Social Problems is a journal that brings to the fore influential sociological findings that may help better understand and deal with our complex social world.
Meeting incarcerated people can change how criminology students understand punishment. This study from Mitra Mokhtari (@BrockUniversity) shows how firsthand experiences can challenge abstract views of the prison system.
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How does parental incarceration shape students’ educational opportunities? This study from @ErinJMcCauley examines how race and incarceration influence teachers’ college and career referrals
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How do local regulations and enforcement shape the visibility of homelessness? This study from Natasha Martino @McMasterU, Erin Dej and Carrie Sanders @WLUSociology shows how bylaw actors push homelessness out of public view doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spaf0…
Climate migration is rarely a single decision. This study from @briblu traces how people navigate climate change through sequential migration shaped by opportunity and constraint doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spaf0…
To highlight our last installment of the Authors' Attic, Laura DeMarco discusses her article entitled, "No Room to Fall: Criminal Justice Contact and Neighborhood Disadvantage."
Watch the video here: piped.video/P8lbu_rxjZo
On the newest installment of “Authors’ Attic,” Jan Doering discusses his recently published open-access article, “How Discrimination Narratives Resolve Ambiguity: The Case of Islamophobia in Quebec.”
Watch the video here: piped.video/lFxfKXm74yM
Happy Anniversary to SSSP 🎉 Social Problems marks 75 years with a special virtual issue reflecting on the field’s past and future, highlighting key debates shaping the study of inequality and social change academic.oup.com/socpro/page…
Pronouns do more than reflect identity. This study from Jessica Moeder and William J Scarborough (@UNTsocial) and @bjrisman shows how non-binary people use pronouns in diverse ways to shape and redefine gender doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spae0…
Why do social assistance workers earn less? This study from Leila Gautham (@UniversityLeeds) and @NFolbre shows how care work, stigma, and privatization produce persistent pay penalties for care workers and industries doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spae0…
Racial gaps in poverty persist into older age. This study from Lora A Phillips (@WesternU) and Alec P Rhodes (@PurdueLibArts) shows how disparities in late-career job quality—wages, benefits, and hours—shape inequality in later life doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spae0…
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"Racial residential segregation, social networks, and self-rated health among Black Americans: the moderating roles of social leverage, social bridging, and social bonding ties"
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In a study from @12claire12 and Amanda Ricketts (@OregonSociology), the case of three organized housing occupations show how squatters resist inequality and reimagine housing, linking local struggles to global urban politics academic.oup.com/socpro/arti…
Research from @sarahkbowen1, Dr. Annie Hardison-Moody (@AHSNCState), @EmiliaCorderoOc, and Sinikka Elliott shows how Latina caretakers navigate exclusionary systems to feed their families, highlighting the intersections of food, policy, and power. doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spad0…
Research from @AlisonTWynn and @emilycarian shows how even when managers aim for fairness, hidden hierarchies persist. Gender bias intertwines with race and class to shape who’s rewarded at work. doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spad0…
Congratulations to #UmichSoc graduate student Michelle Cosens for the upcoming publication of her paper, “Visibility Work in College: How Class and Capital Shape Student Profiles on Instagram,” in Social Problems (@socprobsjournal). 🎉
We are so looking forward to this!