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Class, gender and the work of working-class women amid turbulent times. 阶级、性别和动荡时代工人阶级妇女的工作。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-09-19 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13147

Tracey Warren, Luis Torres, Clare Lyonette, Ruth Tarlo

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A conceptual refinement of ritual: The case of guanxi. 仪式的概念提炼：Guanxi 案例。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-09-14 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13151

Jack Barbalet

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Cruel optimism, affective governmentality and frontline poverty governance: 'You can promise the world'. 残酷的乐观主义、情感性政府和一线贫困治理："你可以向世界承诺"。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-09-07 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13144

Edith England

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Marriage in displacement: Gendered (self)resettlement strategies of Syrian women in Egypt. 流离失所中的婚姻：埃及叙利亚妇女的性别（自我）重新安置战略。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-09-04 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13145

Dina M Taha

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Conspiratorial narratives as cultural repertoires and methodological tools. 阴谋论叙事作为文化传统和方法论工具。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13143

Ebru Soytemel, Erol Saglam

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The coloniality of age: Navigating the chronopolitics of Black childhood. 年龄的殖民性：黑人童年的时间政治学导航。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13141

Callum Stewart

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Gray areas: How the way we work perpetuates racism and what we can do to fix it. By Adia Harvey Wingfield, New York: HarperCollins Amistad. 2023. 304 pages. ISBN: 9780063079816 灰色地带：我们的工作方式如何使种族主义长期存在，以及我们能做些什么来解决这个问题。Adia HarveyWingfield 著，纽约：HarperCollins Amistad。2023.304页。ISBN: 9780063079816

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-08-12 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13140

Lauren A. Rivera

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Asian Americans in an anti-Black world. By Claire Jean Kim, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2023. pp. 1–412. ISBN: 9781009222280 反黑人世界中的亚裔美国人》。克莱尔-让-金著，剑桥：剑桥大学出版社。2023. pp.ISBN: 9781009222280

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-07-29 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13139

Sunmin Kim

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Dual nationality, anti-citizenship, and xeno-racism: Online tropes on migrant (in)gratitude, and (in)adequate Britishness of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 双重国籍、反公民身份和排外种族主义：关于纳扎宁-扎格里-拉特克利夫的移民（不）感恩和（不）适当的英国性的在线套路。