Hello there! The semester may be winding down, but that has not stopped us from producing some great content this week. Come check it out!
There’s Research on That!:
“Corporate Denial of Climate Change Risks,” by Erik Kojola. Research finds that everything from corporate greed to everyday anxieties helps fuels climate change denial.
Discoveries:
“Constrained Classroom Choices,” by Sarah Catherine Billups. “School choice seems to simply reinforce existing gaps: those likely to benefit from school choice are already privileged enough to transfer schools.”
Clippings:
“Can Conservatives Get Climate Change?” by Neeraj Rajasekar. Riley Dunlap and Aaron McCright talk to The Huffington Post.
From Our Partners:
Scholars Strategy Network:
“Community Environmental Projects as a Gateway to Greater Citizen Participation,” by Dana R. Fisher.
Contexts:
Editors Syed Ali and Phil Cohen preview the new issue in Science and Politics.
But wait – there’s more! Check out two new Viewpoints pieces that feature multiple scholars on the same issue.
“It’s High Time.” Craig Reinarman, Wendy Chapkis, and Jake Browne on legalizing marijuana.
“Black and Blue.” Shehzad Nadeem, Sudhir Venkatesh, Laurence Ralph, Elliott Currie, and Katherine Beckett on police violence.
Also, don’t miss…
“Strike Days for Public Sector Workers in Quebec,” by Avi Goldberg.
“Book Gift Ideas” from the Contexts grad team.
And A Few From The Community Pages:
- Give Methods a Chance talks quantitative data analysis.
- Cyborgology is all about twitter this week – on how its makes us feel bad and the tweetability of Trump.
- Sociological Images looks at wealth inequality and the business of buyouts.
- Sociological Lens on profiting from precarity.
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