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Skilled for Whom? Immigration Policy, Racial Capitalism, and the Reproduction of Inequality in Britain

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the UK's 2025 Immigration White Paper as a critical site for understanding how immigration policy functions as an instrument of racial capitalism. Drawing on Critical Race Theory, the theory of social reproduction, and intersectionality, it interrogates how the state's construction of the ‘skilled migrant’ operates as a ...
Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Umar, Deborah Hamer‐Acquaah   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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 J
Frechet C, Kane R, Veyrier CA, Yaya I, Alain T, Duracinsky M, Yombo Kokule L, Cousin Cabrolier L.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Why do Public Debates Escalate? Trigger Points and the Moral Dynamics of “Hot Politics”

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Escalating, emotionally charged, and moralized forms of controversy are a central feature of contemporary politics. Our study develops a framework for understanding how political debates between ordinary citizens become heated; why certain issues provoke particularly strong emotions; and how this affective potential is weaponized by ...
Linus Westheuser, Thomas Lux, Steffen Mau   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Privileged Precarity: How the Mobile Middle Class Leverage Housing Insecurity as Labour Market Strategy

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
wiley   +1 more source

Caregiving network precarity among community-living, dually enrolled persons with dementia. [PDF]

Gerontologist
Burgdorf JG, Russell D, Fabius CD, Fabius CD, Miller KEM, Reckrey JM.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

“Swallowed by a Black Hole”: The Neglected Impact of Endometriosis in the Workplace

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how endometriosis, as a chronic and cyclical condition, is experienced and managed in contemporary workplaces, and what this reveals about the limits of existing human resource management (HRM) frameworks. Drawing on Feminist Disability Theory (FDT), we conceptualise endometriosis as a form of structurally produced ...
Meltem Yavuz Sercekman, Ozlem Ayaz
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond 'The Squeaky Wheel': The Passion, Precarity and Potential of the Family/Carer Lived Experience Workforce in the Queensland Mental Health System. [PDF]

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Reid K, Downes L, Stewart V, Sellick K, Wyder M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tobacco and cannabis use in the young ‘Not in Employment, Education or Training’ population: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training) youth represent a vulnerable population from a public health perspective, facing multiple health challenges, including elevated substance use. Tobacco and cannabis are the most commonly used psychoactive substances among young people, with early initiation associated with long‐
Clara Eyraud, Claire Collin, Philippe Martin, Corinne Alberti, Laëtitia Minary, Agnès Dumas, Enora Le Roux   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source