Open Directory - Science: Social Sciences: Sociology: Academic Papers
See also: - A wide-ranging resource of essays and articles published by the Derby TV/TS Group (UK) discussing the manifold interpretations of gender. Articles/essays are categories by perspective and are added regularly. - A paper by Michael Yates, a labor educator, tracing the history of radical labor education suggesting that the time for renewal may be at hand. - A collection of papers by Agner Fog on "cultural selection" including how it differs to sociology. Sample chapters from the book, Cultural Selection, are also linked. - An excerpt from the preface to Eli Siegel's major text, "Self and World: An Explanation of Aesthetic Realism". - Assorted by Howard S. Becker (Sociology, UC Santa Barbara, USA) that, in his own words, "[are made available here] primarily to make things I've written and published in obscure places available to anyone who wants them." - A quantitative study of social and demographic changes in Dublin, Ireland employing principal component analysis (PCA) on data collected using ten-yearly census data and smaller mid-decade census data. [PDF] - The first interim report (literature review) delivered to the European Commission representing a "state of the art" review of all aspects of work, especially change, in the Information Society in Europe in 1999. [PDF] - A resource of essays and articles discussing a range of social phenomena arising from the increased use of ICT and the internet in social life. These are argued to form the beginning of a new sub-discipline, cyber-sociology, or netsociology, by Albert Benschop (University of Amsterdam). Site available in English and Dutch. - A resource of reports showing recent social, demographic, political and communication technology changes in the world as a whole and for developed and less developed sections. - An article by Udo Kelle (University of Vechta) providing an overview of the important methodological discussions surrounding the basic questions of mixed (qualitative and quantitative) method designs in sociology. - A resource of reports and publications made by a team of Thai and U.S. researchers conducting an on-going investigation into the impact of AIDS on older people since 1998. - Includes Problem description, links to publications and resources and contact information. Located in Calgary, AB, Canada. - Offers working papers organized chronologically.
