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Monitoring care, curating suffering: Law, bureaucracy and veterinary expertise in contemporary animal politics 监督护理，治疗痛苦：当代动物政治中的法律、官僚主义和兽医专业知识

The Sociological Review Pub Date : 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.1177/00380261241261816

Marie Leth-Espensen

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The social stigma of loneliness: A sociological approach to understanding the experiences of older people 孤独的社会耻辱：从社会学角度了解老年人的经历

The Sociological Review Pub Date : 2024-06-10 DOI: 10.1177/00380261231212100

Barbara Barbosa Neves, Alan Petersen

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Rejecting resistance: Everyday resistance and harmony in Chinese hip-hop 拒绝抵抗：中国嘻哈中的日常抵抗与和谐

The Sociological Review Pub Date : 2024-03-19 DOI: 10.1177/00380261231223018

Yehan Wang

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Budgets and biologicals: The bio-economization of HIV governance 预算与生物：艾滋病毒治理的生物经济化

The Sociological Review Pub Date : 2024-02-16 DOI: 10.1177/00380261241227325

Po-Chia Tseng

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Bureaucracy and patrimonialism on Wall Street: How organizational forms contribute to elite reproduction 华尔街的官僚主义和世袭制：组织形式如何促进精英再生产

The Sociological Review Pub Date : 2024-02-06 DOI: 10.1177/00380261231220161

Fabien Foureault, Lena Ajdacic, Felix Bühlmann

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Bureaucracy and patrimonialism on Wall Street: How organizational forms contribute to elite reproduction 华尔街的官僚主义和世袭制：组织形式如何促进精英再生产

The Sociological Review Pub Date : 2024-02-06 DOI: 10.1177/00380261231220161

Fabien Foureault, Lena Ajdacic, Felix Bühlmann

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Nonsuicidal self-injury and intersubjective recognition: ‘You can’t argue with wounds’ 非自杀性自我伤害与主体间认同："伤口是无法辩驳的

The Sociological Review Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.1177/00380261231221661

Peter Steggals, Ruth Graham, Steph Lawler

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Stable destabilising? Rethinking images of temporality 稳定破坏稳定？重新思考时间性的形象

The Sociological Review Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.1177/00380261231224150

Tim Newton, Natalia Slutskaya, Jessica Horne

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Nonsuicidal self-injury and intersubjective recognition: ‘You can’t argue with wounds’ 非自杀性自我伤害与主体间认同："伤口是无法辩驳的

The Sociological Review Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.1177/00380261231221661

Peter Steggals, Ruth Graham, Steph Lawler

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Stable destabilising? Rethinking images of temporality 稳定破坏稳定？重新思考时间性的形象

The Sociological Review Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.1177/00380261231224150

Tim Newton, Natalia Slutskaya, Jessica Horne

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