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The Network Expression of a Roma Diaspora
ABSTRACT Despite the longstanding debates among ethnographers and policymakers regarding the social organization of the Roma–the largest and most marginalized native ethnocultural minority in Europe–quantitative analyses are limited. This is partly due to a unique combination of social closure and spatial dispersion of most Roma groups, exacerbated by ...
Francisco J. Ogáyar +4 more
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Bend It Like Beckham: Ethnic Identity and Integration [PDF]
We propose a theoretical framework to study the determinants of ethnic and religious identity along two distinct motivational processes which have been proposed in the social sciences: cultural conformity and cultural distinction.
Bisin, Alberto +3 more
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Loving’s Legacy: Decriminalization and the Regulation of Sex and Sexuality [PDF]
2017 marked the fiftieth anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the landmark Supreme Court decision that invalidated bans on miscegenation and interracial marriages.
Murray, Melissa
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Inequality in Family Formation and Dissolution in Central and Eastern Europe
ABSTRACT Comparative research on socioeconomic inequalities in family transitions has largely overlooked Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) both before and after 1989, often applying broad theories without accounting for regional specificities or focusing too narrowly on single countries.
Thomas P. Heyes, Martin Kreidl
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Data‐bility: Endogamous social intimacies on dating apps in Mumbai
Abstract In this paper I argue through the double entendre of ‘data‐bility’ that how dateable one is on a dating app relies on data. This techno‐social framework enables an understanding of how dating apps are reconfiguring a politics of sexuality, circumscribed by digital technologies and data.
Kavita Dattani
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Who marries whom? Educational homogamy in Norway [PDF]
A number of previous studies have documented a fairly high level of marital homogamy in Norway. Most of these studies, however, have been local and ethnographic, or based on national data measuring homogamy within a limited time period.
Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund, Johan Heldal
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Immigration and Status Exchange in Australia and the United States [PDF]
The claim that marriage is a venue for status exchange of achieved traits, like education, and ascribed attributes, notably race and ethnic membership, has regained traction in the social stratification literature.
Deborah Cobb-Clark +3 more
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ABSTRACT This article reviews research on education and stratification in contemporary Japan. Particular attention is paid to (1) inequality in educational opportunities and outcomes, including learning experiences, attitudes, behaviors, achievement, and attainment; (2) educational gradients in multidimensional well‐being, such as labor market outcomes,
Satoshi Araki
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Racial Discrimination in the Marriage Market? An Exploration of Swedish Adoption Data
ABSTRACT Objective Recent studies suggest that immigrants trade youth when partnering with members of the White majority population. This study contributes to this emerging literature by examining whether this trade should be understood as differential treatment based on immigrant status or as a broader dynamic of racial preferences in the marriage ...
Annika Elwert
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SUMMARY The section Alatae of genus Lemna of the monocotyledonous aquatic duckweed family (Lemnaceae) consists of rather diverse accessions with unknown phylogeny and unclear taxonomic assignment. In contrast to other duckweeds, some Alatae accessions, in addition to mainly vegetative propagation, produce readily flowers and viable seeds.
Anton Stepanenko +9 more
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