No foolin’ from us today, there is just a lot of great new content over on TSP this week! From family policy to freegans, we’ve got you covered.
The Editors’ Desk:
“The Politics of Poverty Policy“. Doug Hartmann highlights new work from the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality.
There’s Research on That!:
“The Social Ties of Terrorism” by Evan Stewart. In the face of recent tragedies, social science helps us make sense of the motives and methods behind terror.
Discoveries:
“Freegan Foragers’ Moral Mission” by Sarah Catherine Billups. New research from Alex Barnard digs into dumpster diving.
Clippings:
“The Noble Poverty in Kids’ Movies” by Allison Nobles. New York Magazine features research on how Disney downplays social class.
“Half of Americans Will Experience Poverty” by Neeraj Rajasekar. Salon follows up on this disturbing new social fact.
Give Methods a Chance:
This week Kyle Green talks to R. Tyson Smith about ethnography
From Our Partners:
Scholars Strategy Network:
“Strict Voter Identification Laws Advantage Whites—And Skew American Democracy to the Right.” The title says it all, and new research from Zoltan Hajnal, Nazita Lajevardi, and Lindsay Nielson breaks it down.
Council on Contemporary Families:
“3Q: Family Inequality with Philip Cohen” Quick questions, quick quips. “The culture wars over family politics always return to gender difference itself”
Contexts:
“#callmecaitlyn and contemporary trans* visibility” by D’Lane Compton and Tristan Bridges. “The public celebration and recognition of transgender people is a start, but it has not yet been matched by achievements in gender equality and diversity.”
And a Few from the Community Pages:
- Sociology Lens shows how study abroad could make students go green
- Sociological Images looks at charismatic leaders and where the wild quakes are.
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