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Border security, breadwinners, and Botox – we covered all that and more this week on our site, so\u00a0stop by or see below for the latest in sociological research and writing!<\/p>\n
“A Quick, Little Defense of Sociological Labor and Learning<\/a>,” by Doug Hartmann<\/a>. Co-editor Doug Hartmann responds to a growing number of commentators who think sociology degrees are a waste of time. He writes, “If we understand it properly, such talk can provide a powerful incentive and inspiration for doing the best work we all can do in the coming year to promote a broader understanding of what sociology is and why our teaching, research, and writing is so necessary and essential in the worlds in which we live.”<\/p>\n “Women, Work, and Well-being<\/a>,” by Neeraj Rajasekar<\/a>. More\u00a0women are becoming the primary earners in their families, and new research finds that this shift might make actually increase well-being\u00a0for the whole family.<\/p>\n “History, Myths, and Opportunities: Welfare at 20<\/a>,” by Stephanie Coontz<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Dark Money in American Politics<\/a>,” by\u00a0Dana R. Fisher<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Don\u2019t Use Wounded Veterans as Symbols for Your Cause<\/a>,” by\u00a0Sidra Montgomery<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Is the Border Safe? Border Residents\u2019 Perceptions of Crime and Security<\/a>,” by\u00a0Ernesto Casta\u00f1eda<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Border security, breadwinners, and Botox – we covered all that and more this week on our site, so\u00a0stop by or see below for the latest in sociological research and writing! The Editors’ Desk: “A Quick, Little Defense of Sociological Labor and Learning,” by Doug Hartmann. Co-editor Doug Hartmann responds to a growing number of commentators […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1957,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[33309,12722,12802],"class_list":["post-4101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-friday-roundup","tag-roundup","tag-weekly-roundup"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1957"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4101"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4106,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4101\/revisions\/4106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Clippings<\/a>:<\/h3>\n
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