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Superfluous Women: Art, Feminism, and Revolution in Twenty-First-Century Ukraine 多余的女人:21世纪乌克兰的艺术、女权主义和革命
IF 0.2 4区 社会学
Contemporary Sociology-A Journal of Reviews Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/00943061231181317mm
J. Klein
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The Cage of Days: Time and Temporal Experience in Prison 日子的牢笼:监狱中的时间与时间体验
IF 0.2 4区 社会学
Contemporary Sociology-A Journal of Reviews Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/00943061231181317d
Shauntey James
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Black Identity Viewed from a Barber's Chair: Nigrescence and Eudaimonia 从理发椅上看黑人的身份:尼日利亚和尤代莫尼亚
IF 0.2 4区 社会学
Contemporary Sociology-A Journal of Reviews Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/00943061231181317g
Ebonie Cunningham Stringer
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Spent behind the Wheel: Drivers' Labor in the Uber Economy 花在方向盘后面:优步经济中司机的劳动
IF 0.2 4区 社会学
Contemporary Sociology-A Journal of Reviews Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/00943061231181317q
Alexandrea J. Ravenelle
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Democratic Norms of Earth System Governance: Deliberative Politics in the Anthropocene 地球系统治理的民主规范:人类世的协商政治
IF 0.2 4区 社会学
Contemporary Sociology-A Journal of Reviews Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/00943061231181317a
M. Berg
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Essential Dads: The Inequalities and Politics of Fathering 必不可少的父亲:父亲的不平等和政治
IF 0.2 4区 社会学
Contemporary Sociology-A Journal of Reviews Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/00943061231181317cc
Dan Cassino
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The Movement for Reproductive Justice: Empowering Women of Color through Social Activism 生殖正义运动:通过社会行动赋予有色人种妇女权力
IF 0.2 4区 社会学
Contemporary Sociology-A Journal of Reviews Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/00943061231181317ll
Ranita Ray
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Movements and Parties: Critical Connections in American Political Development 运动与政党:美国政治发展的关键联系
IF 0.2 4区 社会学
Contemporary Sociology-A Journal of Reviews Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/00943061231181317ii
Amanda Pullum
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Justice in the Workplace: Overcoming Ethical Dilemmas 职场正义:克服道德困境
IF 0.2 4区 社会学
Contemporary Sociology-A Journal of Reviews Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/00943061231181317i
Katherine K. Chen
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On the Enduring Ways Masculinity Structures Straight Men’s Sexual Lives 论男性气质构成直男性生活的持久方式
IF 0.2 4区 社会学
Contemporary Sociology-A Journal of Reviews Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.1177/00943061231181316
Tristan Bridges
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