...Ahmad Al Yakin; Muthmainnah Muthmainnah; Muhammad Mujtaba Asad; Norah Mansour Almusharraf Purpose The purpose of this research is to determine whether and how sociology courses that incorporate adaptive algorithms, quantum cognition and human–robot social interaction might improve students...

... need to think more carefully about how they design, conduct and frame research with non-human animals. Qualitative Methods Sociology Companion animals Critical posthumanism In 1956 Nelson N. Foote called attention to the glaring gap in academic research around the “most neglected...

... literatures from sociology, political science and social psychology in an innovative way. Design/methodology/approach The approach used was analysis of a range of relevant literatures. Statistical analysis of the DCLG Citizenship Survey to examine aspects of cohesion was also undertaken. Findings...

... and organisationally modernised domain. Even though this paper steps inside the system to observe some of its transformative developments, it aims to begin at the other end which enables a more rounded sociological approach to youth justice under New Labour to emerge which facilitates the production of a more detailed...

... the sociology of economic behaviour is examined to provide a novel lens through which to view CSR. Findings It is contended that arguments for CSR based in morality and ethics have been at least partially foreclosed by the CSR academy's response to pronouncements on the topic made by Milton Friedman in 1970...

... that substance abuse is the most serious health problem globally, the advocated approach to the resolution of addiction is the efficiency of the relationship between the primary care physician and the patient. Social policy Public policy Public health Economics Sociology Community health services...

... instrumental (operant) conditioning. Social policy Public policy Public health Economics Sociology Community health services This article is about substance abuse as a human disorder that defies resolution – a worldwide pandemic. In the World Health Organization's Draft Global Policy...

...Jessica Shipman; Jason L. Powell This article looks at the problems Sociology has in theorising modern discourses in the light of the rise and consolidation of Postmodernism. The paper begins with an historical sketch of the emergence of Enlightenment and how its values helped to engender...

...Musa Shallal This article examines the myths and the truth of the ancient African civilization. It also sheds some sociological light on the second great Sahelian kingdom of Mali as an example of the ancient West African kingdoms. It demonstrates the level of civilization, wealth, and power...

... to replicate Tearoom Trade while trying to modify data, all they have done is to validate Humphrey’s findings. Investigates the various contact areas for sexual acts, as discussed by various authors. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Sociology Homosexuality Historical research...

...Wayne H. Brekhus Adumbrates that Laud Humphrey’s studies have shaped the debate on sociological methods, they have also distracted from emphasizing his potential contributions to sociological theory. Identifies four themes in Humphrey’s work, which are important to the sociological study...

...Carlton W. Parks The focus of this article is a comparative analysis of the values inherent in multicultural feminism, and their consistency with the field of sociology of sexualities using Laud Humphreys’ Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places as an reflection of that growing body of work...

...Steven P. Schacht Introduces the reader to Laud Humphreys and his contribution to sociology and the study of sexuality, in the view of Steven Schact, Professor of Sociology at Plattsburgh State University, USA and editor of this special issue of IJSSP. Goes on to show Laud Humphrey’s works...

... waiting to hit on the unsuspecting, they were cautious and took care to limit their approaches to knowing players and to conceal their activities from outsiders. He hoped that the case for a International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 74 self-regulating, self-camouflaging scene would undermine...

... statements attributed to him. Outlines, in depth, some of the featured proponents and their published ideas for and against. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Homosexuals Sociology Literature International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 128 Humphreys vs. Sagarin in the Study...

... studies in sociology have accomplished as much in a single work. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Political theory Homosexuality Sociology International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 20 Controversies Surrounding Laud Humphreys Tearoom Trade: An Unsettling Example...

... the commonly‐used notion of “self‐deception” as internally contradictory. And, finally, I describe both negative and positive consequences of deception in human affairs. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Human relations Sociology Fabrication Volume 23 Number 6/7 2003 61 Lying: Deception in Human Affairs...

... Sociology Structural optimisation Social sciences Volume 23 Number 6/7 2003 1 Social Structure, Human Agency, and Social Policy by Gil Richard Musolf, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Central Michigan University The following essays illuminate excellent work incorporating...

...David Nibert Sociology, narrowly defined and almost universally practiced as the study of human society, is limited in its benefits to human animals because it ignores how hegemonically crafted and unjust human social arrangements are intertwined with the oppressive treatment of other animals...

...Arnold Arluke Three questions are explored regarding ethnozoology’s place in sociology. First, why has sociology been slow to explore this subject or to give it much credibility? Resistance by sociologists to ethnozoology is strikingly ironic, given the discipline’s willingness in recent years...