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Emotions in Meaning‐Making: Toward a Sociological Theory of Cathexis
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The role of emotion in meaning‐making remains undertheorized in cultural sociology. This article argues that emotions and affect are intrinsic to meaning‐making and proposes cathexis—the attachment of emotions generated in social interaction to objects, symbols, and ideas—as the fundamental mechanism by which emotions co‐constitute cultural ...
Dmitry Kurakin
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A time-efficient information collection protocol for large-scale RFID systems [PDF]
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Eligible but Not Entitled: The Distinctiveness of Non‐Entitlement Policy Designs at the Frontline
Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores the distinctive dynamics of entitlement versus non‐entitlement social programmes, focusing on how this distinction influences frontline workers' management of access to social provisions. While much of the existing literature emphasises the macro‐level impacts of these alternative policy designs, this study focuses on their
Michal Koreh +2 more
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The Manchester School, Volume 94, Issue 3, Page 296-308, June 2026.ABSTRACT The eradication of poverty remains one of the greatest economic challenges of the 21st century, particularly in light of transformations in labour markets, demographic shifts, and recent crises such as the COVID‐19 pandemic. Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDG 1) acknowledges the need for broader approaches to measuring and addressing poverty,
Fernando Henrique Taques +2 more
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World Water Policy, Volume 12, Issue 2, May 2026.ABSTRACT Water governance has emerged as a critical analytical framework for addressing the complexity of socioecological water systems in contexts of increasing climate vulnerability and anthropogenic pressure. This study presents a systematic review and bibliometric analysis of 50 scientific articles indexed on water governance published between 2018
Roger Pichis‐García +1 more
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On the Motivations of Political Entrepreneurs
Scandinavian Political Studies, Volume 49, Issue 2, May 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines what motivates individuals to undertake the high‐cost strategy of founding new political organisations. It presents a comparative study of two Norwegian organisations that emerged in the late 2010s: the anti‐wind power interest group Motvind and the anti‐road toll party Folkeaksjonen Nei til mer Bompenger (FNB).
Andreas Nordang Uhre
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Structured Learning from Heterogeneous Behavior for Social Identity Linkage [PDF]
Feida Zhu, Shuhui Wang, Siyuan Liu
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Review of Income and Wealth, Volume 72, Issue 2, May 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines the role of inherited circumstances in labor market inequality of opportunity in Chile. We estimate their contribution as the change in total inequality after removing their influence. Since this contribution may differ depending on whether it is measured before or after removing the influence of other factors, we use the ...
Carlos Gradín, Gabriela Zapata‐Román
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The Depositional Record, Volume 12, Issue 2, April 2026.During the Late Permian, the rise of the Gondwanides Belt trapped marine waters, giving birth to a vast megalake. This lake shifted between overfilled, balanced‐fill and underfilled stages that are recorded by high‐frequency accommodation changes, while meteorological seiches shaped the sedimentary dynamic and produced heterolithic beds.
B. Christofoletti +6 more
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Mapping Air Quality Risk in Cape Town, South Africa: Implications for Environmental Justice
GeoHealth, Volume 10, Issue 4, April 2026.Abstract Air pollution disproportionately impacts socially vulnerable communities, yet spatial analyzes that integrate social vulnerability and air quality indicators are limited in low‐ and middle‐income countries. This study provided the first comprehensive spatial assessment of air pollution risk in Cape Town, South Africa, combining air quality ...
Meryl Jagarnath, Lerato Shikwambana
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