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The politics of gating (A response to Private Security and Public Space by Manzi and Smith-Bowers)
European Journal of Spatial Development, 2008 Gated residential developments, neighbourhoods to which public access is restricted, continue to generate academic, policymaker and public curiosity. Why do people want to live in these places and should public interventions be directed towards either ...
Rowland Atkinson
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A case based study of design strategies to explore the notion of age-friendly co-housing community [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Globally, the proportion of the older people population is growing and this will continue to rise. 1 out of every 4 people in cities will be an older person by 2050[1] (World Health Organization, 2007).
Ye Jingyi, Wu Zhengwang
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Социологическая наука и социальная практика, 2023 The problem of youth leisure is a frequent object of study in modern sociology. However, Russian scientists are increasingly paying attention to club culture and various youth subcultures, often overlooking the social phenomenon of house parties.
Denis B. Litvintsev
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Социологический журнал, 2023 This book by Lucy Series, largely based on the ideas of E. Goffmann’s total institutions and M. Foucault’s disciplinary mechanisms, is devoted to the problem of the elderly and people with disabilities in need of social care being deprived of freedom in ...
Denis B. Litvintsev
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Career, family, and workforce mobility: an interdisciplinary conversation [PDF]
, 2020 The purpose of this article is to synthesize conceptual and empirical work from the fields of both sociology and career development to explore how issues of career, family, and workforce mobility are necessarily interrelated.
Doherty, Catherine, Patton, Wendy
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Critical Housing Analysis, 2023 Social mix policies aim to integrate residents living in diverse forms of housing. While numerous studies have showcased the limitations of social mix in achieving this objective, explanations for this tendency remain incomplete.
Timothy Wykes
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STEPP: Socialinė Teorija, Empirija, Politika ir Praktika, 2021 Despite the potential of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology to advance debates of urban studies, this potential is so far used only superficially. In this article I take arguments from the debate on gentrification as an example to show how Bourdieu’s sociology ...
Tadas Šarūnas
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The Sociology of Housing Market Intermediaries Assistant Professor of Sociology
, 2021 The housing market is replete with intermediaries—individuals whose work constructs, maintains, or expands a market. A sociology of housing requires analytic attention to these myriad housing market intermediaries since they affect whether and under what conditions individuals and households can access and maintain access to housing as well as help ...
Elizabeth Korver-Glenn +2 more
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Patriarchal logics and gender inequalities through the financialization of housing
Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2023 This study aims to examine the current knowledge about the relationships between financialization, housing issues, patriarchal logic, and gender inequalities to identify gaps in knowledge, which, in turn, can be considered as topics of scientific ...
Martín-Gago Paula, Vives-Miró Sònia
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Migrants’ Access to the Rental Housing Market in Germany: Housing Providers and Allocation Policies
Urban Planning, 2021 Housing markets play a decisive role in the spatial distribution of populations and the integration of immigrants. Looking specifically at Germany, shortages of low-rent housing in many cities are proving to be an open door for discrimination.
Heike Hanhörster, Isabel Ramos Lobato
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