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Transgender In Achieving The Social Acceptability In Pematangsiantar

Jurnal Pamator, 2023
Society expects men to behave in a masculine manner and fulfill traditional male roles, while women are expected to behave in a feminine manner and exhibit normal heterosexual behavior, such as engaging in sexual relations with the opposite sex.
Donny Paskah Martianus Siburian, Harmona Daulay, Junjungan SBP Simanjuntak, Rizabuana Ismail, Hadriana Marhaeni Munthe   +4 more
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Taking stock: The contribution of policy studies to our understanding of gun policy

Politics &Policy, Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 415-425, June 2023., 2023
Abstract In the summer of 2022, the tragic mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas once again thrust firearms policy onto the public agenda and opened an agenda window for bipartisan gun reforms in the Senate. Almost simultaneously, the Supreme Court struck down restrictions on concealed carry in New York state in the first major ruling on Second Amendment ...
Noah S. Schwartz
wiley   +1 more source

Swedish exceptionalism and the Sars‐CoV2 pandemic crisis: Representations of crisis and national identity in the public sphere

Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 13, Issue 3, Page 277-295, September 2022., 2022
Abstract In abstaining from law‐enforced virus containment measures, the Swedish response to the severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic crisis stood out as radically different compared to other European nations. The present study aims to provide an understanding of the deviant Swedish crisis strategy and to do so from a cultural perspective
Sandra Simonsen
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Boom, bust, action! How communities can cope with boom‐bust cycles in unconventional oil and gas development

Review of Policy Research, Volume 39, Issue 5, Page 541-569, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Scholarship on boom‐busts cycles in resource extraction often assumes that affected resource‐rich communities are at best reactive, at worst helpless, in the face of the large, exogenous shocks this cycle visits upon them. Researchers infrequently examine what communities themselves can do to improve their economic prospects and residents ...
Gwen Arnold, Meghan Klasic, Madline Schomburg, Abigail York, Melissa Baum, Maia Cherin, Sydney Cliff, Parisa Kavousi, Alexandria Tillett Miller, Diana Shajari, Yuer Wang, Luigi Zialcita   +11 more
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Clarifying and Defining the Concept of Liquid Democracy

Swiss Political Science Review, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 61-80, March 2022., 2022
Abstract Liquid Democracy (LD) is a recent phenomenon that could radically affect our understanding of democracy. Yet, there remains significant semantic confusion surrounding this concept, and researchers in the social sciences, as well as in political theory, currently lack a general definition that is broadly accepted as a standard reference ...
Chiara Valsangiacomo
wiley   +1 more source

Att bedriva sociologisk forskning i en tid av byråkratiserad etikprövning

Sociologisk Forskning, 2022
Sverige är ett få länder i världen som reglerar forskningsetik i lag. Men vad händer när en enhetlig lagstiftning inte har hänsyn till olika forskningsdiscipliners särart, och forskningsetiken formaliseras i ämnesövergripande förordningar?
Jonas Edlund, Sara Eldén, David Wästerfors, Lena Sohl   +3 more
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Sociologiska perspektiv på coronakrisen

Sociologisk Forskning, 2020
Sociologisk Forskning bad fyra sociologer i Sverige att svara på några korta frågor om coronapandemin och vårt samhälles hantering av den.
Erna Danielsson, Fredrik Liljeros, Shai Mulinari, Linda Soneryd, Sociologisk Forskning   +4 more
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Avsked i coronatider

Sociologisk Forskning, 2021
I vårt samhälle läggs stor vikt vid att vi ska kunna säga farväl till våra nära och kära när de ligger för döden. Covid-19-pandemin har inte bara orsakat ett stort antal dödsfall utan också medfört hinder för anhörigas möjligheter att närvara i ...
Cathrin Wasshede, Sofia Björk
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Alteration of Mevalonate Pathway in Rat Splenic Lymphocytes: Possible Role in Cytokines Secretion Regulated by L‐Theanine

BioMed Research International, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
L‐Theanine is a nonprotein amino acid in tea, and its immunomodulatory function has been confirmed. This study aimed to investigate the effect of L‐theanine addition on cytokines secretion in rat splenic lymphocytes and explore its potential immunomodulatory effects on the mevalonate biosynthetic pathway.
Chengjian Li, Qiongxian Yan, Shaoxun Tang, Wenjun Xiao, Zhiliang Tan, Gernot Zissel   +5 more
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Institutionalization of sociology of the body: 'Somatization' of sociology or 'sociologization' of the body? [PDF]

Socioloski pregled, 2006
This paper examines the process of institutionalization of a new discipline. Sociology of the body was established at the beginning of the 1990s, and the process coincided with major changes within sociology. The model of strategic institutionalization of modern sciences was applied in the paper.
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