Four days in California
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1289361,00.html

US sociologists are finally challenging the intellectual stranglehold
of economists

Jonathan Steele in San Francisco
Tuesday August 24, 2004
The Guardian

In the ocean-fed air and mild August sunshine of America's most
beautiful city, optimism flows easy. But the real mood-lift these past
few days was in the windowless conference rooms of two downtown
mega-hotels. More than 5,000 American sociologists, plus a few foreign
scholars, held their largest and, many said, most vibrant annual
convention for years.

Bush and Kerry were campaigning through nearby states. Their
soundbites were rarely mentioned, but the lack of serious debate is
one reason for US sociology's new political engagement after decades
of quiet since the 60s.

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