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Institutionalization of the Sociology of Consumption in Russia

Journal of Economic Sociology, 2014
This article explores the process by which a subfield of sociology, the sociology of consumption, became institutionalized in Russia. By “institutionalization” is meant the process of its establishment as an autonomous field of scientific knowledge, university-level discipline and academic community of scholars.
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Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice at the ‘Shop Front’: The Potential and Limitations of Meeting Legal Need Through Technology

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Australia, governments fund Community Legal Centres (CLCs) as part of the legal assistance sector (LAS) to meet the ‘legal needs’ of people experiencing disadvantage who cannot afford private legal services. Persistent unmet demand for CLCs is well‐documented. As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in private legal practice to
Catherine Hastings, Art Cotterell, Farzana Bruce   +2 more
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A reflexive look at reflexivity in environmental sociology

, 2017
Reflexivity is a central concept in environmental sociology, as in environmental social science in general. The concept is often connected to topics such as modernity, governance, expertise, and consumption. Reflexivity is presented as a means for taking
Boström, Magnus, Uggla, Ylva,, Boström, Magnus,, Lidskog, Rolf, Lidskog, Rolf,, Uggla, Ylva   +5 more
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The dirty history of feminism and sociology: or the war of conceptual attrition [PDF]

, 2008
In the telling of the inscription of feminism into sociology, both space and time intervene. Institutionally some departments appear to be at the vanguard of feminist thought, others, as if feminism never happened.
Skeggs, Bev
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Intersectional inequalities in mental health by education, income, gender, and age before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands: a longitudinal study

International Journal for Equity in Health
Background It remains unclear how COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the mental health of different vulnerable groups. This study explores how mental health inequalities changed between 2014 (pre-COVID-19) and 2021 (during COVID-19) in the ...
Sanne E. Verra, Clare Evans, Joost Oude Groeniger, John de Wit, Maartje P. Poelman, Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis   +5 more
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Bases sociais das emoções do consumidor: uma abordagem complementar sobre emoções e consumo

Cadernos EBAPE.BR
O estudo das emoções no comportamento de compra e consumo dos indivíduos ganhou relevância nas últimas duas décadas, nndusive, no Brasil. A maior parte dos estudos, no entanto, parece oferecer uma única perspectiva para o estudo do fenômeno: aquela ...
João Felipe Rammelt Sauerbronn, Eduardo André Teixeira Ayrosa, Denise Franca Barros   +2 more
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Data, not documents: Moving beyond theories of information‐seeking behavior to advance data discovery

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 649-664, April 2025.
Abstract Many theories of human information behavior (HIB) assume that information objects are in text document format. This paper argues four important HIB theories are insufficient for describing users' search strategies for data because of assumptions about the attributes of objects that users seek.
Anthony J. Million, Jeremy York, Sara Lafia, Libby Hemphill   +3 more
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The Sociology of Consumption: A Global Approach - Joel Stillerman

, 2016
Deux recensions du livre de Joel Stillerman (2015) The sociology of consumption, Polity Press.
Jean-Philippe Nau
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Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
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Affective dimensions in the information behavior of forcibly displaced people: A literature review. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This review analyzed 241 scholarly articles published between 2010 and 2025 in information science venues to examine how affect shapes refugees' information behavior during forced migration and to identify additional contextual factors. It identifies seven affective dimensions: anxiety, shame and stigma, grief and loss, frustration, (mis)trust,
Maja Krtalić, Lilach Alon
wiley   +1 more source