Assorted by Howard S. Becker (Sociology, UC Santa Barbara, USA) that, in his own words, "[are made available here] primarily to make things I've written and published in obscure places available to anyone who wants them."
A collection of papers by Agner Fog on "cultural selection" including how it differs to sociology. Sample chapters from the book, Cultural Selection, are also linked.
A paper by Edmund Chattoe, University of Surrey, that discusses the evolution and spread of replicating messages ("chain mail") on the World Wide Web. The analysis draws a comparison to features shared by typical urban legends.
An article by Edmund Chattoe and Prof. Nigel Gilbert, University of Surrey, describing an inductively designed simulation of individual budgetary decision making.
Working papers by the research centre based in the Institute of Industrial Relations at the University of California, Berkeley.
A symposium paper reflecting on the problems of prevailing theoretical attitudes towards the underprivileged in educational and how they contrast with the authors' practical experience.
A resource of essays and articles discussing a range of social phenomena arising from the increased use of ICT and the internet in social life. These are argued to form the beginning of a new sub-discipline, cyber-sociology, or netsociology, by Albert Benschop (University of Amsterdam). Site available in English and Dutch.
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