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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2013) 33 (5-6): 309–327.
Published: 14 June 2013
... being more consistent (Koper et al., 2001 ; Kane, 2003 ; D'Alessio et al., 2005). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 United States of America Policing Social class Race Social control Police force strength Conflict theory Within the conflict theory...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2013) 33 (3-4): 218–228.
Published: 19 April 2013
... their white counterparts. All groups of Asians except native‐born also had higher proportion in the pharmaceutical specialty. Philip A. Broyles can be contacted at: pabroy@ship.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 United States of America Immigrants Pay Wage gap Asian American...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2012) 32 (3-4): 197–213.
Published: 20 April 2012
... workers abroad, are unpaid volunteers. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America Citizen participation Emergency services Medical personnel Community participation Public health Social responsibility Volunteering Community health services Why would...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2012) 32 (3-4): 179–196.
Published: 20 April 2012
... to social order, albeit through different modalities, in both cases. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America India Floods Society Aid agencies Religion State Disaster relief Civil society Social order This paper intends to further our understanding...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2012) 32 (3-4): 120–133.
Published: 20 April 2012
.... Shira Offer can be contacted at: shira.offer@biu.ac.il © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United States of America Women Social isolation Social networks Individual psychology Low income mothers Social support Psychological distress Health Four dummy variables were used...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2010) 30 (7-8): 368–386.
Published: 27 July 2010
... restructuring of welfare states in late modernity. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Income support Parents Women Social welfare policy United States of America Canada Workers in today's rapidly changing economy soon learn that they must be prepared for unexpected transitions...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2010) 30 (5-6): 251–266.
Published: 22 June 2010
... Discrimination Earnings United States of America Nearly a decade ago, Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST), a product of the now defunct Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology, warned that the USA was falling short in producing scientific...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2009) 29 (9-10): 512–530.
Published: 04 September 2009
... from informal volunteering (Carson, 1999 ; Cnaan et al., 1996). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Community relations Community work (social welfare) Employee attitudes Individual behaviour United States of America In many countries volunteers provide...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2009) 29 (5-6): 287–304.
Published: 19 June 2009
... to regular health care among this border population (US‐Mexico Border Health Commission, 2007). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Medical care Asthma Demographics United States of America Health inequalities are a key focus in social science research today. Relationships between...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2009) 29 (5-6): 214–226.
Published: 19 June 2009
... professions – pay for women was 81 percent of men's in 1995, but decreased to 78.7 percent in 2003. The gender pay gap is one of the factors responsible for the slow improvement in diversifying the STEM workforce. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 United States of America Chemistry...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2009) 29 (3-4): 164–175.
Published: 24 April 2009
... of self‐efficacy in adolescence. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Adolescents Employment Self‐esteem United States of America According to Liebel (2004) , the positive role that work can play in young people's lives has been largely ignored. In exploring child labor globally...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2009) 29 (1-2): 15–26.
Published: 27 February 2009
... against the avarice of the private health conglomerates and others. Kuhn and Estes concur on three aspects of the ageing enterprise, that it: Carroll Estes can be contacted at: carroll.estes@ucsf.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 United States of America Women Social policy...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2008) 28 (11-12): 440–457.
Published: 24 October 2008
... of globalization, racism and adoption. Pamela Anne Quiroz can be contacted at: paquiroz@uic.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Children (kinship) Consumers Family Interpersonal relations Human rights Race United States of America Neoliberal adoption policies in the USA have...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2008) 28 (9-10): 340–350.
Published: 05 September 2008
... cultural changes”. Carolan McLarney can be contacted at: cmclarney@mgmt.dal.ca, mclarney@dal.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Elder care Stress Flexible working hours Social policy United States of America This paper deals with the toll that elder care takes on those...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2008) 28 (7-8): 285–292.
Published: 25 July 2008
... in modern societies. Laura M. Williams can be contacted at: lmwilliams33@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Crimes Sexual behaviour Social stratification United States of America This article focuses on how the form of “modern‐day slavery” known as human trafficking...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2008) 28 (3-4): 129–145.
Published: 25 April 2008
... strategy in describing the different types of violence and abuse marginalized and vulnerable individuals may endure within certain institutions. Family Stress Homelessness United States of America Japan The study of homelessness usually proceeds either from a socio‐economic or ethnographic...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2007) 27 (11-12): 494–499.
Published: 30 October 2007
... will be the same as it is today”. And we witness a similar pattern with the other trumps of truth that Hanson and his colleagues seek to deploy. So, whilst over more than a 12‐year period, the IEM… Government Policy Terrorism Derivative markets United States of America … when they’ve been able...
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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2007) 27 (5-6): 234–249.
Published: 26 June 2007
... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Marketing Culture Consumer behaviour Ethnography United States of America We live in an age increasingly marked by the centrality of marketing activity (Slater and Tonkiss, 2001). Commercial interests are one of the predominant sponsors...
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