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School Selection and the Social Class Divide: How Tracking Contributes to the Reproduction of Inequalities

open access: yesPersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2018
Selection practices in education, such as tracking, may represent a structural obstacle that contributes to the social class achievement gap. We hypothesized that school’s function of selection leads evaluators to reproduce social inequalities in ...
A. Batruch   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Social class inequalities in perinatal outcomes: Scotland 1980–2000 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Objective: To examine social class inequalities in adverse perinatal events in Scotland between 1980 and 2000 and how these were influenced by other maternal risk factors.
Fairley, L., Leyland, A.H.
core   +2 more sources

Populism and the Reshaping of the Political Imaginary

open access: yesIm@go. A Journal of the Social Imaginary, 2020
From a sociosemiotic perspective, this paper argues that, independently of what it might be from the point of view of its genus, populism implies a challenge to the way in which the political is imagined by members of society, particularly by those that ...
Sebastián Moreno Barreneche
doaj  

Signs of Social Class: The Experience of Economic Inequality in Everyday Life

open access: yesPerspectives on Psychological Science, 2017
By some accounts, global economic inequality is at its highest point on record. The pernicious effects of this broad societal trend are striking: Rising inequality is linked to poorer health and well-being across countries, continents, and cultures.
Michael W. Kraus   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Expert Witness in Criminal Cases in France, Germany, and Italy [PDF]

open access: yes, 1935
This paper addresses the impact of social capital on the status attainment process of young people at the start of their careers and examines how social class, gender and ethnicity affect the accumulation of social capital and thereby labour market ...
Ploscowe, Morris
core   +4 more sources

Gender and the double burden of economic and social disadvantages on healthy eating: cross-sectional study of older adults in the EPIC-Norfolk cohort [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background Multiple economic factors and social relationships determine dietary behaviours, but the inter-relations between determinants is unknown.

core   +3 more sources

How the American Working Class Views the “Working Class”

open access: yesHumanities, 2019
This article reviews the complications in understanding some of the conflicting tenets of American working-class ethos, especially as it unfolds in the college classroom.
William H. Thelin
doaj   +1 more source

Academic Performance and Behavioral Patterns [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Identifying the factors that influence academic performance is an essential part of educational research. Previous studies have documented the importance of personality traits, class attendance, and social network structure.
A Duff   +108 more
core   +3 more sources

Gender, Class, and Ideology: The Social Function of Virgin Sacrifice in Euripides’ Children of Herakles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper explores how gender can operate as a disguise for class in an examination of the self-sacrifice of the Maiden in Euripides’ Children of Herakles.
David Roselli
core   +1 more source

Speciation Through the Lens of Population Dynamics: A Theoretical Primer on How Small and Large Populations Diverge

open access: yesPopulation Ecology, EarlyView.
Population size and dynamics fundamentally shape speciation by influencing genetic drift, founder events, and adaptive potential. Small populations may speciate rapidly due to stronger drift, whereas large populations harbor more genetic diversity, which can alter divergence trajectories. We highlight theoretical models that incorporate population size
Ryo Yamaguchi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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