Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa
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DOI: 10.1080/00130095.2021.1985358
Abstract: If I had to recommend one book on the contemporary political economy of Africa, it would be this one. In it, Ghanaian scholar Franklin Obeng-Odoom, probably the most prolific African political econ... read more here.
Keywords: property institutions; geography; institutions social; social stratification ... See more keywords
Eternal life as privilege: Cultural boundaries and social stratification in death announcements (1950–2010)
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DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2022.2089778
Abstract: Abstract Behind a veneer of “disinterested” concern, death rituals reflect and reproduce patterns of social and cultural stratification. This paper examines 296,483 death announcements published in a Turkish daily newspaper in a 60-year timespan. The… read more here.
Keywords: stratification; cultural boundaries; death; social stratification ... See more keywords
COVID bread-porn: social stratification through displays of self-management
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DOI: 10.1080/09502386.2021.1898031
Abstract: ABSTRACT Much has been and will continue to be made of ‘official responses’ to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly around the varying success of prescribed isolation practices and how well (or not) people, taken in aggregate,… read more here.
Keywords: social stratification; bread porn; covid bread; bread ... See more keywords
Social stratification in networks: insights from co-authorship networks
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DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0555
Abstract: It has been observed that real-world social networks often exhibit stratification along economic or other lines, with consequences for class mobility and access to opportunities. With the rise in human interaction data and extensive use… read more here.
Keywords: authorship networks; social networks; stratification networks; stratification ... See more keywords
Disparities in Height and Urban Social Stratification in the First Half of the 20th Century in Madrid (Spain)
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16112048
Abstract: Adult height is the most commonly used biological indicator to evaluate material and emotional conditions in which people grew up, allowing the analysis of secular trends associated with socio-economic change as well as of social… read more here.
Keywords: social stratification; madrid spain; disparities height; class districts ... See more keywords