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The Global Sociology Blog
http://globalsociology.edublogs.org/
A sociological outlook on global affairs
- Added on: May 8th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: SocProf
- Listed in: Society Activism
- Tags: environment globalization development Economy human rights gender
Recent Posts
Enforcing Rat-Race Conformist Individualism
So, I’m guessing parenting and early education are now all about “preparing” children for the credentialist rat race: The Power Elite: Number One Sign Your Parents Were Not in the Gifted Program: via kwout Except that, of course...
Global Trafficking in Fat??
An unusual combination of global trade, organized crime, and a “good” extracted from the periphery to be sold into the core areas as it is in high demand: Peruvian gang ‘killed peasant farmers for their fat’ ̵...
Women Bear The Brunt of Global Climate Change
So says a report from the United Nations Population Fund: UNFPA – State of World Population 2009 via kwout Gender and Climate Change: Poor Women Bear Brunt of Global Warming – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International...
Bad Week For Afghanistan… When It Rains, It Pours
So, first, Afghanistan is declared the most corrupt country after Somalia (which barely qualifies as a country anyway), then, this: Unicef’s state of the world’s children report 2009: Where is the worst place in the world to grow u...
Fall From Grace – Sports and Stigma
Any fan of football (soccer for Americans) has heard of it – the infamy: The hand that gave France its qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. For non-soccer fan, especially on this side of the Atlantic, that move is not allowed....
Re-post – When Corruption Sustains Institutions
In light of yesterday’s post on the publication of the latest Corruption Perception Index, and the sorry state of affairs in Afghanistan (which earned the next to last spot with only Somalia faring worse) as described in the BBC today. One note...
