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Time as a key aspect of historical sociology
RUDN journal of Sociology, 2022 This article is a review of Jiř ubrts book The Sociology of Time: A Critical Overview (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan/Springer; 2021. 283 p.). The author places this work in a broader context of previous books by ubrt in order to show that all these ...
H. Behrends
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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Identité constituante, identité constituée
Terrains/Théories, 2015 This article deals with the factors of production and of reproduction of collective identity on the basis of a discussion of theoretical frames pertaining to philosophy, sociology, ethnology and social psychology.
Christian Lazzeri
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Performance as Critical Resistance: Playwriting and Public Sociology
SAGE Open, 2021 In this article, I argue that playwriting and performance can act as powerful forms of activism that bridge academic work and public engagement. I analyze my experiences writing and producing a stage production that mobilizes knowledge from my research ...
Sylvia Grills
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
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La Nouvelle Revue du Travail, une ambition collective
La Nouvelle Revue du Travail, 2012 The article recalls a number of preconditions for knowledge of work. These include the ability to take stock of the socio-economic contexts that influence work itself, unlike subjectivities, which depend on available resources and adhere to objectives ...
Jean-Pierre Durand
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Encouraging Engagement and Critical Reflection Among Undergraduate Sociology Students
Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 2022 Review of the book: Jonathan M. White and Shelley K. White (2020). The Engaged Sociologist: Connecting the Classroom to the Community (6th ed.). Sage Publications. 280 pages.
Sarah Becker
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aboriginal staff play a vital part in improving culturally safe and effective services and supports for Aboriginal people. Research on the Aboriginal workforce helps advance a culturally safe environment for workers and Aboriginal people accessing health and community services. This study aims to identify the barriers and enablers to workforce
F. Talbot +10 more
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Sociedade e Estado, 2006 Este artigo propõe uma análise comparativa das sociologias de Bourdieu, Boltanski/Thévenot e Latour/Callon. Seguindo uma dialética descendente, das estruturas materiais Bourdieu às alturas ideais de Boltanski e Thévenot e às platitudes de Latour e Callon,
Frédéric Vandenbergue
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
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