The last decade witnessed the growth of the rate of unemployment in China. Being a
vulnerable group, the employed faced social disadvantages as the consequences of …

Poverty remains one of the most urgent issues of our time. In this fully updated edition of her
important and widely acclaimed intervention on the topic, Ruth Lister introduces readers to …

In Western societies, leisure has been a major force in changing people's lives. The
containment of working time and the rise in spending power have been long-term trends and …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 THE SOCIOLOGY OF WORK Page 3 Sara Miller McCune founded
SAGE Publishing in 1965 to support the dissemination of usable knowledge and educate a …

Evidence suggests that place of residence may be associated with smoking independently
of individual poverty and socio-economic status. Qualitative research undertaken in …

This article considers the utility of the concept of social capital in explaining differences in
patterns of political participation among women and men, with particular reference to local …

A key claim in the administrative burden framework is that citizens do not experience
interactions with public programs as equally burdensome. Existing research has argued that …

In this article a moral economy approach is proposed that is informed by Karl Polanyi and
EP Thompson, who capture the ubiquitous tension between a stable, moral and human …

Neighbourhoods are vulnerable to being stigmatized with implications for residents' social
networks, experiences of social connectedness, and opportunities for developing or …

Hall's interesting article contains the bold, but undeveloped, argument that 'social capital has
been sustained in Britain largely by virtue of the increasing participation of women in the …