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Capital and the Family

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How are capital and the family interconnected in contemporary capitalism? In this article, we argue that they come together in owning relations. By owning capital across generations, families bridge the temporal gap between the durability of capital and the finite lifespan of private property holders and thus resolve the problem of bona ...
Jens Beckert, Isabell Stamm
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the Role of Migration, Culture and Transnational Ties in Family Financial Assistance With Home Ownership

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Family financial assistance with home ownership has attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. However, the role of culture and ethnicity, transnational ties, and migration in this practice remains significantly under‐addressed.
Julia Cook
wiley   +1 more source

"<i>Warmi urquy"</i>: marriage proposals and gender hierarchy in the Peruvian Andes. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Sociol
Gutiérrez-Gómez E   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Family Work Among the Astors

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within classical sociological accounts of capitalism, families are curious remnants of the past. Contemporary elite sociology dismisses the family in a different way: by primarily focusing on individual men. When the family does appear within elite studies, scholars frequently follow a stratification framework, which focuses on the ...
Shamus Khan, Max Besbris, Estela Diaz
wiley   +1 more source

Unequal Family Ties, Wealth Transmission and Social Mobility Among Congolese Traders in Kinshasa

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Congolese traders operating in Kinshasa's urban economy, this article examines how differentiated family ties and wealth transmission shape social mobility and the intergenerational reproduction of inequality. We show that family support is neither uniform nor equally productive: its effects depend on both
Héritier Mesa, Joël Noret
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal Trends in Pregnancy Outcomes Among Parents With Type 1 Diabetes: A Nationwide Register‐Based Study

open access: yesBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To assess temporal trends in outcomes of pregnancies with maternal or paternal type 1 diabetes compared to the general population. Design Register‐based study. Setting Denmark. Population 1 551 893 pregnancies from 1997 to 2021, hereof 5478 with maternal and 8072 with paternal type 1 diabetes.
Tina Wullum Gundersen   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

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