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Imogen Tyler, Stigma: The Machinery of Inequality 伊莫金·泰勒，《污名：不平等的机器》

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2020-12-09 DOI: 10.1177/0791603520972554

Carol Ballantine

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Announcement: 2019 Distinguished article prize winner 公告:2019年杰出文章奖获得者

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/0791603520960031

Sara O’Sullivan, A. Mulcahy, Thomas U. Grund, Mathew J. Creighton

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Debates editors’ introduction: Sociological responses to Covid-19 (Part II) 辩论编辑简介：新冠肺炎的社会学应对（下）

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/0791603520960030

Rubén Flores, J. O’Brien

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Editors’ introduction 编辑简介

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/0791603520960017

Sara O’Sullivan, A. Mulcahy, Thomas U. Grund, Mathew J. Creighton

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Social justice for sex workers as a ‘politics of doing’: Research, policy and practice 作为“行动政治”的性工作者的社会正义:研究、政策和实践

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/0791603520911344

Sharron FitzGerald, M. O’Neill, Gillian Wylie

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Guest editors’ introduction 特邀编辑介绍

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/0791603520960029

Sharron FitzGerald, M. O’Neill, Gillian Wylie

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‘Framing figures’ and the campaign for sex purchase criminalisation in Ireland: A Lakoffian analysis “陷害数字”与爱尔兰性购买犯罪化运动：拉科菲分析

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI: 10.1177/0791603520951754

Eilís Ward

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Funerals in the time of Coronavirus 冠状病毒时期的葬礼

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2020-10-22 DOI: 10.1177/0791603520967617

M. Ronan

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Take back the city: Building an interracial class coalition to fight for ‘Homes for All’ 夺回这座城市：建立一个跨种族阶级联盟，为“全民之家”而战

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2020-09-30 DOI: 10.1177/0791603520958627

J. Sassi

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Work and thrive or claim and skive: Experiencing the ‘toxic symbiosis’ of worklessness and welfare recipiency in Ireland 工作和繁荣或索取和滑雪：在爱尔兰体验失业和领取福利的“有毒共生”

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2020-09-09 DOI: 10.1177/0791603520957203

Joe Whelan

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引用次数: 8