Social dynamics in rural Punjab: changes in gender roles, spatial mobility...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this paper is to observed the gender roles and changes in decision-making structure in a village of the Punjab, Pakistan. Spatial mobility of young females by time...
View ArticleEcological modernisation and citizen engagement
AbstractPurpose– Modern environmental governance, especially in developed nations, increasingly embraces ecological modernisation (EM) as a framework for managing environmental resources. EM proposes a...
View ArticleActive entrepreneurs and blue-collar workers. Cultural understandings...
AbstractPurpose - With a particular focus on cultural understandings and the concepts behind welfare policies, this paper analyses commonalities and dissimilarities in the patterns of social policy,...
View ArticleDeveloping sustainable urban transportation: lesson drawing and the framing...
AbstractPurpose - Shedding light on urban transportation and, more specifically, the contemporary development of "smart" bikesharing systems (i.e., short-term bicycle rental services), this article...
View ArticleA quantitative and qualitative analysis of social dominance orientation and...
AbstractPurpose - We seek to determine how social dominance orientation (SDO) might influence perceptions of bias when the race of the offender and the target of the biased comment is either White or...
View ArticleFactors underlying sex preference of domestic servants in Nigeria
AbstractPurpose - This study examines factors underlying gender preference of domestic servants. Children in domestic service constitute the most common form of urban child labour. Literature has shown...
View ArticleAssessing natural disaster survivor evacuation attitudes to inform social policy
AbstractPurpose - The literature was reviewed to locate the most relevant social-psychology theories, factors, and instruments in order to measure New York State resident attitudes and social norms...
View ArticleEstablishing the connection between demographic and economic factors, and...
AbstractPurpose - Multiple dimensions influencing women’s status in the MENA region—factoring in socio-demographic, economic, and political forces are discussed in this article. Process of...
View ArticleThe choice of the necessary: class, tastes and lifestyles: a Bourdieusian...
AbstractPurpose - Our attitudes, values, and tastes are shaped by our position in social space. At least, that was the argument Pierre Bourdieu set out in his seminal work, La Distinction. This article...
View ArticleLow-status work repercussions on Egyptians’ collective organisation
AbstractPurpose - The article focuses on the repercussions of work and employment in low-status jobs upon the collective organisation and representation of Egyptian immigrant workers....
View ArticleStreet-level bureaucrats’ attitudes towards the Finnish labour market allowance
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 34, Issue 11/12, Page 817-834, October 2014. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the attitudes of street-level bureaucrats...
View ArticleUnderstanding the complexities of responding to child sex trafficking in...
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 34, Issue 11/12, Page 793-816, October 2014. Purpose – The market in trafficked children bought and sold for sexual exploitation is one of...
View ArticleCherry picking
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 34, Issue 11/12, Page 771-792, October 2014. Purpose – In their income inequality theory (IIT), Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett posit...
View ArticleMarginalized by race and place
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 34, Issue 11/12, Page 747-770, October 2014. Purpose – Given South Africa's apartheid history, studies have primarily focused on racial...
View ArticleA methodological framework for ascertaining the social capital of...
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 34, Issue 11/12, Page 730-746, October 2014. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the level of social capital in...
View ArticleScandals of abuse: policy responses in intellectual disabilities
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 1/2, March 2015. Purpose This study compares two scandals related to the care of individuals with intellectual and developmental...
View ArticleRelationship between organizational commitments and organizational...
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 1/2, March 2015. Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there was a relationship between commitment and the...
View ArticleUnemployed and alone? Unemployment and social participation in Europe
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 1/2, March 2015. Purpose In this article we examine the relationship between unemployment and social participation and aim to...
View ArticleDo Finnish young people support the Nordic welfare state?
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 1/2, March 2015. Purpose This study examined young people’s attitudes toward social welfare and their perceptions of who is...
View ArticleActive labour market policy and its outcomes – does workfare programme...
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 1/2, March 2015. Purpose This paper examines the effect of workfare programme participation on self-efficacy, because many studies...
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