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Poverty as Biography in Motion: Agency, Emotion, and the Limits of Contemporary Poverty Theory. 作为运动中的传记的贫困：代理、情感和当代贫困理论的局限。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-17 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70127

Suzanne Butler

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Taking Stock: Elite Studies and Social Change. 评估：精英研究与社会变革。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-07 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70093

Lena Ajdacic, François Schoenberger, Johanna Behr, Fabio Cescon, Lion Hubrich, Emma Ischinsky, Muneeb Salman, Juliana Mazzucotelli, Laura Mrčela, Alonso Pi Cholula, Céline Roy, Sophie Serrano, Helle Dyrendahl Staven, Tina Thakur

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Global Inequality of Opportunity in Education Decreased During the 20th Century. 全球教育机会不平等在20世纪有所减少。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-17 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70105

Michael Grätz, Mobarak Hossain, Martina Beretta

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The Worldviews of Elites: Differences Between Inheritors and Newcomers. 精英的世界观：继承者和新人之间的差异。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-03 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70122

Gabriel Otero

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From Margins to Privilege: Revisiting the Sociology of Youth Subcultures Through Omnivorousness. 从边缘到特权：从杂杂性视角重新审视青年亚文化社会学。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-08-30 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70166

Chi-Chung Wang

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Graduated Involution Under Compressed Modernity: Differences in the Summer Holidays as a Phase in the Public Life-Course in Shanghai, China. 压缩现代性下的渐进式内化：暑假作为上海公共生命历程阶段的差异。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-08-19 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70165

Leiping Bao, Rachel Murphy

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Playing the Game: Illusio and the Cultural Normalisation of Shadow Education in Greece and Beyond. 玩游戏：希腊及其他地区影子教育的幻觉与文化正常化。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-08-12 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70164

Alexandros Kamplitsis

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Beyond the Gig: Selling Intimacy as Labour on OnlyFans. 在演出之外：把亲密当作劳动卖给只有粉丝。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-08-01 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70162

Pierre Brasseur

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Valorizing Erasure: Imperial Knowledge Production in Anglo-American Coverage of Chad's 'Toyota War'. 价值消除：英美对乍得“丰田战争”报道中的帝国知识生产。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-08-01 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70163

Harmata Aboubakar

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Twenty-First Century Butlers and the New Spirit of Service. 二十一世纪的管家和新的服务精神。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2026-07-30 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.70160

Bryan Boyle

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