Search Results - "Annual review of sociology"

What Do Platforms Do? Understanding the Gig Economy by Vallas, Steven, Schor, Juliet B

“…The rapid growth of the platform economy has provoked scholarly discussion of its consequences for the nature of work and employment. We identify four major…”
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Intersectionality's Definitional Dilemmas by Collins, Patricia Hill

“…The term intersectionality references the critical insight that race, class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, nation, ability, and age operate not as unitary,…”
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The Society of Algorithms by Burrell, Jenna, Fourcade, Marion

“…The pairing of massive data sets with processes-or algorithms-written in computer code to sort through, organize, extract, or mine them has made inroads in…”
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Interpreting and Understanding Logits, Probits, and Other Nonlinear Probability Models by Breen, Richard, Karlson, Kristian Bernt, Holm, Anders

“…Methods textbooks in sociology and other social sciences routinely recommend the use of the logit or probit model when an outcome variable is binary, an…”
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Is Racism a Fundamental Cause of Inequalities in Health? by Phelan, Jo C, Link, Bruce G

“…We previously proposed that socioeconomic status (SES) is a fundamental cause of health inequalities and, as such, that SES inequalities in health persist over…”
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What's New with Numbers? Sociological Approaches to the Study of Quantification by Mennicken, Andrea, Espeland, Wendy Nelson

“…Calculation and quantification have been critical features of modern societies, closely linked to science, markets, and administration. In the past thirty…”
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Stress-Related Biosocial Mechanisms of Discrimination and African American Health Inequities by Goosby, Bridget J, Cheadle, Jacob E, Mitchell, Colter

“…This review describes stress-related biological mechanisms linking interpersonal racism to life course health trajectories among African Americans…”
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The Role of Space in the Formation of Social Ties by Small, Mario L, Adler, Laura

“…Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in the relation between networks and spatial context. This review examines critically a selection of the…”
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Machine Learning for Sociology by Molina, Mario, Garip, Filiz

“…Machine learning is a field at the intersection of statistics and computer science that uses algorithms to extract information and knowledge from data. Its…”
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The Far-Reaching Impact of Job Loss and Unemployment by Brand, Jennie E

“…Job loss is an involuntary disruptive life event with a far-reaching impact on workers' life trajectories. Its incidence among growing segments of the…”
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Endogenous Selection Bias: The Problem of Conditioning on a Collider Variable by Elwert, Felix, Winship, Christopher

“…Endogenous selection bias is a central problem for causal inference. Recognizing the problem, however, can be difficult in practice. This article introduces a…”
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Marriage and Family in East Asia: Continuity and Change by Raymo, James M, Park, Hyunjoon, Xie, Yu, Yeung, Wei-jun Jean

“…Trends toward later and less marriage and childbearing have been even more pronounced in East Asia than in the West. At the same time, many other features of…”
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The Stigma Complex by Pescosolido, Bernice A, Martin, Jack K

“…Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, research on stigma has continued. Building on conceptual and empirical work, the recent period clarifies new…”
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Wealth Inequality and Accumulation by Killewald, Alexandra, Pfeffer, Fabian T, Schachner, Jared N

“…Research on wealth inequality and accumulation and the data upon which it relies have expanded substantially in the twenty-first century. Although the field…”
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Social Structure, Adversity, Toxic Stress, and Intergenerational Poverty: An Early Childhood Model by McEwen, Craig A, McEwen, Bruce S

“…Why are children of poor parents more likely to be poor as adults than other children? Early-childhood adversities resulting from social structures and…”
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Computational Social Science and Sociology by Edelmann, Achim, Wolff, Tom, Montagne, Danielle, Bail, Christopher A

“…The integration of social science with computer science and engineering fields has produced a new area of study: computational social science. This field…”
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Skin Color and Colorism: Global Research, Concepts, and Measurement by Dixon, Angela R, Telles, Edward E

“…We examine a vast, interdisciplinary, and increasingly global literature concerning skin color and colorism, which are related to status throughout the world…”
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Silence, Power, and Inequality: An Intersectional Approach to Sexual Violence by Armstrong, Elizabeth A, Gleckman-Krut, Miriam, Johnson, Lanora

“…Sexual violence reproduces inequalities of gender, race ethnicity, class, age, sexuality, ability status, citizenship status, and nationality. Yet its study…”
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Trust in Social Relations by Schilke, Oliver, Reimann, Martin, Cook, Karen S

“…Trust is key to understanding the dynamics of social relations, to the extent that it is often viewed as the glue that holds society together. We review the…”
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Climate Change and Society by Dietz, Thomas, Shwom, Rachael L, Whitley, Cameron T

“…Climate change is one of the greatest ecological and social challenges of the twenty-first century. Sociologists have made important contributions to our…”
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