It is our contention that information technology is a cultural commodity whose influence is spread through economic and political action of institutions such as the government and corporations. Informed by Bourdieu’s sociology of language, we conduct a content analysis of political speeches regarding “digital opportunities” delivered by U. S. government officials. In this analysis we demonstrat...

since land reform in iran, rural studies and rural sociology have been concentrated on rural society as economical and political phenomena; therefore mostly traditional systems of production and power were noted in researches. one issue that was not addressed in this academic discourse was rural religion. religion as a core of culture and the main context to reproduce social integration has a k...

Controversies and risks in the social construction of the concept of healthy food are discussed, using soybean as the object of study. Studies concerning the impacts of soy on human health and the effects of its cultivation on the social-environmental domain were reviewed to analyze the political context of the discussion surrounding soy and the socio-environmental repercussions of its cultivat...

This introduction frames key questions on biofuels, land and agrarian change within agrarian political economy, political sociology and political ecology. It identifies and explains big questions that provide the starting point for the contributions to this collection. We lay out some of the emerging themes which define the politics of biofuels, land and agrarian change revolving around global ...

Contributors to this panel discussion were asked to reflect, in less than 3,000 words, ‘on how, specifically or generally, Innovation Studies (broadly defined) might have or already does have potential for yielding distinctive critical perspectives or data (broadly defined) on issues beyond Innovation (or Science & Technology Studies). The intention is to use the Panel to generate discussions w...

Students are one of the smallest groups in society that have a role life campus political sociology. So, students' awareness their as agents change can provide social building for better. The purpose this research is to socialize creating student participate life. method used through observation and author's experience participating organizations been followed. following organization has qualit...