Stanley and Clifford: undoing an interactionist text

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Two interactionist versions of the story of Stanley, a juvenile delinquent, shows the difference between objective experiences and their subjective, interactional meanings and expressions. However, they ignore problems of real lives by turning Stanley into an analytic and ideal type. The texts generate a romantic over-identification with society's undesirables. The texts sympathize with social underdogs without challenging the present reality.

Biography, Biographies, Juvenile delinquency, Symbolic interactionism

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Evolution, history, and collective subjectivity

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This article analyzes three main groups of contemporary sociological theory that examine human evolution and social formations. These areas of critical scholarship include neo-functionalism, English historism, and genetic structuralism, and their relationships to evolutionary process, social creativity, and collective subjectivities are discussed.

Group identity, Social identity, Sociological research, Social evolution, Functionalism (Social sciences), Differentiation (Sociology)

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Contested approaches in the study of poverty: the Canadian case and the argument for inclusion

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The authors question the validity of poverty studies in post-industrial societies that focus on a growing underclass or a systemically marginalized group. Instead, research presented suggests the poor are a mobile, diverse social category with a relatively stable population resembling other sections of society.

United States, Statistical Data Included, Research, Poverty, Poor, Working class, Civilization, Modern, Modern culture

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