From the archives

The Winter of Discontent, 30 years on

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New governor general in Australia

Quentin Bryce is sworn in as Australia's governor general, the first woman to serve as Queen Elizabeth's representative there.

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Toon Army talks

Anger of fans at Keegan's departure

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McCain vows to fight to change US

John McCain promises "change is coming" as he accepts the Republican party's candidacy for the White House.

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A gentle heavy metal fan? How music defines personality

Musical taste and style is closely related to personality type, according to new research from a Scottish university.

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Global stock markets still jumpy

Fears about a global economic slowdown continue to weigh on stock markets, with Japan's main share index falling nearly 3%.

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WWII 'remains' in jungle prove to be vines

The suspected remains of a WWII airman discovered in the Papua New Guinea jungle are the moss-covered branches of a tree.

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Djokovic sets up Federer showdown

Novak Djokovic beats Andy Roddick in four sets and will now meet defending champion Roger Federer for a place in the US Open final.

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Brown 'backs more Holyrood power'

The SNP claims that Gordon Brown is "caving in to pressure" to concede more powers to Holyrood.

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Government warned over fuel costs

A Labour backbencher warns the government faces public hostility if it doesn't provide help for voters to pay energy bills.

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Newcastle begin hunt for new boss

David Moyes and Didier Deschamps are among the early names in the frame to succeed Kevin Keegan as Newcastle boss.

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Copter rescue amid flood warnings

A rescue helicopter reaches a motorist trapped by rising water, as severe weather warnings are given across Wales.

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DJs criticised for drink comments

A report criticises a number of radio presenters for encouraging heavy drinking among their listeners.

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Hoy angry at political 'cash-ins'

Olympic cycling hero Chris Hoy says he feels politicians have attempted to "cash in" on his success in Beijing.

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From a height

How to survive a bellyflop into just a foot of water

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England defeats hurt us - Barry

Midfirelder Gareth Barry rubbishes suggestions that England players care more about their club than their country.

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Black to green

Germany pilots technology to clean up coal power

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Adults 'rely on parents' finance'

Parents support their grown-up children to the tune of £21,500 in the years after they turn 18, a study suggests.

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Crime crackdown sees 109 arrests

A summer crackdown on burglary and other crimes in Belfast has led to over 100 arrests, police reveal.

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In pictures

Haiti struggles after storms kill 170 people

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Sex killer 'could not be stopped'

A stalker who killed his ex-lover and then had sex with her corpse could not have been stopped, a report finds.

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Google is 10

What is the secret behind Google's huge success?

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What do you want to talk about?

What do you want the world to talk about?

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UK food prices show 8.3% increase

UK food prices have risen by 8.3% on average since January, with meat and fish up 23%, according to a study for the BBC.

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Rice set for historic Libya visit

Condoleezza Rice will meet Libya's Gaddafi in the latest step aimed at improving relations between the former enemies.

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Academic Papers:

About Gender

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.

http://www.gender.org.uk/about/

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

www.graand.com

Center for Culture, Organizations, and Politics

Working papers by the research centre based in the Institute of Industrial Relations at the University of California, Berkeley.

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~iir/culture/papers.html

Cultural Selection

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.

http://www.agner.org/cultsel

An Essay on Radical Labor Education

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.

http://eserver.org/clogic/2-1/yates.html

How Can the Human Self Be Truly Described?

An excerpt from the preface to Eli Siegel's major text, "Self and World: An Explanation of Aesthetic Realism".

http://www.aestheticrealism.org/es-expl.htm

Howard Becker

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."

http://home.earthlink.net/~hsbecker/

Identifying Dimensions of Urban Social Change In Dublin - 1986 to 1996

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.

http://www.ucd.ie/gsi/pdf/35-2/dublin.pdf

The Impact of the AIDS Epidemic on Older Persons (with a Focus on Thailand)

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.

http://aidseld.psc.isr.umich.edu/publications.html

Information Society, Work and the Generation of New Forms of Social Exclusion

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.

http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/tyoelama/sowing/report/InformationSociety99.pdf

Modelling the Adoption of AEMs as an Innovation Diffusion Process

An internal working paper literature review on the diffusion of innovations by Edmund Chattoe (research fellow) and Nigel Gilbert (professor), Department of Sociology, University of Surrey (UK). Works are applies to the task of modelling the decisions made by farmers to adopt The Agricultural Environmental Measures (AEMs).

http://wwwlisc.clermont.cemagref.fr/ImagesProject/Results/models/Diffusion%20Model/dolomieu.html

Peculiarities of Cyberspace: Building Blocks for an Internet Sociology

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.

http://www.sociosite.org/

Reports Made by 'The Global Social Change Research Project'

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.

http://gsociology.icaap.org/reports.html

Sociological Explanations between Micro and Macro and the Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

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.

http://qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-01/1-01kelle-e.htm

Virtual Urban Legends: Investigating the Ecology of the World Wide Web

A paper by Edmund Chattoe, University of Surrey, that discusses the evolution and spread of replicating messages ("chain mail") on the World Wide Web. The analysis draws a comparison to features shared by typical urban legends.

http://www.sosig.ac.uk/iriss/papers/paper37.htm

From a height

How to survive a bellyflop into just a foot of water

news.bbc.co.uk

Toon Army talks

Anger of fans at Keegan's departure

news.bbc.co.uk

A gentle heavy metal fan? How music defines personality

Musical taste and style is closely related to personality type, according to new research from a Scottish university.

news.bbc.co.uk

Copter rescue amid flood warnings

A rescue helicopter reaches a motorist trapped by rising water, as severe weather warnings are given across Wales.

news.bbc.co.uk

Rice set for historic Libya visit

Condoleezza Rice will meet Libya's Gaddafi in the latest step aimed at improving relations between the former enemies.

news.bbc.co.uk

New governor general in Australia

Quentin Bryce is sworn in as Australia's governor general, the first woman to serve as Queen Elizabeth's representative there.

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UK food prices show 8.3% increase

UK food prices have risen by 8.3% on average since January, with meat and fish up 23%, according to a study for the BBC.

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Google is 10

What is the secret behind Google's huge success?

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Newcastle begin hunt for new boss

David Moyes and Didier Deschamps are among the early names in the frame to succeed Kevin Keegan as Newcastle boss.

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Brown 'backs more Holyrood power'

The SNP claims that Gordon Brown is "caving in to pressure" to concede more powers to Holyrood.

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McCain vows to fight to change US

John McCain promises "change is coming" as he accepts the Republican party's candidacy for the White House.

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Sex killer 'could not be stopped'

A stalker who killed his ex-lover and then had sex with her corpse could not have been stopped, a report finds.

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Adults 'rely on parents' finance'

Parents support their grown-up children to the tune of £21,500 in the years after they turn 18, a study suggests.

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What do you want to talk about?

What do you want the world to talk about?

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WWII 'remains' in jungle prove to be vines

The suspected remains of a WWII airman discovered in the Papua New Guinea jungle are the moss-covered branches of a tree.

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From the archives

The Winter of Discontent, 30 years on

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Crime crackdown sees 109 arrests

A summer crackdown on burglary and other crimes in Belfast has led to over 100 arrests, police reveal.

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In pictures

Haiti struggles after storms kill 170 people

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Government warned over fuel costs

A Labour backbencher warns the government faces public hostility if it doesn't provide help for voters to pay energy bills.

news.bbc.co.uk

Black to green

Germany pilots technology to clean up coal power

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Djokovic sets up Federer showdown

Novak Djokovic beats Andy Roddick in four sets and will now meet defending champion Roger Federer for a place in the US Open final.

news.bbc.co.uk

Global stock markets still jumpy

Fears about a global economic slowdown continue to weigh on stock markets, with Japan's main share index falling nearly 3%.

news.bbc.co.uk

Hoy angry at political 'cash-ins'

Olympic cycling hero Chris Hoy says he feels politicians have attempted to "cash in" on his success in Beijing.

news.bbc.co.uk

DJs criticised for drink comments

A report criticises a number of radio presenters for encouraging heavy drinking among their listeners.

news.bbc.co.uk

England defeats hurt us - Barry

Midfirelder Gareth Barry rubbishes suggestions that England players care more about their club than their country.

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