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The unity of the sociology now termed classical was not that of a theory or discourse about social organization, social actors or the ways in which social wholes change; it was the study of society defined as a set of interdependent mechanisms ensuring ...
Alain Touraine
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Markets and Economic Institutions: Is New Economic Sociology a Serious Contender?
This paper attempts to evaluate the contributions of mainstream economic sociology on its reconceptualization of markets and economic institutions. By doing so, it discusses whether new economic sociology can be a serious contender to conventional economic thinking.
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Sociology and social work in New Zealand
A close and reliable connection between sociology and social work seems plausible, indeed sensible but it has seldom been run smoothly. Indeed it has in various settings become insufferable, messy and even fractured.
Harington, Philip
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Economic sociology as a strange other to both sociology and economics
Economic sociologists have developed and applied theories and concepts in close connection with broadly economic phenomena, including, recently, embeddedness and actor network theory. Key to these theories is understandings of action given uncertainty in
Finch, J., Finch, J.H., John H. Finch
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Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
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Sociology Before Sociology at Otago University [PDF]
A sociology minor appeared at Otago University in 2003 and a major in 2005, but these relatively late developments were preceded by a rich history of sociology-like research and teaching at our institution. This article presents a sociological prehistory
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Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?
Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
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Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
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Bourdieu e a nova sociologia econômica Pierre Bourdieu's contribution to the new economic sociology
Este artigo objetiva analisar a sociologia do mercado de Pierre Bourdieu, a fim de avaliar os alcances e os limites do pensamento de um dos autores mais representativos da Nova Sociologia Econômica francesa Com base na leitura crítica de alguns textos ...
Cécile Raud
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We ought to discuss the social construction of cadavers: Here's why and how
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Fatima Ehsan, Susan Lamb
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