How have sociologists and/or economists historically defined or measured "middle class" in the United States or the developed world generally? I mean over the last 100-200 years.
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posted by Wretch729
on Feb 14, 2013 -
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Have you or someone you have known ever radically changed a core belief system? How and why does deep psychological change occur?
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posted by j03
on Jun 10, 2012 -
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How do you help guide others to recognize, accept, and work towards a unified vision resulting in orgazational change?
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posted by meta.mark
on May 28, 2012 -
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Any non-obvious tips for conducting a successful interview? I'm looking for perspectives both in general and also considering my situation.
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posted by WhitenoisE
on Sep 1, 2011 -
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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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I have a friend who is teaching a freshman college class, and who is looking for a good but relatively simple and clear reading to introduce his students to diversity issues and particularly to the concept of "Other" and "Otherness".
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posted by jb
on Aug 23, 2011 -
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Please help me salvage this situation, if possible. I accidentally said something racist to someone I want to be my friend.
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posted by ferngully
on Jun 25, 2011 -
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What should I do about this insensitive acquaintance from work?
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posted by knz
on May 24, 2011 -
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In order to prepare a competitive examination, I've got to delve deep into North American counterculture history. What should I read ?
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posted by nicolin
on Feb 8, 2011 -
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Industrial society and its past: Trying to find details and specifics about spontaneous youth riots on a New Year's Eve in Stockholm, Sweden in the 1950s.
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posted by renovatio1
on Jul 12, 2010 -
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Help me find this article: It's written buy a guy who used to work at nightclubs & it's an "inside look" at how nightclubs are designed to make men feel inferior & insecure so that they get expensive VIP table service. My google-fu has failed me and I don't remember where I saw the article.
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posted by MesoFilter
on Jul 3, 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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I'm looking for a talk given by two sociologists about how underground music is the driving force behind mainstream music.
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posted by Lownotes
on Apr 9, 2010 -
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I'd like to learn about the history of what people have thought about dreams and dreaming, particularly in Western culture in the broad period between medieval times and Freud. What books or other resources discuss this in a serious, thorough fashion?
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posted by rivenwanderer
on Jan 5, 2010 -
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Need help finding passages where Foucault concentrates on the concept of the episteme in his
The Order of Things. Would also like some help with comparing this concept to Kuhn's paradigm idea.
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posted by coraline
on Dec 11, 2009 -
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I used to enjoy a podcast titled "Josh in Japan" produced by an ordinary guy living in Japan who talked about his daily experiences adjusting to Japanese culture. I am looking for other podcasts in this vein.
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posted by Piscean
on Oct 15, 2009 -
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Looking for examples of artists using scientific, sociological, mathematical, ethnographic, or psychological devices in their practice. Bonus points for funny.
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posted by SebastianKnight
on Sep 12, 2009 -
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What "rules of thumb" or "instincts" of the human mind are commonly applicable?
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posted by pbh
on Jul 21, 2009 -
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Is there anything in real life like
Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, formerly Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters minus the mutants?
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posted by MrMulan
on Apr 8, 2009 -
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Can you please recommend some books on daily life, home life, and general society in the UK and the US in the 1840s - 1880s for me?
I already have
What Jane Austen Ate, and What Charles Dickens Knew and
An Elegant Madness. It doesn't have to be specifically on daily life- creative nonfiction like Larson's
The Devil in the White City or Johnson's
The Ghost Map are awesome, too.
posted by headspace
on Feb 16, 2009 -
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I'm trying to find a psychological/sociological study on men and women's views of the ideal female body type.
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posted by Jaltcoh
on Oct 19, 2008 -
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Help clarify C. Wright Mill's "The Sociological Imagination" to me!
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posted by Phire
on Oct 13, 2008 -
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What makes sense as a summer job for a math and sociology major who does a little bit of everything?
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posted by thisjax
on Feb 2, 2007 -
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A friend in a sociology graduate program has turned to me for advice and I could use yours: she is required to read a book of fiction (a novel or short story collection) per week for a course, and wants recommendations.
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posted by melissa may
on Sep 12, 2004 -
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