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Methodological Challenges in Studying Wealthy Families

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studying the wealthy is not easy. This piece provides suggestions for recruitment, interview strategies, and design to gain high‐quality data on wealthy people. It is based on an interview study of 81 US racially‐diverse families with a median net worth of $25 million. First, to gain access to the wealthy, it is key for the researcher to use a
Annette Lareau
wiley   +1 more source

Dual phenotype in a patient with adult-onset hyperinsulinism and diabetes caused by an activating <i>MAFA</i> variant. [PDF]

J Endocr Soc
Globa E, Hopkinson JR, Flaxman CS, Vasiliadis M, Richardson SJ, Højlund K, Detlefsen S, Flanagan SE.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Unequal Family Ties, Wealth Transmission and Social Mobility Among Congolese Traders in Kinshasa

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Congolese traders operating in Kinshasa's urban economy, this article examines how differentiated family ties and wealth transmission shape social mobility and the intergenerational reproduction of inequality. We show that family support is neither uniform nor equally productive: its effects depend on both
Héritier Mesa, Joël Noret
wiley   +1 more source

A Child With Abnormal Ocular Ultrasound After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. [PDF]

J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open
Cousin VL, Barreau E, Charbel R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Class Ruptures and Openings: The Role of Social and Family History in Narratives on Class Mobility and Reproduction

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, sociological interest in the study of social class—particularly its subjective dimensions—has intensified. This article contributes to this growing body of literature by focusing on Poland as a case within the Central and Eastern European region.
Justyna Kajta, Stefan Bieńkowski
wiley   +1 more source

Twenty‐First Century Butlers and the New Spirit of Service

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT More than 50 years ago, Lewis Coser argued that the “servant” had become obsolete, claiming that such a “premodern” occupation could not function within modernity without religious legitimations. However, with parts of the contemporary service sector exhibiting the very characteristics that Coser viewed as “premodern”—especially within ...
Bryan Boyle
wiley   +1 more source

Habib Saidi, Identité de façade et zones d’ombre. Tourisme, patrimoine et politique en Tunisie

Mondes du Tourisme, 2020
Saskia Cousin
doaj   +1 more source

Graduated Involution Under Compressed Modernity: Differences in the Summer Holidays as a Phase in the Public Life‐Course in Shanghai, China

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper develops the concept of graduated involution to explain how summer holidays have been reconstituted from leisure time into an educational arena for Chinese families under conditions of compressed modernity. Based on qualitative data from 32 households in Shanghai, including interviews and child self‐recordings, we analyze how ...
Leiping Bao, Rachel Murphy
wiley   +1 more source

Community awareness of genetic disorders associated with consanguineous marriage and acceptance of preventive screening, a cross-sectional study from Saudi Arabia. [PDF]

Front Genet
Sindi AAA, Albakri U, Alzahrani SA, Alqarni HM, Alzahrani RK, Albanghali BM, Shanawaz MA, Othman BA, Alghamdi DF, Alghamdi AA, Mahzari A, Marghani D, Albanghali MA.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Alloparenting the investment child: A reply to responses

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Nina Bandelj
wiley   +1 more source