Half of Americans support abortion on demand
For decades, the proportion of Americans who support a woman’s right to abortion for any reason has crept steadily upward.
America is a violent country
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What political science can tell us about mass shootings
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Ireland’s voters approve same-sex marriage. Here’s how that happened.
The official results make it clear that Ireland has voted
Ireland's voters approve same-sex marriage. Here's how that happened.
The official results make it clear that Ireland has voted
What the runners-up tell us about Britain’s election
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What the runners-up tell us about Britain's election
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Department of silly rankings: faculty 'return' on public funding
I may as well admit it: I love rankings. Whenever
Sociology Establishes an Open-Access Journal
I’m very pleased to see that Sociological Science is open
Potpourri
* Londoners appear to need some inspiration from Olympic athletes.
Potpourri
Declaration of Independence, more or less unanimously adopted by the
Blame the Sociologists
"Matthew Yglesias":http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2011/11/16/370007/the-social-graph-is-neither-social-nor-a-graph/ quotes Maciej Ceglowski "complaining":http://blog.pinboard.in/2011/11/the_social_graph_is_neither/ about the concept of
Jobs, Weber, and Velvet Elvis
Kieran Healy applies sociological theory to the charisma of Steve
Does Nudging Explain Differences in Organ Donation Rates?
It's great that David Brooks is "taking to the NYT":http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/opinion/08brooks.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
Everything is Obvious (once you know the answer)
Duncan Watts gave his new book the above title, reflecting
Pairwise Ranking of Political Science Departments
Kieran Healy and Steve Vaisey, dissatisfied with the NRC rankings
Charles Tilly Has Died
Two relevant recent posts are at Crooked Timber: this earlier