Results 11 to 20 of about 33,586 (189)
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
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
wiley +1 more source
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 +11 more
wiley +1 more source
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
The British Journal of Sociology, 2015 AbstractIn this article I consider the impact of social epistemologies for understanding the object of the syringe. My aim is to examine the process through which the syringe transforms from an injecting device to a tool of social and political inquiry.
openaire +2 more sources
, 2018 This second edition of a major textbook uses lively prose and a series of carefully-crafted pedagogical features to both introduce Sociology as a discipline and to help students realize how deeply sociological issues impact on their own lives. Over the book’s twelve chapters, students discover what Sociology is, alongside its historical development and
McCormack, M +3 more
openaire +1 more source
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 +5 more
wiley +1 more source
, 2023 From the perspective of fiscal sociology, the tax system and the modalities of public spending are two fundamental dimensions of modern states. Three major areas of this multidisciplinary approach are addressed in this chapter. First, we look at the link between the legitimacy of the state and its capacity to collect money in the name of the general ...
openaire +2 more sources
Writing sociology, publishing sociology [PDF]
European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, 2016 Sociologists have for many decades now highlighted links between culture, language, and power: the urgency with which we need to explore the wealth and extent of their implications has been so firm...
Ricca Edmondson, Eeva Luhtakallio
openaire +1 more source
Sexuality, Gender &Policy, Volume 8, Issue 3, August 2025.ABSTRACT This paper examines the experiences and circumstances of queer employees in the Philippine labor market. Drawing from focus group discussions among self‐identified LGBTQI+ Filipino workers in various formal sectors and key informant interviews with experts on gender inclusion and labor policies, this study finds that formal policies may ...
Athena Charanne Presto
wiley +1 more source