Showing papers in "The Sociological Review in 2021"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the ways in which the care-indifferent and gendered character of much political egalitarian theory has contributed to a disregard for the carerelational dimensions of social...
Abstract: This article examines the ways in which the care-indifferent and gendered character of much political egalitarian theory has contributed to a disregard for the care-relational dimensions of social ...
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TL;DR: Goodley et al. as mentioned in this paper explored how parents articulate new imaginaries of difference which depart from narratives of disability as tragic and pitiful, and promote notions of dignity and worth.
Abstract: Stigma is a dominant presence in many fields, yet the term frequently remains ill-defined, individualist, and dislocated from matters of power, inequality, and resistance. Extending a budding literature on rethinking the sociology of stigma, I draw upon interviews with parents of children with Down’s syndrome to revisit one of sociology’s most enduring concepts. I explore how parents articulate new imaginaries of difference which depart from narratives of disability as tragic and pitiful, and promote notions of dignity and worth. Parents talk of their children as a reason for celebration and pride, discuss their experiences of convivial community relations and public interactions, and praise evolving configurations of disability in popular media. Yet parents simultaneously highlight painful, convoluted, and exhausting experiences with institutions (education, healthcare, welfare) as part of what they believe to be a wider (structural) hostility to disability which force them into a series of ‘fights and battles’. Whilst parents resist deficit framings of their children, and their lives more broadly, parents lament dwelling in a society whereby disabled people endlessly navigate enmity and indifference. In this article, then, I dis-mantle common conceptions of stigma by revealing not only its interactional properties, but also its political economy, in which disabled people are devalued, discounted, and cast as disposable in an age of ‘neoliberal-ableism’ (Goodley 2014).
24 citations
TL;DR: The coronavirus is not only a medical threat but also collides with the temporal logic inherent to capitalism as mentioned in this paper, while capitalism demands constant growth, acceleration and efficiency, the outbreak ur...
Abstract: The coronavirus is not only a medical threat but also collides with the temporal logic inherent to capitalism. While capitalism demands constant growth, acceleration and efficiency, the outbreak ur...
23 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a critical analysis of the British monarchy within wider political economies of wealth and power is presented, focusing on the role of the monarchy within the wider political economy of power and wealth.
Abstract: This article offers a critical analysis of the British monarchy within wider political economies of wealth and power. While sociology has renewed its interest in ‘the elites’, the British monarchy ...
20 citations
TL;DR: The authors examines housing activism in five American cities using interviews with millennial-age housing activists, seeking more apartment development, and baby boomers who are members of neighbored groups. But they focus on the housing affordability issues.
Abstract: This article examines housing activism in five American cities using interviews with millennial-age housing activists, seeking more apartment development, and baby boomers who are members of neighb...
19 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the complexity in defining punk has been noted and it has been suggested that it can be linked with experiences of ageing and gender, and how such understandings are interwoven with the experiences of aging and gender.
Abstract: What does punk mean to older punk women? And how are such understandings interwoven with experiences of ageing and gender? The complexity in defining punk has been noted and it has been suggested t...
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TL;DR: The Baby Boomers, born after the Second World War, have been portrayed as selfish and individualistic, depriving subsequent generations of the opportunities they themselves benefitted from as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: ‘Baby boomers’, born after the Second World War, have been portrayed as selfish and individualistic, depriving subsequent generations of the opportunities they themselves benefitted from. This deba...
18 citations
TL;DR: The student experience is a formulation that will be familiar to many reading this article; increasingly the term has come to stand in for an imprecise set of values and practices around higher education as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: ‘The student experience’ is a formulation that will be familiar to many reading this article; increasingly the term has come to stand in for an imprecise set of values and practices around higher e...
17 citations
TL;DR: This article focused on how middle-class women identify with "neoliberal feminism" within the context of UK austerity by drawing on interviews with 17 women in Leeds, London and Brighton during 201.
Abstract: This article focuses on how middle-class women identify with ‘neoliberal feminism’ within the context of UK austerity by drawing on interviews with 17 women in Leeds, London and Brighton during 201...
17 citations
TL;DR: Following the UK's 2016 Referendum on membership of the European Union (EU), a narrative emerged positioning Baby Boomers as 'to blame' for the result, which drew largely on a pre-existing claim th...
Abstract: Following the UK’s 2016 Referendum on membership of the European Union (EU), a narrative emerged positioning Baby Boomers as ‘to blame’ for the result, which drew largely on a pre-existing claim th...
15 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors address an existing lacuna in the sociology of the senses, by employing sociological phenomenology to illuminate the under-researched sense of temperature, as lived by a social group for whom water temperature is particularly salient: competitive pool swimmers.
Abstract: In this article, we address an existing lacuna in the sociology of the senses, by employing sociological phenomenology to illuminate the under-researched sense of temperature, as lived by a social group for whom water temperature is particularly salient: competitive pool swimmers. The research contributes to a developing ‘sensory sociology’ that highlights the importance of the socio-cultural framing of the senses and ‘sensory work’, but where there remains a dearth of sociological exploration into senses extending beyond the ‘classic five’ sensorium. Drawing on data from a three-year ethnographic study of competitive swimmers in the UK, our analysis explores the rich sensuousities of swimming, and highlights the role of temperature as fundamentally affecting the affordances offered by the aquatic environment. The article contributes original theoretical perspectives to the sociology of the senses and of sport in addressing the ways in which social actors in the aquatic environment interact, both intersubjectively and intercorporeally, as thermal beings.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest that any announcement of a "convivial turn" should be approached with caution, since it could be interpreted as a sign of a generalization of the Gilroy's theory of conviviality.
Abstract: Paul Gilroy’s theorisation of conviviality has proved exceptionally generative in (urban) sociology. But any announcement of a ‘convivial turn’ should be approached with caution. In much of the lit...
TL;DR: In the resurgence of interest in inheritance flows following the publication of Piketty's work, little attention has been paid to the affective practices that ensure the success of inheritance as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In the resurgence of interest in inheritance flows following the publication of Piketty’s work, little attention has been paid to the affective practices that ensure the success of inheritance proc...
TL;DR: In qualitative interviews, challenges such as deviations from the topic, interruptions, silences or counter-questions are inevitable as mentioned in this paper, and it is debatable whether the researcher should try to alleviate these challenges.
Abstract: In qualitative interviews, challenges such as deviations from the topic, interruptions, silences or counter-questions are inevitable. It is debatable whether the researcher should try to alleviate ...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors raise a variety of concern about the relationship between social change and social inequality in the context of social generation, and propose a framework to understand the relationship.
Abstract: Scholars using the concept of ‘social generation’ are committed to understanding the relationship between social change and social inequality. However, in this article we raise a variety of concern...
TL;DR: This article examined the appearance of generational ideas in the ways that people have defined the experience and significance of the coronavirus and climate change in Twitter data, based on an analysis of Twitter data.
Abstract: Based on an analysis of Twitter data, this article examines the appearance of generational ideas in the ways that people have defined the experience and significance of the coronavirus and climate ...
TL;DR: Based on a small-scale qualitative study, the article explores the perceptions of manager-academics on the state of the UK's higher education sector as mentioned in this paper and concludes that universities have been undergoing a process of...
Abstract: Based on a small-scale qualitative study, the article explores the perceptions of manager-academics on the state of the UK’s higher education sector. Universities have been undergoing a process of ...
TL;DR: For instance, the authors argue that the current framing and focus on the US-Mexico border has been overwhelmingly framed in spatial terms focusing primarily on the movements of immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees.
Abstract: Research on the US–Mexico border has been overwhelmingly framed in spatial terms focusing primarily on the movements of immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees. This current framing and focus obfu...
TL;DR: In this paper, a transnationalization process has deeply affected contemporary societies and one important aspect of this transformation is that people's skills and dispositions change, thus the ways they t...
Abstract: Ongoing transnationalization processes have deeply affected contemporary societies. One important aspect of this transformation is that people’s skills and dispositions change, thus the ways they t...
TL;DR: The role of race in the construction of illegality in the face of pervasive border control has been explored by sociologists and anthropologists of migration as mentioned in this paper, who have apprehended illegality as a constructed catego.
Abstract: What role does race play in the construction of illegality in the face of pervasive border control? Sociologists and anthropologists of migration have apprehended illegality as a constructed catego...
TL;DR: The reciprocal nature of the relationship between the concepts of responsibilisation and resilience appears, in policy and political circles at least, almost natural as mentioned in this paper. Whilst both concepts have been...
Abstract: The reciprocal nature of the relationship between the concepts of responsibilisation and resilience appears, in policy and political circles at least, almost natural. Whilst both concepts have been...
TL;DR: The emergence of new forms of data-driven surveillance, often referred to as "dataveillance" as discussed by the authors, is reshaping how marginalised social groups are governed, and it is generally thought that dataveillance...
Abstract: The emergence of new forms of data-driven surveillance – often referred to as ‘dataveillance’ – is reshaping how marginalised social groups are governed. It is generally thought that dataveillance ...
TL;DR: In this paper, an original creative method for qualitative research, namely the painting with data technique, is presented, which is a participatory methodology which brings creativity and participatio-...
Abstract: In this article I outline an original creative method for qualitative research, namely the painting with data technique. This is a participatory methodology which brings creativity and participatio...
TL;DR: Decluttering discourses position clutter as meaningless things as well as, seemingly paradoxically, morally problematic as mentioned in this paper, as signs of laziness or an individual failure to organise the house.
Abstract: Decluttering discourses position clutter as meaningless things as well as, seemingly paradoxically, morally problematic – as signs of laziness or an individual failure to organise the house. This a...
TL;DR: The idea that public borrowing places an intolerable burden on posterity is as old as the institution of public debt itself as mentioned in this paper. But the debate over deficit-spending assumed an entirely new scope and i...
Abstract: The idea that public borrowing places an intolerable burden on posterity is as old as the institution of public debt itself. But the debate over deficit-spending assumed an entirely new scope and i...
TL;DR: The work of W. E. B. Du Bois is a powerful but unjustly neglected resource for sociological enquiry as mentioned in this paper, and it cuts against the grain of sociology as it exists today, offering a dist...
Abstract: The work of W. E. B. Du Bois is a powerful but unjustly neglected resource for sociological enquiry. Powerful insofar that it cuts against the grain of sociology as it exists today, offering a dist...
TL;DR: Among the different theories used to explain social change, the transition theory holds a special place as mentioned in this paper and has been applied to subjects such as demography, epidemiology, nutrition, etc.
Abstract: Among the different theories used to explain social change, the transition theory holds a special place. It has been applied to subjects such as demography, epidemiology, nutrition, etc. and most o...
TL;DR: This paper analyzed the construction of whistleblower heroes in cinematic dramatization, drawing on Joseph Campbell's and Vladimir Propp's work on mythology and fairy tales, and Jeffrey Alexander's work.
Abstract: The article analyses the construction of whistleblower heroes in cinematic dramatization. Drawing on Joseph Campbell’s and Vladimir Propp’s work on mythology and fairy tales and Jeffrey Alexander’s...
TL;DR: While there is a tradition of viewing both craftwork and entrepreneurship as characteristically individualistic and autonomous activities, the authors examines the way in which social ties of families of artists and entrepreneurs are exploited.
Abstract: While there is a tradition of viewing both craftwork and entrepreneurship as characteristically individualistic and autonomous activities, this article examines the way in which social ties of fami...
TL;DR: In this article, the temporal structures have become essential for understanding poverty and its reproduction, and most studies in this field have characterised poverty as a "culture of poverty" studies in the 1960s.
Abstract: Since the ‘culture of poverty’ studies in the 1960s, temporal structures have become essential for understanding poverty and its reproduction. Most studies in this field have characterised poverty ...