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{"title":"Obituary: Giovanni Battista Sgritta, sociologist of inclusion","authors":"F. Deriu","doi":"10.1080/03906701.2021.1926676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2021.1926676","url":null,"abstract":"With the death of Giovanni Battista Sgritta, Italian Sociology has lost one of its most representative scholars. He was a refined intellectual, whose curiosity encompassed a multiplicity of cultural interests, ranging from history and philosophy, to art, music, and literature. These interests nurtured his broad knowledge of sociology that he shared with his students and collaborators, making Sociology a fascinating discipline bridging multiple frontiers of knowledge. Since the beginning of his long career, Sgritta was always fully engaged in relevant scientific activities at international level. It is worth remembering his early experience in Germany in the late Sixties, at the Soziologisches Institut of the University of Munich followed by two visiting professor periods at the beginning of the Seventies, and in the mid-Eighties in the Soviet Union at the Science Academy within a collaboration with the Italian National Research Centre (CNR). The Seventies were also the years of his visit to the Department of Sociology of the University of Essex, thanks to an agreement signed between CNR and NATO. Alongside these visiting experiences across Europe, during his career Sgritta held prestigious positions at international level, participating in research committees, programmes, and observatories focusing on family, childhood, and social welfare policy concerns. These three research fields, crosscutting with inequalities and exclusion issues, characterised his whole career as researcher. Hence, he coordinated the International Research Programme on Childhood as a Social Phenomenon: Implications for Future Social Policies funded by the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna from 1987 to 1992, when he participated as Italian representative on the ‘Childhood Policies Co-ordinating Committee’ of the Council of Europe. In this regard, it is worth noting the production in 1987 of a national report titled Childhood as a Social Phenomenon. Implications for Future Policies, engaging 19 European and North American countries, and in 1994 the publication of Childhood Matters: Social Theory, Practice and Politics edited together with J. Qvortrup, M. Bardy and H. Wintersberger. Then, in the late Nineties Sgritta was responsible, on the Italian side, for research on the ‘Political participation of youth below voting age’, funded by the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research. He was, moreover, Vice-president of the Management Committee of the International Research on ‘Children’s Welfare in Ageing Europe’ within the European Cooperation Programme between 2001 and 2006. This stage of his career was characterised by pioneering studies on childhood, affirming the social construction of the sociological category of childhood and its neglected citizenship. Sgritta’s studies on childhood and youth were constantly crosscutting with those on the complex evolution of the generational relationships inside and outside the family. In this ","PeriodicalId":46079,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Sociology-Revue Internationale de Sociologie","volume":"146 1","pages":"3 - 6"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77682317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Books, monuments, and shadows. Maria and Stanisław Ossowscy","authors":"Monika Kwiecińska-Zdrenka, Marcin T. Zdrenka","doi":"10.1080/03906701.2021.1926675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2021.1926675","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The article develops the editors’ thesis that women researchers in social sciences are less recognized than their well-known husbands. It focuses on the example of the marriage of Maria and Stanisław Ossowski. The selected couple issue is a complex one due to the specificity of both researchers’ situation. One should consider that they worked in various academic disciplines (Stanisław as a sociologist, Maria as a researcher of morality closer to ethics). The next issue is career development's pace opposite the central thesis's expected rate – Maria promoted faster. Another problem is the difference in temperaments and the style of scientific work. Finally, one cannot omit the context of the history of Poland. Especially pivotal are significant social changes: regaining Poland's independence after the partition and establishing new Polish universities and faculties and, the second one, social change during the communist period. Regardless of some advantages of Maria, the example of the Ossowski couple in many dimensions confirms the problem of obstacles to women's academic development, and as a result – their lower recognition in the academic community.","PeriodicalId":46079,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Sociology-Revue Internationale de Sociologie","volume":"60 1","pages":"26 - 48"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87930151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The long arm of the neoliberal leviathan in the counter-trafficking field: the case of Portuguese NGOs","authors":"M. Clemente","doi":"10.1080/03906701.2021.1899366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2021.1899366","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In recent decades, in many countries including Portugal, human trafficking has become an important issue on political agendas, attracting increased investment of financial and human resources, and the growing involvement of civil society organizations. Employing a historical perspective, this article analyses the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the counter-trafficking field, in particular, in the conceptualization of human trafficking, the elaboration of counter-trafficking policies and practices, and NGOs’ potentials and limitations in challenging them. Using data obtained through prolonged empirical research, the article argues that in contexts characterized by a high level of institutionalization and structural weakness in organized civil society, NGOs have little chance to assume a role beyond serving as a long arm of the neoliberal state apparatus. Both the outsourcing of certain counter-trafficking services to NGOs and the controversial yet undisputed national security-focused approach to trafficking represent integral parts of the practical logics of the counter-trafficking field, which remains largely unquestioned by counter-trafficking NGOs. These logics include the silencing of any debate about prostitution, at least within the Portuguese counter-trafficking apparatus.","PeriodicalId":46079,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Sociology-Revue Internationale de Sociologie","volume":"69 1","pages":"182 - 203"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86834715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Henri H. Stahl (1901–1991): some features of intellectual biography and an outline of historical sociology","authors":"Nerijus Babinskas","doi":"10.1080/03906701.2021.1926670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2021.1926670","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The article seeks to clarify some aspects of works, ideas and professional activities of the prominent Romanian sociologist Henri H. Stahl. The article consists of four sections: a biographical profile, an outline of Stahl’s historical sociology, international discourses, critique and flaws. Although Stahl was a prolific author and his texts covered a wide spectrum of topics, the main field of his interest and expertise during his long professional career remained peasant studies. Stahl’s historical sociology is indistinguishable from the Marxist historical sociology. He was imbued by Marxist ideas from his youth and as a mature scholar he have been involved in various important Marxist debates which took place in Western academia during the 1960s–1970s. The most original part of Stahl’s historical sociology was his theory of tributarism which he had elaborated in the context of pre-modern Romanian social history. From the liberalization of the Romanian communist regime in the mid-1960s Stahl ceased to be isolated and entered into interaction with Western colleagues (despite the reluctance of the regime). Stahl’s output of academic texts in foreign languages and published abroad was significant, and his summarizing book about traditional Romanian village communities became a kind of academic bestseller.","PeriodicalId":46079,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Sociology-Revue Internationale de Sociologie","volume":"1 1","pages":"72 - 96"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89003729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Collectivity, connectivity and control: reframing mass society in the digital era","authors":"Raymond L. M. Lee","doi":"10.1080/03906701.2021.1913546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2021.1913546","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Mass society theory was originally a discourse on crowds, popular culture and revolutionary change. It portrayed the ideological control of the many by the few in situations of close contact without the complexities of mediated connectivity. The notion of social change was premised on analogue forms of collective behaviour within society rather than digital flows in networks. Reviving this theory in the digital era requires a reconsideration of connectivity and control transacted in mediated publics that support virtual gatherings centred on mass- self communication. Smartphones may be considered the iconic connectors that channel such communication. These electronic devices provide a vital understanding not only of the way information and communication technology is reshaping mass society but also the repositioning of the individual in networked relationships. It implies that mass in digitized environments is not simply a concept of nameless uniformity but one stressing the parasitic nature of networked connectivity. At the same time, it also suggests a connectivity made fragile by forms of remote control that are predatory on mass-self communication.","PeriodicalId":46079,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Sociology-Revue Internationale de Sociologie","volume":"48 1","pages":"204 - 221"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82140791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"In memory of Giovanni Battista Sgritta","authors":"M. Corsi","doi":"10.1080/03906701.2021.1926671","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2021.1926671","url":null,"abstract":"On 28 February 2021, Giovanni Battista Sgritta, professor emeritus of Sociology at Sapienza University of Rome has left us, at the age of 78, leaving an indelible mark in our lives. Managing editor of the International Review of Sociology, which he guided in his capacity as editor from 2010 up to retirement, he oversaw in his life relevant academic responsibilities. He was Director of the Department of Demography of Sapienza University of Rome; he has also for many years been guiding the School of Specialization in ‘Methods and Techniques for Social Research’, which over time turned into a Master program without changing its denomination. He was also assigned to prestigious positions at the international level, for example as with his role of president of the European Observatory on National Family Policies, where he remained for 15 years. He also represented a main point of reference for some key national research institutes such as the Italian Institute of Statistics (Istat), the Irpps-Cnr, and the Cnel, participating actively with his expertise into a variety of surveys and research. Finally, it is worth pointing out his generous contributions to the EspaNet network, both in the quality of his membeshipr of the scientific committee, and as coordinator of plenary sessions and thematic panels on occasion of the annual conference. In his research activity, he dealt with social inequalities, poverty, and the difficult processes of inclusion of those who are on disconnected existential trajectories. Through time he has shifted his focus from childhood to adulthood, to eventually concentrate on old age. In this volume, we publish an Obituary by Fiorenza Deriu recalling the relevance of his scientific contribution. By contrast, in this brief editorial note, we – as current and past editors of the journal – wish to remind him in a coral memento of a dearest friend. For all of us, Giovanni Battista Sgritta was a scholar of excellence with a gruff, critical character, hard even on himself, but of great scientific value and with a multiplicity of interests crossed with an interdisciplinary methodological approach. He was gifted with an immense intellectual curiosity and an intense willingness to listen. Christianity informed a commitment that was genuine and strong, indeed central to his intellectual and professional life, as shown by his studies on inequalities and poverty. These studies embodied his unswerving ideal of service and are one of the most valuable and significant legacies of his work. We cannot forget Gianni’s dedication to his students. Even during periods in which, for various reasons, the number of students in the classrooms dwindled, students loved to attend his lectures. They were students of Statistical Sciences; for them sociology was a fundamental topic, but less demanding than methodological subjects like statistics or mathematics. However, with Gianni they understood that sociology is a real science, intertwined with other social ","PeriodicalId":46079,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Sociology-Revue Internationale de Sociologie","volume":"15 1","pages":"1 - 2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82312530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quantifying the exclusionary process of canonisation, or How to become a classic of the social sciences","authors":"Nicole Holzhauser","doi":"10.1080/03906701.2021.1926673","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2021.1926673","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article theoretically and empirically analyses the allocation of recognition and status in a scientific community and of the rank ‘classic’ to better comprehend the selective and reputational mechanisms at work since the beginning of the discipline. The aim is to examine the process of canonisation and the exclusionary logic, which systematically eliminates certain knowledge of specific scholars over time. The role of cultural capital , such as excellent scientific work and its recognition, is taken into consideration in contrast to social capital, such as influential social positions within the field, and to personal attributes such as gender, regarding their relevance for status. A unique database of 957 scholars representing the field of early German sociology was created, and a quantitative analysis was conducted. The results indicate the field was structured very unequally with high rewards for scholars with social capital. However, other than what one might expect, social power does not appear to be relevant for joining the classics canon in the twentieth century. Regardless of the type of capital, while there is great continuity for the most successful male scholars without social positions, women were largely excluded . Exclusionary mechanisms, eliminating the knowledge produced by minorities, may still be at work.","PeriodicalId":46079,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Sociology-Revue Internationale de Sociologie","volume":"10 1","pages":"97 - 122"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81579236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lazarsfeld’s wives, or: what happened to women sociologists in the twentieth century","authors":"Christian Fleck","doi":"10.1080/03906701.2021.1926672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2021.1926672","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The paper compares the lives of three female social scientists born in the first two decades of the twentieth century and belonging to the first generations that had the opportunity not only to study at universities, but also to realistically consider a professional career in academia. Marie Jahoda, Herta Herzog and Patricia L. Kendall made their ways separately and interacted only rarely with each other, but shared at least one characteristic which influenced their careers: they were married to Paul F. Lazarsfeld, one of the eminent sociologists of the twentieth century, prominent as someone who encouraged and supported many of his collaborators and students. The comparison of these three women shows that they were professionally successful but did not completely prioritize academic work before other interests, ambitions, and obligations. These priorities found a correspondence in their underperformance in academia with regard to the particular preconditions to enter the pantheon of an academic discipline. Both their oeuvres and their academic records suggest that they were not actively striving to become academic ‘immortals.’ Here it is shown that women, even if they are to be located below the ‘ultra elite,’ produced remarkable and memorable intellectual achievements.","PeriodicalId":46079,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Sociology-Revue Internationale de Sociologie","volume":"56 1","pages":"49 - 71"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85512426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Variations on a theme: exploring understandings of the marketisation concept in civil society research","authors":"Anna Mankell, Johan Hvenmark","doi":"10.1080/03906701.2020.1853004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2020.1853004","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT It is, today, widely accepted that market structures, logics, identities and activities are spreading throughout society, including civil society and its organisations. Scholars increasingly use the marketisation concept to describe these tendencies. This paper reviews the meaning attached to this concept, when used in the context of civil society. A sample of 210 peer-reviewed articles in civil society studies published between 1993 and 2017 is explored in an analysis that suggests that marketisation is being used with much variation in the literature. The analysis also shows that apart from more generic descriptions of persistent attempts to privatise and commodify various goods and services, few articles seem to involve more detailed definitions or profound conceptual arguments. Taken together, this indicates a development where the concept of marketisation runs the risk of losing its analytical powers. To avoid this, the paper proposes a stricter and more transparent use of the term ‘marketisation’ and suggests ways to further develop this concept in research.","PeriodicalId":46079,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Sociology-Revue Internationale de Sociologie","volume":"4 4","pages":"443 - 468"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72546004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influencing factors of post-retirement work: a systematic literature review","authors":"Milda Galkute, M. Herrera","doi":"10.1080/03906701.2020.1855707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2020.1855707","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This systematic literature review aimed to synthesise the studies conducted between 2008 and 2018 on the different influencing factors of post-retirement work. We followed the methodological suggestions proposed by [Petticrew, M., & Roberts, H. (2006). Systematic reviews in the social sciences: A practical guide. John Wiley & Sons] for the development of a systematic review in the Social Sciences. Seven electronic databases were searched and a total of 32 studies were included. We differentiated between the following categories of influencing factors of post-retirement work: Socio-demographic, implicit, work-related, and life-related factors. On the one hand, our results revealed that studies on the socio-demographic and life-related factors presented inconsistent, inconclusive, or limited levels of evidence on how they influence post-retirement work across countries. On the other hand, the implicit and work-related factors showed more consistent levels of evidence regarding their influencing effects. Thus, this study provides further insight into which multidimensional factors are most likely to increase older workers’ willingness towards engaging in post-retirement work.","PeriodicalId":46079,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Sociology-Revue Internationale de Sociologie","volume":"24 1","pages":"496 - 518"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82283659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}