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Social theory and the digital: The institutionalisation of digital sociology 社会理论与数字化：数字社会学的制度化

Acta Sociologica Pub Date : 2024-07-21 DOI: 10.1177/00016993241264153

Carlos Frade

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Towards ‘augmented sociology’? A practice-oriented framework for using large language model-powered chatbots 走向 "增强社会学"？使用大型语言模型驱动聊天机器人的实践导向框架

Acta Sociologica Pub Date : 2024-07-21 DOI: 10.1177/00016993241264152

M. F. Hau

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“Unless I could be like the typical dad”: Exploring parenthood through the perspective of the voluntarily childfree "除非我能成为典型的父亲"：从自愿无子女者的角度探讨为人父母的问题

Acta Sociologica Pub Date : 2024-06-07 DOI: 10.1177/00016993241260608

Sunna Símonardóttir

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Automation risks of vocational training programs and early careers in the Netherlands 荷兰职业培训计划和早期职业生涯的自动化风险

Acta Sociologica Pub Date : 2024-05-20 DOI: 10.1177/00016993241250277

Alexander Dicks, Annemarie Künn-Nelen, Mark Levels, Raymond Montizaan

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The natural dividend: An introduction to resource rents 自然红利：资源租金简介

Acta Sociologica Pub Date : 2024-05-20 DOI: 10.1177/00016993241255698

Jonathon W Moses, A. Brigham

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Her class and his class: Does social class matter for fertility? 她的阶级和他的阶级社会阶层对生育率有影响吗？

Acta Sociologica Pub Date : 2024-04-13 DOI: 10.1177/00016993241246212

Marco Albertini, Teodora Maksimovic, Letizia Mencarini, Giorgio Piccitto

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Book Review: Civilization, Modernity, and Critique: Engaging Jóhann P. Árnason’s Macro-Social Theory by Ľubomír Dunaj, Jeremy Smith, and Kurt Mertel 书评：文明、现代性与批判：Ľubomír Dunaj、Jeremy Smith 和 Kurt Mertel 合著的《接触约亨-P. Árnason 的宏观社会理论

Acta Sociologica Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1177/00016993241245308

G. Oddsson

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Book Review: The Emotional Life of Populism: How Fear, Disgust, Resentment, and Love Undermine Democracy, Polity by Eva Illouz 书评：民粹主义的情感生活：恐惧、厌恶、怨恨和爱如何破坏民主》，Polity 作者：Eva Illouz

Acta Sociologica Pub Date : 2024-03-20 DOI: 10.1177/00016993241240909

M. Hansen

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Balancing acts of kindness: Reassessing the relationship between informal helping and formal volunteering 平衡善举：重新评估非正式帮助与正式志愿服务之间的关系

Acta Sociologica Pub Date : 2024-02-19 DOI: 10.1177/00016993241233431

Hans-Peter Y. Qvist

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Book Review: Territory and democratic politics. A critical introduction by Oscar Mazzoleni 书评：领土与民主政治。奥斯卡-马佐莱尼的评论性导读

Acta Sociologica Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.1177/00016993241229881

Alon Helled

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