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RUDN journal of SociologyThe article identifies two main “dimensions” of current discussions about the content, quality, and results of sociological training in Russian universities.
I. V. Trotsuk
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International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Recovery from anorexia nervosa involves psychological and social adjustments that extend beyond weight restoration. Online forums increasingly serve as spaces where recovery experiences are openly shared, including accounts of “extreme hunger” during refeeding—a phenomenon that has not been reported in the clinical literature.
Léonie Langanay +6 more
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Researching Attitude–Identity Dynamics to Understand Social Conflict and Change
European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Societies undergo constant change, manifested in various ways such as technological developments, economic transitions, reorganization of cultural values and beliefs, or changes in social structures. Individuals play an active role in shaping social and societal change by interactively negotiating its manifestation.
Adrian Lüders +4 more
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Ways of Telling About Society. Howard S. Becker in Conversation With Reiner Keller
Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 2016 In the following conversation, Howard S. BECKER talks about his lifelong travel with and between sociology and jazz music, his professional training as a sociologist, the hazards of a career, and his involvement with photography and performance.
Howard S. Becker, Reiner Keller
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New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This chapter examines recent disruptions in the U.S. evaluation market through the combined lens of the Evaluation Marketplace Framework and the Black Swan/Gray Rhino typology. We argue that the Trump Administration's abrupt reduction in federal evaluation commissioning constitutes a Black Swan shock, whereas the long‐anticipated technological
Steffen Bohni Nielsen, Sebastian Lemire
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Facing Up to the Media: Walter Ong and the Embrace of Technology [PDF]
, 1999 General photograph of J. Stevens' rides building up, taken J. Stevens' Fair, 20 June 1961 general view.
Pauly, John J.
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New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT International organizations' (IOs) evaluation policies face unprecedented threats from post‐truth dynamics—delegitimization of expertise, nationalist framing against multilateralism, authoritarian overconfidence, and anti‐scientific sentiment. Despite institutional convergence on independence safeguards, methodological standards, and normative
Mita Marra
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All the bedrooms a stage: Reconceptualizing sex as “performance” to sex as “rehearsal”
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract In the United States, sex is often spoken about in terms of performance, and naturally invokes language of theatricality. Sexual performance has been used as an umbrella term to refer to sexual satisfaction, behavior, embodiment, and also pathology in terms of conditions such as erectile dysfunction.
Taylor Harmon
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A colonial lack of imagination: Climate futures between catastrophism and cruel eco-optimism
Journal of Political EcologyPublic debates about climate futures increasingly oscillate between the extremes of catastrophism and cruel eco-optimism. While different social imaginaries of climate change are part of sociological debates, to date this specific dynamic has not been ...
Lukas Stolz
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Sociological Knowledge and Transformation at ‘Diversity University’, UK [PDF]
, 2017 This chapter is based on a case study of one UK university sociology department and shows how sociology knowledge can transform the lives of ‘non-traditional’ students.
Abbas, A. +9 more
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