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Corruption and Trust Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Milan Školník
Corruption and trust contrast one another. While corruption is selfish behavior manifested by the abuse of power for private purposes, trust expresses the human belief that other people are a part of their moral community and behave as they should. A number of studies have been written on the relationship between corruption and trust. This review article theoretically explains the effect of corruption
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Links between Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Measured Cognition in Diverse Samples of UK Adults Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Bryan J. Pesta, Jan te Nijenhuis, John G. R. Fuerst, Vladimir Shibaev
In the UK, immigrant groups frequently have lower mean socioeconomic status (SES) than do White British, which is a source of concern for the British government. Group-level SES tends to show positive relationships with cognitive ability scores. Thus, the authors estimate the mean cognitive and SES scores of various ethnic groups and test empirically if they correlate. They compute SES and cognitive
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Personal Meanings and Reality of Gendered Socialization in Pakistan Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Asma Khalid
The socialization of young men can make a difference in social change in patriarchal societies such as Pakistan. This research applies Nancy Chodorow’s (1978) Object Relations Theory to analyze the learning of gender roles for young men. Key informants comprised 30 young men aged 18–30 from mainstream society and semi-structured interviews were carried out in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. The
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Trust in News and Trust through News Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Monika Verbalyte, Hans-Jörg Trenz, Monika Eigmüller
On the one hand, media is an instrument of social and political trust building: Through it, trustful citizens are formed and socialized as members of a political community. On the other hand, the media is also an object of trust. And the degree people trust the media and its products has important consequences for the legitimacy of government. The authors use data from their own survey to help answer
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Digital Activism in Transitional Democracies Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Luqman Saka, Segun Emmanuel Ojo
This study examines the deployment of digital tools in pushing citizen activism on political accountability and empowerment using the 2018 #EndSARS campaign in Nigeria as point of reference. In so doing, the article explores the utility of digital activism and analyze the successes and challenges associated with the effectiveness of its use to advance citizens’ voices in transitional democracies. The
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Elections, Type of Regime and Risks of Revolutionary Destabilization Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Andrey Korotayev, Andrew Zhdanov, Gleb Krivenko
This analysis finds that the impact of elections on risks of armed insurrections is not statistically significant, whereas unarmed uprisings/nonviolent revolutions are more likely to occur in the election year. It is also shown that the influence of elections on unarmed revolutionary destabilization had tended to grow with time. The election year became a significant factor of nonviolent revolutionary
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Paternal Orphanhood, Parental Illness, and Child’s Biological Relationship to Household Head: Their Impact on Child Health in Nigeria Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Aramide Kazeem, John Musalia
This research fills a hole in the literature by investigating whether, in Nigeria, differences exist in the health of paternal orphans or vulnerable children depending on whether they have a close biological relationship with the household head compared to a distant relationship when health is measured through diarrhea, fever, and cough. The research analyzes the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health
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Social Capital, Import Competition, and Vaccine Uptake Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Søren Frank Etzerodt
This research note examines the relationship between social capital, economic globalization, and COVID-19 vaccines in U.S. counties. The author argues that the positive health benefits of community-level social capital can be undermined by import competition. Leveraging data from U.S. counties this note shows that the positive correlation between community social capital and vaccine uptake is lower
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Nose-picking in Vietnam Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-10-28 Yuko Arai
This study focuses on nose picking, an observable occurrence in Vietnam. Elias (2010) said that in the civilizing process, self-regulation is a gathering force and the act of nose picking is not performed in public. To better understand the reasons why nose picking is an observable occurrence in Vietnam, the author analyzes content from Thanh Nghị, a magazine published from 1941–1945 during the French
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Patronage Process in Pre-colonial and Colonial Ibadan, Nigeria Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-10-28 Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale
This article contains process-oriented research which historically traces the development and structure of patronage in Ibadan, Nigeria, from the pre-colonial epoch to the colonial era. Ibadan started up first as a camp of marauders and later as a military settlement after the collapse of the Oyo Empire, Ibadan thereafter emerged as a military empire with sovereignty over a large spectrum of Yorubaland
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Process-oriented Social Research Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-10-28 Fumiya Onaka
Process-oriented social research is a type of social research which theoretically emphasizes the notion of time and/or empirically stresses the significance of process-produced data. Therefore, this type of research has to be especially conscious of time. This special issue introduces several recent studies.
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Shifting Values Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-10-28 Pilar Rodríguez Martínez
This article explores the relationship between the justifications of intimate partner violence against women with other attitudinal variables (sexual tolerance, gender equality) based on the data from the sixth wave of the World Values Survey (2010–2014) for Europe and the MENA region. Following the proposal of Hawley’s human ecology, Galtung’s centre-periphery theory, Inglehart’s theory of values
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Who Supported the Career Development of Highly Educated Japanese Women between the 1970s and 1980s? Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-10-28 Chisato Atobe
In this study, the author considers the problems of married women continuing to work after giving birth in the historical case of Japan, a society with significant gender inequality. The author focuses on female elementary school teachers who managed to continue working after getting married and giving birth at a time when married women in Japan were increasingly becoming housewives. The author investigated
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Climate Change Policies and Control of Corruption: A Cross-National Analysis of CO2 Emissions Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Shahd Alasaly, Larissa Basso, Andrew Hargrove, Jamie M. Sommer
Given current climate change issues, scholars have recently focused on how different adaptation and mitigation policies may be effective at improving the environment. On the one hand, researchers argue that climate change policies will help reduce environmental problems like CO2 emissions due to their focus on green energy and markets. On the other hand, many argue that these policies are too small
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Globalization, Foreign Direct Investment, and Climate Change Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Steven A. Mejia
There has been a dramatic increase in the long-term accumulation of foreign direct investment (FDI) in less-developed countries from 1980–2018. Scholars argue that these processes have harmful effects on climate change-inducing emissions. Here, the author argues that such expansions have beneficial impacts. He empirically evaluates such theorization using fixed effects (FE) panel regression models
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How NGOs May Promote a Shared Society in Conflict-Affected Areas Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Adi Binhas, Wurud Jayusi, Christina Hajisoteriou
This article comparatively examines the results of a qualitative study of how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may promote a shared society in the conflict-affected areas of Israel and Cyprus. The authors have chosen to set their research in these two contexts, where the complex relationships between the majority and the minority communities have led to persistent conflicts that seem rather ‘intractable’
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Modern Economic Elites Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Zhibek Syzdykova, Viacheslav Mikhaylov, Ainagul Temirkhanova, Nikolay Shestakov
The main motivation for the study is to address the existing problem of determining the influence of the (emerging) economic elite on the global capital flows on which both the national economies and the global economy depend. The results of the study show that the economic elite does not arise on its own – it is developed from MNCs’ managers. Such managers have vast experience and are key figures
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Perceived Susceptibility and Responses to Ill-health Risks among Children of the Street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Bewunetu Zewude, Getahun Siraw, Kibur Engdawork, Getnet Tadele
This study identifies perceptions about susceptibility and responses to health risks among children of the street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Using a qualitative approach, data were collected through in-depth interviews from 22 purposely selected street children. In addition to the field notes, audio was recorded, transcribed and translated into English. After coding the responses, themes and sub-themes
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Why We Don’t Mind the Gap Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Joanna Kitsnik
Rising socio-economic inequality has been paired with tolerance of inequality. When explaining individual tolerance of unequal income distribution, contextual factors capturing socio-economic conditions and objective inequality are less important than individual-level values and beliefs about the origins of and reasonings behind the unequal circumstances. These inequality-legitimizing narratives constitute
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From Ritual Scapegoats to Actual Scapegoats Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Satanik Pal
The following article conducts two case studies into the premodern caste societies of medieval Bengal and early modern Japan. The Pirali Brahmins in Bengal and eta-hinin castes of Japan—both became scapegoats during these periods and were subject to popular disgust and stigma. The common aspects are that they were both close to the centres of power, and that these castes were feared in the ancient
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Lack-of-Corruption Goes with Liberal–Egalitarian Features of Democracy Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Peet Kask, Oliver Nahkur, Rein Taagepera
This study aims at ferreting out a sparse subset, among the many democracy indicators, that best predicts lack-of-corruption (LoC). Two factors enable the authors to improve on previous research. First, the Varieties of Democracy (VD) data have become available over an extended time span, involving an unprecedented number of separate indicators. Second, the authors apply previously neglected methods
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Resilient Dwellers of Urban “Slums” Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Babatunde Raphael Ojebuyi, Hadrat Mopelola Ajao
This study was designed to examine the survival activities of the street children in Ibadan, Nigeria, the street sub-cultures among them, the push factors, and language use in terms of their inventions of communication strategies for survival as “slum” dwellers. A total of 34 in-depth interviews and seven key informant interviews were conducted among purposively selected street children and stakeholders
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Anomie Theories of Durkheim and Merton Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-04-29 Iraj Faizi, Hooshang Nayebi
The theory of anomie has two main theorists: Durkheim, its founder, and Merton, who developed it. However, Durkheim’s theory of anomie is very different from Merton’s. This difference has been largely ignored due to the dominance of Merton’s theory in sociological research. The purpose of this article is to explain these theories and to explore their differences. This article shows that the differences
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Does Changing an Electoral System to a Mixed System (Really) Affect Voter Turnout and the Party System? Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-04-29 John Högström, Stefan Dahlberg
In this study the authors aim to add to the understanding of whether, and if so how, a change of electoral system affects factors such as voter turnout and the party system, and the authors’ focus has been on changes that result in mixed electoral systems. They used three country cases (Japan, Italy, and New Zealand) to explore patterns in a before-and-after design. The findings suggest that a country
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Explaining Global Inequities in Measles Vaccination Rates Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-04-29 Steven A. Mejia
Measles has long plagued human societies. Measles vaccines are highly effective in preventing this disease, but there are striking inequities in vaccination rates between developed and less-developed countries. Scholars have long argued that foreign investment dependence explains global inequities in development outcomes more broadly. The author argues that debt dependence is what matters for such
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Intelligence Inequality and Income Inequality Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-04-29 Simon Wright, Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
This article evaluates the relationship between inequality in cognitive test scores across countries and income inequality. By meta-analyzing the standard deviations in PISA results from 2000 to 2018, the authors construct a measure of intelligence inequalities across countries. They then test this measure to investigate if it has any association with income inequality as measured by the gini index
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The Processes and Problems of Social Integration of Refugees in Greece in the 21st Century Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-04-29 Ioannis Vlassopoulos
Refugee populations constitute a new reality for Greek society. These moving populations contribute to a process of redefining social and cultural status in the countries of reception. The following article was written as part of the author’s PhD thesis. The research method used is that of qualitative research through semi-structured in-depth interviews with refugees and asylum seekers. The article
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Varieties of Unionism? Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-04-29 Naoki Nishida
Scholarly evidence on the causes of state-run unemployment insurance development is sometimes contradictory and disconnected, preventing our understanding of union-run unemployment insurance development. A set-theoretic approach based on Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) can model the business–labor interaction in the development of union unemployment funds, revealing two paths by comparing 11
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Caste Groups Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Satanik Pal
The following article seeks to establish caste groups in India as Weberian status groups. Dumont and Weber’s understanding of caste, while partially correct in this area, sought to establish caste as uniquely Indian, through their orientalist leanings. The Brahmin caste was seen by most orientalists as being an exclusive group of ascetic priests who headed Hindu society. By attempting to demonstrate
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Patrons and Clients Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Saka Luqman, Dauda A. Busari
Godfatherism as a phenomenon has been in existence since time immemorial and continues to feature in many human endeavors. It is a sui generis practice that depicts political might, political survival and power sustenance. In Nigeria, it indicates political relevance and significance that guarantees meteoric rise in political careers. This dominant political culture has been sustained by a privileged
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Revolutions and Democracy Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Vadim Ustyuzhanin, Andrey Korotayev
In recent years, the question of what form a revolutionary uprising will take – armed or unarmed – has been raised more often. This is because, as shown by numerous studies, revolutionary nonviolence can explain why an uprising fails or succeeds to lead to democracy. In the recent decades the likelihood of revolution being nonviolent appears to have significantly increased, but it is still not clear
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Comparing Coffee Cultures Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Lejla Voloder
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, this article presents a comparative discussion of the cultural meanings of coffee consumption for Bosnian language speakers settled in Australia and Türkiye. Whilst a number of scholars have argued for the cultural significance of coffee drinking among “Bosnians”, to avoid the pitfalls of methodological nationalism and of serviceable translation practices, this article
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National Identity, Ethnicity and Social Capital in Iran Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Asghar Mirfardi, Ali Kazemi, Abdollah Valinezhad
This article investigates the national identity and its relationship with ethnicity and social capital among Iranian university students. The findings show that in Iran, despite ethnic diversity, the observed mean index of national identity is higher than the expected mean. The Persian and Lor ethnic groups obtained the highest, and the Kurdish, and Turkish ethnic groups the lowest mean scores on national
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Smart Fraction Theory Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Emil O. W. Kirkegaard, Noah Carl
Previous studies have found that the ability of a country’s cognitive elite is generally more predictive than the average ability. However, these studies have relied on sub-optimal methods. Here, the authors tested smart fraction theory, as it is known, using a pre-residualization approach, which obviates the problem of collinearity. For outcome variables, they utilised the 51 indicators of the Social
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Sociological Dynamics of Technological Change in the Context of Society 5.0 Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Gökhan Veli Köktürk, Özge Zeybekoğlu Akbaş, Özen Özlem Özcan
This article presents a critical analysis of Society 5.0 in the context of the East-West conflict. Society 5.0, which emerged with Japan’s claim of dominance over the world and leadership over the West, envisages the construction of a new community in which advanced technologies are integrated into social life. The authors evaluate the changes based on westernization, modernization, and risk society
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What Happened to Ethiopian Youth during the Covid-19 Pandemic? Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Kasahun Desyalew Mekonen, Wondale Temesgen Tedla
The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate Ethiopian urban youth’s changing risk beliefs, contributing factors, and global south lessons in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers conducted in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with urban youth in Ethiopia’s East-Gojjam district. The findings revealed three major stages in the youth’s risk perception: the high perceived
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The Environment in the Context of the War in Ukraine Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-11-04 Karolina Cynk
Natural environment is a quiet but grave victim of every war. The purpose of this article is to present the way selected governmental departments communicate environmental issues to their citizens during the war in Ukraine. For this purpose, qualitative research has been carried out. The analysed material consisted of messages posted on the websites of the ministries in the period from February 24
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The Legitimation of Rewards to Education Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-11-04 M. D. R. Evans, Jonathan Kelley
Everywhere, education is well rewarded, roughly 5% to 15% for each additional year of university, hence a major source of income inequality. Why do ordinary people see income rewards to education as legitimate? Two key theories: (1) their moral views might align with classical equity arguments asserting a moral entitlement to rewards in proportion to contributions. (2) Alternatively, they might see
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Machine Learning for Ranking Factors of Global and Regional Protest Destabilization with a Special Focus on Afrasian Instability Macrozone Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-11-04 Ilya Medvedev, Vadim Ustyuzhanin, Julia Zinkina, Andrey Korotayev
Based on the experience of previous studies, the authors use machine learning methods at two levels for evaluating predictors of instability. First, they analyze the factors that lead to instability in general; second, they focus on the factors that influence the intensity of instability. Their analysis relies on data on mass protest destabilization. The system for assessing predictors of nonviolent
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Perceptions of Living Conditions across Europe and Their Impact on Xenophobia Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-11-04 Johannes Kiess
This study investigates whether European reference frames – the rating of living conditions in other countries – affect the prevalence of xenophobia among respondents in different European countries. For justifying such assumption, the author builds on two literatures: a large body of literature investigates the effect of individual and collective relative deprivation on xenophobia. Moreover, studies
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COVID-19 Experiences of Stage Performers Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Cihan Ertan, Özge Sarialioğlu
This article focuses on the experiences of artistic performers in Turkey from a primarily interactionist theoretical stance and aims to explore how they have been affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The lockdown policies implemented in Turkey have had dire consequences for these performers, exposing them to a new social position of insecurity and uncertainty. They have suffered not only from a lack of
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Fighting Poverty in Times of Crisis in Europe Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Alexandre Daniel Duarte Carvalho Calado, Luís Manuel Antunes Capucha, Jane Gray, Kazimiera Maria Wódz
The debt crisis sparked a growing interest in resilience as a means to address socioeconomic hardship in Europe. This research used qualitative secondary analysis of three emblematic cases to examine resilience processes in countries with diverse welfare regimes: Poland, Portugal and Ireland. The goal is to undertake a comparative analysis of the lived experiences of households in situations of hardship
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Of COVID-19 Transmission Control Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Abiodun Omotayo Oladejo, Jackson T. C. B. Jack
At the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic, world leaders introduced face masking and tactical urbanism aimed at reducing physical contacts. The goal of these measures, as argued by the proponents, is to curtail community transmission of the virus to enable herd immunity. The enforcement of these measures attracted contradictions related to human rights and citizen duty. In the Global North, the rising
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Statistical Innovation in the Global South Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Byron Villacis, Alena Thiel, Daniel Capistrano, Christyne Carvalho da Silva
This article proposes a comparative socio-economic history of quantification in Ecuador, Brazil, Ghana and Sierra Leone. It narrows in on censuses in the Global South as sites of methodological and infrastructural innovation in the context of global circulations of model population data systems, methodological standards, and material infrastructures. Specifically, the authors ask which arrangements
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The Effects of Sociopolitical Factors on Divorce Rates after Political Upheavals in Post-Soviet Countries Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-07-29 Banafsheh Aghayeeabianeh, Janet P. Stamatel
The present study investigates the influence of sociopolitical factors on the divorce rate in a sample of seven Color Revolution countries. The second demographic transition perspective and the concept of political anomie were used as the primary theoretical framework. Fixed effects method analysis was conducted for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine from 1995 to 2018. Results
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Decolonizing the African University Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-07-29 Akinpelu Olanrewaju Olutayo, Oluwaseun Olutayo, Olusegun Fariudeen Liadi
This article focuses on the higher education system as an object of developmental analysis by examining the challenges and prospects of decolonizing the knowledge base of higher education systems across the Continent of Africa. The purpose of the article is to show that African countries’ seeming lack of progress relates to the character of her education system, which is deeply rooted in the context
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The Intersection of the Sacred and the Profane in Urban Markets in Ibadan, Nigeria Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-07-29 Olufikayo Kunle Oyelade, Oluwaseun Oludele Jegede, Abel Akintoye Akintunde, Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale
The secularization of the sacred and the sanctification of the secular are two ongoing processes in contemporary urban areas in Nigeria. Although, profanity and sacredness are two distinct ‘realities’ in every religious arena, observations reveal some convergences of the duo in urban market settings. This is a departure from Durkheim’s distinction between the sacred and the profane; hence, this calls
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Labeling-Driven Identity Construction in Nigerian Media Framing of Farmer-Herder Conflict Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-07-29 Ridwan Abiola Kolawole
This article examines the Nigerian media framing of the perennial conflict between herdsmen and farmers in North Central of Nigeria. Content analysis of two national dailies – Nigerian Tribune and Vanguard – was conducted while farmers and herdsmen were interviewed. Findings reveal that the media adopted name-calling using the instrumentality of framing to construct identities for the conflict actors
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Mothers-in-Law or Monsters-in-Law Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-07-29 Olayinka Akanle, Lilian F. Ogunkan
In the African kinship system, elders have significant roles. Especially within families, roles including care and socialization are established by cultural normativity. Since socialization processes are intergenerational, older generations inculcate these norms and the values of the society in the younger generation. This makes mothers-in-law relevant in families. The roles of mothers-in-law in younger
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Poverty, Domestic Violence or Both Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-07-29 Candidus Nwakasi, Kate De Medeiros, Mahmoud Kafayat
This case study highlights challenges such as financial strain and risk of domestic violence experienced by dementia caregivers. Using methods described by Yin (2003), two cases – a 76-year-old woman (Ada) who cared for her husband, and a 32-year old woman (Chika) who cared for her father were selected from a larger study on dementia caregiving in Anambra state. Data, including interview transcripts
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Rethinking ‘August Meeting’ in Southeastern Nigeria Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-07-29 Ifeanyi Onwuzuruigbo
‘August Meeting’ is the annual homecoming or convention of Igbo women hometown associations of Southeastern Nigeria. For local communities in Southeastern Nigeria, August Meeting is a veritable platform for driving development, managing conflicts and building peace. But August Meeting is also a tool for hatching and promoting conflicts. While the conflict resolution and peacebuilding role of August
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How Do Barcelona and Madrid Cope with the Impacts of Globalisation? Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-07-10 Montserrat Crespi-Vallbona, Marta Domínguez Pérez
The central aim of this article is to describe the state of art of the impact of globalisation on Barcelona and Madrid (Spain). It especially focuses on the transformations of their historic centres, the most accessible and highly contested spaces, and the reactions of their citizen movements and city councils. It begins by analysing the gentrification process. It then shows how these cities were even
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PhD-educated Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women as an Interpretive Cultural Phenomenon Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-07-10 Adi Binhas, Yaffa Moskovich
Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) society in Israel is in a process of change involving growing integration into academia, the labor market, and the military. This study deals with the integration of Ultra-Orthodox women into academia. Specifically, it examines how Haredi female PhDs cope with two different value systems. The study utilizes the sociological definitions of dominant culture, subcultures of values
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The Stigma Discourse-Value Framework Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-07-10 Bianca Manago, Jenny L. Davis, Carla Goar
Although stigma was first theorized as a basic social process, its contemporary developments have been highly compartmentalized. Understanding the nature of stigma—how it operates across subjects and circumstances—requires a return to general theory. The authors take this general turn, focusing on stigma’s discursive element. Through combined case studies of race, disability, and fat stigma (134 interviews
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Exploring Methodological Challenges in Deliberative Democracy Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Francesco Veri
This article analyses the current methodological debate within the field of deliberative democracy and provides some analytical suggestions about the research and methodological directions to analyze the field by considering theory falsifiability. The analysis follows three separate steps. First, the author specifies the field’s status regarding theory falsifiability. Then he classifies a purposive
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Was the Arab Spring a Post-Islamist Moment? Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Kenneth R. Vaughan, Paul Froese, Chase Lonas
Scholars continue to debate political motives behind the Arab Spring – a debate that centers on the compatibility of democratic and Islamist preferences. Some frame the protests as a boon for democracy and prudential needs of citizens. Others report an Islamist turn against secular autocracies. Here, the authors argue that this framing relies on outdated civilizational narratives and that democratic
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Global Systems for Sociopolitical Instability Forecasting and Their Efficiency: A Comparative Analysis Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-03-07 Andrey Korotayev, Ilya Medvedev, Julia Zinkina
This article offers a comparison of sociopolitical instability forecasting systems. It compares systematically their efficiency by correlating their predictions for particular years with actual levels of destabilization in the respective years. It is demonstrated that the predictive capacity of those systems dropped dramatically after 2011. This is shown to be connected with the fact that the Arab
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A “Harsh” Culture, Alcoholism, Climate, and Social Hardship Explain National Differences in Suicide Rates Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-03-07 Michael Minkov, Anneli Kaasa, Plamen Akaliyski, Michael Schachner
Suicide is a major cause of death in Central and Northeast Europe and Northeast Asia. The literature on this geographic pattern has not reached consensus. The authors propose an analysis of the view that national culture may be a risk factor. They use measures of culture from a quasi-nationally representative 2015–2016 database, with over 50,000 respondents from 53 countries, and WHO suicide data for
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Mapping Cultural Distances in a Catnet Approach: How Greeks and Hungarians See Themselves and Others Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-03-07 Nikos Fokas, Gábor Jelenfi, Róbert Tardos
This article studies national-ethnic images and cultural distances utilizing contemporary network methodology. The conceptual framework related to cognitive maps of perceived in-group and out-group stereotypes builds on an extended application of the catnet concept introduced by Harrison White. Employing an adapted version of the classical comparative approach by Buchanan and Cantril, the survey took
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Trust and Media Use in Everyday Life in Japan Comparative Sociology Pub Date : 2022-03-07 Masamichi Sasaki
In trust research, the relation between personal use of media, such as television viewing and Internet use, and trust has been extensively discussed. The association of heavy television viewing and Internet use with mistrust remains a source of heated debate. Putnam stated that, “America’s social capital was in a state of long-term decline, and the main culprit in its demise was the rise of television