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actasociologica, 1 month ago to Sociology Danish

🌐 ONLINE NOW 🌐

In this newly published study of Norwegian officers, Sine Vorland Holen shows how soldiers in the chaos of conflict must swiftly categorize violence in order to craft justifiable responses.

Soldiers classify violence as either war, crime, or cultural practice and invoke distinct logics to navigate these. These insights enrich our understanding of military decision-making.

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https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993241248549

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actasociologica, 1 month ago to geopolitics Danish

🚨 New article out 📄

'Her class and his class: Does social class matter for fertility?' by @marcoalbertini, Teodora Maksimovic, Letizia Mencarini and Giorgio Piccitto.

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Comparing how the social class of female partners versus male partners affects the decision to have children, findings reveal that social class is a significant factor, but impacts decisions differently depending on the partner's gender.

https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993241246212

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actasociologica, 3 months ago to Sociology

✨NEW CALL FOR PAPERS✨

We have new Call for Papers out for our upcoming special issue, 'Authoritarianism and culture', which will be guest-edited by
Pål Csaszni Halvorsen and Kjetil Ansgar Jakobsen.

Read the full call for papers here 👀🌐👇

https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993241232810

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actasociologica, 4 months ago to academicchatter Danish

✨New publication formats, call for special issues and a brand new data policy ✨

👇In this editorial we introduce editorial initiatives to improve research dissemination and facilitate exchange in sociology.

We hope you like the new opportunities and want to contribute😊

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https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993231220142

actasociologica, 4 months ago to academicchatter

Happy New Year 🥳

Did you see this new article by Rolf van der Velden, Ineke Bijlsma, Marie-Christine Fregin, and Mark Levels 📄👀

"Are general skills important for vocationally educated?"

The article explores how general skills impact wages in vocationally educated workers with upper secondary level qualifications. Previously, the significance of general skills in the labor market was uncertain for this demographic.

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https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993231219135

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actasociologica, 6 months ago to Sociology Danish

RECENTLY PUBLISHED 📜

Ingemar Johansson Sevä and Ida Öun: "Partisanship and perceptions of the consequences of welfare service privatization from left to right (-wing populism)".

Open access 👉 https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993231214646

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actasociologica, 6 months ago to Sociology

Did you see? 👀

We recently published the article "Political icon and role model: Dimensions of the perceived ‘Greta effect’ among climate activists as aspects of contemporary social movement leadership" by Mattias Wahlström and Katrin Uba.

Open access 👇 https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993231204215

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actasociologica, 6 months ago to academicchatter Danish

NEW DATA POLICY
In the future, quantitative studies must provide public access to data and code for replication purposes to be accepted for publication in Acta Sociologica. This initiative aims to increase transparency and quality of quantitative sociology. 1/3

https://journals.sagepub.com/author-instructions/ASJ#OpenAccess

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actasociologica, 6 months ago to feminism Danish

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In 'Feminist alliances against precarity or capitalism? A continuation of the Butler–Fraser debate,' Evelina Johansson Wilén delves into an enduring discussion on the intersection of oppressive structures in feminism.

👉 Open access: https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993231205190

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actasociologica, 7 months ago to anthropology Danish

Are you going to spend the weekend seeking out that exciting feeling of social electricity from a rock concert or playing a football game where your team pulls together to get a last-minute goal?
Then you will probably enjoy reading Trygve B. Broch study where he use insights from an ethnography of children's sports to develop a theory of the symbolic pathways that leads to such ritual-like interaction

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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00016993231201483

actasociologica, 7 months ago to sociology Danish

A man who has been sentenced after his 21st birthday is lees likely to ever be a father. This has important implications for how risk of criminal activity is transferred across generations, @pfallesen argues in this study investigating why men with criminal justice histories in Denmark father fever children than average.

Available open access: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00016993231198334

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actasociologica, 8 months ago to Sociology Danish

📖 Call for special issues 📖

Acta has launched a running call for proposals of special issues on topics of general sociological interest.

We encourage proposals that aim to mediate between Nordic and international sociology, e.g., by combining long articles with shorter articles and comments.

More info in the journal description 👇

https://journals.sagepub.com/description/ASJ

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actasociologica, 1 year ago to academicchatter

🚨 New Publication 🚨

In their new article, Arturo L. Fitz Herbert, Reynaldo Rivera, Frank Ketelhohn, and Fern Elsdon-Baker investigate the relationship between religion and science in Argentina, showing that religious scientists often hide their beliefs.

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