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On the Limits of Globalisation
1st December 2017
The popularisation of globalisation at the turn of the 20th century and the first decades ... Read More
The Digital Revolution and its impact on jobs and skills
1st December 2017
This article discusses the effects of the Digital Revolution on jobs and skills from the ... Read More
Remaking Life in Neo-Liberal Times
Normalcy, Conflict and Displacement in Jammu and Kashmir
1st December 2017
Since 1990 the valley Kashmir has been marked by conflict between militant groups and proponents ... Read More
Theory of recognition, theory of double inheritance and biology philosophy epistemology
Theory of recognition, theoryA sociopolitical quilombola community in the Amazon Marajoara
1st December 2017
This work develops from the following question: Can sociology understand and explain a certain social ... Read More
From MDGs to SDGs
People’s Views on Sustainable World Development
1st July 2017
Sociologists have roles to play as critics but also as data users as ‘development plans’ ... Read More
The Value of Understanding the Absence of Social Problems in Cross-national Research
An Example from Criminology
1st July 2017
This essay explores our disciplinary biases toward studying ‘high rates’ of social problems and presents ... Read More
The Sociology of Mysticism
1st July 2017
After over a century of neglect, this paper recommends that sociologists reconsider investigating the mysticism ... Read More
Reflections on Fieldwork
A Comparative Study of Positionality in Ethnographic Research across Asia
1st July 2017
This paper aims to reflect on positionality, in particular insider-outsider binary and gender, while conducting ... Read More
Big Data Challenge for Social Science
From Society and Opinion to Replications
1st July 2017
Big Data dealing with the social produce predictive correlations for the benefit of brands and ... Read More
In Conversation with Margaret Archer
1st July 2017
In my capacity as the present editor of Current Sociology, I interviewed Professor Margaret Archer, ... Read More
Entanglements of Firm Size and Country of Origin with Mining Company Reputational Risk in Guatemala
1st March 2017
In this paper I develop two interrelated arguments around the idea of reputational risk within ... Read More
Three Images of “Good Citizen” during the Transformation of Modern China:
A Sociological Reflection on Press Modernity
1st March 2017
In Chinese journalism history, Shen Bao was viewed as a crucial research object. This paper ... Read More
Technological Unemployment. A Brief History of an Idea
1st March 2017
This article traces a brief history of a particularly relevant concept in political economy and ... Read More
In Conversation with Rhacel Parreñas
1st March 2017
Rhacel Salazar Parreñas is Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Southern ... Read More
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