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Taking Stock: Elite Studies and Social Change

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article provides a systematic synthesis of contemporary elite sociology through the analytical lens of change and stability. We distinguish between two types of change: change within elites, referring to transformations in elite composition, circulation, or internal characteristics; and change by elites, designating processes whereby ...
Lena Ajdacic   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Class Ruptures and Openings: The Role of Social and Family History in Narratives on Class Mobility and Reproduction

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, sociological interest in the study of social class—particularly its subjective dimensions—has intensified. This article contributes to this growing body of literature by focusing on Poland as a case within the Central and Eastern European region.
Justyna Kajta, Stefan Bieńkowski
wiley   +1 more source

Role of humanities in medical curricula in the South-East Asia region: a scoping review. [PDF]

open access: yesHumanit Soc Sci Commun
Jayasinghe S   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Question Types and Their Functions in Nasir-Khosrow’s Poetry [PDF]

open access: yesHalf-Yearly Persian Language and Literature, 2016
openaire   +1 more source

From Data to Knowledge to Wisdom: Lessons Learned From the Vancouver Rat Project

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
A synthesis of 15 years of research conducted by the Vancouver Rat Project revealed that: (1) Pathogen ecology within rat colonies is the result of complex interactions among rats, pathogens, and vectors. (2) Local and global population structures influence rat and pathogen ecology.
Chelsea G. Himsworth, Kaylee A. Byers
wiley   +1 more source

Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
wiley   +1 more source

Early Eddic poetry (c. 850‑1000): The other type of pagan court poetry?

open access: yes
Old Norse poetry is commonly divided into Eddic and skaldic poetry. Skaldic poetry is generally connected to the court, but scholars rarely mention possible contexts of composition of Eddic poetry, and no overview of indications has been published. This chapter presents such an overview. In fact, the evidence is relatively rich and points unambiguously
openaire   +1 more source

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