Natural resource profits and the implications for Peru's public health system
AbstractPurpose– The Peruvian Canon system was designed to collect a percentage of taxed profits from the country's natural resource industries and redistribute these funds into communities that are...
View ArticleAsylum, welfare and work: reflections on research in asylum and refugee studies
AbstractPurpose– Over the past 30 years asylum has become an issue of great political significance, public interest and media coverage in most “Western” countries. Policies and laws designed to deal...
View ArticleUnderstanding lesbian, gay, and bisexual worker stigmatization: a review of...
AbstractPurpose– Stigmatization of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people at work is an enduring social problem, yet little is known about how those experiences differ. The purpose of this paper is to...
View ArticleDoes a socially well integrated university have anything to do with faculty...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to measure the relationship between organizational social capital and retention of faculty members in Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2011....
View ArticleLearning not to labour: a micro analysis of consensual male unemployment
AbstractPurpose– The Drifters are ten long-term unemployed British men. The Drifters’ unemployment is consensual: the men believe they have chosen to “not work” and rely upon welfare benefits for their...
View ArticleSocial dynamics in rural Punjab: changes in gender roles, spatial mobility...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to observed the gender roles and changes in decision-making structure in a village of the Punjab, Pakistan. Spatial mobility of young females by time...
View ArticleEcological modernisation and citizen engagement
AbstractPurpose– Modern environmental governance, especially in developed nations, increasingly embraces ecological modernisation (EM) as a framework for managing environmental resources. EM proposes a...
View ArticleActive entrepreneurs and blue-collar workers. Cultural understandings...
AbstractPurpose - With a particular focus on cultural understandings and the concepts behind welfare policies, this paper analyses commonalities and dissimilarities in the patterns of social policy,...
View ArticleDeveloping sustainable urban transportation: lesson drawing and the framing...
AbstractPurpose - Shedding light on urban transportation and, more specifically, the contemporary development of "smart" bikesharing systems (i.e., short-term bicycle rental services), this article...
View ArticleA quantitative and qualitative analysis of social dominance orientation and...
AbstractPurpose - We seek to determine how social dominance orientation (SDO) might influence perceptions of bias when the race of the offender and the target of the biased comment is either White or...
View ArticleFactors underlying sex preference of domestic servants in Nigeria
AbstractPurpose - This study examines factors underlying gender preference of domestic servants. Children in domestic service constitute the most common form of urban child labour. Literature has shown...
View ArticleAssessing natural disaster survivor evacuation attitudes to inform social policy
AbstractPurpose - The literature was reviewed to locate the most relevant social-psychology theories, factors, and instruments in order to measure New York State resident attitudes and social norms...
View ArticleEstablishing the connection between demographic and economic factors, and...
AbstractPurpose - Multiple dimensions influencing women’s status in the MENA region—factoring in socio-demographic, economic, and political forces are discussed in this article. Process of...
View ArticleThe choice of the necessary: class, tastes and lifestyles: a Bourdieusian...
AbstractPurpose - Our attitudes, values, and tastes are shaped by our position in social space. At least, that was the argument Pierre Bourdieu set out in his seminal work, La Distinction. This article...
View ArticleLow-status work repercussions on Egyptians’ collective organisation
AbstractPurpose - The article focuses on the repercussions of work and employment in low-status jobs upon the collective organisation and representation of Egyptian immigrant workers....
View ArticleStreet-level bureaucrats’ attitudes towards the Finnish labour market allowance
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 34, Issue 11/12, Page 817-834, October 2014. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the attitudes of street-level bureaucrats...
View ArticleUnderstanding the complexities of responding to child sex trafficking in...
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 34, Issue 11/12, Page 793-816, October 2014. Purpose – The market in trafficked children bought and sold for sexual exploitation is one of...
View ArticleCherry picking
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 34, Issue 11/12, Page 771-792, October 2014. Purpose – In their income inequality theory (IIT), Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett posit...
View ArticleMarginalized by race and place
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 34, Issue 11/12, Page 747-770, October 2014. Purpose – Given South Africa's apartheid history, studies have primarily focused on racial...
View ArticleA methodological framework for ascertaining the social capital of...
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 34, Issue 11/12, Page 730-746, October 2014. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the level of social capital in...
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