{"id":2894,"date":"2014-06-18T14:39:19","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T19:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2014-06-18T14:53:51","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T19:53:51","slug":"ru061814","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2014\/06\/18\/ru061814\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Roundup: June 18, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RU061814\"<\/a>What’s that? You needed two weeks’ worth of sociology after you noticed soc is so hot even Stephen Colbert’s getting on the bandwagon? Oh, we’ve got you.<\/p>\n

Features:<\/h3>\n

“Violence and the Transformation of Ethno-Racial Categories in Rwanda<\/a>,”\u00a0by Marie Berry. Perpetrators of genocide rely on division, hardening ethno-racial classifications like “Hutu” and “Tutsi” as resentments and violence build.<\/p>\n

“The Homoegenization of Asian Beauty,”\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0by C.N. Le. Watching one culture converge on an ideal of beauty, Le shows a process at work around the world.<\/p>\n

Editors’ Desk:<\/h3>\n

“The Sociological Foundations of Coates\u2019s \u201cCase for Reparations,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0by Rahsaan Mahadeo and Doug Hartmann.<\/p>\n

“Word Choice and the World Cup<\/a>,” by Doug Hartmann. Sharing his smarts with a local paper makes our editor in chief realize how easy it is to slip into academic jargon.<\/p>\n

“Welcoming the Council on Contemporary Families<\/a>,” by Chris Uggen. A fabulous new addition to TSP’s partners, the CCF joins up with a new platform page and a new blog, “Families As They Really Are.”<\/p>\n

Citings &\u00a0Sightings:<\/h3>\n

“Abortion and Cinematic Calamity<\/a>,” by Lisa Gulya. By some estimates, about 42 million abortions are provided worldwide each year. In the movies, that usually means the patient\u00a0will lose love, self-respect, sanity, and even her life.<\/p>\n

“Capital Punishment, Public Opinion, And Who Should Suffer<\/a>,”\u00a0by Kat Albrecht. Do we change execution methods to prevent the condemned or the witnesses from suffering?<\/p>\n

Reading List:<\/h3>\n

“Taking the Pulse of the Primary Care System<\/a>,” by Amy August. New\u00a0JAMA\u00a0<\/em>research shows discrimination in the scheduling and treatment of Medicaid patients.<\/p>\n

“‘Inclusionary Discrimination’: Family Policing of Interracial Couples<\/a>,” by Stephen Suh. Brazil’s reputation as a “racial democracy” is dinged as researchers find family reactions to interracial couples as strong, but differently expressed, as those found in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Teaching TSP:<\/h3>\n

“The Danger of a Single Story<\/a>,” by Kristin Haltinner. An exercise tailored for service and non-service learning courses to help foster critical thinking skills and an eye for the socially constructed… everything.<\/p>\n

There’s Research on That!<\/h3>\n

“Italy and the GDP: When Markets Meet Morality<\/a>,” by Evan Stewart. Why the black market counts for Italians.<\/p>\n

“Waitlists and Worse: Rebuilding VA Health Care,”\u00a0<\/a>by Amy August. Scheduling is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to structural problems with the delivery of health care at the Veteran’s Association.<\/p>\n

Scholars Strategy Network:<\/h3>\n

“How Passers-by and Policymakers View Beggars in American Communities<\/a>,” by Shai Dromi. For more, listen to our interview with photographer Tom Stone about his “American Outsiders<\/a>” project.<\/p>\n

Council on Contemporary Families:<\/h3>\n

“Really? Work Lowers People’s Stress Levels<\/a>,” by Sarah Damaske. For more, see Virginia Rutter’s “Stress Is Not About You<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

A Few From the Community Pages:<\/h3>\n