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Hello and happy Friday all. This week we’ve got a number of new pieces\u00a0on religion, some reflections on how to influence public policy, and even a little sociology in outer space!<\/p>\n
“Mimi Schippers on Polyamory and Polyqueer Sexualities<\/a>,” with Allison Nobles<\/a>. In this episode, we chat with Schippers about her new book and the ways “compulsory monogamy” limits how\u00a0we experience relationships.<\/p>\n “Do Politicians Listen When Constituents Call?<\/a>,” by Erik Kojola<\/a>. We round up research on the pros and cons of contacting legislators as a\u00a0way to change social policy.<\/p>\n “Outer Space and Earthly Inequalities<\/a>,” by Jacqui Frost<\/a>. It may require rocket science to get to space, but social science is beginning to weigh in on what it might mean for social life if we continue to commodify and colonize outer space.<\/p>\n “The Ordinary Side of Charismatic Leadership<\/a>,” by Jacqui Frost<\/a>. New research in\u00a0Sociology of Religion<\/em> finds that leaders of megachurches often embody a particular kind of charisma that blends the ordinary and the extraordinary.<\/p>\n “How Sociology Can Contribute to Public Policy<\/a>,” by Neeraj Rajasekar<\/a>.\u00a0The\u00a0New York Times<\/em> talks to a number of sociologists in this piece about the uneven distribution of economics and sociology in public policy discussions.<\/p>\n “Sex Breaks and Employee Satisfaction in Sweden<\/a>,” by Edgar Campos<\/a>.\u00a0Lotta Dellve<\/a>\u00a0talks to the\u00a0New York Times<\/em> about the potential of sex breaks to increase employee productivity and satisfaction.<\/p>\n “Institutionalizing Prison Reentry<\/a>,” by Brittany Dernberger<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Not Making Mom Proud<\/a>,” by Nicole Bedera<\/a>.<\/p>\n “The Complex Path to Secular Identity<\/a>,” by\u00a0Rose Malinowski Weingartner<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Black Names Aren’t That Simple<\/a>,” by Moriah Willow<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Opioids, Health Care Denial, and a World of Pain<\/a>,” by Megan Peterson.<\/p>\n Hello and happy Friday all. This week we’ve got a number of new pieces\u00a0on religion, some reflections on how to influence public policy, and even a little sociology in outer space! Office Hours: “Mimi Schippers on Polyamory and Polyqueer Sexualities,” with Allison Nobles. In this episode, we chat with Schippers about her new book and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1957,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17672],"tags":[33309,12722,12802],"class_list":["post-4553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friday-roundup","tag-friday-roundup","tag-roundup","tag-weekly-roundup"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4553","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=4553"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4559,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4553\/revisions\/4559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}There\u2019s Research on That!<\/a>:<\/h3>\n
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