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• New Blog – The Cranky Sociologists
  on May 22, 2013 in Sociology
  And while I was busy setting up a new blog with Todd Krohn and Dave Mayeda – The Cranky Sociologists – I forgot to put a post here sending you all there if you feel so inclined. There is some really good stuff.
• New Blog – The Cranky Sociologists
  on May 22, 2013 in Sociology
  And while I was busy setting up a new blog with Todd Krohn and Dave Mayeda – The Cranky Sociologists – I forgot to put a post here sending you all there if you feel so inclined. There is some really good stuff.
• Music Break – Friendly Fires
  on Mar 16, 2013 in Music
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• Music Break – Friendly Fires
  on Mar 16, 2013 in Music
  Stay Here:...
• The Visual Du Jour – A Mystery
  on Mar 7, 2013 in Racism Social Movements
  What? What could possibly explain this trend?
• The Visual Du Jour – A Mystery
  on Mar 7, 2013 in Racism Social Movements
  What? What could possibly explain this trend?
• The Visual Du Jour – The World: Urban and Crowded
  on Mar 5, 2013 in Population Urban Ecology
  At least, based on this graphic: With the exception of the city-states (Monaco, Hong Kong), it is rather clear that population density in the selected countries can be extreme in urban areas. One needs then to ask the reasons for such rapid and massi...
• The Visual Du Jour – The World: Urban and Crowded
  on Mar 5, 2013 in Population Urban Ecology
  At least, based on this graphic: With the exception of the city-states (Monaco, Hong Kong), it is rather clear that population density in the selected countries can be extreme in urban areas. One needs then to ask the reasons for such rapid and massi...
• The Visual Du Jour – Mexican Drug Cartels
  on Mar 4, 2013 in Mass Violence Trafficking
  There is much to explore with this infographic but you can clearly see the different flows. I am not a fan of bubble maps but this one still reveals the extent of the killing, especially in certain states. Click below for full view and effect.
• The Walking Dead… Where Black is The New Red Shirt
  on Mar 4, 2013 in Racism
  Because it seems to me that the series is on a “black dude of the week” theme. So, first, of course, there was Morgan (and his son) who rescued Rick, freshly awaken from his coma and still in his hospital gown, if I remember correctly. Mo...
• The Visual Du Jour – Mexican Drug Cartels
  on Mar 4, 2013 in Mass Violence Trafficking
  There is much to explore with this infographic but you can clearly see the different flows. I am not a fan of bubble maps but this one still reveals the extent of the killing, especially in certain states. Click below for full view and effect.
• The Walking Dead… Where Black is The New Red Shirt
  on Mar 4, 2013 in Racism
  Because it seems to me that the series is on a “black dude of the week” theme. So, first, of course, there was Morgan (and his son) who rescued Rick, freshly awaken from his coma and still in his hospital gown, if I remember correctly. Mo...
• The Visual Du Jour – More Leeches!
  on Feb 27, 2013 in Economy
  Surely, at some point, this austerity thing… somewhere… in the future… for sure, it’s going to work: Making a large number of people poorer is guaranteed to boost demand. More leeches! Like Atrios keeps repeating, we are gover...
• In Which Justices Do Not Understand Institutional Discrimination
  on Feb 27, 2013 in Institutional Racism Institutional Discrimination
  So, this Alabama county does not think it needs to still implement provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 and the case is now before the US Supreme Court: “Shelby County says it is no longer necessary to require places with a history of rac...
• The Visual Du Jour – More Leeches!
  on Feb 27, 2013 in Economy
  Surely, at some point, this austerity thing… somewhere… in the future… for sure, it’s going to work: Making a large number of people poorer is guaranteed to boost demand. More leeches! Like Atrios keeps repeating, we are gover...
• In Which Justices Do Not Understand Institutional Discrimination
  on Feb 27, 2013 in Institutional Racism Institutional Discrimination
  So, this Alabama county does not think it needs to still implement provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 and the case is now before the US Supreme Court: “Shelby County says it is no longer necessary to require places with a history of rac...
• The Visual Du Jour – Where The Catholics Are
  on Feb 22, 2013 in religion
  Not exactly where they were a century ago: The European decline is striking. It is based on these data that calls for a non-Italian, non-European Pope are based. There were about 1.1 billion Catholics in 2010 (16% or the world population then) as o...
• The Visual Du Jour – Where The Catholics Are
  on Feb 22, 2013 in religion
  Not exactly where they were a century ago: The European decline is striking. It is based on these data that calls for a non-Italian, non-European Pope are based. There were about 1.1 billion Catholics in 2010 (16% or the world population then) as o...
• Sociology As The Science of Slow Violence
  on Feb 17, 2013 in Sociology Structural Violence
  Via Global Dialogue (a newsletter from the International Sociological Association), South African sociologist Jackie Cock explains how the task of sociology is to expose what she calls slow violence: “The social structures and processes which s...
• Sociology As The Science of Slow Violence
  on Feb 17, 2013 in Sociology Structural Violence
  Via Global Dialogue (a newsletter from the International Sociological Association), South African sociologist Jackie Cock explains how the task of sociology is to expose what she calls slow violence: “The social structures and processes which s...