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It is widely assumed that there is a high level of medical pluralism in contemporary society. For example, both orthodox and non- orthodox medicines are simultaneously available to the public. What forms the boundaries that demarcate orthodox medicines from non-orthodox ones? These issues arise...
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This article considers how knowledge about lesbians and gay men is produced in health and social welfare texts. It looks at the consequences of a reliance upon the liberal 'ethnic model' of sexuality. The authors provide a critique of 'anti-discriminatory practice' versions of sexuality...
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discuss reactions and responses to change through the construction of narratives. Employees included in this study suggest … common responses to organisational change. Within sociology and management literature, voice has been considered as a … opportunities and workplace violence. These narratives suggest that the use of voice as a response to change is more complex than …
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a prominent part of the landscape of sociology in Britain (Calder, 1985). Initiated during the 1930s, the Mass …
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audio diary narratives to an understanding of the social context of sleep, and assess the use of audio diaries in social …
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narratives can generate a sense of the reciprocity that contributes to the development of networks. The networks discussed here … diversity of narratives among the thirty eight gay male service users who were informants to this study. While narratives around … informants, there were other organising principles in their lives which also shaped their narratives and their decisions about …
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Charles Tilly\'s work as a historical sociologist and on states, social change and other topics has had powerful influence across the social sciences and social history, also having a large popular audience. Themes and issues in his work over time are explored, in particular his developing...
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types of intersecting narratives that give extra dimensions to the process of exploring ways of seeing and ways of being in … finally the narrative of the written account by the researcher. All of these narratives are constitutive and constructive of a … sense of place. In the case of my research on British Asian suburbanisation in Nottingham, these intersecting narratives …
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This paper argues for an opening up of the theoretical and empirical closure on issues related to biotechnology. It argues that the real differences between issues and approaches in the disparate areas where genetic modification is used, from medicine to food production, have tended, for...
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'. It is used in teaching research methods, theory, urban sociology and 'race relations' to undergrad-uates. This article … describes and explains the immediate impact of the book and its more lasting contribution to sociology. Race, Community and … from both the work of the Chicago School of Sociology and the adoption of a Weberian approach to social class and urban …
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