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All things sociology
Updated on Nov 18, 12
Created on Mar 20, 09
Category: Cultures & Community
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Guy Cools's List: Sociology
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Nov 18, 12
25 years after William Julius Wilson changed urban sociology, scholars still debate his ideas. Is anyone else listening?
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Apr 10, 12
The real problem in the 'pensions crisis' is not demographics, but our mean-spirited attitude towards the elderly.
by Phil Mullan -
Oct 31, 11
Recent years have seen an explosion of male joblessness and a steep decline in men’s life prospects that have disrupted the “romantic market” in ways that narrow a marriage-minded woman’s options: increasingly, her choice is between deadbeats (whose numbers are rising) and playboys (whose power is growing). But this strange state of affairs also presents an opportunity: as the economy evolves, it’s time to embrace new ideas about romance and family—and to acknowledge the end of “traditional” marriage as society’s highest ideal.
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Oct 18, 10
Today’s deification of fear encourages us to succumb to fate. But we should learn from the Romans and seek to subdue Fortuna.
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Aug 21, 10
It is mad to claim, as the deputy PM does, that poor parenting is more important than poverty in screwing up children’s life chances.
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Parenting can’t be taught, because it is about the forging and managing of an intimate relationship. And when it comes to relationships, people learn principally from their experiences.
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the idea of ‘teaching parenting’ is really prejudice masquerading as a skill
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Lasch saw a decadent defiance of nature and kinship
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he made a blistering attack on the “therapeutic” society in which professional elites medicalize acts of will and minimize personal responsibility
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