A qualitative exploration of the sociology of poststroke visual impairments and the associated health inequalities
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DOI: 10.1002/brb3.1738
Abstract: Inequalities have been found to exist within the visually impaired stroke population on an individual level, in relation to demographic differences, unequal access to vision services, transport, employment, and financial repercussions. The long‐term impact of… read more here.
Keywords: sociology poststroke; visual impairments; qualitative exploration; sociology ... See more keywords
Global Spotlight.
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DOI: 10.1002/etc.4930
Abstract: As director of LIS, an international data archive and research center, Janet Gornick enables researchers to compare socioeconomic outcomes around the world, and to study the institutional factors that shape those outcomes I t has… read more here.
Keywords: research; world; information; gornick ... See more keywords
Students' educational drive and ethnic capital.
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DOI: 10.1002/jcop.23011
Abstract: Class has been central to European sociology and especially to sociology of education. Class origins (through one's parents) do indeed largely determine one's educational attainments and through them, with further support from one's class origins,… read more here.
Keywords: class; community; sociology; capital ... See more keywords
Groups, organizations, families and movements: The sociology of social systems between interaction and society
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DOI: 10.1002/sres.2685
Abstract: In enhancing a proposal by Luhmann, this contribution shows that it is possible to locate different types of systems between ‘face‐to‐face‐interaction’ and ‘society’: groups, organizations, families and protest movements. The common ground of these is… read more here.
Keywords: social systems; interaction society; groups organizations; sociology ... See more keywords
The Staying Power of Analytical Distance: Lyn Lofland's Contribution to the Sociology of Death, Dying, and Bereavement
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DOI: 10.1002/symb.1233
Abstract: Lyn Lofland's The Craft of Dying remains integral to the small canon of texts that sociologists have written in death studies. This article uses her work to consider how we approach the politics of knowledge… read more here.
Keywords: lyn lofland; death; analytical distance; sociology ... See more keywords
Concept‐Driven Sociology
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DOI: 10.1002/symb.680
Abstract: Excerpted from my book Generally Speaking, this paper introduces “concept‐driven sociology,” a special way of theorizing designed to reveal abstract social patterns. As such, it examines the methodological process by which we can “distill” generic… read more here.
Keywords: social patterns; driven sociology; sociology; contexts ... See more keywords
The Scope of Sociolinguistics
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25582-5_2
Abstract: Chomsky’s (1965) work is a decisive step, not only in extending the scope of linguistic theory, but also in redefining the nature of its object. For ‘language’ Chomsky substitutes ‘competence,’ defined as a fluent native… read more here.
Keywords: scope sociolinguistics; linguistics; structural linguistics; sociology ... See more keywords
Challenges in Developing Protein Secretion Assays at a Single-Cell Level.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8567-8_1
Abstract: In addition to direct physical interactions between/among cells, the secretion of humoral factors from living cells is a critical process for cell-cell communications. A well-known extracellular signaling event is mediated by immune cell cytokines/chemokines. Because… read more here.
Keywords: secretion assays; protein secretion; biology; sociology ... See more keywords
The evolutionary political economy of dichotomized societies
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DOI: 10.1007/s00191-025-00895-9
Abstract: Referendum practices and other forms of antagonistic political participation have become more commonplace in the last two decades. These practices have significant social and economic consequences and, as such, economic theory must study their development.… read more here.
Keywords: political economy; evolutionary political; dichotomized societies; sociology ... See more keywords
The “Netweave-Approach”—A Platform Combining Sociology, Resource Management and Psychology for Networking Conservation Stakeholders
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DOI: 10.1007/s00267-025-02268-1
Abstract: The “Netweave Approach” innovatively combines constructs from sociology, resource management, organizational psychology, and environmental psychology within a single framework and corresponding management tool to support regional management in facilitating effective interactions among environmental stakeholders. This… read more here.
Keywords: management; sociology; psychology; netweave approach ... See more keywords
Professors and politics: Noam Chomsky’s contested reputation in the United States and Canada
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DOI: 10.1007/s11186-017-9293-3
Abstract: There is an extensive literature comparing the politics, sociology and economics of the United States and Canada, but very little work comparing the role that public intellectuals play in the space of public opinion and… read more here.
Keywords: noam chomsky; reputation; states canada; united states ... See more keywords