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Thinking with 'White Dee': The Gender Politics of 'Austerity Porn'
Allen, Kim; Tyler, Imogen; Benedictis, Sara De - In: Sociological Research Online 19 (2014) 3, pp. 2-2
analysis of the relationship between media portrayals of people living with poverty and the gender politics of austerity. To do … sociological enquiries into the gender politics of care, labour and social reproduction. …
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Social Classes and Social Mobility in Slovenia and Europe
Eva, Jereb; Marko, Ferjan - In: Organizacija 41 (2008) 6, pp. 197-206
In closed social systems the social position of an individual is determined by the social position of the family into which he or she was born, whereas in open social systems mobility from one social class to another is possible. This paper concerns the relationship between the class position an...
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Social Classes and Social Mobility in Slovenia and Europe
Eva, Jereb; Marko, Ferjan - In: Organizacija 41 (2008) 6, pp. 197-206
In closed social systems the social position of an individual is determined by the social position of the family into which he or she was born, whereas in open social systems mobility from one social class to another is possible. This paper concerns the relationship between the class position an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010641296
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An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK - Report of the National Equality Panel
Hills, John - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2010
Britain is an unequal country, more so than many other industrial countries and more so than a generation ago. This is manifest in many ways - most obviously in the gap between those who are well off and those who are less well off. But inequalities in people's economic positions are also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201352
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Applying Ragin's Crisp and Fuzzy Set QCA to Large Datasets: Social Class and Educational Achievement in the National Child Development Study
Cooper, Barry - In: Sociological Research Online 10 (2005) 2, pp. 1-1
The paper explores the use of Charles Ragin's Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in both its crisp and fuzzy set versions in the study of the relations between social class origin, sex, 'ability' and subsequent educational achievement. The work reported is part of a larger ongoing project...
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How Has Educational Expansion Changed the Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Achieving Professional, Managerial and Technical Class Positions in Britain? a Configurational Ana...
Cooper, Barry; Glaesser, Judith - In: Sociological Research Online 13 (2008) 3, pp. 2-2
gender played in the achievement of professional, managerial and technical (PMT) social class destinations in early adulthood … way both class and gender combined with qualifications as conditions for destinations. We also show that Ragin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005588817
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Experiences of fathering a baby admitted to neonatal intensive care: A critical gender analysis
Deeney, Kathleen; Lohan, Maria; Spence, Dale; Parkes, Jackie - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 6, pp. 1106-1113
partners and health professionals in challenging a gender order which associates women with the competent care of infants. An …
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Too much of a good thing? Gender, 'Concerted cultivation' and unequal achievement in primary education
McCoy, Selina; Byrne, Delma; Banks, Joanne - Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) - 2010
inequalities in the classroom. Within this literature however, little attention has been given to the role of gender in concerted … social class and gender influence the level and type of out-of-school activities in which children engage. Moreover, we … examine how out-of-school activities, class and gender impact on children's school engagement and academic achievement. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008800622
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Class, gender and culture in the experience of menopause. A comparative survey in Tunisia and France
Delanoë, Daniel; Hajri, Selma; Bachelot, Annie; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 2, pp. 401-409
The experience of menopause can vary strongly from one society to another: frequency of hot flushes, other somatic and psychological symptoms, and changes in family and social relations. Several studies have shown that country of residence, country of birth, ethnicity, and social class all play...
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Social class and social identity
George, David - In: Review of Social Economy 64 (2006) 4, pp. 429-445
with the removal of prejudices based on race, gender, and ethnicity while at the same time eroding institutions that … improve the treatment of one's gender or race is argued to have weakened the overall status of the lower half, while …
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