Methodological Challenges in Studying Wealthy Families
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Studying the wealthy is not easy. This piece provides suggestions for recruitment, interview strategies, and design to gain high‐quality data on wealthy people. It is based on an interview study of 81 US racially‐diverse families with a median net worth of $25 million. First, to gain access to the wealthy, it is key for the researcher to use a
Annette Lareau
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Research on Family Violence in Greater China: Opportunities, Challenges, and Development. [PDF]
J Fam Violence, 2021 Kuo SY, Zhang H, Zhao R.
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When Universities Turn Carceral: Between Academic Freedom and Elimination
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Gil Rothschild Elyassi
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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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Poverty as Biography in Motion: Agency, Emotion, and the Limits of Contemporary Poverty Theory
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite extensive research, poverty remains theoretically under‐explained. Dominant approaches oscillate between structural, resource‐based models that conceptualise poverty as a measurable condition, and behavioural or responsibilisation accounts that locate persistence in individual conduct.
Suzanne Butler
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Proliferation of Punishment: The Centrality of Legal Fines and Fees in the Landscape of Contemporary Penology. [PDF]
Soc Probl, 2022 Slavinski I, Pettit B.
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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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More Productive Bodies Faster! Human Capital and Anti‐Intellectualism in Danish University Reform
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the current Danish reform of master's programmes as a case of contested marketization in higher education. While the reform aims to produce “labour‐market‐relevant” graduates by shortening degrees, introducing corporate programmes, and reducing enrolment, it reveals a fundamental tension between two competing economic ...
Johan Gøtzsche‐Astrup +1 more
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Pravo, 2013 This study analyzes both general and specific purpose of sentences as well as the types of sentences and the procedure of their imposition. The penalty system, defined by criminal legislation acts, is based on a relevant knowledge of criminal law ...
Miloš Marković, Rade Bogojević
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The role of open data in digital society: The analysis of scientific trending topics through a bibliometric approach. [PDF]
Front Sociol, 2023 Catone MC.
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