Introduction to “Grave Matters in Oceania”

Introduction: Food Matters

carrie bradshaw: When a girl gets backed up against a wall she can’t afford, she has to consider renting others (sniffing through open window). Do . . . Do I smell curry? realtor: There’s an Indian restaurant downstairs. cb: Delia, I ask you, how can this apartment be $2,800 a month? I pay $750 for something that’s twice the size and it don’t smell like takeout. realtor: You have a rent-control...

Editors' Introduction: Why Repeat Victimization Matters

The basic facts of repeat victimization are well known. Substantial proportions of differences in rates of crime are attributable to differences in their concentration on particular targets, whether those targets are defined in terms of people, organizations or households. Four of the chapters in this collection detail the extent and correlates of such rates in continental Europe and worldwide ...

"Decollectivist Strategies in Oceania"

Each action of a decollectivizing employer—be it in the realm of employment practices, information or relational actions—has both real and symbolic dimensions that may be inclusivist, exclusivist or both. While many attempts at decollectivism are crude, Australia has seen the emergence of a coherent model of sophisticated decollectivist behaviour which has policy implications for many countries...

Politics Matters: A Response to Recent Commentaries

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics