Contexts

sociology for the public

In Brief

News and notes.

Spring 2011 Discoveries

by The Contexts Graduate Student Board | Spring 2011
Each issue, we bring you Discoveries: short, snappy overviews of recently published sociological research. Discoveries from our Spring 2011 issue are available online at contexts.org/discoveries. Read More

Capitalist Communists, Undergrad Underdogs, and Consience-Free Tees

by The Contexts Graduate Student Board | Winter 2011
Each issue, we bring you Discoveries: short, snappy overviews of recently published sociological research. Discoveries from our Winter 2011 issue are available online at … Read More

Cul-de-safety, Emotions at Work, and Movie Star Power

by The Contexts Graduate Student Board | Fall 2010
Each issue, we bring you Discoveries: short, snappy overviews of recently published sociological research. Discoveries from our Fall 2010 issue are available online at … Read More

Faith, Gambling, and Murder

by The Contexts Graduate Student Board | Summer 2010
Each issue, we bring you Discoveries: short, snappy overviews of recently published sociological research. To learn more about gambling in Italy and to discover the … Read More

Lying about the News, Bragging about Sex, and Saving Hostages

by The Contexts Graduate Student Board | Spring 2010
Each issue, we bring you Discoveries: short, snappy overviews of recently published sociological research. Discoveries from our Spring 2010 issue are available online on … Read More

Diversity, Inequality and Health

by The Contexts Graduate Student Board | Winter 2010
Each issue, Contexts reviews the latest in groundbreaking sociological research. You can read Contexts Discoveries online at contexts.org/discoveries. Read More

Survey research controversy, white anti-racist activists, and supernatural beliefs

by The Contexts Graduate Student Board | Fall 2009
do ties still bind? In 2004, nearly one-quarter of Americans reported they couldn’t discuss personal issues with anyone in their lives. Or so the survey … Read More

Spam, Letters to the Editor and Gossip

by The Contexts Graduate Student Board | Summer 2009
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Marriage, Emoticons and Dual Citizenship

by The Contexts Graduate Student Board | Spring 2009
thinking twice about marriage Love may never go out of style, but the added benefits of healthy married life may be a thing of … Read More

Citizenship, Anger and Bad Reputations

by The Contexts Graduate Student Board | Winter 2009
permanently alien in japan After World War II, 600,000 of Japan’s former Korean colonial subjects remained there and have never been granted automatic citizenship. Read More

About Contexts

Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers. We're the public face of sociology.

It is a publication of the American Sociological Association, edited by Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn (University of British Columbia), with Letta Page.