Volume 12, Issue 5, published 30/9/2007Peer Reviewed Articles
Social Capital and Community Building Through the Internet: a Swedish Case Study in a Disadvantaged Suburban Area
by Sara Ferlander and Duncan TimmsTextual Interaction as Sexual Interaction: Sexuality And/in the Online Interview
by Danny BeuschInequality Within the Family: Cases of Selective Parents in Post-War Hong Kong
by Yi-Lee WongIs Social Mobility an Echo of Educational Mobility? Parents' Educations and Occupations and Their Children's Occupational Attainment
by Richard LampardSociology And, of and in Web 2.0: Some Initial Considerations
by David Beer and Roger BurrowsDebate Article
Special Section: Gender, Sleep and the Life Course - A Sociological Approach (Peer Reviewed)
Guest Edited by Sara Arber, Jenny Hislop and Simon WilliamsEditors' Introduction: Gender, Sleep and the Life Course
by Sara Arber, Jenny Hislop and Simon WilliamsPower, Ideology and Resources Within Families: a Theoretical Context for Empirical Research on Sleep
by Jan PahlAre Children Getting Enough Sleep? Implications for Parents
by Luci WiggsEmbodying and Embedding Children's Sleep: Some Sociological Comments and Observations
by Simon Williams, Pam Lowe and Frances GriffithsThe Sleeping Lives of Children and Teenagers: Night-Worlds and Arenas of Action
by Jo Moran-Ellis and Susan VennA Bed of Roses or a Bed of Thorns? Negotiating the Couple Relationship Through Sleep
by Jenny Hislop'It's Okay for a Man to Snore': the Influence of Gender on Sleep Disruption in Couples
by Susan VennWho Are You Sleeping With? the Construction of Heteronormativity in Stories About Sleep in British Newspapers
by Pam Lowe, Sharon Boden, Simon Williams, Clive Seale and Deborah SteinbergGender Roles and Women's Sleep in Mid and Later Life: a Quantitative Approach
by Sara Arber, Jenny Hislop, Marcos Bote and Robert MeadowsCaring and Sleep Disruption Among Women in Italy
by Emanuela Bianchera and Sara ArberTheorising Sleep Practices and Later Life: Moving to Sheltered Housing
by Eileen FairhurstThe Meanings of Sleep: Stories from Older Women in Care
by Brooke Davis, Bernadette Hood and Dorothy BruckThe Social Significance of Sleep for Older People with Dementia in the Context of Care
by Wendy Martin and Helen BartlettBook Reviews
Online News: Journalism and the Internet by Allan, Stuart
Reviewed by Frank McMahonThe Devil Behind the Mirror: Globalization and Politics in the Dominican Republic by Gregory, Steven
Reviewed by Jonathan Westover
In this podcast Simon Williams talks about his new book the Politics of Sleep. While sleep is often taken to be a entirely private and natural part of human life, in recent years it has been the subject of a rich vein of interdisciplinary research.
Last year, 15.3 million NHS prescriptions were made for sleep medication. Patients in England alone received 5.4m prescriptions for zopiclone and 2.8m for temazepam, the two most popular sleeping pills. According to the Economic and Social Research Council, one in 10 of us now regularly takes some form of sleeping tablet.