...Natalia Karmaeva; Petya Ilieva-Trichkova Purpose Against the recent reversal of the gender gap in higher education that has been observed in many countries, this paper aims to explore why there are better chances for lower social class women to access higher education than for higher social class...

... or exacerbating inequality. The authors provide a more complete account of innovation by naming social impacts as a critical component of its sociological study and discussing examples that illustrate how innovation can produce disadvantageous effects by race, gender and social class. The authors move forward...

... between income and the likelihood of seeking medical treatment for Covid-19 symptoms in some countries. We provide an explanation for this income effect based on the stringency of government response to the pandemic and the unequal distribution of agency among social classes. The paper makes use...

..., 2006). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 United States of America Policing Social class Race Social control Police force strength Conflict theory Social scientists have long tried to identify what determines police force strength, especially in the USA (Jackson, 1989...

... in the context of current concerns about inequality and opportunity. Peter Taylor‐Gooby can be contacted at: p.f.taylor‐gooby@kent.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Equal opportunities Social class Education Culture Europe Social welfare European welfare states have enjoyed...

... never fielded subjective class questions in Iceland. This paper begins to rectify this omission. Lastly, a linkage of individualization and reference group processes is proposed to broaden the theoretical basis of studies of class awareness. Iceland Social class Individual perception Group theory...

... outcome gaps between social class groups. I am not saying that standards have not been raised (what ever that might mean and what ever value in terms of public good that might deliver) but that performance gaps in terms of social class remains enormous (as much as 40 points, see Lupton et al...

...: Routledge. Zwarenstein, M., Reeves, S., Barr, H., Hammick, M., Koppel, I. and Atkins, J. (2002) Interprofessional education and health care outcomes, The Cochrane Library, Issue 2/2002. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Health Gender Social class ...

... under which middle‐class blacks construct and assert a sub‐urban identity. States that success varies with the racial composition of the suburban community and the white neighbours’ level of the satisfaction with the community. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Race USA Social class Volume 22 Number...

... in this area to bridge the lack of information now available. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Social class Sociology 178 Volume 19 Number 9/10/11 1999 BREAKING THE SILENCE: THE NEED TO RE-ARTICULATE CLASS by Harriet Bradley, Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Bristol, & Gail Hebson...

... basis and compares this to other methods before giving examples of applications. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Social class Measurement Interaction 204 Volume 19 Number 9/10/11 1999 THE SOCIAL INTERACTION APPROACH TO THE MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION by Kenneth Prandy...

... as subnormal are largely unexamined. © MCB UP Limited 1983 Mental health Social class ACCOUNTING FOR THE SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MILD MENTAL SUBNORMALITY: DETERMINISM, PROCESS AND STRUCTURE Stuart Montgomery, Social Work Department, Grampian Region Council Introduction In modern capitalist...