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Society for the Study of Symbolic Interactionism

http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~sssi/

Includes information about the Society's journal and conference.



Howard Becker's homepage

http://home.earthlink.net/~hsbecker/

An accessible read, with details of the theorist's research and publications.



http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/7562/webs.html

A great page of links to other sites about theorists and key ideas in the Symbolic Interactionist tradition.



'The Sociology of Adolescence and Youth in the 1990s: A Critical Commentary'

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00896.x?cookieSet=1&journalCode=jomf

This is an article about the sociology of adolescence, as a period of identity transition that is negotiated in the context of the family. It is written by Frank Furstenberg, from the University of Pennsylvania.



'The development of ‘common risk’ society: a theoretical overview'

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/hafa3/crisksocs.htm

An interesting paper written by Martin Shaw of the University of Sussex, about risk society in relation to national security and military organizations.



Shyness and Society

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/ss216/

Susie Scott’s website about her research on the sociology of shyness, as an identity that is shaped through interaction.