Contemporary Social Science

2013 - 2024

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Volume 17, issue 5, 2022

Editorial: Contemporary social science open access (CSS open) pp. 413-417

David Bailey

Lessons from the UK’s handling of Covid-19 for the future of scientific advice to government: a contribution to the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry pp. 418-433

Susan Michie, Philip Ball, James Wilsdon and Robert West

Covid-19 and the crisis of food insecurity in the UK pp. 434-449

Hartwig Pautz and Damian Dempsey

Self-testing for COVID-19 in Durban and Eastern Cape, South Africa: a qualitative inquiry targeting decision-takers pp. 450-467

Amanda N. Brumwell, Gbotemi B. Babatunde, Sonjelle Shilton, Jade Tso, Michael W. Wilson, Noeline Xulu, Jamila K. Adam, Monique M. Marks and Guillermo Z. Martínez-Pérez

Perceiving and managing Brexit risk in UK manufacturing: evidence from the midlands pp. 468-484

David Bailey, Alex de Ruyter, Claire MacRae, Jon McNeill and Julie Roberts

Relocating the political in education: why we need to revisit the marketisation of education in the contemporary political climate pp. 485-500

Ritika Arora-Kukreja

Security politics and techno-securitisation in Star Wars: from the Fall of the Jedi to the Reign of the Empire pp. 501-516

Colin Atkinson

Supporting interviews with technology: how software integration can benefit participants and interviewers pp. 517-527

Monique H. Harrison and Philip A. Hernandez

Social and private goods: the duality of unpaid internships pp. 528-540

Andrew Morrison

Volume 17, issue 4, 2022

Gendered families: states and societies in transition pp. 305-312

Sirin Sung and Lisa Smyth

The resilience of maternalism in European welfare states pp. 313-325

Mary Daly

Balancing work and family? Young mother’s coordination points in contemporary China pp. 326-339

Yi Zhang

The Polish family in transition: a shift towards greater gender equality? pp. 340-352

Anna Kwak

Work–family policies and women’s job mobility: emerging divides in female workforce in Japan pp. 353-367

Junko Nishimura

Do Europeans want children? The significance of job-related spatial mobility pp. 368-382

Pedro Romero-Balsas

Mams, moms, mums: lone mothers’ accounts of management strategies pp. 383-395

Madeleine Leonard and Grace Kelly

Restless sleep and emotional wellbeing among European full-time dual-earner couples: gendered impacts of children and workplace demands pp. 396-411

Xiao Tan, Leah Ruppanner, Belinda Hewitt and David Maume

Volume 17, issue 3, 2022

Informal practices in politics and society in Brazil pp. 191-204

Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos

Historicising informal governance in 20th century Brazil pp. 205-221

Brodwyn Fischer

Clientelism in Northeast Brazil: brokerage within and outside electoral times pp. 222-234

Martijn Koster and Flávio Eiró

The ‘debate’ and the politics of the PCC’s informal justice in São Paulo pp. 235-247

Corentin Cohen

The pacification of Brazil's urban margins: peripheral urbanisation and dynamic order-making pp. 248-261

Matthew Aaron Richmond

Selling hope on credit: women's livelihoods, debt and the production of urban informality in Brazil pp. 262-275

Marie Kolling

Activism, justice and the centrality of care: Brazilian’s ‘mother’s against police violence’ movements pp. 276-289

Débora Françolin Quintela and Flávia Biroli

Resisting eviction: the polymorphy of peripheral spatial politics in Brazil pp. 290-303

Victor Albert

Volume 17, issue 2, 2022

Socioeconomic shocks, inequality and food systems in the Global South: an introduction pp. 77-83

Evans Osabuohien, Gbadebo Odularu, Daniel Ufua, Darline Augustine and Romanus Osabohien

An exploration of the domains of the inequality trajectory in Zimbabwe pp. 84-98

Tatenda Nhapi

Technical efficiency and socioeconomic effects on poverty dynamics among cassava-based farming households in rural Nigeria pp. 99-116

Oluwakemi Adeola Obayelu, Abiodun Elijah Obayelu and Ifeoluwase Tunrayo Awoku

China’s involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s resource curse mineral driven conflict: an Afrocentric review pp. 117-128

Makhura. B. Rapanyane

Social protection and food security nexus in the Global South: empirical evidence from West Africa pp. 129-142

Romanus Osabohien, Junaid Ashraf, Tyrone De Alwis, Daniel E. Ufua, Evans Osabuohien, Gbadebo Odularu, Ambreen Noman and Darline Augustine

COVID-19: an age of fear, simulacra, or reality? pp. 143-156

Zakia Resshid Ehsen and Khurshid Alam

Specifics knowledge links between COVID-19 and urban food systems in Nigeria pp. 157-172

Olalekan Tolulope B. Aduloju, Abdullateef Iyanda Bako and Abdulfatai Olanrewaju Anofi

Socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on the informal sector in India pp. 173-190

B. L. Gururaja and N. Ranjitha

Volume 17, issue 1, 2022

Introduction: identity in an open world order pp. 1-2

S. Petroccia, A. Pitasi and A. Folloni

Identity and citizenship in a cosmopolitan open world pp. 3-14

Sara Petroccia and Andrea Pitasi

Individuality over identity: individual freedom and responsibility within social identity pp. 15-25

André Folloni

Ascribed identities in the global era: a complex approach pp. 26-37

Massimiliano Ruzzeddu

Cross-border identity as a daily resistance tactic in a time of global health emergency: Gorizia-Nova Gorica go borderless pp. 38-50

Giorgio Porcelli

Globalisation in the context of subjective identity, deviance and social control pp. 51-62

G. Cifaldi and N. Malizia

World disorder and peace research: a sociological, post-nationalist reading of the pathway to sustainable peace pp. 63-76

Romina Gurashi

Volume 16, issue 5, 2021

Governing ‘levelling-up’ in the UK: challenges and prospects pp. 523-537

John Connolly, Robert Pyper and Arno van der Zwet

Conceptualising and measuring levels of risk by immigration status for children in the UK pp. 538-555

Leon Feinstein, Yousef Khalifa Aleghfeli, Charlotte Buckley, Rebecca Gilhooly and Ravi K. S. Kohli

Chile’s perfect storm: social upheaval, COVID-19 and the constitutional referendum pp. 556-572

Mauricio Morales Quiroga

Identity resilience: its origins in identity processes and its role in coping with threat pp. 573-588

Glynis M. Breakwell

Considering the Autistic advantage in qualitative research: the strengths of Autistic researchers pp. 589-603

Aimee Grant and Helen Kara

In search of role models of successful academic retirement pp. 604-617

Graham Crow

Volume 16, issue 4, 2021

Comparative perspectives on educational inequalities in Europe: an overview of the old and emergent inequalities from a bottom-up perspective pp. 417-431

Lyudmila Nurse and Edward Melhuish

Moroccan immigrant mothers’ experiences of Italian preschool institutions. A mixed-method study pp. 432-447

Giulia Pastori, Alessandra Mussi, Irene Capelli and Ryanne J. R. M. Francot

Resilience capacity and supportive factors of compulsory education in ethnic minority families: mixed methods study of Czech Roma mothers pp. 448-463

Jana Obrovská and Kateřina Sidiropulu Janků

Socio-spatial segregation in school-society relational spaces from the perspectives of Turkish immigrant mothers: “Where are the Germans?” pp. 464-479

Hande Erdem-Möbius, Özen Odağ and Yvonne Anders

Greek Roma mothers’ relationship with education: aspirations and expectations regarding the educational future of their children pp. 480-493

Ioanna Strataki and Konstantinos Petrogiannis

Polish low-income mothers: conversions of human, social and cultural capitals through their lifetime pp. 494-508

Katarzyna Gajek and Paulina Marchlik

Immigrant families in France and their experience of professionals’ prejudice against their children pp. 509-522

Catherine Delcroix

Volume 16, issue 3, 2021

Social stratification: past, present, and future pp. 271-279

Jennifer Jarman, Paul Lambert and Roger Penn

Social class inequalities in educational attainment: measuring social class using capitals, assets and resources pp. 280-293

Roxanne Connelly, Vernon Gayle and Chris Playford

Social class inequalities in Scottish school qualifications pp. 294-308

Vernon Gayle, Christopher J. Playford and Roxanne Connelly

Parental social class and school GCSE outcomes: two decades of evidence from UK household panel surveys pp. 309-324

Sarah Stopforth, Vernon Gayle and Ellen Boeren

Three spheres of stratification in how social origin relates to educational achievement: a large-scale analysis pp. 325-343

Steffen Hillmert

Like parents, like children. Does the stratification of education systems moderate the direct effect of origins on destinations? pp. 344-358

Claudia Traini

New ways of exploring the changing nature of work: neglected themes in contemporary social stratification research pp. 359-370

Roger Penn

Caste-based migration and exposure to abuse and exploitation: Dadan labour migration in India pp. 371-383

Arun Kumar Acharya

Social stratification and housing inequality in transitional urban China pp. 384-399

Qiong (Miranda) Wu

Not just ‘the left behind’? Exploring the effects of subjective social status on Brexit-related preferences pp. 400-415

Lindsay Richards, Anthony Heath and Noah Carl

Volume 16, issue 2, 2021

Social dimensions of evidence-based policy in a digital society pp. 141-155

Linda Hantrais and Ashley Thomas Lenihan

Opportunities and challenges for official statistics in a digital society pp. 156-169

Paul Allin

Regulating artificial intelligence and robotics: ethics by design in a digital society pp. 170-184

Ron Iphofen and Mihalis Kritikos

Challenges and opportunities for e-mental health policy: an Estonian case study pp. 185-198

Melita Sogomonjan

Assessing smart city projects and their implications for public policy in the Global South pp. 199-212

Prathivadi B. Anand

Using global evidence to benefit children’s online opportunities and minimise risks pp. 213-226

Sonia Livingstone and Mariya Stoilova

Offensive communications: exploring the challenges involved in policing social media pp. 227-240

Mark Williams, Michelle Butler, Anna Jurek-Loughrey and Sakir Sezer

Disinformation and digital influencing after terrorism: spoofing, truthing and social proofing pp. 241-255

Martin Innes, Diyana Dobreva and Helen Innes

Covid-19 and the digital revolution pp. 256-270

Linda Hantrais, Paul Allin, Mihalis Kritikos, Melita Sogomonjan, Prathivadi B. Anand, Sonia Livingstone, Mark Williams and Martin Innes

Volume 16, issue 1, 2021

Situating urban animals – a theoretical framework pp. 1-13

Andrea Mubi Brighenti and Andrea Pavoni

Animal waste work. The case of urban sewage management in Sweden pp. 14-28

Tora Holmberg

Three bugs in the city: urban ecology and multispecies relationality in postsocialist Belgrade pp. 29-42

Andrija Filipović

Planning in the shadow of extinction: Carnaby’s Black cockatoos and urban development in Perth, Australia pp. 43-56

Donna Houston

Bird play: raising red-whiskered bulbuls and (re)inventing urban ‘nature’ in contemporary Vietnam pp. 57-70

Nhi Ha Nguyen

Incongruous killing: cats, nonhuman resistance, and precarious life beyond biopolitical techniques of making-live pp. 71-83

Jacquelyn Johnston

Horse/power: human–animal mobile assemblage in the contemporary city pp. 84-95

Bradley Rink and Justin Crow

Corals in the city: cultivating ocean life in the Anthropocene pp. 96-112

Irus Braverman

Urban topologies of epistemic change: the zoo and the heterotopia of the map pp. 113-126

Priska Gisler

The rules we make that coyotes break pp. 127-139

Shelley M. Alexander and Dianne L. Draper