contexts podcast

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Contexts Podcast!

Each episode we’ll interview leading sociologists and discuss new and exciting social science research featured in Contexts.

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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.