Tag: Relationships

Paul Seabright on the Relationship Between the Sexes

By Social Science Bites | Published: August 31, 2012

There is still a great deal of inequality between the sexes in the workplace. In this episode of the Social Science Bites podcast Paul Seabright combines insights from economics and evolutionary theory to shed light on why this might be so.

Posted in Audio, Communication, International Debate, Public Engagement, Public Policy, Resources | Also tagged Culture, economics, gender, Paul Seabright, Sex, social science, workplace | 9 Comments

The Hidden Costs of the Prison Boom for the Mental Health of Women

By christopherwildeman | Published: May 16, 2012

In a recent article in the American Sociological Review, sociologists have uncovered a sprawling mental health cost to the massive and rapid increase in incarceration in the United States.

Posted in Featured, Impact, International Debate, News, Public Engagement, Public Policy | Also tagged Childcare, Childrearing, Christopher Wildeman, Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, Health, Incarceration Rates, Jason Schnittker, Kristin Turney, mental health, Prison, Prison Boom, Racial discrimination, Racism, social science, sociology, Sociology of health, War on Drugs, Wellbeing | 6 Comments

Methamphetamine Markets, Personal Relationships, and Families

By henryhbrownstein | Published: April 19, 2012

No matter what type of market organization or operation we observed or how good or bad the quality of the local product being sold, we found that relationships and transactions in methamphetamine markets were always personal.

Posted in Interdisciplinarity, News, Public Engagement, Public Policy, Research Methods, Science & Social Science | Also tagged Bruce G. Taylor, Carol Hafford, drug use, Dynamics of Methamphetamine Markets, Henry H. Brownstein, Johannes Fernandes-Huessy, meth, meth import markets, meth markets, Methamphetamine, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NORC, policy, smurfing, Timothy M. Mulcahy, University of Chicago, War on Drugs | 1 Comment

My Social Science Career: Interview with Steve Duck

By ssseditor | Published: April 13, 2012

As part of a series of occasional interviews with leading social scientists, Steve Duck, Professor of Communication Studies and Daniel and Amy Starch Research Chair, University of Iowa, spoke to socialsciencespace.

Posted in Communication, Featured, Interdisciplinarity, Interview, News, Resources | Also tagged Bullying, children, communications, Interdisciplinary, Jerry Miller, John Gottman, Research Methods, social science, Steve Duck, Steve Duck Interview, University of Iowa | Leave a comment

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