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Leading American sociologists give practical prescriptions for a more perfect world based on solid social science research in the Jan. 2000 Contemporary Sociology.

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The American Sociological Association is holding a media briefing on "Cyberspace and Everyday Life" at the Annual Meeting. This briefing will present new work on the consequences of living in a highly-wired, broadband society.

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Results of a new three year study are the first to reveal the social consequences of living in a highly-wired, broadband neighborhood. This research addresses recent interest in the effects of Internet use on relationships with friends, relatives and neighbors.

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The April issue of the American Sociological Review features articles on themes related to well-being of families, parenting, and marital relationships. The topics covered include issues of wide public interest and debate.

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For more than 30 years, the General Social Survey has provided a wealth of data on contemporary American society by measuring social change through trends and constants in attitudes, behaviors, and attributes of the adult population.

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A widespread belief among the American public is that schools no longer "teach values" -- or that they only teach values concerned with contemporary interests in cultural diversity. A new study of primary school classrooms challenges this conventional wisdom by showing that values continue to permeate classroom and school life.

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At the beginning of the 1990s, black men working in the most highly paid private sector jobs earned 20 percent less than similar white workers, a racial disparity far greater than in lower paid jobs, according to a recent study by Eric Grodsky and Devah Pager, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Many wives of professional male athletes have to consider the possibility of their husbands' infidelity, particularly during a long season with numerous road trips. How they handle their fear and stress varies and may depend on their motivation for marriage.

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How does stress resulting from disasters such as the recent tragic events in New York City and Washington affect health? The Professor of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley and a docent at the Institute for Housing Research at Uppsala University in Sweden, conducted a study focusing on the effects of communal bereavement in Sweden.

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Why do children raised without their fathers run serious risks? Sara McLanahan, Princeton University explores this issue in an article, "Life without Father: What Happens to the Children." Answering this question can help shape productive policies and perhaps quiet the culture war raging around single parenthood.