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How kindness took a hold: A sociology of emotions, attachment and everyday enchantment 善良是如何俘获人心的？情感、依恋和日常魅力的社会学。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-06-22 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13128

Julie Brownlie

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Union booms and busts: The ongoing fight over the U.S. labor movement By Judith Stepan-Norris and Jasmine Kerrissey, Oxford University Press. 304 pages. ISBN: 0197539858 工会的繁荣与萧条：美国劳工运动的持续斗争》（The ongoing fight over the U.S. labor movement），JudithStepan-Norris 和 JasmineKerrissey 著，牛津大学出版社。304 页。书签号：0197539858

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-06-22 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13127

Tom VanHeuvelen

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Does educational attainment matter for attitudes toward immigrants in Chile? Assessing the causality and generalizability of higher education's so-called “liberalizing effect” on economic and cultural threat 智利人对移民的态度与受教育程度有关吗？评估高等教育对经济和文化威胁的所谓 "自由化效应 "的因果关系和普遍性

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-06-21 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13124

Paolo Velásquez

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2020: One city, seven people, and the year everything changed. By Eric Klinenberg, New York: Knopf. 2024. pp. 464. $32 (Hard cover). ISBN: 9780593319482 2020年：一个城市，七个人，这一年一切都改变了。埃里克·克林伯格（Eric Klinenberg）著，纽约：克诺夫出版社，2024年。464页。32美元（精装）。ISBN: 9780593319482

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-06-19 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13126

Stefan Timmermans

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Positioning precarity: The contingent nature of precarious work in structure and practice 定位不稳定性：结构和实践中不稳定工作的偶然性。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-06-19 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13125

Krzysztof Z. Jankowski

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Saving one's face while saving one's soul? The refraction of tactical approaches to penance as a disciplinary device in Counter-Reformation Italy 保全灵魂的同时保全面子？意大利反宗教改革时期将忏悔作为惩戒手段的策略折射。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-06-18 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13123

Giovanni Zampieri

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Infant mortality and social causality: Lessons from the history of Britain’s public health movement, c. 1834–1914 婴儿死亡率与社会因果关系：英国公共卫生运动史（约 1834-1914 年）的启示。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-06-15 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13121

Elias Nosrati, Michael P. Kelly, Simon Szreter

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What Is Antiracism? And Why It Means Anticapitalism By Arun Kundnani, London: Verso. 2023. p. 304. £16.99. ISBN: 9781839762765 什么是反种族主义？为什么它意味着反资本主义》，阿伦-昆德纳尼（ArunKundnani）著，伦敦：Verso.2023. p. 304.£16.99.ISBN: 9781839762765

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-06-14 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13120

Scarlet Harris

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Furthering racial liberalism in UK higher education: The populist construction of the ‘free speech crisis’ 在英国高等教育中推行种族自由主义：民粹主义构建的 "言论自由危机"。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-06-08 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13119

Simina Dragoș, Taylor A. Hughson

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The socioeconomic dimensions of racial inequality in South Africa: A social space perspective 南非种族不平等的社会经济层面：社会空间视角。

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British Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2024-06-08 DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13115

Nicola Branson, Johs Hjellbrekke, Murray Leibbrandt, Vimal Ranchhod, Mike Savage, Emma Whitelaw

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