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The preoccupation with the processes of globalization, which has become a key concept in the analysis of the sociocultural condition of postmodernity, has led to a decreased interest in the theory of civilization. The id...

Background: The short story al-Ṭarīq 'abra al-Barzakh is a literary work that reflects the suffering of Sudanese refugees during the 1956–2005 conflict, which is important to study. Purpose: This study aims to ana...

This paper deals with exchanges and misunderstandings between the German school of social history (most prominently represented by scholars from the University of Bielefeld (such as Hans-Ulrich Wehler) and Anglo-American...

This paper focuses on the concept of figuration, which was an innovation of Norbert Elias, from the standpoint of sociological theory. Among today’s followers of this approach to sociology, considerable emphasis is pla...

From a European point of view, one of the most puzzling aspects of the contemporary USA is the large proportion of its citizens who assent to belief in the supernatural. In sociology, that has given rise to a debate abou...

This paper suggests that the sociological theory of emotional labour is a useful way to interpret how teaching practices in Higher Education often involve the simultaneous management of both staff and student wellbeing. ...

This Campbell systematic review examines the empirical research on the effectiveness of female genital mutilation/cutting (‘FGM/C’) interventions to reduce the occurrence of FGM/C practices in the 28 African countrie...

By means of historiographical and critical analysis, the present article aims to map out “the traces” of sociological concepts in the works of Jiři Levy in comparison to the works of A. Popovič and F. Miko. The aim...

Research has shown that youth who join gangs are more likely to be involved in delinquency and crime, particularly serious and violent offences, compared to non‐gang youth and non‐gang delinquent youth. Opportunities...

Formulation of the problem. In scientific research in sociology, education, physics, chemistry and other sciences, methods of correlation analysis are used. Correlation coefficients are used to determine the existence of...

Simmel’s social theory, namely his formal sociology, has long been considered if not dead, then of little relevance for contemporary sociological theories. This study is an attempt at proving the contrary. Our aim is t...

This study examines the distribution of economic benefits in the interests of the neopatrimonial bureaucracy amid the Russo-Ukrainian war. It argues that the neopatrimonial theory provides a more accurate explanation of ...

Este trabalho resume um esforço teórico-metodológico no sentido de explicitar como os processos demográficos endógenos, definidos (ahistórica e quantitativamente) pela demografia formal como fecundidade e mortalida...

Fil: Gobato, Federico. Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. El presente ensayo explora y presenta alternativas teóricas para la definición de una noción sociológica de “int...