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Margaret Archer’s theory of the human person: an assessment International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Pierpaolo Donati
Margaret Archer addresses the fundamental question: does society make the human person or does the person make society? This question has gripped all social theory since the beginning of modernity ...
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Multiculturality against radicalisation in Belgium and Portugal International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Lorenzo Marinone, Maria do Céu Pinto Arena, Ana Leão Varela
This article overviews the P/CVE policies of Belgium and Portugal and focuses on a case study at the municipal level of the cities of, respectively, Aalst and Lisbon. This analysis begins with a di...
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Estimating forced labour: from a legal category to a statistical category for international political campaigns International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Nicola Schalkowski, Léa Renard
This article contributes from a sociology of knowledge perspective to the ongoing sociological debate about statistics produced by international organisations taking the Global Estimates of Forced ...
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Living together as a solidarity and generative practice: the case of co-housing and organized cohabitations International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Francesca Bianchi, Giuliana Costa
In Italy there is a growing interest in shared housing driven by various factors, including the need for affordable housing, the desire for communal living and initiatives that target vulnerable in...
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Exploring the role of female egalitarian values in the 2022 protests in Iran, using data from the World Values Survey International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Sara Parhizkari
Since the Iranian Revolution of 1979 there have been intermittent protests against the ruling regime over civil rights issues, with the 2022 protests often regarded as the most significant challeng...
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Society in sight: foundations, methods and current developments of visual social science International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Luc Pauwels
This article presents a balanced account of visual social science in its successive emanations. It starts by defining the basic traits and assumptions of the visual study of culture and society and...
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Urban vernacular landscapes: toward a visual pedagogy of the ordinary International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Jerome Krase
Although many social scientists employ visual media in their research and teaching, the connection between the ‘visual’ and the ‘social science’ is often tenuous. Photographs often are reserved for...
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‘I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it’: an exploratory study of the single-panel cartoon and the comic mode in society International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-02-13 John Grady
Single-panel gag cartoons are behavioral records of the comic in society, or of how people manage what they find anxiety producing, annoying, or dismaying in their everyday affairs by transforming ...
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(Im)migration in Italian online press through the lens of the social representations theory International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Annamaria Silvana de Rosa, Elena Bocci, Sara Proietti
This contribution is part of a broader research programme – inspired by the ‘modelling’ paradigmatic approach to Social Representations Theory – articulated in ‘field’ and ‘media’ studies. The latt...
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From social integration to social emplacement: perspectives from Italian rural areas International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Melissa Moralli, Pierluigi Musarò, Paola Parmiggiani
This contribution presents the results of a qualitative research conducted on migrant settlement in rural Italy. It proposes moving beyond the concept of social integration to explore the potential...
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Social construction of places as meaningful objects: a symbolic interactionist approach International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Reza Azarian
Places play a crucial role in the formation of both individual and collective identities. This article seeks to specify how a collective identity is constructed and sustained on the basis of the em...
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Divided we stand, united we fall? Structure and struggles of contemporary German sociology International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Christian Schmidt-Wellenburg, Andreas Schmitz
ABSTRACT This contribution presents an analysis of the structure and conflictual dynamics of contemporary German sociology which has recently separated into two professional societies. Using geometric data analysis, we present an empirical construction of the power/knowledge structure of the field, its paradigmatic plurality, and the various forms of sociological practices involved.
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Managing violent behavior: a case study on the Bonek football club supporters in Indonesia International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Raden Roro Nanik Setyowati, Muhammad Turhan Yani, Rojil Nugroho Bayu Aji, Madlazim
ABSTRACT Football supporters have an inseparable relationship with their favorite clubs, providing full support to their clubs. However, excessive behavior often leads to violence and aggression. Therefore, the presence of a coordinator in communities of football supporters is extremely important. This study analyzed the role of a coordinator as an agent in managing violent behaviors of Bonek supporters
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Rediscovering visual sociology, once again International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Jon Wagner
This essay explores four different versions of visual sociology – and a fifth that centers on their relatedness – that scholar-practitioners frequently have to navigate, acknowledge or otherwise at...
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Moral identity, identification and emotion: a relational and interactive approach International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Owen Abbott, Ian Burkitt
This paper extends a relational theory of the interconnection between morality, identity, and emotion. We argue that interactional identification with others is central to the development of the mo...
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‘Learning from photogaffes: a primer for home mode visual culture' International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Richard Chalfen
This paper introduces the notion of ‘Photogaffe’ in the context of an applied visual anthropology. Focus is placed on examples of ordinary people causing unforeseen social problems with their camer...
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Italian far-right foreign fighters in the Ukrainian war. The long chain of Transnational Recruitment Network (TRN) International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Emanuele Toscano, Andrea Grippo
This study investigates the phenomenon of far-right foreign fighters engaged on the Ukrainian war alongside pro-Russian separatists. Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the phe...
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Doing audio/visual/sensory ethnography with and on smartphones – a possible roadmap for an expanded ethnography International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Paolo S. H. Favero
This article explores the intersection between smartphones and audio-visual-sensory ethnographies. The text opens with a brief introduction addressing the possible consequences of the growing sprea...
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Visual sociology between tradition and new frontiers of research International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Marina Ciampi
Visual studies, although consolidated in European and North American academia, are still developing. The research fields associated with them are also affected by multidisciplinary approaches rangi...
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Value orientations of Italian adolescents: empirical evidence International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Rita Bichi, Veronica Riniolo
Little is known about the value orientations of adolescents in Italy. This paper presents a sociological analysis of Italian adolescents’ values. The study draws on a survey of 1,994 students from ...
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Sustainable development: beyond national welfare. Possible models for welfare systems in the twenty-first century International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Massimiliano Ruzzeddu
ABSTRACT This short essay aims at introducing the International Review of Sociology monographic issue, devoted to the notion of sustainability. The topic is incredibly relevant in the contemporary scientific and political debate, in a time when environmental issues are overlapping the worldwide spread of demand for justice and equality. Within this framework, as a first step I try to list the numerous
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The percentage of women elected as MPs in the parliaments of Western Balkans countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison with EU countries International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Sabiha Shala, Urtak Hamiti
ABSTRACT Three years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic caused huge loss of life and affected people’s daily lives. Scholars argue that the pandemic affected women and men differently in many ways, including in political life and in decision-making processes. This article aims to analyse the percentage of women elected as MPs in the parliaments of Western Balkans countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. This
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Welfare state on the theoretical crossroads: analysis of the twenty-first-century studies International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-05-23 Nino Papachashvili, Vasja Roblek, Maja Meško, Iztok Podbregar
ABSTRACT Welfare theories, models, and programs vary in historical development and country. In the 21st century, socio-economic and economic changes significantly impact the welfare state and its social development and role. The aim of the paper is to identify the main focuses of welfare state research in the 21st century based on scientific articles. For this purpose, the tasks were set to implement
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e-health and e-care: an application of actor network theory in social communication International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Esposito Maurizio, Sara Petroccia
ABSTRACT The goal of this paper is to argue for the concept of social communication that we identified with the idea of innovation and almost always to technological innovation. The starting point is the hypothesis that innovation is a valuable tool in the service of the greater good. The paper has four sections. First, it briefly reviews concepts and methods in Actor Network Theory, a social theory
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NextGenerationEU as a (more) youth-friendly Europe? International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Ewa Krzaklewska, Alessandro Martelli, Ilaria Pitti
ABSTRACT In many countries across Europe, youth conditions and intergenerational inequalities have frequently remained at the margins of political interest and a residual topic in discourses on welfare and in social policies. Difficulties in transitions to adulthood and issues of social inclusion of youth have, for a long time, been conceived of as problems to be addressed largely by acting on families
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Victor Frankenstein and his creature: the many lives of ‘gender ideology’ International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-03-27 David Paternotte
ABSTRACT The expression ‘anti-gender campaigns’ has rapidly made its way to describe a new and specific wave of activist and policy initiatives against gender and sexual equalities. The goals of this article are twofold: to offer a close examination of the current state of anti-gender campaigns in Europe, and to look back at the scholarship produced in the last decade. Following the historical unfolding
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The welfare system supermyth International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Andrea Pitasi, Giovana Portolese, Emilia Ferone
ABSTRACT This paper is aimed at deconstructing a myth that damages every attempt to design effective, win-win public, specifically welfare, policies. Such a myth is named the ‘Welfare System Myth’ (WSM) and it is linked to three other lesser myths as corollaries. The WSM states that there is a specific welfare system, while welfare is a topic in the political system agenda. According to the evolutionary
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The new great transformation: from migration crisis to sustainable welfare International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Romina Gurashi, Neno Gabelia
ABSTRACT The increase in extreme weather phenomena, environmental pollution, and climate change poses a new major challenge to not only fragile and conflict-affected states but also European capitalist societies facing new migratory flows. In this context, migratory phenomena represent a symptom of the great changes taking place and an opportunity to rethink our life systems. They also pose new challenges
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Reviving the sociology of organizations in higher education: the case of how global university rankings influence the strategic management of Canadian universities International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2023-01-07 Edmund Adam
ABSTRACT This article aims to counter the prevailing pessimism about the state of organizational sociology by examining the contributions of this line of inquiry to higher education studies. It contends that, despite sociologists’ concerns over the usefulness of organizational sociology for informing comprehension of today's organizations, this subfield of sociology continues to hold tremendous promise
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Statement of Retraction: Muslim women between secular state and religion International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-12-14
Published in International Review of Sociology: Revue Internationale de Sociologie (Ahead of Print, 2022)
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From offline to online violence: new challenges for the contemporary society International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-11-24 Stellamarina Donato, Hande Eslen-Ziya, Emiliana Mangone
ABSTRACT So far, the focus on violence has been it as a concept and its evolution within contemporary societies. For instance, several studies consider violence to be influenced by singular cultural issues and perceptions, with the primary point being the presence of an authoritative presence capable of acting violently. Others instead focus on the degrees and typologies of violence and question the
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Thinking about cultural configurations: Michels’ legacy International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-11-17 Raffaele Federici, Cristina Montesi
ABSTRACT Michels’ legacy is subject to innumerable interpretations and seemingly endless controversies specially in present times witnessing his rediscovery. The scientific starting point of this article is Michels’ Essay ‘Intorno al problema dei rapporti tra economia e politica’ which was published in his book on ‘Problemi di Sociologia Applicata’ in 1919. Our approach emphasize the innovative and
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Role of social status factors & religion/secularization factors in views of homosexuality in five nations of the Middle East International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Jonbita Prost, Celia C. Lo
Abstract Examining how social status factors, religion factors, and secularization factors affected attitudes about homosexuality held by residents of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey, the present study also asked whether national origin moderated how the 3 factor groups were or were not associated with these attitudes. The study employed data drawn from Wave 6 of the World Values Survey
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The youth on-line life: risks, violence and support networks International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Elena Macchioni, Claudia Santoni
ABSTRACT The paper presents the results of an online survey carried out by five Italian Universities to investigate the cyber violence phenomenon between young people aged between 19 and 25 (2365 valid questionnaires). The web transforms social relationships because it moves them out of the ‘real’ context and places them in an undefined space–time dimension where, the identity dimension does not pass
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Inequality in social capital: assessing the importance of structural factors and cultural consumption for social advantage. A case from Poland International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Michał Cebula
ABSTRACT While the benefits of social capital are well recognized in sociology, less is known about its distribution in a society. The present study therefore examines individual differences in access to resourceful networks, adding new insight into underlying mechanism of social capital accumulation. Building on the recent development in cultural sociology and social network theories, it is hypothesized
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When school ‘stayed home’. A sociology of work approach on the remote work of teachers during the lockdown for the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Italy International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-10-31 Fabrizio Pirro, Emanuele Toscano, Daniele Di Nunzio, Marcello Pedaci
ABSTRACT To contrast the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, ‘home-schooling’ was adopted in most countries and the issue was studied in considering the effects of the crisis on educational and digital inequalities, and on families and gender relations. Nevertheless, very few studies have looked at the working conditions of teachers in this very atypical framework. This paper presents results from a survey with
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Sleep as in/dispensable deceleration for acceleration: the ambivalent relation between social acceleration and sleep patterns of the white-collar employees in İstanbul International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-10-26 Çağatay Topal, Emir Kurmuş
ABSTRACT Capitalism today tries to take advantage of sleep while reducing its duration. The expansion of flexible work regimes into other fields of life spreads the effects of social acceleration. Acceleration is in line with deceleration. Sleep can be a limit to acceleration or can be a necessary deceleration of the body for further acceleration. On the one hand, due to the requirements and desires
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‘There’s a fine line between trash-talking and cyberbullying’: a qualitative exploration of youth perspectives of online gaming culture International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-10-26 Lyle S. Kaye, Laurie-ann M. Hellsten, Laureen J. McIntyre, Brittany P. Hendry
ABSTRACT This study explored male youth’s reflections of their adolescent online gaming experiences including the similarities and differences between trash-talking and cyberbullying. In 2019, qualitative data was gathered from 19 participants ranging in age from 18 to 25 years of age using individual interviews and focus groups. Participants responded to questions about the types of games played,
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Generation Z and cyberviolence: between digital platforms use and risk awareness International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-10-22 Simona Tirocchi, Marta Scocco, Isabella Crespi
ABSTRACT The article focuses on the results of a national empirical research on Generation Z’s perceptions and experiences of cyberviolence. This term refers to aggressive and intentional actions, carried out, through electronic tools by a single person or a group, which deliberately aim to hurt or damage another who cannot defend himself. The main aim of this study was to gather national data on cyberviolence
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Hate speech or free speech: an ethical dilemma? International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-10-22 Nina Gorenc
ABSTRACT Freedom of expression is the cornerstone and the warrant of democracy, but like all other rights and freedoms we enjoy, also the right to free speech has its limits. Hate speech is one of the most resilient manifestations of cyberviolence, and is not to be equalled with free speech. This is partly related to our perception of the freedom of expression that has substantially changed through
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Cyberviolence and the digital experience: reflections on a problematic issue for youth International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-10-17 Isabella Crespi, Laurie-ann M. Hellsten
ABSTRACT In this paper, the authors introduce some of the main aspects of cyberviolence related to digital life, and online experience with a specific focus on young people. Cyberviolence includes violent and calculated actions carried out through electronic tools. In different situations, the perpetrator(s) can be a single person or a group, which deliberately aims to hurt or damage another who cannot
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Reimagining the homeland: diasporic belonging among Turkish and Kurdish second generations in Italy International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-09-21 Gül Ince-Beqo, Maurizio Ambrosini
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the experiences of children of immigrants coming to Italy from Turkey. It does so by using in-depth interviews and looking at how they conceptualize their sense of belonging to their home country and the transnational ties that they maintain in relation to their parents’ experience. The participants in this research grew up in families whose intention was not to remain
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Resilience in online communities of practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: an Italian case study International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Mara Maretti, Vanessa Russo, Barbara Lucini
ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of a case study conducted through digital ethnography and textual analysis methods. The thematic focus concerns the role of online communities of practice as resilience tools in the case of emergency and crisis. The origin of this assumption lies in some reflections developed in view of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially given the varied typology
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Crimes of accommodation: a criminological grounding for road traffic violations among minibus drivers in Africa International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Festival Godwin Boateng, Kwadwo Ofori-Dua, Peter Dwumah, John Boulard Forkuor
ABSTRACT The paper bridges the gap in criminological research on the impact of work systems and conditions on working-class drivers’ commitment to road traffic laws in Africa. Drawing on interviews and focus group discussions with ‘Tro-Tro’ drivers in Ghana, the study shows that, while unquestionably concerning, transgressive driving behaviors (e.g. over-speeding, and dangerous overtaking) are necessary
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What does the Covid-19 crisis reveal about interdisciplinarity in social sciences? International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-05-28 Marcella Corsi, J. Michael Ryan
(2022). What does the Covid-19 crisis reveal about interdisciplinarity in social sciences? International Review of Sociology: Vol. 32, Themed Issue: What does the Covid-19 crisis reveal about interdisciplinarity in social sciences?, pp. 1-9.
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The impacts of smart working on women. Lessons from the first lockdown in Italy International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Luisa De Vita, Tatiana Mazali, Giovanna Campanella
ABSTRACT Before the pandemic, Italy was one of the European countries with the lowest numbers of remote workers, both in the form of tele working and smart working based upon digital mobile technologies. In addition to increasing remote working to 40% in Italy, the pandemic has also led to a noticeable rise in the number of women working from home. This change presents a valuable opportunity to redefine
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Fatal encounters: shopkeepers, neo-populism, and the exclusionary city International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Pietro Saitta
ABSTRACT The present article analyzes the role that shopkeepers play in the life of cities in terms of space production, cultures, and policies on the use of public space. Shopkeepers are seen as the co-promotors of a revanchist culture that affects liberties in contemporary cities. In the light of such premises, the present theoretical study inquires into the intertwinements between this group and
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Social distancing in risk society: a cross-national analysis of policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-03-19 A H M Belayeth Hussain
ABSTRACT Countries that implement strict policy measures to combat coronavirus contagion increase their probability of achieving successful social distancing practice when compared to the countries without such strict policies. I used Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) as a quasi-experimental evaluation option to perform regression models and show differences in social distancing efforts. I utilized
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Celebrity activism on racial justice during COVID-19: the death of George Floyd, the rise of Naomi Osaka, and the celebritization of race in pandemic times International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-03-16 Mathieu Deflem
ABSTRACT This paper examines the development of celebrity activism on racial justice in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Extending from efforts to provide support in relief efforts, celebrity activism during the first year of the pandemic dramatically turned to matters of racial justice in the wake of the video-taped police killing of George Floyd. Based on a constructionist perspective
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In defence of multiculturalism – theoretical challenges International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-03-04 Thomas Roland Johansson
ABSTRACT Although it seems that multiculturalism has been dismissed as a failed experiment or sham in the public debate, there has been an ongoing internal academic discussion of theoretical approaches to multiculturalism. This theoretical dialogue is, of course, parallel to and affected by developments in society. This article dissects and analyses some key and ‘classical’ nodes in the theoretical
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A critical realist view of gesture International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-02-28 Pierpaolo Donati
ABSTRACT In the panorama of gesture theories, the contribution of relational sociology based on critical realism is underdeveloped. This contribution seeks to fill the deficit by considering Giovanni Maddalena's theory on the ‘complete gesture’. On the one hand, this theory is appreciated as a significant step forward from classical pragmatism. On the other hand, since theories based essentially on
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A critical realist view of gesture International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-02-24 Pierpaolo Donati
ABSTRACT In the panorama of gesture theories, the contribution of relational sociology based on critical realism is underdeveloped. This contribution seeks to fill the deficit by considering Giovanni Maddalena's theory on the ‘complete gesture’. On the one hand, this theory is appreciated as a significant step forward from classical pragmatism. On the other hand, since theories based essentially on
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Wicked problems and sociology: building a missing bridge through processual relationalism International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-02-22 Peeter Selg, Benjamin Klasche, Joonatan Nõgisto
ABSTRACT Relationalism presumes conceptual primacy of relations over the elements engaged in those relations. In that sense, relations are not viewed as something external to pre-given elements, but as constitutive of those elements. Processual relationalism presumes that the relations between/among elements are not just static ties, but unfolding, dynamic processes. Currently, processual relationalism
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The art of bribery! Analysis of police corruption at traffic checkpoints and roadblocks in Kenya International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-02-11 Gedion Onyango
ABSTRACT The discreetness of street-level corruption resides in somewhat coded languages, techniques, networks and trust (solidarity) by key players. The newcomers become indoctrinated as the oldtimers, found at different levels of the police hierarchy, acting as the gatekeepers. Therefore, bribery occurs within a syndicate requiring privileged knowledge, coping strategies, and a network that would
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Against the ‘science of populism’: grammatical analysis of studies on populism in Italy International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-02-05 Enrico Caniglia, Andrea Spreafico
ABSTRACT In recent years, the study of populism has attracted considerable attention in the social sciences. However, this has highlighted certain inherent contradictions in the academic study of politics, which struggles between neutrality and value judgments. Shifting attention away from the representational content toward the actual usage of the term ‘populist’, the essay shows how part of the abundant
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Sociological perspectives on innovation: key research issues and interdisciplinary prospects International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2021-12-28 Manuel Fernández Esquinas
Abstract This editorial discusses the sociological perspective of innovation, starting with a critical overview of the situation of sociology in current innovation studies. An outline of several key challenges to understanding innovation in society is followed by an interpretation of the characteristics of a sociology of innovation based on the core assumptions of the discipline. The editorial concludes
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Innovation as social change: an institutional analysis International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-01-11 Alejandro Portes
ABSTRACT Based on Robert Merton’s typology of social deviance and his distinction between manifest and latent functions, this article explores the nature and consequences of deliberately-engineered innovation in the modern world. The substitution of spontaneous scientific and technological innovations by engineered ones through institutions created for that purpose represents itself a major innovation
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Networking for innovation: an analysis of research on social networks, social capital, and innovation International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2021-12-16 Julián Cárdenas
ABSTRACT Research on networks and innovation has experienced a rapid growth in social sciences since the beginning of the century. The large production of papers on networks and innovation impedes making single statements, and a simple state-of-the-art would probably overlook a great number of publications. The present study conducts a meta-analysis of the scientific production on networks and innovation
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The social shaping of innovation: networks and expectations as connecting dynamics in regional innovation systems International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2021-12-22 Hugo Pinto, Carla Nogueira, Ana Rita Cruz, Elvira Uyarra
ABSTRACT The study of innovation dynamics has expanded widely in recent decades. However, it has failed to include research focusing on the social process and demonstrating the mechanisms of a given system's innovative capacity, thus resulting in the fragmentation of theoretical approaches rather than the construction of a cohesive framework. Based on the assumption that innovation depends not only
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Making sense of heterogeneous innovative social action: co-constructing the past and imagining the future International Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-01-03 Ana Ferreira, Ana Lúcia Teixeira, Ana Roque Dantas
ABSTRACT Currently, countries, organizations and individual actors are increasingly pushed towards an ‘innovation imperative’ that presents innovation as an unequivocal promoter of multi-level success. However, it remains to be addressed whether innovation actors have homogenously incorporated this narrative, or rather, attribute divergent meanings to previous innovative social action. Inspired by