by sustainablesociety | Apr 17, 2019 | Sociology
The Importance of Leadership_Alpha Males_Social Dominance Social Dominance: ‘Alpha Males’, Psychopaths and Greedy Bastards. If we ask questions about what are leadership skills, what are the qualities of leadership and what is the importance of leadership, we will...
by sustainablesociety | Apr 15, 2019 | Politics
The 'triple bottom line' of sustainability means addressing social, environmental as well as the economic basis for sustainability. All three have to be goals or you just do not have a sustainable society. In this context, poverty is a challenge to social...
by sustainablesociety | Apr 13, 2019 | Health, Social Science
Health, Sickness, Society and the Mind The Importance of sociology and psychology in health care. This 3rd edition of Psychology and Sociology in Nursing aims to address a few key issues: Want is the importance of sociology and psychology in health care? What can...
by sustainablesociety | Apr 10, 2019 | Politics
Britain’s Private School Problem. Want to be a lawyer or in politics? Do you aspire to be an actor? Fancy yourself as a doctor, a leading news journalist or a senior military officer, or a senior civil servant? These are just some of the professions and roles...
by sustainablesociety | Apr 9, 2019 | Climate Change, Philosophy, Politics
Sustainable Development Arctic Ice: its worse than we thought…. Our ‘Lock in’ and Climate Change We have the facts coming out of our ears...and its terrifying, but the power elite seem unwilling to call a global climate emergency while some are in active denial....
by sustainablesociety | Mar 8, 2019 | Climate Change, Politics
Sustainable Development_Deep Adaptation Deep Adaptation – Losing Hope? “I have of late—but wherefore I know not—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises, and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me...
by sustainablesociety | Feb 11, 2019 | Social Science, Sociology
Health as a Social Lens. In this second comment, I hope to do justice to Graham’s work here, and I urge you to read the book. Yes, indeed it does get a bit technical in places, but persevere! The first chapter of ‘Sociology, Health and the Fractured Society: A...
by sustainablesociety | Jan 23, 2019 | Politics
Photo by Chris Lawton on Unsplash For God, Harry and St George? Nationalism, Authoritarianism and Fascism in England. When Nigel Farage talks about ‘picking up a rifle’ if Brexit is not delivered, do you cheer along with his audience? When the Queen is on the telly,...
by sustainablesociety | Jan 15, 2019 | Politics
On wavers of flags and shrouds. (Photo by Matt Briney on Unsplash) It feels as if this ‘blessed plot, this realm’, this encrusted blood soaked earth, is being shaken from beneath my feet. Those who are doing the undermining, appear to me as wide eyed frothing mouthed...
by sustainablesociety | Jan 9, 2019 | Health, Philosophy, Social Science, Sociology
Sociology, Health and the Fractured Society Sociology, Health and the Fractured Society: A critical realist account. Graham Scambler, (2018) Routledge. London. I have been following Graham’s work for quite some time now. I have used some of his ideas in my own...
