About the Journal
Social Thought and Research (STAR) is an annual peer-reviewed publication edited by graduate students of the sociology department at The University of Kansas and is one of the few student-run sociological journals in the United States. Since 1997, STAR has published papers in a variety of sociological areas, including critical theory, authoritarianism, social movements, culture, sexuality, gender, globalization, and feminist cross-cultural research.
Current Issue
Vol. 37 (2025): Social Dis/Order
A survey of the contemporary world provides no shortage of ways in which social order appears to teeter on the brink of collapse. The global rise of anti-democratic movements, the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine, cascading global climate crises, and the persistence of gender and racial inequities are but a few examples of the social chaos in recent years. In response, counter-movements attempt to address these crises, but their ability to meaningfully restructure social conditions remains unclear. For the 37th volume of Social Thought and Research, graduate students and early career scholars have explored ways in which taken-for-granted social structures, norms, and bureaucracy have been upended and reconstituted in response to social, economic, and cultural change across the globe.
Published:
2025-02-21
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