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'Re-Using' Qualitative Data: on the Merits of an Investigative Epistemology [PDF]

This article is written to accompany and respond to the articles that form the special issue of Sociological Research Online on \'Re-using qualitative data\'.
Jennifer Mason
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Sociological self images : paradigms and pluralisms in sociological theory, 1960s-1990s : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Sociology at Massey University [PDF]

, 1996
This thesis explores the identity and self-understanding of sociology as expressed chiefly in discourses of sociological theory. It takes as its starting point the 'identity crisis' of sociology that began in the 1960s with the demise of structural ...
Kemp, Stephen Timothy
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The fire before the flames: State omissions, deregulation and the limits of the Grenfell Tower public inquiry

Journal of Law and Society, EarlyView.
Abstract The Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry investigated the causes of a West London residential fire that killed 72 people. Its Final Report makes some headline‐grabbing criticisms about how post‐2010 deregulation contributed to regulatory failures preceding the fire.
KHADIJAH NA'EEM
wiley   +1 more source

The housing crisis goes to law

Journal of Law and Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper considers how constructions of a ‘housing crisis’ have impacted on judicial consideration of the rights of applicants for social housing and homelessness assistance. Drawing on Bacchi's framework for appreciating problematisations (What's the problem represented to be?) and understandings of housing crisis, we examine how crisis is ...
DAVE COWAN, ALEX MARSH
wiley   +1 more source

Redoing Family After Estrangement

Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study theorizes estrangement as a catalyst for redoing family through a dynamic process of rebuilding kinship's meaning, structure, and content. Background Research on family estrangement has overwhelmingly focused on its emotional, social, and financial consequences, overlooking how estrangement holistically reshapes the ...
Rin Reczek
wiley   +1 more source

Information systems and digitization of traditional knowledge: Trends in cultural heritage and memory institutions and the WIPO Genetic Resources Treaty*

The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract Understanding the role of information communication technologies (ICTs) in development, especially in relation to marginalized populations, has been the focus of many related disciplinary categories within the broader ecosystem of information sciences.
Chidi Oguamanam
wiley   +1 more source

Sudden borders in the north: Regional resilience and nationalism in the Torne Valley during COVID‐19

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
Abstract The Torne Valley used to be described as one of the most peaceful and most integrated border areas in the world. This changed radically during the COVID‐19 pandemic when the border between Sweden and Finland precipitously became materialised through the physical installation of a border fence in 2020.
Katrina Gaber
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Sociology: contributions for deconstructing market devices

Revista TOMO, 2017
Marina de Souza Sartore, Elaine da Silveira Leite   +1 more
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Two Nationalisms, One City: Official and Diasporic Framings of the 2019 Hong Kong Protests

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyses the contested collective memories of the 2019 Anti‐Extradition Law Amendment Bill (Anti‐ELAB) movement, investigating how the Hong Kong government and diaspora construct divergent narratives to shape national identity and nationalism.
Isaac Iu
wiley   +1 more source

Deconstruction of archetypal structures in the images of antiheroes in fantasy works among sociology students

Vestnik Universiteta
The sociology of cinema is one of the most significant areas within the sociology of culture, since cinema and television (hereinafter referred to as TV) series are a mass and most accessible form of art. However, the degree of development of the problems of the sociology of cinema, especially in the theoretical context, remains insufficient given the ...
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