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How Do Social Workers Cope with Hopeless Missions and Dirty Work? A Biographical Approach to Class and Gender Variations. 社会工作者如何应对无望的任务和肮脏的工作？阶级与性别差异的传记研究。

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Qualitative Sociology Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2026-07-28 DOI: 10.1007/s11133-026-09636-1

Agnès Aubry, Marlène Bouvet, David Pichonnaz, Lucile Quéré

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Legitimacy in the Repertoire of Contention: How Black Lives Matter Activists Justify Riots. 《争论剧目中的合法性：黑人生命的重要性：激进分子如何为骚乱辩护》。

IF 1.6 3区社会学

Qualitative Sociology Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-17 DOI: 10.1007/s11133-025-09630-z

Mathis Ebbinghaus

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The Assemblage and Dismantling of Access Barriers in Administrative Bureaucracies: Constructing the Problem of Diversity in the German Welfare State 行政官僚机构中准入障碍的组合与拆除：构建德国福利国家的多样性问题

IF 2.3 3区社会学

Qualitative Sociology Pub Date : 2024-01-04 DOI: 10.1007/s11133-023-09555-5

Martin Petzke