates of Incarceration,” by Ryan Larson. Research from Light, Massoglia, and King in American Sociological Review.

“Environmental Crises and the Volunteer Identity,” by Matt Gunther. Research from Justin Farrell in Social Problems.

“Who Gets Shamed for Sweatshops?” by Erik Kojola. Research from Bartley and Child in American Sociological Review.

Office Hours Podcast:

“Leta Hong Fincher on Gender Inequality in China,” with Anne Kaduk. Why women are increasingly marginalized in Chinese policy and discourse.

“Emily Bazelon on Translating the Social Sciences,” by Kyle Green. Our 100th episode, wisdom on bringing science to non-scientists, and the launch of a new podcast: Give Methods a Chance.

Citings & Sightings:

“The Sociology of The Hunger Games,” by Brittany Scheer. Teen lit and blockbuster movies sneak some soc into pop culture. Sly!

“Sociologists Identify Surprising Thanksgiving ‘Rituals’,” by Evan Stewart. Think your family’s weird? They might be… but they’re about as weird as everyone else.

“The Marks of War,” by Letta Page. A sociologist curates an exhibit of soldiers’ tattoos, letting the ink tell the stories they hold back.

“The UNFEMININE Mystique: Stereotypes about African-American Women,” by Shirley Hill.
“The Rise of the ‘Motherhood Mystique,'” by Cameron Macdonald.
“The Wrong Route to Equality: Men’s Declining Wages,” by Heidi Shierholz.
“Which Policies Promote Gender Pay Equality?” by Joya Misra.

Scholars’ Strategy Network:

“Feeding Families Better: Moving the Conversation Out of the Kitchen,” by Sarah Bowen.
“New Measures Reveal the True Impact of America’s Anti-Poverty Programs,” by Jane Waldfogel.
“How Better U.S. Food Policies Could Foster Improved Health, Safer Jobs, and a More Sustainable Environment,” by Nicholas Freudenberg.

A Few from the Community Pages:

A SocImages Collection: Police, Black Americans, and U.S. Society.
Sociology Source on teaching Ferguson and why you don’t know what you know you know. You know?
Feminist Reflections on whether the S in “STEM” stands for sexism.
Families as They Really Are with a look at marriage rates among people with disabilities and an elegy for the American Community Survey.
The Contexts Blog with a preview of Steven Thrasher’s “Three Missouri Michaels” and a route away from the “irrelevance” sociology’s been charged with in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Sociology Lens on the uncredited but colorful commodification of the Hindu Holi festival.