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Early Careers of Dropouts
Alexander Patzina discusses the timing of dropping out and the importance of training firms on career progression
Please in My Backyard: Quiet Mobilization in Support of Fracking
Colin Jerolmack and Edward T. Walker discuss how a rural, white, mixed-income Pennsylvania community adopted a please-in-my-backyard stance toward shale gas extraction (fracking)
Class Position and Political Opinion in Rich Democracies
In many high-income countries today, scholarly interest in the politics of class has coincided with growing economic inequality,…
Guys Like Me: Five Wars, Five Veterans for Peace
Michael Messner discusses the five ordinary men who have done extraordinary work as peace activists, recounting what led…
Made in America: A Social History of American Culture and Character
Claude S. Fischer draws on decades of historical, psychological, and social research to discuss the evolution of American character and culture over three centuries
Weber’s sociology of the press and journalism
Roger Dickinson discusses social and political changes since 1910 experienced by the newspaper industry
How great and how good?
Seth A. Williams considers the association between neighborhood third places, cohesion and neighbor interaction
Change in attitudes about cannabis legalization
Jacob Felson discusses why public opinion about cannabis legalization has become more liberal, and some states have begun…
Economic Value of Credentials and Skills
Satoshi Araki discusses the link between credentials, skills, and labor market outcomes
Exploiting Ambiguity
Sociologists have shown that the relationships people establish between moral orientations and market practices vary considerably across historical,…
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