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On “The Design of Everyday Life”
Tecnoscienza, 2015 The article highlights the intersection between design, STS and consumption outlining practices as the central unit of analysis. The paper illustrates this perspective with reference to a variety of examples, including home improvements and do-it ...
Elizabeth Shove
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Class and relative wealth accumulation in five European countries: Sociological Lessons from the Household Financial and Consumption Survey (European Central Bank, 2014 Wave) [PDF]
, 2022 Nicolas Duvoux, Adrien Papuchon
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'The Greek Fall: Simulacral Thanatotourism in Europe' [PDF]
, 2012 The paper explores the socio-cultural dynamics of Greek demonstrations in 2011, suggesting that their function exceeds that of social movements as we know them.
Tzanelli, R
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A typology of schools across the four nations of the United Kingdom: Class, race and geography
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper we analyse the hierarchical field of schools across the United Kingdom during the transition to university and suggest that there are five socially distinct clusters of schools. Our five‐cluster typology of UK schools is composed of an established group of elite private and state schools, schools for the white rural and suburban ...
Sol Gamsu, Håkan Forsberg
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Prevalence of Drug Use Among the Working Population as a Form of Disadaptation Process. Part I
Социологическая наука и социальная практика, 2019 The article is devoted to the study of the spread of drug use among the working population. On the basis of materials of quantitative and qualitative research of the deviant behavior sector of sociology from the Institute of Sociology of the Federal ...
Margarita E. Pozdnyakova +1 more
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Food banks in schools in England
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article investigates the number and distribution of food banks in schools in England. Drawing on a novel source of nationally representative data, we show that one in five schools operate a food bank. This amounts to over 4000 school‐based food banks across the country.
William Baker +2 more
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What is consumption, where has it been going, and does it still matter? [PDF]
, 2019 This article considers the relationships between consumption, the environment, and wider sociological endeavour. The current vogue for applying theories of practice to the policy domain of ‘sustainable consumption’ has been generative of conceptual ...
Bataille G. +20 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Fear of failure is damaging in a host of ways yet is rife in many schools. Drawing on self‐worth theory, we explore whether fear of academic failure is higher in education systems with features that increase students' experiences of competition. To do this, we compare two very different education systems: England, where, for instance, national
Carolyn Jackson, Mieke Van Houtte
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Sociología del Trabajo, 2018 How can we stop the consumption of society, the primary commitment for sociolo-gists in our time?. The paper compares three exemplar approaches to the problem: the sociology of experience by François Dubet, social and economic regulation after the ...
Arnaldo Bagnasco Bagnasco
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New Zealand culture of intoxication: Local and global influences [PDF]
, 2010 This article shows that attitudes towards and behaviours involving the consumption of alcohol in New Zealand have long been problematic. It provides an historical account of social, economic and legislative factors which have influenced the development ...
Campbell, Maxine M. +2 more
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