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The Church is still popular
Despite decline in numbers of worshippers and increased secularisation the church is still valued and appreciated as an institution which protects and preserves common values in the public sphere. This has been shown by sociologist ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Household financial contributions by adult live-in children are influenced by family structure
Single parents are more likely than parents in nuclear families to receive financial help from their grown, live-in children, according to research to be presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological ...
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Aug 11, 2009 |
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Research reveals how science changed methods of execution
A University of Cincinnati sociologist combed through newspaper accounts of 19th and 20th century Ohio executions to understand how executions became more "professional and scientific" in character. Annulla Linders, an associate ...
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Aug 10, 2009 |
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African Americans are more vulnerable to welfare penalties
African Americans are significantly more likely to be sanctioned by the United States welfare system than whites, according to research published in the June issue of the American Sociological Review, the flagship journa ...
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Jun 01, 2009 |
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Gender roles cemented in popular therapy
In recent years a slew of books and TV programs have been produced on the theme of couples. Popular therapists give advice about the art of succeeding as a couple. The sociologist Sara Eldén at Lund University in Sweden ...
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May 05, 2009 |
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Growth in military contracting blurs lines of accountability
The thriving use of private military contractors in place of citizen-soldiers allows nations to externalize the costs of war and outsource accountability during wartime, according to sociologist Katherine McCoy, writing in ...
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Mar 09, 2009 |
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Virtual studies answer real questions
"Are online games just for male teenagers?" About 80 percent of "Ever Quest II" players are male, but the hardcore players are women. And, almost all players are adults.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 14, 2009 |
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Sociologist Says This Month's Family Murder-Suicides Only 'the Tip of the Iceberg'
(PhysOrg.com) -- A family sociologist at the University at Buffalo says this month's murder-suicides involving a family of four in Ohio and a family of five in California may be "just the tip of the iceberg."
Jan 30, 2009 |
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