The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How does the ability to weather insecurity give some an upper‐hand over others? This paper examines the interrelationship between housing and labour market precarity among middle class young professionals. Drawing on interviews with residents of co‐living schemes—for‐profit shared housing where tenants are on temporary rental contracts—it ...
Tim White
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Editorial: Standard employment enclaves, precarity and informality: explaining employment configurations in the global south. [PDF]
Front SociolDingeldey I, Fechner H, Julián-Vejar D.
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Review of \u3cem\u3eZombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism\u3c/em\u3e by Henry A. Giroux and \u3cem\u3eMonsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism\u3c/em\u3e by David McNally [PDF]
, 2012 Canavan, Gerry
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Unequal Family Ties, Wealth Transmission and Social Mobility Among Congolese Traders in Kinshasa
The 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
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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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The Meaning of Work in the Digital Era: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda
Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As digital technologies continue to reshape the nature of work, their impact on workers' experience of the meaning of work has attracted growing scholarly interest. However, the existing body of findings remains largely fragmented and conceptually inconsistent.
Yukun Liu +4 more
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Effects of non-minimum wages on health: A narrative literature review of short- and long-run studies using causal inference or longitudinal data in high-income countries. [PDF]
Prev Med RepLeigh JP, Du J.
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The Hollowing Out of News: The Implications of the Erosion of Public Interest Journalism
Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay examines the structural erosion of public interest journalism and its implications for public accountability, institutional trust and research. Focusing on Australia, with Anglo‐American comparisons, it shows how economic, technological and regulatory disruptions have undermined investigative journalism, thereby weakening scrutiny ...
Clinton Free
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Navigating Protective Precarity: A Thematic Analysis of Civil Protective Orders and Child Custody for Maternal Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. [PDF]
Fem CriminolSpearman KJ +3 more
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What is (de)politicization and what is wrong with it?
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract This article attempts to clarify the meaning of (de)politicization. Politicization sometimes refers to the inappropriate intrusion of partisan loyalties in nonpolitical social domains (affective politicization). Politicization can also constitute an ideal of civic agency and energy (contestatory politicization).
Dimitrios Halikias
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