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“I Wish I Had Better Answers”: Organizational Ignorance in US Criminal Courts

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems of monetary sanctions in US criminal courts present an opportunity for furthering the sociological understanding of complex and consequential organizations. We examine whether and how court actors across eight states understand the organizational processes supporting the fiscal logic of legal financial obligations (LFOs).
Sarah K. S. Shannon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human Capital and Economic Resilience to Economic and Health Shocks: Accounting for Regional Cycle Variations, Different Economic Dimensions and More Resilience Phases

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract In a highly interconnected global landscape, where shocks can have far‐reaching spill‐over effects, the emphasis on enhancing resilience has naturally grown, capturing the interest of policymakers. This study examines regional (NUTS2) economic resilience over the Great Recession and the COVID‐19 pandemic.
Cristian Incaltarau
wiley   +1 more source

Knocking Off the Street: The Subversive Writings of Hong Kong's Grassroots Kings

open access: yesCity &Society, Volume 38, Issue 2, August 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how two grassroots street artists in Hong Kong, the King of Kowloon (Tsang Tsou‐choi) and the Plumber King (Yim Chiu‐tong), intervene in the city's everyday visual order. Moving beyond celebratory collective memory narratives and easy analogies to graffiti, it frames their works as subversive urban practices that rework ...
Shizheng Liang, Zihong Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Nightclubs, Interactive Service Labor, and Objectification Practices: Workers' Experiences in Elite Nightlife

open access: yesSociological Inquiry, Volume 96, Issue 3, August 2026.
Nightlife settings have been the focus of sociological inquiry for decades, with existing studies primarily focused on consumers and selective entry to elite clubs. However, workers' experiences have been largely overlooked. This study examines workers' experiences in elite nightclubs, including getting hired and interacting with managers and consumers.
Sara Yamadi, Virginia Riel
wiley   +1 more source

Cross‐Linguistic Variations in Word‐Final Position: The Parametric Hierarchies, Connections and Networks

open access: yesStudia Linguistica, Volume 80, Issue 2, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Word‐final position is widely recognized as a structurally weak and restricted domain, yet languages differ strikingly in how they regulate segments and clusters at the right edge. While some systems categorically prohibit final consonants, others allow only a subset of segments, and still others impose process‐based adjustments such as final ...
Semra Baturay Meral
wiley   +1 more source

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