1986 to 1996 - A quantitative study of social and demographic changes in Dublin, Ireland employing principal component analysis (PCA) on data collected using ten-yearly census data and smaller mid-decade census data.

An article by Edmund Chattoe and Prof. Nigel Gilbert, University of Surrey, describing an inductively designed simulation of individual budgetary decision making.

By Dr. Raddai Raikhlin (translated from Russian). Society and individuals are described in terms of their social cohesion and integration.

A paper by Michael Yates, a labor educator, tracing the history of radical labor education suggesting that the time for renewal may be at hand.

A sociological explanation for the rise in North American male suicide since 1950 examining changes in the constructions of homosexuality and arguing that the rise in male suicide is corollary. Proposals for future studies are also made.

A joint team of Thai and U.S. researchers from the University of Michigan, Tulane University, Chulalongkorn University and Mahidol University have been studying the impact of AIDS on older persons in Thailand since 1998 through grants from the U.S. National Institute on Aging

Forum: Qualitative Social Research is a multilingual online journal. Its main aim is to promote discussion and cooperation between qualitative researchers from different countries and disciplines.

A Critique of feminist literature

We are proud to reproduce these excerpts by Eli Siegel from Self and World: An Explanation of Aesthetic Realism.

35 murderers who had escaped from the legal custody of the between the period 1990 to 1995 were compared with 100 murderers who did not escape during the same period. Emeritus Prof. Harjit S. Sandhu, Oklahoma State University.