International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 24 Issue 6

Sociological reflections on the empire of Mali (1300 AD)

Musa Shallal

This article examines the myths and the truth of the ancient African civilization. It also sheds some sociological light on the second great Sahelian kingdom of Mali as an example…

Ageing, technologies of self and bio‐medicine: a Foucauldian excursion

Jason L. Powell, Simon Biggs

This paper unravels the conceptual and theoretical insights of Foucault’s later work on technologies of self in order to understand Bio‐medicine which impinges on the social…

Fostering community self‐help in deprived neighbourhoods

Colin C. Williams

Attempts to nurture community self‐help in deprived neighbourhoods presently tend to pursue the “third sector” route of developing community‐based groups. Reporting data from…

American farmers’ markets: two types of informality

Thomas K. Tiemann

Farmers’ markets in the United States are structured in various ways. Even those once‐or‐twice‐a‐week markets that remain outside of the mass production and distribution system by…

US core values: a Chinese perspective

Spero C. Peppas

With globalisation and the opening of China’s borders, there has been increasing business and government interaction between China and the US. Given US interest in China’s market…

Women doing and making time: reclaiming time

Azrini Wahidin, Dot Moss

This article discusses themes emerging from two independent research projects. In order to understand how women negotiate and transgress time frames, we critically explore and…