Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews logo American Sociological Association logo

Contemporary Sociology will no longer be hosted by IngentaConnect as of January 1, 2010. SAGE Publications will be the new online host.

Publisher: American Sociological Association

Volume 37, Number 6, November 2008
Key:
Free Content - Free Content
New Content - New Content
Subscribed Content - Subscribed Content
Free Trial Content - Free Trial Content

< previous issue | next issue > | all issues

Editors' Note

Editors' Note: Public Sociology: Looking Back and Forward
pp. ix-x(1)
Authors: Jenness, Valerie; Smith, David A.; Stepan-Norris, Judith

A Symposium on Public Sociology

Whither Public Sociology?
pp. 507-511(5)
Author: Land, Kenneth C.

The Contested Territory of Public Sociology
pp. 512-515(4)
Author: Schwartz, Pepper

A Better World. Possible? But of Course!
pp. 515-519(5)
Author: Blau, Judith

In Search of a Public Environmental Sociology: Ecological Risks in the Twenty-First Century
pp. 520-523(4)
Author: Picou, Steven J.

Creating Sociological Awareness: Public and Applied Sociology
pp. 524-530(7)
Author: Klayman, Douglas

Review Essay

Domestic Violence and Women's Crime: A More Careful Approach to Understanding Women's Situations
pp. 531-533(3)
Author: Sokoloff, Natalie J.

Review Essays

Thoughts on the Family Abuse and Violence Episode Perspective
pp. 533-535(3)
Authors: Gagné, Patricia

Higher Education's Faustian Bargain?
pp. 535-538(4)
Author: Hughes, Martin D.

Sentimental Education
pp. 538-541(4)
Author: Lloyd, Richard

Toolkit Essays

Clashing Paradigms and Mathematics in the Social Sciences
pp. 542-545(4)
Author: Doreian, Patrick

Becoming a Science: Sociology at a Milestone
pp. 545-548(4)
Author: Johnsen, Eugene C.

Inequalities

Living Through the Hoop: High School Basketball, Race, and the American Dream
pp. 549-549(1)
Author: de Oca, Jeffrey Montez

Segregation: The Rising Costs for America
pp. 550-551(2)
Author: Shlay, Anne B.

Stratification in Higher Education: A Comparative Study
pp. 551-552(2)
Author: Wong, Raymond Sin-Kwok

Intimate Relationships, Family, and Life Course

Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus
pp. 552-553(2)
Author: Armstrong, Elizabeth A.

Inheritance in Contemporary America: The Social Dimensions of Giving across Generations
pp. 553-555(3)
Author: Ward, Russell

Work, Organizations, and Markets

Last Best Gifts: Altruism and the Market for Human Blood and Organs
pp. 555-556(2)
Author: Heimer, Carol A.

Employment Regimes and the Quality of Work
pp. 556-558(3)
Author: Tomlinson, Jennifer

Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability, and Survival
pp. 558-559(2)
Author: Topik, Steven

Cognitions, Emotions, and Identities

Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World
pp. 559-560(2)
Authors: Kellner, Douglas; Collette-Van Deraa, Heather

Religion, Violence, Memory, and Place
pp. 561-562(2)
Author: Porter, Jack Nusan

Ideology and Cultural Production

Voices of the Faithful: Loyal Catholics Striving for Change
pp. 562-563(2)
Author: Brown, Khari R.

Cuba Represent! Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures
pp. 563-564(2)
Author: Culton, Kenneth R.

The Caveman Mystique: Pop-Darwinism and the Debates Over Sex, Violence, and Science
pp. 564-566(3)
Author: Culyba, Rebecca J.

American Catholics in the Protestant Imagination: Rethinking the Academic Study of Religion
pp. 566-567(2)
Author: Dillon, Michele

Hollywood Highbrow: From Entertainment to Art
pp. 567-568(2)
Author: McKernan, Brian

Japanese Saints: Mormons in the Land of the Rising Sun
pp. 568-570(3)
Author: Mullins, Mark R.

The Devil's Handwriting: Precoloniality and the German Colonial State in Qingdao, Samoa, and Southwest Africa
pp. 570-571(2)
Author: Zimmerman, Andrew

Population, Communities, and the Environment

The West Indian Diaspora: Experiences in the United States and Canada
pp. 571-572(2)
Author: Matthei, Linda

Moving Lives: Narratives of Nation and Migration among Europeans in Post-War Britain
pp. 573-574(2)
Author: Treitler, Vilna Bashi

Politics and the State

Remaking U.S. Trade Policy: From Protectionism to Globalization
pp. 574-575(2)
Author: Conti, Joseph A.

Pension Puzzles: Social Security and the Great Debate
pp. 575-576(2)
Author: Ekerdt, David J.

Disorganizing China: Counter-Bureaucracy and the Decline of Socialism
pp. 576-578(3)
Author: Feng, Wang

Drugs & Democracy in Rio de Janeiro: Trafficking, Social Networks, & Public Security
pp. 578-579(2)
Author: Goldstein, Donna

Ethnic Nationalism in Korea: Genealogy, Politics, and Legacy
pp. 579-580(2)
Author: Moon, Seungsook

Market Friendly or Family Friendly? The State and Gender Inequality in Old Age
pp. 581-582(2)
Author: Oliker, Stacey

Impossible Democracy: The Unlikely Success of the War on Poverty Community Action Programs
pp. 582-583(2)
Author: Rooks, Daisy

Social Control, Deviance, and Law

Northern Soul: Music, Drugs and Subcultural Identity
pp. 583-585(3)
Author: Bogazianos, Dimitri A.

Taken by Force: Rape and American GIs in Europe during WWII
pp. 585-586(2)
Author: Ferraro, Kathleen J.

Serial Killers and Sadistic Murderers: Up Close and Personal
pp. 586-587(2)
Author: Geis, Gilbert

Hoover Crips: When Cripin' Becomes a Way of Life
pp. 587-589(3)
Author: Klein, Malcolm W.

Race and Policing in America: Conflict and Reform
pp. 589-590(2)
Author: Parsons, Deborah

Drug-Crime Connections
pp. 590-591(2)
Author: Stevens, Alex

Gender Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, second edition
pp. 591-592(2)
Author: Wolff, Kristina B.

Social Movements

Affirmative Advocacy: Race, Class, and Gender in Interest Group Politics
pp. 593-594(2)
Author: Andrews, Kenneth T.

Partisan Publics: Communication and Contention across Brazilian Youth Activist Networks
pp. 594-595(2)
Author: Corrigall-Brown, Catherine

Struggling for a Social Europe: Neoliberal Globalization and the Birth of a European Social Movement
pp. 595-597(3)
Author: Giugni, Marco

Class and the Color Line: Interracial Class Coalition in the Knights of Labor and the Populist Movement
pp. 597-598(2)
Author: Haydu, Jeffrey

Textures of Struggle: The Emergence of Resistance among Garment Workers in Thailand
pp. 598-599(2)
Author: Rinaldo, Rachel

The Quiet Revolutionaries: Seeking Justice in Guatemala
pp. 599-601(3)
Author: Torres, Gabriela M.

Theory, Epistemology, and Methodology

Max Weber's 'Objectivity' Reconsidered
pp. 601-602(2)
Author: Antonio, Robert J.

Laboratory Experiments in the Social Sciences
pp. 602-604(3)
Authors: Cook, Karen S.; Harkness, Sarah

The Affective Turn: Theorizing the Social
pp. 604-605(2)
Author: Denzin, Norman K.

Logics of Organization Theory: Audiences, Codes, and Ecologies
pp. 605-606(2)
Author: Durand, Rodolphe

Rethinking Expertise
pp. 606-607(2)
Author: Mazur, Allan

The Americanization of Social Science: Intellectuals and Public Responsibility in the Postwar United States
pp. 607-609(3)
Author: Turner, Stephen

Global Dynamics and Social Change

Neoliberalism, Globalization, and Inequalities: Consequences for Health and Quality of Life
pp. 609-610(2)
Author: Iyall Smith, Keri E.

Fair Trade: The Challenges of Transforming Globalization
pp. 611-612(2)
Author: Talbot, John M.

The Netherlands: Globalization and National Identity
pp. 612-613(2)
Author: Tausch, Arno

Education

Sociology of Higher Education: Contributions and Their Contexts
pp. 613-614(2)
Author: Baker, David P.

Family Ties: Relationships, Socialization, and Home Schooling
pp. 614-616(3)
Author: Lois, Jennifer

Take Note

Take Note
pp. 617-623(7)

Publications Received

Publications Received
pp. 624-626(3)

Index

Index of Reviews, Essays, Take Note Books, and Comments for Volume 37
pp. 627-642(16)

< previous issue | next issue > | all issues

Key:
Free Content - Free Content
New Content - New Content
Subscribed Content - Subscribed Content
Free Trial Content - Free Trial Content
Share this item with others: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
Page Help Click here for Page Help
Shopping cart
Tools
Sign in






Need to register?
Sign up here
Text size: A | A | A | A