Canadian Journal of Sociology


The Canadian Journal of Sociology publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research articles and innovative theoretical essays by social scientists from around the world, providing insight into the issues facing Canadian society as well as social and cultural systems in other countries. The journal also features a lively debate/commentary section encouraging the intensive exchange of ideas, along with regular sections such as “Notes on Society” that address topical issues of the day from a social science point of view and “Notes on the Discipline” designed to discuss a variety of issues encountered in the course of the sociological analysis of modern society. Each issue of the journal also has a comprehensive book review section.

Announcements

 

JOB ADVERTISEMENT: Junior and Senior Faculty Positions, Faculty Research Chair in Global Health and Social Policy, McGill University

 
The Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University currently has junior and senior faculty positions available, as well as a Canada Research Chair.
The Institute for Health and Social Policy was created to conduct and support world class research into how social conditions impact on health and to promote the translation of research findings into policies and programs on national and global scales that change the social conditions under which the worst off live. Involving dozens of researchers from across all faculties at McGill, the Institute is home to a global social policy data center on 192 countries, as well as in depth studies on 5 continents. Institute policy collaborations are taking place with the WHO, UNICEF, and ILO, as well as with Canadian and US policymakers. More information about the Institute can be found at: www.mcgill.ca/ihsp/.
 
Posted: 2010-01-26 More...
 

JOB ADVERTISEMENT: University of Toronto, Lecturer City Studies

 
Position Title/Rank: Lecture – City Studies Ref# 0901061
Faculty: University of Toronto Scarborough
Deadline: February 22, 2010

The Department of Social Sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough invites applications for a full-time teaching stream position in the City Studies program. The position will be at the rank of Lecturer and will commence July 1, 2010. Applicants must have a PhD in hand at the time of appointment, or be near completion. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
 
Posted: 2010-01-25 More...
 

CALL FOR PAPERS: Cultures of Movement: Mobile Subjects, Communities, and Technologies in the Americas

 
Panel, paper, and alternative-format presentation submissions are invited for the "Cultures of Movement: Mobile Subjects, Communities, and Technologies in the Americas" conference, to be held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, on April 8-10, 2010.  
Posted: 2009-09-08 More...
 
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Vol 34, No 4 (2009)

Table of Contents

Prioritizing Illness: Lessons in Self-Managing Multiple Chronic Diseases Abstract PDF
Sally Lindsay 983-1002
Flows, Eddies, Swamps and Whirlpools: Inequality and the Experience of Work Change Abstract PDF
Janet Lee Siltanen 1003-1032
Beyond Pets: Exploring Relational Perspectives of Petness Abstract PDF
Jen Wrye 1033-1064
Sit Back and Enjoy The Ride: Financial planners and the symbolic domination of clients. Abstract PDF
Patrick F Parnaby 1065-1086
When do Opportunities become Trade-offs for Social Movement Organizations? Assessing Media Impact in the Global Human Rights Movement Abstract PDF
Kathleen R Rodgers 1087-1114

Book Reviews/Comptes rendus

Raymond Murphy, Leadership in Disaster: Learning for a Future with Global Climate Change. PDF
Jeannette N Sutton 1115-1117
Nico Stehr and Hans von Storch, Climate and Society: Climate as Resource, Climate as Risk PDF
Raymond Murphy 1118-1121
Kingsley Dennis and John Urry, After the Car. PDF
George Martin 1122-1123
Terence C. Halliday and Bruce G. Carruthers, Bankrupt: Global Lawmaking and Systemic Financial Crisis PDF
Michael Kevin Power 1124-1127
Clay Spinuzzi, Network: Theorizing Knowledge Work in Telecommunications. PDF
Alex Preda 1128-1130
Nicola Yeates, Globalizing Care Economies and Migrant Workers: Explorations in Global Care Chains PDF
Karen Hughes 1131-1133
Michèle Lamont, How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment. PDF
Anne Mesny 1134-1137
Pamela B. Walters, Annette Lareau, and Sheri Ranis, Education Research on Trial: Policy Reform and the Call for Scientific Rigor. PDF
Scott Davies 1138-1141
Howard S. Becker, Telling About Society PDF
Alexandre Frenette 1142-1144
Patrick White, Developing Research Questions: A Guide for Social Scientists PDF
Howard Ramos 1145-1147
Jaber F. Gubrium and James Holstein, Analyzing Narrative Reality PDF
André Smith 1148-1149
Joel Best, Stat-spotting: A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data PDF
Neena Chappell 1150-1151
W.S.F. Pickering and Massimo Rosati, eds, Suffering and Evil, The Durkheimian Legacy PDF
Tara H. Milbrandt 1152-1155
Neil Gross, Richard Rorty: The Making of an American Philosopher PDF
Neil McLaughlin 1156-1160
Myra J. Hird. The Origins of Sociable Life: Evolution After Science Studies. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 260pp. $US 85.00 hardcover (978-0-230-20213-9) PDF
Marion Blute 1161-1165
Theodor W. Adorno, Current of Music PDF
Joseph Klett 1165-1168
Kyle Grayson, Chasing Dragons: Security, Identity, and Illicit Drugs in Canada PDF
Colleen Anne Dell 1169-1171
Anne Logan, Feminism and Criminal Justice: A Historical Perspective PDF
Rashmee D. Singh 1172-1175
Douglas A. Brownridge, Violence against Women: Vulnerable Populations. Contemporary Sociological Perspectives. PDF
Carmen Gill 1176-1177
Chloe E. Bird and Patricia P. Rieker, Gender and Health: The Effects of Constrained Choices and Social Policies PDF
Lisa Strohschein 1178-1180
Lorne Tepperman, Betting Their Lives: The Close Relations of Problem Gamblers PDF
Jim Cosgrave 1181-1185
James F. Cosgrave and Thomas R. Klassen, eds., Casino State: Legalized Gambling in Canada PDF
Jennifer Frances Borrell 1186-1189
Alison Pugh, Longing and Belonging PDF
Josée Johnston 1190-1194
Robert C. Ellickson, The Household: Informal Order Around the Hearth PDF
Carrie Yodanis 1195-1197
Joseph M. Palacios, The Catholic Social Imagination: Activism and The Just Society in Mexico and the United States PDF
Valerie Zawilski 1198-1200

Books Received/Livres reçus

Books Received 34, 4 PDF
Jim Conley 1201-1206