Social Conflict and Spatial Capital
As illustrated by Maru and Hana: social conflict happens when scarce resources are unequally distributed and power arrangements may be reconfigured…
View ArticleWhere The Guns Are
Appropriately enough, considering the latest news of police shooting yet another African American young man, Pew had a survey regarding the demographics of gun ownership a few weeks back and they...
View ArticleHDI 2014
http://thecrankysociologists.com/files/2014/08/HDI2014-ty9uy3.mp4 Relevant links: HDI country list and data Public Data Explorer PDE via Google:
View ArticleWhere Religious (and Unaffiliated) People Are
Via the Pew Research Center, the name of the game is concentration: It is interesting to note that the only two religions that have spread far wide beyond their place of origin are Christianity and...
View ArticleEnough With the !@#$ “Sharing” Economy Already
It’s not sharing if it involves buying and selling, no matter what price level. It’s more unregulated trading, which is a trait more akin to what is generally called an underground economy (usually the...
View ArticleExecutions in the US, by States, Since 1977
There must be a pattern here, somewhere. I’m sure we can find it… oh, wait… Great gif by Pew:
View ArticleDe Facto Segregation
If you need a definition of the concept, there is no better illustration than the interactive maps below, via the Urban Institute:
View ArticleCranky Sociologists – Saskia Sassen
A new toon in the gallery of cranky sociologists: Saskia Sassen, thanks to The Cranky Sociologists’s cartoonist-in-chief, Kevin Moore: I have long been a big fan of Saskia Sassen’s work. You can read...
View ArticleBook Review – First Contact
I am always on the lookout for some new teaching ideas (I teach a 5/5 load, people, you have to find new things to do if you are not going to insane). So, I got First Contact – Teaching and Learning in...
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