Where can a fellow (who has access to online academic resources but is 1000mi+ from a quality academic library) get some hands-on advice for gathering data for social network analysis? Bonus substantive questions inside.
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posted by col_pogo
on Aug 31, 2011 -
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A few years ago I landed on this idea of what I think may really be the perfect fun-and-interesting job for me: a textbook editor. But even more so with social studies content. How do I do it?
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posted by AnOrigamiLife
on May 12, 2011 -
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Looking for books that revisit a person or groups of people at different points in their lives, a la the "Up" series by Michael Apted.
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posted by reenum
on Mar 7, 2011 -
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This recent link on the blue reminded me how fascinating ethnography can be. Now I have a hankering for some well-written works of anthropology or sociology that offer insight on different people and different ways of life. Please recommend some good books for me! This is for "pleasure reading," so really dense jargon is a turn-off, but they don't need to be written for a popular audience.
posted by bookish
on Aug 13, 2010 -
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What are the gripping must-reads in scientific sociology? What are sociological studies that really changed how we view certain cultures/groups etc?
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posted by zaebiz
on Jun 6, 2010 -
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What are the reasons for and against constitutionally requiring a specific national language?
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posted by netbros
on Aug 28, 2008 -
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What have been the most important books in social science (including psychology, political science, sociology, anthropology, economics, "applied" social sciences like marketing, and so on) of the past 50 years?
posted by Malad
on Jun 3, 2008 -
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Is there a version of
this representing attitudes from people within the US about their neighboring states?
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posted by bjork24
on Feb 20, 2008 -
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Books about anthropology, psychology, sociology, modern rituals...I think. Can you point me in the right direction?
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posted by lhall
on Dec 20, 2007 -
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What are the best essays, books, or scholarly articles regarding the social role of maps? Both pre- and post- web 2.0, google earth mash ups, and the like. I'm familiar with the Situationalist critique, but wonder where else to begin reading.
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posted by pinto
on Nov 25, 2007 -
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When I was younger, I read a sociology textbook trying to find out why sociology was treated as a separate discipline and how it differs fundamentally from the other social sciences. I learned a lot about Weber and Durkheim, but I still don't get it. Can you help?
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posted by StrikeTheViol
on Sep 11, 2007 -
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Is there academic research that claims that viewing of advertising material a ritual of genderization?
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posted by bilabial
on Apr 28, 2007 -
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In the U.S., we get all caught up in the decisions that adult women make and the consequences of those decisions. (To have children, not to have children, to work, to stay home with the children, not to work, to marry, to have children without marrying, etc.) Are there similar convulsions about these cultural issues in other countries, especially non-English speaking ones? How can I learn about them? I'm curious both about how women's roles in in their societies are changing and about how those societies are reacting to the changes.
posted by croutonsupafreak
on Nov 30, 2005 -
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