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Discounts as a Barrier to Change in Our Food Systems 折扣是我们食品系统变革的障碍

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Sociological Research Online Pub Date : 2023-03-24 DOI: 10.1177/13607804231155260

L. Jack

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‘What Can I Plan at This Age?’ Expectations Regarding Future and Planning in Older Age “这个年纪我能计划什么?”《老年对未来的期望与规划》

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Sociological Research Online Pub Date : 2023-03-24 DOI: 10.1177/13607804231158989

Jaroslava Hasmanová Marhánková, Eva Soares Moura

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Trajectories of Vulnerability and Resistance Among Independent Indoor Sex Workers During Economic Decline 经济衰退时期独立室内性工作者的脆弱性和抵抗力轨迹

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Sociological Research Online Pub Date : 2023-03-24 DOI: 10.1177/13607804231162757

L. Jarvis-King

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Explaining Regularities or Individual Outcomes: Chance and the Limits of Social Science 解释规律或个体结果：社会科学的机遇与局限

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Sociological Research Online Pub Date : 2023-03-24 DOI: 10.1177/13607804231158504

Judith Glaesser

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Superficial Allies: The Role of Legal Inclusion and Social Obedience in Stigma Processes 表面盟友：法律包容和社会顺从在污名化过程中的作用

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Sociological Research Online Pub Date : 2023-02-25 DOI: 10.1177/13607804231156296

Shahin Davoudpour

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The Social Production of the Dead Human Body in the Practice of Teaching Anatomy Through Cadaveric Dissection 尸体解剖教学实践中人体死亡的社会生产

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Sociological Research Online Pub Date : 2023-02-25 DOI: 10.1177/13607804231156121

Jennifer L. Burr, Nigel Russell-Sewell

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Creating Time for LGBT+ Disabled Youth: Co-production Outside Chrononormativity 为LGBT+残疾青年创造时间:时间规范之外的合作

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Sociological Research Online Pub Date : 2023-02-22 DOI: 10.1177/13607804231155001

Harvey Humphrey, Edmund Coleman-Fountain

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Critical Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic from the NHS Frontline 从NHS前线对COVID-19大流行的批判性思考

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Sociological Research Online Pub Date : 2023-02-22 DOI: 10.1177/13607804231156293

Anthony Lloyd, D. Briggs, Anthony Ellis, L. Telford

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The Re-enchantment of Food: An Introduction 《食物的重新魔法:导论

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Sociological Research Online Pub Date : 2023-02-16 DOI: 10.1177/13607804221128028

J. Coveney

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Cultural Capital in China? Television Tastes and Cultural and Cosmopolitan Distinctions Among Beijing Youth 中国的文化资本?电视品味与北京青年的文化和世界性差异

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Sociological Research Online Pub Date : 2023-02-07 DOI: 10.1177/13607804221149796

Yang Gao, G. Kuipers

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