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Volume 7, issue 12, 2018

Female Genital Mutilation in Nigeria: A Persisting Challenge for Women’s Rights pp. 1-13

Sanni Yaya and Bishwajit Ghose

Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration, Connectedness, and Monitoring of Online Activities: Protection from Parental Figures pp. 1-13

Jennifer L. Doty, Amy L. Gower, Renee E. Sieving, Shari L. Plowman and Barbara J. McMorris

Educational Leadership Training, the Construction of Learning Communities. A Systematic Review pp. 1-13

Inmaculada García-Martínez, Miguel Á. Díaz-Delgado and José Luis Ubago-Jiménez

On Service Innovation as an Interactive Process: A Case Study of the Engagement with Innovation of a Tourism Service pp. 1-17

Lars Fuglsang and Anne Nordli

Mining Corporations, Democratic Meddling, and Environmental Justice in South Africa pp. 1-17

Llewellyn Leonard

Researching Culture through Big Data: Computational Engineering and the Human and Social Sciences pp. 1-17

Teresa Duarte Martinho

Green Jobs: The Present and Future of the Building Industry. Evolution Analysis pp. 1-17

Noelia Araújo, Lucília Cardoso, Jose Antonio Fraiz Brea and Arthur Filipe De Araújo

Noise Complaints between Japanese Neighbors and Migrants in Rural Japan: From the Perspectives of Noisemakers pp. 1-25

Median Mutiara

The Paradigms of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy as Enabling Drivers for the Competitiveness of Businesses and Territories: The Case of an Italian Ceramic Tiles Manufacturing Company pp. 1-31

Fernando E. Garcia-Muiña, Rocío González-Sánchez, Anna Maria Ferrari and Davide Settembre-Blundo

Towards a Framework for Building Community-University Resilience Research Agendas pp. 1-18

Leah Levac, Kate Parizeau, Jeji Varghese, Mavis Morton, Elizabeth Jackson and Linda Hawkins

Sustainable Community Development or Voluntourism: Sustainable Housing in Rural Maharashtra pp. 1-14

Gavin Melles

Social Representations in Studying Information, Knowledge, and Mediations: A Critical Review pp. 1-14

Rainer Rubira-García, Belén Puebla-Martínez and Roberto Gelado-Marcos

Parenting under Adversity: Birth Parents’ Accounts of Inequality and Adoption pp. 1-14

Shirley Lewis and Geraldine Brady

Integrated Public Value Creation through Community Initiatives—Evidence from Dutch Water Management pp. 1-14

Michael Duijn and Jitske Van Popering-Verkerk

Editorial: Tourism and Social Regeneration pp. 1-6

Nicholas Wise

Privileging the Privileged: The Effects of International University Rankings on a Chilean Fellowship Program for Graduate Studies Abroad pp. 1-23

Paulina Perez Mejias, Roxana Chiappa and Carolina Guzmán-Valenzuela

The Rise of the Androgynous Princess: Examining Representations of Gender in Prince and Princess Characters of Disney Movies Released 2009–2016 pp. 1-23

Benjamin Hine, Dawn England, Katie Lopreore, Elizabeth Skora Horgan and Lisa Hartwell

The Impact of Training and Support Interventions on Small Businesses in the Expanded Public Works Programme—Pretoria Region pp. 1-15

Lungisani Dladla and Emmanuel Mutambara

Refuge in the City pp. 1-15

Dale Buscher

What Parents Can Do to Prevent Cyberbullying: Students’ and Educators’ Perspectives pp. 1-12

Wanda Cassidy, Chantal Faucher and Margaret Jackson

Existence and Resistance: The Social Model of Community Education in Ireland pp. 1-12

Maeve O’Grady

Resilience and Community-Based Tourism: Mapuche Experiences in Pre-Cordilleran Areas (Puyehue and Panguipulli) of Southern Chile pp. 1-19

María D. Torres-Alruiz, Marisela J. Pilquimán V. and Christian Henríquez-Zúñiga

Social Solidarity, Collective Identity, Resilient Communities: Two Case Studies from the Rural U.S. and Uruguay pp. 1-19

Braden Leap and Diego Thompson

Climatic Impacts and Responses of Migratory and Non-Migratory Fishers of the Padma River, Bangladesh pp. 1-19

Makidul Islam Khan, Goutam Kumar Kundu, Mosammat Salma Akter, Bishawjit Mallick and Md. Monirul Islam

Capability Deprivation, and the Intergenerational Transmission of Social Disadvantages—Empirical Evidence from Selected Countries pp. 1-22

Veronika V. Eberharter

Influence of Industry 4.0 on the Production and Service Sectors in Pakistan: Evidence from Textile and Logistics Industries pp. 1-21

Muhammad Imran, Waseem ul Hameed and Adnan Haque

Citizen Initiatives in the Post-Welfare State pp. 1-21

Diogo Soares da Silva, Lummina G. Horlings and Elisabete Figueiredo

Both Parents Working: Challenges and Strains in Managing the Reconciliation of Career and Family Life in Dual-Career Families. Empirical Evidence from Austria pp. 1-21

Gerlinde Mauerer

Race/Ethnicity, Crime and Social Control: An Introduction pp. 1-8

Tina G. Patel

Volume 7, issue 11, 2018

Racial and Ethnic Group Spatial Assimilation in Inner and Outer Suburban Rings pp. 1-19

Grigoris Argeros

“I’ve Got to Succeed, So She Can Succeed, So We Can Succeed”: Empowered Mothering, Role Fluidity, and Competition in Incredible Parenting pp. 1-12

Suzan G. Brydon

Agricultural Education in Today’s School System: An Evaluation of Agricultural and Related Science Courses among High Schools in Alabama, USA pp. 1-11

Rosny Jean and Colmore Christian

Touching Queerness in Disney Films Dumbo and Lilo & Stitch pp. 1-11

Katia Perea

Women in the German Workplace: What Facilitates or Constrains Their Claims-Making for Career Advancement? pp. 1-34

Laura Luekemann and Anja-Kristin Abendroth

Risk Society and Anti-Politics in the Fracking Debate pp. 1-22

Frances Drake

When Academic Technology Fails: Effects of Students’ Attributions for Computing Difficulties on Emotions and Achievement pp. 1-22

Rebecca Maymon, Nathan C. Hall and Thomas Goetz

Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Beauty and the Beast, and Disney’s Commodification of Feminism: A Political Economic Analysis pp. 1-21

Kailash Koushik and Abigail Reed

Deindustrialisation, Community, and Adult Education: The North East England Experience pp. 1-16

Jo Forster, Margaret Petrie and Jim Crowther

Black and Minority Ethnic Boys and Custody in England and Wales: Understanding Subjective Experiences through an Analysis of Official Data pp. 1-16

Ravinder Barn, Martina Feilzer and Nick Hardwick

Unfolding Ageism: A Comparative Study of the Divided Ethnic Communities in Cyprus pp. 1-9

Gregory Neocleous, Buse Erzeybek and Menelaos Apostolou

Away from Politics? Trajectories of Italian Third Sector after the 2008 Crisis pp. 1-20

Sandro Busso

Islamophobia in Australia: From Far-Right Deplorables to Respectable Liberals pp. 1-17

Scott Poynting and Linda Briskman

Indonesian Traditional Market Flexibility Amidst State Promoted Market Competition pp. 1-17

Mangku Purnomo, Fenna Otten and Heiko Faust

‘If Your Hair Is Relaxed, White People Are Relaxed. If Your Hair Is Nappy, They’re Not Happy’: Black Hair as a Site of ‘Post-Racial’ Social Control in English Schools pp. 1-13

Remi Joseph-Salisbury and Laura Connelly

A Scoping Review on Digital English and Education 4.0 for Industry 4.0 pp. 1-13

A. Hariharasudan and Sebastian Kot

Deepening and Connecting Democratic Processes. The Opportunities and Pitfalls of Mini-Publics in Renewing Democracy pp. 1-13

Ank Michels and Harmen Binnema

The Rise and Fall of Adult Community Education in Portugal pp. 1-13

António Fragoso and Sandra T. Valadas

Balancing Gender and Power: How Disney’s Hercules Fails to Go the Distance pp. 1-13

Cassandra Primo

Selected Social Policy Instruments in Relation to Tax Policy pp. 1-13

Vladimíra Žofčinová, Zuzana Horváthová and Andrea Čajková

Driver Use and Perceptions of Refueling Stations Near Freeways in a Developing Infrastructure for Alternative Fuel Vehicles pp. 1-18

Scott Kelley

Volatilities of Book Income and Taxable Income and Their Risk Relevance pp. 1-14

Joonhyun Kim

The Black Criminal Other as an Object of Social Control pp. 1-14

Patrick Williams and Becky Clarke

Lessons from the South: Research Collaboration as an Educational Practice pp. 1-14

Danny Wildemeersch and Jan Masschelein

Correction: Pullen, E. and Oser, C. Disadvantaged Status and Health Matters Networks among Low-Income African American Women. Soc. Sci. 2017, 6 (3), 108 pp. 1-1

Erin Pullen and Carrie Oser

Theoretical and Methodological Model for the Study of Social Perception of the Impact of Industrial Tourism on Local Development pp. 1-31

María Andrade and Iria Caamaño-Franco

The Use of Human Capital and Limitations of Social Capital in Advancing Economic Security among Immigrant Women Living in Central Alberta, Canada pp. 1-25

Choon-Lee Chai, Kayla Ueland and Tabitha Phiri

The Effect of Values and Secularism on Attitude towards Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis of Embryos pp. 1-10

Graziella Di Marco, Zira Hichy, Sharon Coen and Noelia Rodriguez-Espartal

Postfeminist Masculinity: The New Disney Norm? pp. 1-10

Michael Macaluso

Does Parental Mediation Moderate the Longitudinal Association among Bystanders and Perpetrators and Victims of Cyberbullying? pp. 1-10

Michelle F. Wright and Sebastian Wachs

Augmented Reality Marketing in Malaysia—Future Scenarios pp. 1-15

Choon Ching Ng and Chandrashekar Ramasamy

Mulan and Moana: Embedded Coloniality and the Search for Authenticity in Disney Animated Film pp. 1-15

Michelle Anya Anjirbag

Promises and Failures of the Cooperative Food Retail System in Italy pp. 1-15

Davide Arcidiacono

Volume 7, issue 10, 2018

Hunger in Higher Education: Experiences and Correlates of Food Insecurity among Wisconsin Undergraduates from Low-Income Families pp. 1-25

Katharine M. Broton, Kari E. Weaver and Minhtuyen Mai

Climate Politics and Race in the Pacific Northwest pp. 1-25

Rachel Slocum

Understanding Mental Health: What Are the Issues for Black and Ethnic Minority Students at University? pp. 1-25

Jason Arday

Death and Coping Mechanisms in Animated Disney Movies: A Content Analysis of Disney Films (1937–2003) and Disney/Pixar Films (2003–2016) pp. 1-14

James A. Graham, Hope Yuhas and Jessica L. Roman

Violence as an Environmentally Warranted Norm amongst Working-Class Teenage Boys in Glasgow pp. 1-14

Christopher Holligan and Robert McLean

Chinese Migrant Perceptions of Africans: Understanding Confucian Reflexive Politics in Southern Africa pp. 1-18

Micah Petersen and Saleem Ali

Estimating the Perceived Socio-Economic Impacts of Hosting Large-Scale Sport Tourism Events pp. 1-18

Marko Perić

Translation and Linguistic Validation of a Swedish Study-Specific Questionnaire for Use among Norwegian Parents Who Lost a Child to Cancer pp. 1-18

Hilde-Kristin Vegsund, Toril Rannestad, Trude Reinfjell, Unni Karin Moksnes, Alexandra Eilegård Wallin and Mary-Elizabeth Bradley Eilertsen

Social Class Inequalities in Graduates’ Labour Market Outcomes: The Role of Spatial Job Opportunities pp. 1-18

Adriana Duta and Cristina Iannelli

Stratification with Honors: A Case Study of the “High” Track within United States Higher Education pp. 1-17

Amy E. Stich

Do Female Employees at Small and Medium Enterprises Perceive Open Source Software Usefulness and Satisfaction Differently from Male Employees? A Survey Analysis pp. 1-17

Sanghyun Kim and Hyunsun Park

Privacy Threats and Protection Recommendations for the Use of Geosocial Network Data in Research pp. 1-17

Ourania Kounadi, Bernd Resch and Andreas Petutschnig

Competencies and Practices in Academic Engineering Leadership Development: Lessons from a National Survey pp. 1-13

Diane Magrane, Page S. Morahan, Susan Ambrose and Sharon A. Dannels

Feminists against Sexual Violence in War: The Question of Perpetrators and Victims Revisited pp. 1-13

Maja Korac

The Effects of Poverty and Prison on British Muslim Men Who Offend pp. 1-13

Colin Webster and Mohammed Qasim

The Relationship between Soccer Club Coaches’ Decision-Making Style, Basic Psychological Needs, and Intention to Continue to Exercise: Based on Amateur Male Soccer Club Members in Korea pp. 1-13

YongKoo Noh, Kyongmin Lee and Chul-Ho Bum

Resilience: Examining the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on the Gulf Coast Vietnamese American Community pp. 1-13

Megha M. Patel, Leia Y. Saltzman, Regardt J. Ferreira and Amy E. Lesen

‘It’s Scary and It’s Big, and There’s No Job Security’: Undergraduate Experiences of Career Planning and Stratification in an English Red Brick University pp. 1-20

Rita Hordósy and Tom Clark

Losing the One, Caring for the All: The Activism of the Peace Mothers in Turkey pp. 1-20

Nisa Göksel

Interdependence Evaluation between the Home Neighborhood and the City: How Socio-Spatial Categorization Impacts upon Residential Segregation pp. 1-20

Kawtar Najib

Child Protection and Social Inequality: Understanding Child Prostitution in Malawi pp. 1-20

Pearson Nkhoma and Helen Charnley

Revisiting the Issues of Access to Higher Education and Social Stratification through the Case of Refugees: A Comparative Study of Spaces of Opportunity for Refugee Students in Germany and England pp. 1-20

Marie-Agnès Détourbe and Gaële Goastellec

How to Divide Paid Work and Unpaid Care between Parents? Comparison of Attitudes in 22 Western Countries pp. 1-20

Milla Salin, Minna Ylikännö and Mia Hakovirta

When in Rome, Feel as the Romans Feel: An Emotional Model of Organizational Socialization pp. 1-20

Yongjun Choi

Discursive Struggle and Agency—Updating the Finnish Peatland Conservation Network pp. 1-16

Eerika Albrecht

Evolving Responsibility or Revolving Bias? The Role of the Media in the Anti-Sugar Debate in the UK Press pp. 1-16

Martina Topić and Ralph Tench

Stripping the Wallpaper of Practice: Empowering Social Workers to Tackle Poverty pp. 1-16

Claire McCartan, Aine Morrison, Lisa Bunting, Gavin Davidson and Jackie McIlroy

Signalling the ‘Multi-Local’ University? The Place of the City in the Growth of London-Based Satellite Campuses, and the Implications for Social Stratification pp. 1-16

Rachel Brooks and Johanna Waters

Poverty and Economic Growth in Mexico pp. 1-9

Jorge Garza-Rodriguez

Student Choice in Higher Education—Reducing or Reproducing Social Inequalities? pp. 1-28

Claire Callender and Kevin J. Dougherty

Institutional Expectations and Students’ Responses to the College Application Essay pp. 1-15

Ralitsa Todorova

Housing Discrimination and Health: Understanding Potential Linking Pathways Using a Mixed-Methods Approach pp. 1-10

Roshanak Mehdipanah, Jessica Ramirez, Shanti Abedin and Sherrill F. Brown

Digital Learning in the UK: Sociological Reflections on an Unequal Marketplace pp. 1-12

Carlo Perrotta

Leaving the Village but Not the Rice Field: Role of Female Migrants in Agricultural Production and Household Autonomy in Red River Delta, Vietnam pp. 1-12

Thi Minh Khue Nguyen, Thi Dien Nguyen, Thi Minh Chau Le, Philippe Burny and Philippe Lebailly

Animating ‘The Blank Page’: Exhibitions as Feminist Community Adult Education pp. 1-12

Darlene E. Clover

Do Police Officers in the USA Protect and Serve All Citizens Equally? pp. 1-11

William De Soto

The Relationships of School-Based Discrimination and Ethnic-Racial Socialization to African American Adolescents’ Achievement Outcomes pp. 1-19

Meeta Banerjee, Christy Byrd and Stephanie Rowley

Business Lobbying: Mapping Policy Networks in Brazil in Mercosur pp. 1-30

Galia J. Benítez

Queen Phiona and Princess Shuri—Alternative Africana “Royalty” in Disney’s Royal Realm: An Intersectional Analysis pp. 1-8

Heather E. Harris

Using the Lens of ‘Possible Selves’ to Explore Access to Higher Education: A New Conceptual Model for Practice, Policy, and Research pp. 1-21

Neil Harrison

Volume 7, issue 9, 2018

‘No, I Don’t Like the Basque Language.’ Considering the Role of Cultural Capital within Boundary-Work in Basque Education pp. 1-20

Elizabeth Pérez-Izaguirre

Segregation in Housing and Urban Forms: An Issue of Private and Public Concern pp. 1-17

Rui Jorge Garcia Ramos, Eliseu Gonçalves and Sergio Dias Silva

Social Class and Child Welfare: Intertwining Issues of Redistribution and Recognition pp. 1-13

Halvor Fauske, Bente Heggem Kojan and Anita Skårstad Storhaug

The Place and Participation of Parents at the Rond-Point Perinatal and Family Center for Drug Addiction pp. 1-13

Isabelle Laurin, Jean-François René, Nadia Giguère, Isabelle Morissette, Frédéric Maari and Renée-ève Dionne

Organisational Identity as a Barrier to Widening Access in Scottish Universities pp. 1-16

Vikki Boliver, Mandy Powell and Tiago Moreira

Exploring the Experiences of Heterosexual and Asexual Transgender People pp. 1-16

J. E. Sumerau, Harry Barbee, Lain A. B. Mathers and Victoria Eaton

An Examination of the Mental Health and Negative Life Events of Women Who Killed Their Children pp. 1-16

Margarita Poteyeva and Margaret Leigey

“I Know I Am, But What Are You?”: Public Perceptions of Unions, Members and Joining Intentions pp. 1-14

Ray Gibney, Marick Masters, Ozge Aybat and Thomas Amlie

Factors Influencing Consumer Behavior and Prospective Purchase Decisions in a Dynamic Pricing Environment—An Exploratory Factor Analysis Approach pp. 1-14

Vijay Victor, Jose Joy Thoppan, Robert Jeyakumar Nathan and Fekete Farkas Maria

Preparing Versus Persuading: Inequalities between Scottish State schools in University Application Guidance Practices pp. 1-14

Jennifer M. Ferguson and Dave Griffiths

Disability Status, Housing Tenure, and Residential Attainment in Metropolitan America pp. 1-18

Samantha Friedman, Kaya Hamer-Small and Wendie Choudary

The Effect of Lease Accounting on Credit Rating and Cost of Debt: Evidence from Firms in Korea pp. 1-18

Younghee Park and Kyunga Na

Out of the Education Desert: How Limited Local College Options are Associated with Inequity in Postsecondary Opportunities pp. 1-26

Daniel Klasik, Kristin Blagg and Zachary Pekor

Testing Western Media Icons Influence on Arab Women’s Body Size and Shape Ideals: An Experimental Approach pp. 1-24

Salma M. Khaled, Bethany Shockley, Yara Qutteina, Linda Kimmel and Kien T. Le

From the Sleeping Princess to the World-Saving Daughter of the Chief: Examining Young Children’s Perceptions of ‘Old’ versus ‘New’ Disney Princess Characters pp. 1-15

Benjamin Hine, Katarina Ivanovic and Dawn England

Introduction of a New Mobile Player App Store in Selected Countries of Southeast Asia pp. 1-15

Peter Štarchoň, Milota Vetráková, Jozef Metke, Silvia Lorincová, Miloš Hitka and Dagmar Weberová

The Consequences of Spatial Inequality for Adolescent Residential Mobility pp. 1-15

Matt Vogel and Merle Zwiers

Southern African Social Work Students’ Acceptance of Rape Myths pp. 1-11

John Matthews, Lisa Avery and Johanna Nashandi

The Impact of Peer Support on the Risk of Future Hospital Readmissions among Older Adults with a Medical Illness and Co-Occurring Depression pp. 1-11

Kyaien O. Conner, Tamara Cadet, Monique J. Brown and Joshua T. Barnett

Undercover Dogs: Pet Dogs in the Sleep Environment of Patients with Chronic Pain pp. 1-11

Cary A. Brown, Yuluan Wang and Eloise C. J. Carr

Subterranean Values and Deviance: An Empirical Investigation of the Case of Spain pp. 1-12

Gonzalo Herranz de Rafael and Juan Sebastián Fernández-Prados

When Hazing is Not Hazing: Media Portrayal of Hazing: Developing A Typology. Introducing the TAIR Model pp. 1-12

Scott Alden Mathers and Jackie Chavez

Arabizi in Saudi Arabia: A Deviant Form of Language or Simply a Form of Expression? pp. 1-19

Hamdah Alghamdi and Eleni Petraki

Commuting Stress–Turnover Intention Relationship and the Mediating Role of Life Satisfaction: An Empirical Analysis of Turkish Employees pp. 1-21

Özge Demiral

The Profitability of Residential Photovoltaic Systems. A New Scheme of Subsidies Based on the Price of CO 2 in a Developed PV Market pp. 1-21

Idiano D’Adamo

An Analysis of the Skill Shortage Problems in Indian IT Companies pp. 1-21

Suchandra Paul

Assessing the Role of Family Structure in Racial/Ethnic Residential Isolation pp. 1-21

Colleen E. Wynn and Samantha Friedman

Unequal Higher Education in the United States: Growing Participation and Shrinking Opportunities pp. 1-22

Barrett J. Taylor and Brendan Cantwell

Volume 7, issue 8, 2018

Information Technology Governance on Audit Technology Performance among Malaysian Public Sector Auditors pp. 1-19

Farida Veerankutty, Thurasamy Ramayah and Noor Azman Ali

The Personal is Political: Assessing Feminist Fundamentals in the Digital Age pp. 1-19

Frances Rogan and Shelley Budgeon

Parents’ Responses to Coping with Bullying: Variations by Adolescents’ Self-Reported Victimization and Parents’ Awareness of Bullying Involvement pp. 1-11

Elisa Larrañaga, Santiago Yubero and Raúl Navarro

The Lived Experiences of Mothers of Children with the Autism Spectrum Disorders in Egypt pp. 1-11

Ereny Gobrial

Disney ‘World’: The Westernization of World Music in EPCOT’s “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth” pp. 1-11

Matthew Hodge

Racial/Ethnic Residential Segregation, the Distribution of Physician’s Offices and Access to Health Care: The Case of Houston, Texas pp. 1-18

Kathryn Freeman Anderson

The G1000 Firework Dialogue as a Social Learning System: A Community of Practice Approach pp. 1-18

Franziska Eckardt and Paul Benneworth

The Impact of Facebookers’ Posts on Other Users’ Attitudes According to Their Age and Gender: Evidence from Al Ain University of Science and Technology pp. 1-14

Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh and Sulafah Abdul Salam Alnamer

Inequalities in US Child Protection: The Case of Sex Trafficked Youth pp. 1-14

Lisa Werkmeister Rozas, Jason Ostrander and Megan Feely

The Geography of Economic Segregation pp. 1-17

Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander

The Semiotics of the Evolving Gang Masculinity and Glasgow pp. 1-17

Robert McLean and Chris Holligan

What Meritocracy Means to its Winners: Admissions, Race, and Inequality at Elite Universities in The United States and Britain pp. 1-17

Natasha Warikoo

Examining the Role of Online Reviews in Chinese Online Group Buying Context: The Moderating Effect of Promotional Marketing pp. 1-17

Wenlong Liu and Rongrong Ji

Balancing Work and Life When Self-Employed: The Role of Business Characteristics, Time Demands, and Gender Contexts pp. 1-20

Emma Hagqvist, Susanna Toivanen and Claudia Bernhard-Oettel

Minority High School Students in Non-Math-Science-Oriented and Math-Science-Oriented Majors: Do They View the Environment Differently? pp. 1-16

Colmore S. Christian, Santosh K. Ojha and Berneece S. Herbert

From Active Aging to Active Citizenship: The Role of (Age) Friendliness pp. 1-16

Elena Del Barrio, Sara Marsillas, Tine Buffel, An-Sofie Smetcoren and Mayte Sancho

Young People’s Perspectives on and Experiences of Health-Related Social Media, Apps, and Wearable Health Devices pp. 1-15

Victoria A. Goodyear and Kathleen M. Armour

Managing Efficiency in Higher Education: A Case of Ukrainian Universities pp. 1-15

Oleksandr Velychko, Liudmyla Velychko and Mykola Kharytonov

Gender Inequity during the Ph.D.: Females in the Life Sciences Benefit Less from Their Integration into the Scientific Community pp. 1-15

Nurith Epstein and Daniel Lachmann

The Determinants and Outcomes of Absence Behavior: A Systematic Literature Review pp. 1-26

Vedrana Čikeš, Helga Maškarin Ribarić and Kristina Črnjar

Social Dominance and Attitude towards Immigrants: The Key Role of Happiness pp. 1-10

Angelo Panno

Nepal Government’s Emergency Response to the 2015 Earthquake: A Case Study pp. 1-27

Bahul Shrestha and Pairote Pathranarakul

Sense of Belonging in Computing: The Role of Introductory Courses for Women and Underrepresented Minority Students pp. 1-23

Linda J. Sax, Jennifer M. Blaney, Kathleen J. Lehman, Sarah L. Rodriguez, Kari L. George and Christina Zavala

Volume 7, issue 7, 2018

Interest in and Awareness of French President Emmanuel Macron’s “Make our Planet Great Again” Initiative pp. 1-12

Joshua S. Dadural and Leah R. Reznikov

Democracy, Liberalism and the Challenge of Social Solidarity pp. 1-12

Greg Melleuish

Children’s Personal Data: Discursive Legitimation Strategies of Private Residential Care Institutions on the Kenyan Coast pp. 1-19

Njeri Chege

Heating Up Online Learning: Insights from a Collaboration Employing Arts Based Research/Pedagogy for an Adult Education, Online, Community Outreach Undergraduate Course pp. 1-23

Joe Norris and Mary Gene Saudelli

Company Engagement in Apprenticeships in Crisis-Hit Greece: A Critical Overview pp. 1-15

Varvara Lalioti, Dimitris Karantinos and Manolis Chrysakis

Resettlement of Northern Muslims: A Challenge for Sustainable Post-War Development and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka pp. 1-20

Mohammad Agus Yusoff, Athambawa Sarjoon and Zawiyah Mohd Zain

Outing the Elephants: Exploring a New Paradigm for Child Protection Social Work pp. 1-13

Ian Hyslop and Emily Keddell

The Dynamics of Online Activities and Its Impact on Well-Being in Urban China pp. 1-17

Yinxuan Huang

Conflict between Freedom of Expression and Religion in India—A Case Study pp. 1-17

Amit Singh

Economic Impact of Development Initiatives on Low-Income Households in Kelantan, Malaysia pp. 1-17

Wan Nurulasiah binti Wan Mustapa, Abdullah Al Mamun and Mohamed Dahlan Ibrahim

Time to Face the Music: Musical Colonization and Appropriation in Disney’s Moana pp. 1-9

Robin Armstrong

Text You Pictures: The Role of Group Belonging, Race Identity, Race, and Gender in Older Adolescents’ Mobile Phone Use pp. 1-16

Valerie Barker

Assessing Cognitive and Social Attitudes toward Environmental Conservation in Coral Reef Social-Ecological Systems pp. 1-32

Kostas Alexandridis

Segregation, Stereotypes, and STEM pp. 1-18

Sarah Thébaud and Maria Charles

Gender Based Perception of Successful Construction of Project Managers’ Attributes pp. 1-18

Georgios N. Aretoulis

Personal and Job Factors Associated with Teachers’ Active Listening and Active Empathic Listening pp. 1-18

Ntina Kourmousi, Kalliope Kounenou, Vasiliki Yotsidi, Vasiliki Xythali, Kyriakoula Merakou, Anastasia Barbouni and Vasilios Koutras

Food Safety in China: The Structure and Substantive Foci of an Emerging Field of Social Science Research pp. 1-14

Harley D. Dickinson, Willa Liu, Paul J. Graham and Wei Chen

Patterns, Costs, and Implications of Police Abuse to Citizens’ Rights in the Republic of Zimbabwe pp. 1-14

Ishmael Mugari and Emeka E. Obioha

Volume 7, issue 6, 2018

Inequalities and Child Protection System Contact in Aotearoa New Zealand: Developing a Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda pp. 1-14

Emily Keddell and Gabrielle Davie

Femifesta? A Feminist Manifesto for the 21st Century pp. 1-14

Miriam David

From Just War to Nuclear Pacifism: The Evolution of U.S. Christian Thinking about War in the Nuclear Age, 1946–1989 pp. 1-18

Stephen R. Rock

Leveraging Healthcare Opportunities for Improved Access among Ghanaian Retirees: The Case of Active Aging pp. 1-18

Delali A. Dovie

Attitudes and Motivation to Use Public or Individual Transport: A Case Study of Two Middle-Sized Cities pp. 1-25

Jaroslav Burian, Lenka Zajíčková, Igor Ivan and Karel Macků

Association of SME and Government Policy Factors with the Creation of New Employment: Manufacturing Industry in Korea pp. 1-16

Hoon Jang

The Effect of Corporate Governance on the Corruption of Firms in BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India & China) pp. 1-16

Kyunga Na, Young-Hee Kang and Yang Sok Kim

Vulnerable Rights: The Incomplete Realization of Disability Social Rights in France pp. 1-16

Anne Revillard

Business Organisational Structures of Global Companies: Use of the Territorial Model to Ensure Long-Term Growth pp. 1-9

Hana Štverková and Michal Pohludka

The Heavy Cost of Care: Systemic Challenges in Norwegian Work Absenteeism pp. 1-17

Erika Palmer

Interventions of Chinese Nonprofit Charitable Organizations in the Rescue of Children in Difficulty pp. 1-13

Yaqiong Du and Lennart Nygren

Expectations of Bank Employees on the Influence of Key Performance Indicators and the Relationship with Job Satisfaction and Work Engagement pp. 1-13

Angelika Lepold, Norbert Tanzer and Paulino Jiménez

Accounting for Demography and Preferences: New Estimates of Residential Segregation with Minimum Segregation Measures pp. 1-20

Jeffrey M. Timberlake

The Governmentality of Rural Household Waste Management Practices in Ala Ajagbusi, Nigeria pp. 1-20

Saheed Adebayo Abdulwakeel and Orjan Bartholdson

Policies, Practices, and Attitudes toward Inclusive Education: The Case of Greece pp. 1-15

Marios A. Pappas, Chara Papoutsi and Athanasios S. Drigas

The Relationship between Parental Control and High-Risk Internet Behaviours in Adolescence pp. 1-7

David Álvarez-García, Trinidad García and Zara Suárez-García

Do Factory Audits Improve International Labor Standards? An Examination of Voluntary Corporate Labor Regulations in Global Production Networks pp. 1-12

Scott R. Sanders, Michael R. Cope and Elizabeth R. Pulsipher

Microaggressions Self-Defense: A Role-Playing Workshop for Responding to Microaggressions pp. 1-11

Christy M. Byrd

Storm Power, an Icy Tower and Elsa’s Bower: The Winds of Change in Disney’s Frozen pp. 1-29

Lauren Dundes, Madeline Streiff and Zachary Streiff

Volume 7, issue 5, 2018

Diminished Economic Return of Socioeconomic Status for Black Families pp. 1-10

Shervin Assari

Dynamics of Volunteering and Life Satisfaction in Midlife and Old Age: Findings from 12 European Countries pp. 1-15

Thomas Hansen, Marja Aartsen, Britt Slagsvold and Christian Deindl

National Identity and Migration in an Emerging Gateway Community pp. 1-17

Jennifer Byrne

Dynamics in the Field of Museums: Contemporary Challenges for Polish Museologists pp. 1-9

Elżbieta Nieroba

A Multi-Level Analysis on School Connectedness, Family Support, and Adolescent Depression: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, 1995–1996 pp. 1-16

Lin Zhu

The Misunderstanding of Social Insurance: The Inadequacy of the Basic Pension Insurance for Urban Employees (BPIUE) for the Aging Population of China pp. 1-16

Naijun Hu

Masculinity, Organizational Culture, Media Framing and Sexual Violence in the Military pp. 1-19

Steven Kuhl, Anna E. Kosloski, Stephanie Bontrager Ryon and Astrid Monar

Running in Someone Else’s Shoes: The Electoral Consequences of Running as an Appointed Senator pp. 1-12

Carrie Eaves

How the Demographic Composition of Academic Science and Engineering Departments Influences Workplace Culture, Faculty Experience, and Retention Risk pp. 1-25

Eric E. Griffith and Nilanjana Dasgupta

Settlement and Integration Needs of Skilled Immigrants in Canada pp. 1-14

Vibha Kaushik and Julie Drolet

Driving Change on Twitter: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis of the Twitter Debates on the Saudi Ban on Women Driving pp. 1-14

Lama Altoaimy

Volume 7, issue 4, 2018

Being Different with Dignity: Buddhist Inclusiveness of Homosexuality pp. 1-15

Fung Kei Cheng

Suspect Outsiders or Prospective Citizens? Constructing the Immigrant/German Boundary in Germany’s Integration Courses pp. 1-15

Daniel Williams

Big Data, Algorithmic Regulation, and the History of the Cybersyn Project in Chile, 1971–1973 pp. 1-15

Katharina Loeber

Evaluating the Impact of an Active Labour Market Policy on Employment: Short- and Long-Term Perspectives pp. 1-20

José M. Cansino, Antonio Sánchez-Braza and Nereyda Espinoza

The Roots of the Religious Cold War: Pre-Cold War Factors pp. 1-17

Dianne Kirby

A Corpus-Based Study on Cross-Cultural Divergence in the Use of Hedges in Academic Research Articles Written by Vietnamese and Native English-Speaking Authors pp. 1-13

Thu Nguyen Thi Thuy

Social Exclusion of Multicultural Families in Korea pp. 1-16

Anna Kim

Using Date Specific Searches on Google Books to Disconfirm Prior Origination Knowledge Claims for Particular Terms, Words, and Names pp. 1-9

Mike Sutton and Mark D. Griffiths

Gender Disparities in Faculty Rank: Factors that Affect Advancement of Women Scientists at Academic Medical Centers pp. 1-18

Cristina M. López, Cara Margherio, Latecia M. Abraham-Hilaire and Carol Feghali-Bostwick

Identifying Relevant Anti-Science Perceptions to Improve Science-Based Communication: The Negative Perceptions of Science Scale pp. 1-18

Melanie Morgan, William B. Collins, Glenn G. Sparks and Jessica R. Welch

Sergei and the “Divinely Appointed” Stalin: Theology and Ecclesiology in Church-State Relations in the Soviet Union in the Lead-up to the Cold War pp. 1-18

Roland Boer

The Politics of Social Structures in the Palestinian Case: From National Resistance to Depoliticization and Liberalization pp. 1-18

Yaser Alashqar

Leadership Styles and War and Peace Policies in the Spanish–Basque Conflict: A Discourse Analysis of José María Aznar and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero pp. 1-22

Adrián Tarín Sanz and José Manuel Rivas Otero

The English Catholic New Left: Battling the Religious Establishment and the Politics of the Cold War pp. 1-21

Jay P. Corrin

Effect of Economic Vulnerability on Competitive Advantages, Enterprise Performance and Sustainability pp. 1-11

Abdullah Al Mamun, Noorshella Binti Che Nawi, Mohd Asrul Hery Bin Ibrahim and Rajennd Muniady

Significant Indicators and Determinants of Happiness: Evidence from a UK Survey and Revealed by a Data-Driven Systems Modelling Approach pp. 1-12

Yuanlin Gu and Hua-Liang Wei

The Vietnam War, the Church, the Christian Democratic Party and the Italian Left Catholics pp. 1-12

Daniela Saresella

Big Data in Ottoman Urban Studies: A Relational Approach to the Archival Data and to Socio-Spatial Analyses of an Early Modern Ottoman City pp. 1-12

Yunus Ugur

The Secret of Self-Made: The Potential of Different Types of Consumer Participation for Product Attachment and Commercial Value pp. 1-19

Sarah Diefenbach, Svetlana Jung, Thomas Diller, Christina Franze and Stina Maciejczyk

The European Natural Gas Market Reforms Revisited: Differentiating between Regulatory Output and Outcome pp. 1-19

Nicole Herweg, Stefan Wurster and Kathrin Dümig

Volume 7, issue 3, 2018

The Weight of Categories: Geographically Inscribed Otherness in Botkyrka Municipality, Sweden pp. 1-23

Beiyi Hu

Sharing Lessons between Peace Processes: A Comparative Case Study on the Northern Ireland and Korean Peace Processes pp. 1-15

Dong Jin Kim

An Exploratory Assessment of Community-Oriented Policing Implementation, Social Disorganization and Crime in America pp. 1-16

Kimberly S. Przeszlowski and Vaughn J. Crichlow

Social Identity Theory and Public Opinion towards Immigration pp. 1-16

Maruice Mangum and Ray Block

Topic Modeling The Red Pill pp. 1-16

J. B. Mountford

The Portrayal of Families across Generations in Disney Animated Films pp. 1-16

Jessica D. Zurcher, Sarah M. Webb and Tom Robinson

“It’s Broader than Just My Work Here”: Gender Variations in Accounts of Success among Engineers in U.S. Academia pp. 1-17

Dilshani Sarathchandra, Kristin Haltinner, Nicole Lichtenberg and Hailee Tracy

Why People Are Not Willing to Let Their Children Ride in Driverless School Buses: A Gender and Nationality Comparison pp. 1-17

Emily C. Anania, Stephen Rice, Scott R. Winter, Mattie N. Milner, Nathan W. Walters and Matthew Pierce

Can Social Capital influence Smallholder Farmers’ Climate-Change Adaptation Decisions? Evidence from Three Semi-Arid Communities in Burkina Faso, West Africa pp. 1-20

Thomas B. Yaméogo, William Fonta and Tobias Wünscher

Oil and Gas Rents and Civilian Violence in the Middle East and North Africa, 1990–2004: A Resource Curse, or Rentier Peace? pp. 1-20

Matthew Costello

Paradigm Shift in Game Theory: Sociological Re-Conceptualization of Human Agency, Social Structure, and Agents’ Cognitive-Normative Frameworks and Action Determination Modalities pp. 1-40

Tom R. Burns, Ewa Roszkowska, Nora Machado Des Johansson and Ugo Corte

Islam, Politics and Secularism in Bangladesh: Contesting the Dominant Narratives pp. 1-18

Md Nazrul Islam and Md Saidul Islam

Student Mobility and Transnational Social Ties as Factors of Reflexivity pp. 1-18

Tea Golob and Matej Makarovič

The Historical Memory of American Presidents in the Mass Public pp. 1-14

Jeffrey E. Cohen

The PILAR Model as a Measure of Peer Ratings of Collaboration Viability in Small Groups pp. 1-14

Benjamin Heslop, Kylie Bailey, Jonathan Paul and Elizabeth Stojanovski

Engineering Women’s Attitudes and Goals in Choosing Disciplines with Above and Below Average Female Representation pp. 1-25

Dina Verdín, Allison Godwin, Adam Kirn, Lisa Benson and Geoff Potvin

Youth Work and Serendipity: Some Anthropological Implications pp. 1-8

Federico Pozzoni

Sex-Free and Sex-Related Components of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) Neuroticism Scale among Finnish and Turkish Students pp. 1-11

Timo Lajunen

Nonviolence and Religion: Creating a Post-Secular Narrative with Aldo Capitini pp. 1-11

Roberto Baldoli

Volume 7, issue 2, 2018

International Development Policies and Coastalscape Metabolism: The Case of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam pp. 1-18

Andrea Zinzani

The Effects of Cueing and Framing on Youth Attitudes towards Gun Control and Gun Rights pp. 1-18

Stephen Wu

Deconstructing Civil Society Actors and Functions: On the Limitations of International Frameworks for Fragile States pp. 1-18

Simone Datzberger and Tam Nguyen

Chilly Climates, Balancing Acts, and Shifting Pathways: What Happens to Women in STEM Doctoral Programs pp. 1-33

Marilyn Cabay, Bianca L. Bernstein, Melissa Rivers and Natalie Fabert

The Boys Club: Engineering a More Positive Environment for Women in Male-Dominated Majors pp. 1-11

Brooke E. Dresden, Alexander Y. Dresden and Robert D. Ridge

Communicating Gender-Equality Progress, Reduces Social Identity Threats for Women Considering a Research Career pp. 1-11

Una Tellhed and Anna Jansson

Impact of Trust, Commitment, and Openness on Research Project Performance: Case Study in a Research Institute pp. 1-11

Masoumeh Ghazinejad, Bassam A. Hussein and Youcef J. -T. Zidane

Strategic Self-Presentation of Women in STEM pp. 1-16

Alexandra Garr-Schultz and Wendi L. Gardner

Discourse from #TheRealUW: What Tweets Say about Racial Concerns at a Predominately White Institution pp. 1-13

Karl Vachuska and Jack Brudvig

Achieving Quality Education by Understanding Teacher Job Satisfaction Determinants pp. 1-13

Chux Gervase Iwu, Ikechukwu Onyekwere Ezeuduji, Ita Chimezie Iwu, Kenechukwu Ikebuaku and Robertson Tengeh

Contemporary Feminist Analysis of Australian Farm Women in the Context of Climate Changes pp. 1-15

Margaret Alston, Josephine Clarke and Kerri Whittenbury

Youth Work in Turkey: A Sector Newly Emerging and Marked by Political Competition pp. 1-15

Demet Lüküslü and Berrin Osmanoğlu

Action Not Words: Obama’s Opportunity to Transform U.S.-Muslim Relations pp. 1-24

Ronald Gardner

Differentiation in Higher Education: The Impact of Parental Education pp. 1-10

Iakovos Tsiplakides

Parsing the Gulf between Africans and African Americans pp. 1-26

Ashly Nsangou and Lauren Dundes

Negative Gender Ideologies and Gender-Science Stereotypes Are More Pervasive in Male-Dominated Academic Disciplines pp. 1-21

Sarah Banchefsky and Bernadette Park

Volume 7, issue 1, 2017

Parental Occupation and the Gender Math Gap: Examining the Social Reproduction of Academic Advantage among Elementary and Middle School Students pp. 1-17

Monica Bowden, John P. Bartkowski, Xiaohe Xu and Richard Lewis

Applying ExpandNet’s Systematic Approach to Scaling Up in an Integrated Population, Health and Environment Project in East Africa pp. 1-17

Antony Omimo, Dorah Taranta, Laura Ghiron, Charles Kabiswa, Sono Aibe, Millicent Kodande, Caroline Nalwoga, Samuel Mugaya and Pamela Onduso

Pride, Paternalism, Prejudice—Images of the Working Class pp. 1-13

Ove Skarpenes and Rune Sakslind

Is There “Hope for Every Addicted American”? The New U.S. War on Drugs pp. 1-20

Elizabeth Stone

Greece’s Economic and Social Transformation 2008–2017 pp. 1-14

Symeon Mavridis

The Impact of Political Cleavages, Religiosity, and Values on Attitudes towards Nonprofit Organizations pp. 1-18

Marko Kovic and Nina Hänsli

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Social Sciences in 2017 pp. 1-6

Social Sciences Editorial Office

Modeling and Evaluation of the Possibilities of Forming a Regional Industrial Symbiosis Networks pp. 1-26

Biljana Mileva-Boshkoska, Borut Rončević and Erika Džajić Uršič

Indigenous Studies Speaks to American Sociology: The Need for Individual and Social Transformations of Indigenous Education in the USA pp. 1-10

Michelle M. Jacob

Muslim Mobilities and Gender: An Introduction pp. 1-10

Viola Thimm

Estimating Ideal Points from Roll-Call Data: Explore Principal Components Analysis, Especially for More Than One Dimension? pp. 1-27

Richard F. Potthoff

“Girl Power”: Gendered Academic and Workplace Experiences of College Women in Engineering pp. 1-23

Kathleen N. Smith and Joy Gaston Gayles

Impact of Farmers’ Training Centres on Household Income: Evidence from Propensity Score Matching in Eastern Ethiopia pp. 1-12

Muluken Gezahegn Wordofa and Maria Sassi

Framing Engineering: The Role of College Website Descriptions pp. 1-19

Romina B. Da Costa and Nelly P. Stromquist

Uncovering Discursive Framings of the Bangladesh Shipbreaking Industry pp. 1-19

S. M. Mizanur Rahman, Chelsea Schelly, Audrey L. Mayer and Emma S. Norman