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Research summaries are short, carefully cited, 800+ word articles that summarize your original Sociological research. Research summaries take materials and information published in scholarly journals and present the information in a form suitable for public consumption. Research summaries are carefully crafted creative pieces that are cited and grounded, that do not dumb the material down, and that speak to relevant social, cultural, political, economic, or historical issues. Submission are reviewed for the quality of writing, quality of citation, readability, grammar, expressive clarity, and so on. Please consult our Writing Tips section prior to submitting your article. Email your submission to [email protected], along with a quick biographical background statement telling us who you are. If your submission is accepted you will be required to register a username on this site in order that your contribution might be properly attributed.

Facebook and family

Facebook and Family  “I was hesitant to add family members on Facebook at first, but I’ve grown to enjoy it.  I’m not very good at keeping in touch with family, so I feel like if I’ve posted on Facebook I’ve ...

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The Corporate Welfare State & Growing Inequality in American Society

occupy-wall-street

Unlike a lot of people out there, I am one to say I TOLD YA SO. The current growth in inequality, the current "mess" in the global financial system, the weird political machinations that seem to directly contradict the principles upon which modern democracies were founded, these were all predicted decades ago by Sociologists. So what are you going to do? Well, read this article, but slowly. There's a lot of enlightening Sociology in this article. If it gets a little thick, pop on over to the forums and ask Owen a question. in the global financial system, the weird political machinations that seem to directly contradict the principles upon which modern democracies were founded, these were all predicted decades ago by Sociologists. So what are you going to do? Well, read this article, but slowly. There

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