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Sociologists develop a theory of moral self

News-Medical.net -
Sociologists at the University of California, Riverside and California State University, Northridge have developed a theory of the moral self that may help explain the ethical lapses in the banking, investment, and mortgage-lending industries that ...

No Link Between the Death Penalty and Capital Crimes, Sociologists Find in ...

HealthCanal.com -
There is no association between the administration of the death penalty and subsequent murder rates, sociologists at New York University and Virginia Tech University report after analyzing more than 50 years of crime statistics in Trinidad and Tobago.
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The Myth of the Lonely American

Mother Jones -
This incredible, terrifying study was published in the American Sociological Review showing that one in four Americans had no close friends or confidants, no one with whom they could discuss personal issues.

A decade after his death, French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu stands tall

The Guardian -
Ten years after the death of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, we seem a long way from the days when he severely criticised the world of politics and the media.

University of Pennsylvania Names WEB DuBois Honorary Emeritus Professor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Educatio -
by B. Denise Hawkins , February 21, 2012 After emerging from Philadelphia's Black 7th Ward at the turn of the century with groundbreaking sociological research disproving the prevailing thought of the day that Blacks were inherently inferior to Whites, ...

Sociologist: RPA, Prosperous Armenia absolute favorites in upcoming elections

PanARMENIAN.Net -
Net - The ruling Republican Party of Armenia and Prosperous Armenia will be absolute favorites in the National Assembly elections due in May, head of Sociometer sociological center Aharon Adibekyan said. Preliminary surveys show that RPA would get 39 ...

How will numbers change prior to Armenia's parliamentary elections? – surveys

Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am -
YEREVAN. - The sociologists are quick to present to Armenia's body politic their predictions for the results of the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Med school admission tests change to reflect new care realities

The Seattle Times -
Two new sections will be added: one titled "Psychological, Sociological and Biological Foundations of Behavior," and another, "Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills.

This Day in Black History: Feb. 23, 1868

BET -
Du Bois would go on to be credited as “the most important Black protest leader in the United States during the first half of the 20th century” by other historians for his extensive sociological studies into the African-American experience in America, ...

Assad and the Sectarian Game in Syria

Real News Network -
Now joining us to help us unpack a very complicated situation is Elaine Hogopian. Elaine is a Syrian-American sociologist. She's professor emeritus of sociology at Simmons College in Boston. And she joins us from Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Intra-party democracy imperative

The Bostwana Gazette -
A renowned German sociologist, Robert Michels, in his piece, Political Parties: A Sociological Study of Oligarchichal Tendencies of Modern Democracy, argues that “he who says organisation says oligarchy”.

Life Extension For All: Global Future Congress Announces "Avatar"

San Francisco Chronicle (press release) -
The first Global Future Congress 2045 (GF2045) was held on Feb.17-20 in Moscow, where 56 world leading physicists, biologists, anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists and philosophers met to discuss breakthroughs in life extension technologies and ...

The Internet – A 'Playground' for the Sociologist

LiveScience.com -
The Internet is a sociologist's playground, says Scott Golder, a graduate student in sociology at Cornell University.

Study: Increasingly, children's books are where the wild things aren't

EurekAlert (press release) -
The study's findings are published in the journal Sociological Inquiry and was co-authored by UNL sociologist Philip Schwadel and Christopher Podeschi of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania; Nathan Palmer of Georgia Southern University; ...

People with high moral identity likelier to be well behaved

Newstrack India -
Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): Sociologists have developed a theory of moral behaviour that may help explain why some people behave morally while others do not.

Study posits a theory of moral behavior

PhysOrg.com -
Sociologists at the University of California, Riverside and California State University, Northridge have developed a theory of the moral self that may help explain the ethical lapses in the banking, investment and mortgage-lending industries that ...

Study Posits a Theory of Moral Behavior

UC Riverside -
UC Riverside and CSU Northridge sociologists' research suggests how bankers, stock brokers and mortgage lenders justified ruinous actions.

Sociologists call gov't too passive about ghettos

Prague Daily Monitor -
The sociologists, Ivan Gabal and Petr Visek, said hundreds of millions of crowns are being spent to manage the problems arising from inactivity while money for constructive measures and for the villages and towns in which integration is successful is ...

NCCU to phase out 5 degrees

News & Observer -
Last week, about 40 sociology students and others marched against the cuts, which eliminate the department's undergraduate and master's degree programs.

Women's Sexuality and Men's Fear

Huffington Post (blog) -
The "History of Sex" was a terrific exhibit, with well-researched timelines, archeological artifacts, artistic renderings and scientific writings by archeologists, anthropologists, historians, biologist, physicians, sociologists and psychologists, ...
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