Muslims in America
by jen'nan ghazal read
Recent research into the diverse opinions held by Muslim Americans suggests just how inaccurate the prevailing stereotypes really are.
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With a candidacy that has provoked much deliberation over race relations, social movements, and the nature of political campaigns, we asked prominent sociologists to discuss the social significance of Barack Obama.
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The Sociological “Contexts” of Politics in 2008
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Muslim Americans in Step With American Public on Political Engagement, Social Issues
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Introducing the
Contexts Podcast!
Each episode we’ll interview leading sociologists and discuss new and exciting social science research featured in Contexts.
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Contexts is thrilled to announce that the great blog, Sociological Images, has joined the community at contexts.org. Sociological Images, run by Lisa Wade and Gwen Sharp, is visual sociology at its best: finding images and videos hungry for sociological analysis and perfect for classroom use.
contexts.org news
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The Contexts Podcast is Up!
We’re thrilled to announced the launch of the Contexts Podcast! The podcast will feature interviews with our authors and other special guests and will be published bi-weekly.
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Redesigned Discoveries Blog
The all new Discoveries Blog is up and running. Designed as a companion to the Discoveries section of our print publication, this blog offers quick updates on exciting new research.
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Welcome ThickCulture to contexts.org!
Our newest blog is ThickCulture, run by political scientist Jose Marichal and covering politics, multiculturalism, and civic engagement in the age of the internet.
One Thing I Know
by marta tienda
One thing I know is that race-neutral alternatives to affirmative action have not diversified college campuses. read more
Culture Reviews
Joel Best and Jun Ayukawa look at the anti-smoking campaign in Japan, Sean Elias reports on lifestyles on the Aspen elite, and Nancy Foner examines attitudes towards immigrants in Shelter Island. Also: James M. Jasper on George Carlin. read more
Book Reviews
Monte Bute revisits Niebuhr in the age of Obama, John Ratliff looks at the rise of political blogosphere, and Gary Alan Fine visits Nixonland. read more
Online Features
We publish a few items from each issue online in their entirety. Here are a few samples. If you like what you see, subscribe.