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Becoming and unbecoming academics: Classed resources and strategies for navigating risky careers. 成为和不成为学者：在有风险的职业生涯中游刃有余的阶级资源和策略。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13165

Marte Mangset, Julia Orupabo

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Variation in the social composition of the UK academic elite: The underlay of the two-or three-cultures? 英国学术精英社会构成的差异：两种或三种文化的基础？

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13154

Erzsébet Bukodi, John H Goldthorpe

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The unclaimed: Abandonment and hope in the city of angels. By P. Prickett and S. Timmermans, London: Penguin Random House. 2024

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13159

Kate Woodthorpe

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Action-based explanations as a basis for the analysis and design of the social world 基于行动的解释是分析和设计社会世界的基础。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13155

Andrea Maurer

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Meritocratic beliefs in the United States, Finland, and China: A multidimensional approach using latent class analysis 美国、芬兰和中国的择优信念：使用潜类分析的多维方法。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13152

Li Zhu

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Superyachts: Luxury, Tranquillity, and Ecocide. By Gregory Salle, Cambridge: Polity Press. 2024, pp. 122. ISBN: 987-1-5095-5995-4

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13157

Ole B. Jensen

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Racial discrimination in helping situations depends on the cost of help: A large field experiment in the streets of Paris 帮助环境中的种族歧视取决于帮助的成本：巴黎街头的大型实地实验。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-10-08 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13156

Martin Aranguren

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Variations in media framing of movements in China, France, and the U.S.: An intersectional approach 中国、法国和美国媒体对运动报道的差异：交叉方法。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-10-05 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13153

Yao Li, Marion Cassard, Brooke Holmes, Huixuan Wu

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"Social science is explanation or it is nothing." Introduction to a debate. "社会科学要么是解释，要么什么都不是"。辩论导言。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-09-20 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13100

Monika Krause

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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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