Search Results - "Sociology (Oxford)"

Everyday Bordering, Belonging and the Reorientation of British Immigration Legislation by Yuval-Davis, Nira, Wemyss, Georgie, Cassidy, Kathryn

“…The article argues that everyday bordering has become a major technology of control of both social diversity and discourses on diversity, in a way that…”
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Networked but Commodified: The (Dis)Embeddedness of Digital Labour in the Gig Economy by Wood, Alex J, Graham, Mark, Lehdonvirta, Vili, Hjorth, Isis

“…This article investigates the (dis)embeddedness of digital labour within the remote gig economy. We use interview and survey data to highlight how platform…”
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Towards an Ethical Framework for Publishing Twitter Data in Social Research: Taking into Account Users’ Views, Online Context and Algorithmic Estimation by Williams, Matthew L, Burnap, Pete, Sloan, Luke

“…New and emerging forms of data, including posts harvested from social media sites such as Twitter, have become part of the sociologist’s data diet. In…”
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Hungry? Food Insecurity, Social Stigma and Embarrassment in the UK by Purdam, Kingsley, Garratt, Elisabeth A, Esmail, Aneez

“…In the context of the economic recession and welfare reform in the UK there have been ongoing political debates regarding food insecurity. Food has an…”
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New Migrants’ Social Integration, Embedding and Emplacement in Superdiverse Contexts by Wessendorf, Susanne, Phillimore, Jenny

“…This article focuses on how newcomers form social relations when settling in the UK, and the role of these relations in regards to their sense of belonging as…”
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Deflecting Privilege: Class Identity and the Intergenerational Self by Friedman, Sam, O’Brien, Dave, McDonald, Ian

“…Why do people from privileged class backgrounds often misidentify their origins as working class? We address this question by drawing on 175 interviews with…”
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A New Age for Media Coverage of Women’s Sport? An Analysis of English Media Coverage of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup by Petty, Kate, Pope, Stacey

“…This article examines English print media coverage of the England national women’s football (soccer) team during the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. It draws on a…”
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Implementing, Embedding, and Integrating Practices: An Outline of Normalization Process Theory by May, Carl, Finch, Tracy

“…Understanding the processes by which practices become routinely embedded in everyday life is a long-standing concern of sociology and the other social…”
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Are Flexible Work Arrangements Associated with Lower Levels of Chronic Stress-Related Biomarkers? A Study of 6025 Employees in the UK Household Longitudinal Study by Chandola, Tarani, Booker, Cara L, Kumari, Meena, Benzeval, Michaela

“…Debates around the benefits of flexible work arrangements for employee well-being are limited by a lack of empirical analyses on whether flexible working…”
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Enjoyment, Exploration and Education: Understanding the Consumption of Pornography among Young Men with Non-Exclusive Sexual Orientations by McCormack, Mark, Wignall, Liam

“…This qualitative research examines the influence of pornography consumption on young men with non-exclusive sexual orientations. Drawing on 35 in-depth…”
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Young Adults’ Pathways into Homeownership and the Negotiation of Intra-Family Support: A Home, the Ideal Gift by Druta, Oana, Ronald, Richard

“…Emerging affordability problems in British housing have accentuated the role of parental support in facilitating entry to homeownership, with financial…”
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Guanxi as Social Exchange: Emotions, Power and Corruption by Barbalet, Jack

“…After reviewing social exchange theory and identifying emotions as key to exchange relations the article introduces Chinese guanxi as a form of gift exchange,…”
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Like skydiving without a parachute: How class origin shapes occupational trajectories in british acting by Friedman, Sam, O'Brien, Dave, Laurison, Daniel

“…There is currently widespread concern that access to, and success within, the British acting profession is increasingly dominated by those from privileged…”
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Ageing in a Gentrifying Neighbourhood: Experiences of Community Change in Later Life by Buffel, Tine, Phillipson, Chris

“…Debates about gentrification continue to occupy a significant part of research investigating social change within urban communities. While most gentrification…”
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Speaking Sociologically with Big Data: Symphonic Social Science and the Future for Big Data Research by Halford, Susan, Savage, Mike

“…Recent years have seen persistent tension between proponents of big data analytics, using new forms of digital data to make computational and statistical…”
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Digital Technology and Older People: Towards a Sociological Approach to Technology Adoption in Later Life by Neves, Barbara Barbosa, Mead, Geoffrey

“…Despite increasing social pressure to use new digital technologies, older people’s adoption of them remains below other age groups. This article contributes a…”
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Turning the Decolonial Gaze towards Ourselves: Decolonising the Curriculum and ‘Decolonial Reflexivity’ in Sociology and Social Theory by Moosavi, Leon

“…This article provides a theoretical evaluation of the author’s attempts at decolonising a sociology and social theory course in Singapore. It also introduces…”
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Refugees, Social Capital, and Labour Market Integration in the UK by Cheung, Sin Yi, Phillimore, Jenny

“…This study examines the relationship between social capital and labour market integration of new refugees in the UK using the Survey of New Refugees (SNR). Our…”
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'Strangers in Paradise'? Working-class Students in Elite Universities by Reay, Diane, Crozier, Gill, Clayton, John

“…This article draws on case studies of nine working-class students at Southern, an elite university. It attempts to understand the complexities of identities in…”
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The Methodological Divide of Sociology: Evidence from Two Decades of Journal Publications by Schwemmer, Carsten, Wieczorek, Oliver

“…Past research indicates that Sociology is a low-consensus discipline, where different schools of thought have distinct expectations about suitable scientific…”
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