Contexts

sociology for the public

Winter 2015

Volume: 14 | Number: 1

New editors Syed Ali and Philip Cohen start their tenure with a bang, including articles on carrying (and concealing) weapons, on the lessons of Ferguson, and what uprisings in France can teach us about protests in the U.S. Also: lesbian geographies, Piketty in perspective, recollections of genocide, and “velvet rope racism” at urban nightclubs.
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Financial Aid in Crisis

Margaret Austin Smith | In Brief

Next time you’re looking to start a conversation with a college student (or college survivor), test-drive this question: “Is college affordable?” If you think … Read More

Birth Control, Religion, and the Social Construction of Whiteness

Nicole Bedera | In Brief

Most people think of access to birth control as a women’s issue, but its history is a lot more complicated. Read More

Football and University Prestige

Angela O’Brien | In Brief

In the United States—the only country that links sports so tightly to colleges and universities—football fans are bolstering not only their team’s reputation, but also their students’ brainy prestige. Read More

Gender and Status Matching

Angela O’Brien | In Brief

How women are wielding their own power—and standards—in the making of marriage. Read More

Taking the Reins

Syed Ali and Philip N. Cohen | From the Editors

We are excited and honored to take the reins of such an important sociological publication! Since 2002, Contexts has been a source of fresh perspectives, crisp … Read More

The Consequences of Framing Fat

Lucia Lykke | In Brief

Blaming overweight people and stigmatizing fat can result in denying overweight and obese people access to employment, earnings, and medical care. 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 (University of California-Santa Barbara) and Seth Abrutyn (University of British Columbia), with Letta Page.