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Policy for People with the Fewest Choices: Ontology and Actorhood for Sex Trade Abolition 选择最少的人的政策:废除性交易的本体论与行为人

3区社会学

Sociological Forum Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1111/socf.12958

Selina Gallo‐Cruz

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Be More Critical About Critical Sociological Thinking 对批判性社会学思维持更批判的态度

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Sociological Forum Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1111/socf.12963

Vilna Francine Bashi

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Violence and the Gray Zone of Politics: An Outline for a Relational Approach 暴力与政治的灰色地带:一个关系方法的大纲

3区社会学

Sociological Forum Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1111/socf.12951

Javier Auyero

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America's Parenting Economy: How the Ideal of Parental Investment Scaffolds Family‐Hostile Policy 美国的育儿经济:育儿投资的理想如何支撑起家庭敌对政策

3区社会学

Sociological Forum Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1111/socf.12948

Nina Bandelj

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Will Democracy Survive Climate Change? 民主能否在气候变化中幸存?

3区社会学

Sociological Forum Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1111/socf.12957

Steven R. Brechin, Seungyun Lee

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Our “Zoological Connections” and Why They Matter 我们的“动物学联系”及其重要性

3区社会学

Sociological Forum Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1111/socf.12961

Leslie Irvine

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Religion Matters (And Doesn't Go Away When Sociologists Ignore It) 宗教很重要(当社会学家忽视它时，它不会消失)

3区社会学

Sociological Forum Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1111/socf.12960

Samuel L. Perry

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Engaged and Reflexive Sociology for Environmental Health¹ 环境健康的参与式和反思性社会学

3区社会学

Sociological Forum Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1111/socf.12952

Phil Brown

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Why No One Can “Have It All” and Why That Matters for Everyone¹ 为什么没有人能“拥有一切”，为什么这对每个人都很重要

3区社会学

Sociological Forum Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1111/socf.12959

Kathleen Gerson

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“I'm Saving Fuel to Buy More Guns”: The Electric Vehicle as Cultural Object and Climate Policy Solution¹ “我在省油买更多的枪”:电动汽车作为文化对象和气候政策解决方案

3区社会学

Sociological Forum Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1111/socf.12953

Terence E. McDonnell, Anna Gabur, Rachel Keynton

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