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Does Inequality Blur Class Lines? Meritocratic Attitudes in Comparative Perspective
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Scholars of inequality generally find that lower‐class individuals are more skeptical of meritocratic narratives that link economic success to individual work effort. However, past research has yielded inconclusive findings about how economic inequality affects meritocratic attitudes across different class groups.
Roshan K. Pandian, Ronald Kwon
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, 2017 Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often experience challenges in the social, communicative and behavioural domains. They are often marginalised and isolated in education, excluded from peers and opportunities to learn.
Zwiegers, Marlene
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In corporate graduate recruitment worldwide, candidates are often assessed not only on competence but on whether they are deemed relatable. This study theorises relatability as a racialised cultural–affective filter that covertly sustains inequality. Drawing on qualitative interviews, we identify five interlinked processes of self‐presentation,
Sifiso Mthembu +3 more
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Emiratisation : an assessment of intercultural realities [PDF]
, 2007 This research undertook to examine those obstacles which prevented organisations in Abu Dhabi from complying with the aims of the UAE government's Emiratisation initiative: that of strategic employment for UAE nationals and transfer of knowledge from the
Macedo, Sara
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Looking at Us Through Their Eyes. The Analytical Process from Ethnographic Perspectives1
Journal of Analytical Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This article looks at the analytical situation through the Others’ eyes—through examples from contemporary ethnographies of foreign cultures. It discusses the following issues: a) The analogy between the ontological worlds of the dead, ghosts, animals and dreams in “primitive populations” and the analytical psychological descriptions of the ...
Stefano Carta
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The happy couple : American marriages in Hollywood films 1934-1948 [PDF]
This thesis examines Hollywood narratives of married life produced between 1934 and 1948. Using Stanley Cavell’s seminal Pursuits of Happiness as a point of departure, I compare the depiction of benign domesticity across four chapters.
Pillai, Nicolas
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Governing the Global Square: Pueblos, Platforms, and the Politics of Place
Constellations, EarlyView.
Jennifer Forestal
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Bound by blood and bloodshed: Sibling ties and participation in genocidal violence
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Focusing on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, we examine how sibling relationships—one of the most salient familial bonds—influence individual engagement in violence during mass atrocity. Drawing on an adaptation of differential association and social learning theories for contexts of mass atrocity, we analyze a novel dataset linking over 300,000 ...
Jack G. R. Wippell +3 more
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Programa específico de natação para crianças autistas
, 2011 Orientação: Cristina SaraivaCom a elaboração deste trabalho, pretendeu-se obter indicadores de execução em alunos autistas, através da prática das técnicas alternadas do nado.
Miranda, Daniel Bruno Pinheiro Alves de
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The role and value of A-level geography fieldwork: a case study [PDF]
, 1991 Fieldwork has occupied a prominent position in UK geography teaching since the establishment of the discipline in the late nineteenth century, and remains a ubiquitous element of the geography curriculum for pre- and post- sixteen year-olds today ...
Harvey, Philip Kenneth
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