Contexts

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Trends

Beyond Sectarianism in Iraq

by Mansoor Moaddel, Julie de Jong, and Munqith Dagher

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Trends

Korean Multiculturalism and the Marriage Squeeze

by Sangyoub Park

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In Pictures

To Snitch Or Not To Snitch

by Maria Kefalas, Patrick Carr, and Susan Clampet-Lundquist

sociological images

Sociological Images

Banal Nationalism

by Lisa Wade

what i learned

What I Learned

The Irony Of Understanding

by Keith A. Howey

books

Books

Welfare-to-Work Doesn’t Really Work

by Tiffany Taylor and Kasey Wilkes

books

Books

My Hollywood and the Nanny Book Phenomenon

by Margaret K. Nelson

q&a

Q&A

The Wire goes to college

by Sarah Lageson, Kyle Green, and Sinan Erensu

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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 David Grazian with managing editor Elena G. van Stee, both at the University of Pennsylvania.

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