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The Social Origins and Education of the British Civil Service Elite, 1945–2022

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We provide a fuller account than previously available of the extent of change in the social backgrounds of the British civil service elite from 1945 onwards. We consider our findings in relation to questions of meritocracy in recruitment to the elite and of the representativeness of the elite of the population at large.
Erzsébet Bukodi, John H. Goldthorpe, Inga Steinberg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amazon in the Arctic: E-Commerce, Infrastructure, and Alimentary Assemblages in Nunavut, Canada. [PDF]

J Contemp Ethnogr
Schmid K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Decolonial Entangled Ethnographic Research: Transformative Collaborations With the UK Alevi Community Over the Last 15 Years

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The vibrant British Alevi community has settled in London and other parts of the UK since the late 1980s, constituting the largest population of Kurdish Alevis outside of Turkey. Their religion is Alevism, but they are often mistakenly identified as Turkish and Muslim, contributing to their invisibility in this country.
Umit Cetin, Celia Jenkins
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating the complexities of morality and culture: a critical commentary on the special topics issue "culture and morality: the things we value". [PDF]

Front Psychol
Xie T, Wu MS.
europepmc   +1 more source

Meanings of translation in cultural anthropology [PDF]

, 2008
Bachmann-Medick, Doris
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Rethinking ‘Hill‐Valley Divide’ in Darjeeling District, India: An Autoethnographic Approach to Highland Identities

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research examines the Hill‐Valley divide in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India, where Nepali‐speaking hill communities coexist with Bengali‐speaking valley populations. It argues that this division is a colonial construct, shaped by British policies that romanticised the hills as a ‘mini‐England’ while separating them from the valley
Yalember Dewan
wiley   +1 more source

Taboo, safe spaces, and death sociability: A comparative ethnography of two compassionate communities. [PDF]

Palliat Care Soc Pract
Lessard É, Marcoux I, Daneault S, Jean L, Lapointe C, Weil D, Rouly G, Sallnow L, Kellehear A, Boivin A.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Political Naturalisation: Conscripting Transit Citizens in the United Arab Emirates

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since its formation, the United Arab Emirates has sought to construct a cohesive sense of national identity among its citizens, centred on a system of material and legal privileges granted exclusively to Emirati nationals. A pillar of its nation‐building project was the strict exclusion of foreigners from citizenship and the upholding of a ...
Mira Al Hussein
wiley   +1 more source

The Search for Love in Human Evolution: Primate Social Bonds and a New Science of Emotion. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
Sandel AA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Understanding “Friendship” Among Autistic Adults: Insights From Narratives of Everyday and Social Life

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This work explores the ways autistic individuals describe and perceive their friendship relationships. Through qualitative analysis of participants' accounts, I discuss the importance that autistic adults attribute to values of “comfort,” “acceptance,” and “trust” in their relationships with the people they call “friends” and explain the ...
Jad Brake
wiley   +1 more source