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Green Against Greed: Negating Economic Capital Through Ecological Distinction. 绿色反对贪婪：通过生态区别否定经济资本。

IF 2.7 2区社会学

British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13231

Magne Paalgard Flemmen

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Understanding Catastrophe Insurance as a Commons? 理解巨灾保险是公地吗？

IF 2.7 2区社会学

British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2025-05-26 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13229

Laurence Barry

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Does Proactivity Affect Insurance Solidarity and Individual Responsibility? 主动性是否影响保险团结和个人责任？

IF 2.7 2区社会学

British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13230

Alberto Cevolini, Elena Esposito

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(Dis)trust in Digital Insurance: How Datafied Practices Shift Uncertainties and Reconfigure Trust Relations. 数字保险中的信任：数据化实践如何转移不确定性并重新配置信任关系。

IF 2.7 2区社会学

British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13223

Maiju Tanninen, Gert Meyers

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Racial Health Equity and the Question of Black (Non?) Being: Exploring the Uses of Afropessimism in Approaches to Anti-Racist Health Promotion. 种族健康平等与黑人问题（非？）存在：探索非洲悲观主义在反种族主义健康促进方法中的应用。

IF 2.7 2区社会学

British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13232

Tanisha Spratt

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The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Solutions in Transforming Educational and Employment Access for Individuals With Disabilities. 人工智能和数字解决方案在改变残疾人教育和就业机会中的作用。

IF 2.7 2区社会学

British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13225

Anis Omri, Sana Slimani, Hatem Afi

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The Last of England: Banal Nationalism and Communities of Loss in British Pub Closure Media Narratives. 最后的英格兰：平庸的民族主义和英国酒吧关闭媒体叙事中的失落社区。

IF 2.7 2区社会学

British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2025-05-07 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13220

Robert Deakin, Thomas Thurnell-Read

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Prestige Fetishism in the Academy: Comte's Mirror, the Magic Mirror or an Illusion of Reality? 学院的威望拜物教：伯爵的镜子、魔镜还是现实的幻觉？

IF 2.7 2区社会学

British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2025-05-05 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13224

Jian Wu

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Army Deserters in Exile. 流亡中的逃兵。

IF 2.7 2区社会学

British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2025-05-05 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13222

Godfrey Maringira

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Karl Popper Versus Karl Mannheim on Sociology and Democratic Governance. 卡尔·波普尔与卡尔·曼海姆论社会学与民主治理。

IF 2.7 2区社会学

British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2025-05-05 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13221

Martyn Hammersley

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