The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT One of the current focal points of ethnicity research is the relationship between ethnic identity and social inequality. This paper examines how immigrants' understandings of ethnicity are influenced by class. Through life‐history interviews with 28 Chinese immigrants in the UK, I focus on the experiences and feelings of immigrants from ...
Zhaowei Yin
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Work mediated by digital labour platforms is often framed as flexible and autonomous, yet accessing paid tasks commonly requires extensive unpaid effort. Drawing on 65 qualitative interviews with Australian workers on project‐based platforms (including Airtasker, Fiverr and Freelancer), we develop the concept of anticipatory labour: the unpaid,
Brendan Churchill +2 more
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gender segregation in paid care work offers a critical lens for understanding how gender inequality is reproduced in contemporary societies. While much research has explained men's absence from paid care through cultural and identity‐based accounts, less has been done to examine the structural mechanisms that sustain the feminisation of care ...
Steven Roberts +3 more
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Contract Labour, Job Quality and Turnover Intention—Evidence From Nigeria
Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Labour contracting, where intermediaries provide farmers with migrant workers, plays a central role in meeting the demand for seasonal labour on labour‐intensive farms. Yet this system poses underresearched challenges for both workers and farmers.
Olayinka Aremu +3 more
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“It's such a terrible drug”: Narratives of fentanyl dealers amid the opioid overdose crisis
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract The fentanyl‐fueled overdose crisis is historically lethal, yet the voices of those who sell fentanyl remain understudied. While research has focused extensively on people who use drugs (PWUD), the perspectives of people who sell fentanyl (PWSF) are largely absent from academic and policy discussions. This study draws on 87 in‐depth interviews
Brittney M. Schwehr, Sandra M. Bucerius
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A qualitative study of health, social, and community professionals' practices to reduce alcohol-related risks among people living in social precarity in the Greater Paris region. [PDF]
Harm Reduct JFrechet C +7 more
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Review: 'Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood' by Alison Winch, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, x + 222 pp., AU$91.62 (ebk), ISBN 0230348750 [PDF]
, 2015 Hamad, Hannah
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Far From Routine: Employers' Recruitment and Control Strategies in Two Low Wage Sectors
Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contrary to HRM's prevailing view that low wage work is routine and not requiring specific HR strategies, this study reveals how employers within low wage sectors pursue active and diverse strategies to segment the labour force and shape the work package.
Eva Herman, Jill Rubery, Gail Hebson
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Liberalism as a Way of Political Life: The Case of George Brandis
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.The lawyer, politician, and diplomat George Brandis was the leading intellectual representative of moderate or “small‐l” liberalism in the contemporary Liberal Party. He criticised John Howard for an ad hoc balancing of liberalism and conservatism. Brandis believed the Liberal Party necessarily included conservatives, but to him their role was to be a ...
Geoffrey Robinson
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Caregiving network precarity among community-living, dually enrolled persons with dementia. [PDF]
GerontologistBurgdorf JG +4 more
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