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Author Archives: Sociology at Work
Sociology of Law
Sociology student and Fullbright Scholar, Jesse Fenichel, worked as a “temp attorney” over the summers before heading to the Philippines to study the ever-growing market for outsourcing American legal work overseas.
Applied Sociology Career Spotlight: Politics
Angelia Schultz has a Masters in sociology and she ran in the Democratic nomination for the USA state of Aberdeen in 2014. She stood on a platform promoting stronger provision of healthcare and education, drawing on sociology.
Applied Sociology Career Spotlight: Urban Planning
The Californian Department of Transportation in the USA has a cultural studies team who are unearthing the city’s cultural heritage.
Our Responsibility as Sociologists
“We need to reflect, respond and recognise our responsibility as sociologists.” – Prof Margaret Abraham, President of the International Sociological Association, has addressed the discriminatory Executive Order by USA President Donald Trump.
The Power of Sociology
“[Students] can see the power and relevance of sound social theories and sociological perspectives together with strong methodologies to analyse social conditions and suggest change.” – Malaysian sociologist Professor Abdul Rahman Embong
If Karl Marx Was Alive
“If Karl Marx was alive he would say, I told you so.”
Sociology More Nimble on its Feet
“When research is conducted in partnership with community, sociology becomes more ‘nimble on its feet.'” – Philip Nyden, Leslie Hossfeld and Gwendolyn Nyden
Social Survey Invented by Sociology
“Indeed a case might well be made for the statement that the social survey was an invention of the sociologist.” – E. W. Burgess (1916)
Applied Sociology Goals for 2017
“Applied sociology goals: exercise the sociological imagination.” New Year’s resolutions for enhancing our collective sociological practice