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Rebranding the Nation: Migrant Fashion Production and the Contested Politics of 'Made in Italy'. 重塑国家品牌：移民时尚生产和“意大利制造”的争议政治。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-09-22 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70174

Yintan Fan

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Is There a 'Cancel Culture', and if so, for Whom? Rank-Based Differences in Restrictions on Academic Freedom. 是否存在“取消文化”，如果存在，针对的是谁？学术自由限制的等级差异。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-09-21 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70171

Julian Hamann, Gregor Fabian, Christiane Thompson, Paula-Irene Villa

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The Electoral Class Gap: Working-Class Non-Voting on the Rise in Twenty-First Century Norway. 选举阶级差距：21世纪挪威工人阶级无投票权的崛起。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-09-19 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70169

Vebjørn Nordhagen

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The Road to Nowhere: Being Rooted in a Region Does Little to Predict Support for Populist Parties or Opposition to Migration and Social Change. 《无处可去之路：扎根于一个地区》并不能预测民粹主义政党或反对移民和社会变革的政党的支持率。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-09-17 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70172

Achim Hildebrandt, Eva-Maria Trüdinger, Simon Stocker, Ilirjana Ajazaj

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Theorising Indo-Caribbean Identities Beyond the Homeland/Hostland Binary: Indo-Guadeloupeans' 'Archipelagic Brown Consciousness'. 超越祖国/祖国二元二元的印度-加勒比身份理论化：印度-瓜德罗普人的“群岛棕色意识”。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-09-08 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70170

Manuela Latchoumaya

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Gender and Anticipatory Labour in the Gig Economy: How Employability Is Unequally Performed by Women and Men on Project-Based Platforms 零工经济中的性别和预期劳动：基于项目的平台上女性和男性如何不平等地执行就业能力。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-09-02 Epub Date: 2026-01-24 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70085

Brendan Churchill, Kate Dangar, Asangi Mira Gunawansa

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The Meritocratic Glass Ceiling: Students' Perception of Meritocracy in Two Highly Selective Study Programs With Opposing Gender Compositions 精英主义的玻璃天花板：在两个性别构成相反的高选择性研究项目中，学生对精英主义的看法。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-09-02 Epub Date: 2026-02-18 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70094

Simone Mejding Poulsen

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Gendered Attitudes or Structural Barriers? Men Front Line Workers' Perspectives on What Keeps Men out of Paid Care Work in Australia 性别态度还是结构性障碍？男性前线工作者对澳大利亚男性不从事带薪护理工作的原因的看法。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-09-02 Epub Date: 2026-02-16 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70086

Steven Roberts, Elsie Foeken, Karla Elliott, Riikka Prattes

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Does Inequality Blur Class Lines? Meritocratic Attitudes in Comparative Perspective 不平等模糊了阶级界限吗？比较视角下的精英主义态度。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-09-02 Epub Date: 2026-03-17 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70107

Roshan K. Pandian, Ronald Kwon

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The Ties That Rhyme: Duality in Symbolic and Structural Networks of Grime Music 押韵的纽带：格莱姆音乐符号与结构网络中的双重性。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-09-02 Epub Date: 2026-02-27 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70087

Tom R. Leppard, Andrew P. Davis

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