Contexts

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News and notes.

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

Katrina, Jesus, and Mass Media

by The Contexts Graduate Student Board | Fall 2008
what went wrong after katrina Welfare critics have argued that reliance on government assistance instead of “legitimate” work has created a class of people … Read More

Narcissistic CEOs and Political Stinkeye

by The Contexts Graduate Student Board | Summer 2008
the environmental costs of global bargain shopping Why are Olympic athletes in Beijing worried about the air quality in a country on the rise? … Read More

Union Motherhood and Mortal Rockstars

by The Contexts Graduate Student Board | Spring 2008
we (women) make america work Mothers and unions are rarely associated, but Cynthia J. Cranford (Qualitative Sociology, December 2007) found that women leaders … Read More

Colorblindness, Being Rich vs. Being Smart, Feminism for Men

by The Contexts Graduate Student Board | Winter 2008
‘…but some of my best friends are black’ If you think spending time with diverse friends keeps your prejudices in check, Eileen O’Brien and … 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.