In the news this week. The Funeral of Baroness Thatcher. Full version still available to download on BBC iplayer.  until […]

Only 15 minutes? The social layers of fame From American Sociological Review Outcomes in adults with autism spectrum disorders: A historical perspective From Autism

Is “social science” an oxymoron? Will that ever change? Scientific American (blog) More widows than widowers: study Sun.Star I’m a […]

Are the customers of prostitutes ordinary or peculiar men? From International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Female students just […]

In the news this week see the new classification of social class and our other related class resources. United Nations […]

In the news this week. The budget. HM Treasury: Budget 2013 policy decisions See our recommended academic links See also […]

Is it possible that modern society’s bitter political divisions over belief in anthropogenic climate change is distracting decision-makers from the far more practical matter of confronting the risk that it presents, directly or indirectly, to businesses and the economy?

The prominence of Mafia in Southern Italy hinders the implementation of victim–offender mediation From European Journal of Criminology Celebrating 50 years: Information […]

The Republican war on Social Science, Natural Science and Social Science combine, and more on your weekly overview of Social Science News.

This week Italian elections. The Italian political science association provides free access to its English language journal Political science This […]

The failures of governance that have led to the “Great Recession” and the end of public trust From Administration & Society […]

Guest post from Roger Kline, Visiting Fellow at Middlesex University and co-director of Patients First, a whistleblowers network. The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust public inquiry report could be a watershed moment for the NHS.