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Cultural and Human Capital Signals in Hiring—A Factorial Survey Experiment Across Contexts
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT When evaluating candidates, hiring agents may draw on signals of human as well as cultural capital. While these processes have been considered separately, an open question is how the two types of signals interact. As signals of social class, cultural capital signals relate to human capital as they evoke stereotypes about competence, polish ...
Luisa Burchartz +2 more
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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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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent years, sociological interest in the study of social class—particularly its subjective dimensions—has intensified. This article contributes to this growing body of literature by focusing on Poland as a case within the Central and Eastern European region.
Justyna Kajta, Stefan Bieńkowski
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Subjective Social Inequalities, Lay Perceptions of Merit and Puzzles of Explanation
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite rising socioeconomic inequalities most people see individualised merit as crucial for social success. Drawing on surveys such as the ISSP a wealth of research examines trends in subjective perceptions, the relative importance accorded to merit and non‐merit factors for getting ahead in life and factors which influence lay perceptions ...
Sarah Irwin
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The Sociogenomics of Social Stratification and General Theories of Inequality
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The field of the sociogenomics of inequalities would benefit from discussing what its findings and ambitions mean for core theories of social stratification and mobility. Do sociologists need to reconsider their critique to structural‐functionalist theory of stratification, and its neo‐classical economic allies, that emphasise efficient ...
Herman G. van de Werfhorst
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Scholars have long investigated intergenerational inequality, with attention to the associations among social origins, education, and socio‐economic destinations: the so‐called OED triangle. Meanwhile, recent research highlights distinct roles of education and skills in status attainment.
Satoshi Araki
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Quand l’excellence rencontre l’égalité des chances : quelques découvertes en analyse de discours
Sociologies, 2019 Scientific excellence and equal opportunities have been on the agenda for more than a decade now, raising serious doubts on the functioning of meritocracy as the major principle of assigning merit within academia. Our discourse analytical study of twelve
Julia Nentwich +2 more
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Meritocracy and inequality in the climate debate in Edinburgh, Scotland
Frontiers in ClimateThis paper underscores the role that structural barriers play in climate change research in Edinburgh, Scotland. By employing an intersectional gender analysis we stress how unequal power relations underly our understanding of climate change, influence ...
Nia Hunjan, Miriam Gay-Antaki
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Criminal Records as Classification Situations
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Marion Fourcade and Kieran Healy developed the notion of “classification situations” to describe how ordinal schema that sort and rank individuals, like credit scores, are used to differentiate opportunities, prices, and services in ways that structure life chances while masking inequality as meritocratic.
Lindsay Bing, Sarah Esther Lageson
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