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Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
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The Platformization of Media Structures as a Critical Juncture
Medien & ZeitThe field of digital journalism is facing multifaceted crises posed by the phenomenon of platformization. We interpret this platformization as a critical juncture and investigate how different actors address the associated challenges, focusing on ...
Markus Uhlmann +4 more
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The Practical Use of Awareness Theory
Grounded Theory Review: An International Journal, 2015 In this chapter we shall discuss how our substantive sociological theory has been developed in order to facilitate applying it in daily situations of terminal care by sociologists, by doctors and nurses, and by family members and dying patients.
Barney G. Glaser, Anselm L. Strauss
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
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Toward a Sociological Theory of Labour Relations
Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1978 During the 1970's unionization among professional employees in Canada has increased and this trend has been evident among university faculty members.
Carl Garry
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
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The making of sociological thought: A cosmopolitan inquiry
Every year, thousands of students take courses on the theoretical foundations of sociology. Though they may not know it, they are participating in a process of disciplinary reproduction: particular core authors, texts, and ideas are defined as reference ...
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Southern Rural Sociological Association Statement on the 2020 Census [PDF]
, 2020 The Southern Rural Sociological Association joins the Rural Sociological Society and numerous other organizations in calling for the necessary time to conduct an accurate Census.
Officers, Southern Rural Sociological Association
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A micro-sociological theory of adjustment to loss. [PDF]
Curr Opin Psychol, 2022 Maciejewski PK +4 more
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