British Journal of Sociology
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We publish rigorous, original research that speaks to a general sociological audience and draws on an array of quantitative and qualitative methods ➡️ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14684446
Read Benjamin H. Bradlow's review of "The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet" by Brett Christophers.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Read Benjamin H. Bradlow's review of "The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet" by Brett Christophers.
#EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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This article explores the role of culture, ethnicity, transnational ties, and migration in family financial assistance with home ownership. It argues that academic studies on the topic have been dominated by Anglo-centric experiences.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This article explores the role of culture, ethnicity, transnational ties, and migration in family financial assistance with home ownership. It argues that academic studies on the topic have been dominated by Anglo-centric experiences.
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Drawing on in-depth interviews and focus groups, this article explores older adults' concerns about wealth in their decisions to date and repartner, showing how family concerns and financial matters are balanced with desires to date.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Drawing on in-depth interviews and focus groups, this article explores older adults' concerns about wealth in their decisions to date and repartner, showing how family concerns and financial matters are balanced with desires to date.
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Drawing upon 82 individual interviews, this article argues that families are dynamic and sequentially unfolding sites of wealth transfers, acting as both enablers and limiters of women's wealth accumulation.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Drawing upon 82 individual interviews, this article argues that families are dynamic and sequentially unfolding sites of wealth transfers, acting as both enablers and limiters of women's wealth accumulation.
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Excited to see that the article "State Power and COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts" I wrote with my friends @russelldavid.bsky.social and Naomi Spence has been published online by the @bjsociology.bsky.social. There are a couple takeaways about state power and theories of the state I'm excited about.🧵1/5
State Power and COVID‐19 Vaccination Efforts
The COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique opportunity to assess how different forms of state power shape public health outcomes during a global crisis. Drawing on Michael Mann's distinction between inf...
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October 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Excited to see that the article "State Power and COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts" I wrote with my friends @russelldavid.bsky.social and Naomi Spence has been published online by the @bjsociology.bsky.social. There are a couple takeaways about state power and theories of the state I'm excited about.🧵1/5
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Miguel Montalva Barba & Camille Petersen in Theorizing White Ignorance From Du Bois to Mills:
Narrative and Consumptive Innocence — push on the role and types of White innocence in upholding global White supremacy.
doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Miguel Montalva Barba & Camille Petersen in Theorizing White Ignorance From Du Bois to Mills:
Narrative and Consumptive Innocence — push on the role and types of White innocence in upholding global White supremacy.
doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Theorizing White Ignorance From Du Bois to Mills: Narrative and Consumptive Innocence
Starting with Du Bois, scholars of race have investigated the role of White ignorance as it perpetuates White supremacy. Today, Charles Mills and scholars continue this inquiry by expanding the impor...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Miguel Montalva Barba & Camille Petersen in Theorizing White Ignorance From Du Bois to Mills:
Narrative and Consumptive Innocence — push on the role and types of White innocence in upholding global White supremacy.
doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Miguel Montalva Barba & Camille Petersen in Theorizing White Ignorance From Du Bois to Mills:
Narrative and Consumptive Innocence — push on the role and types of White innocence in upholding global White supremacy.
doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Drawing on 78 interviews and 12 focus groups, this study shows that science fiction shapes the US public's understanding of economic consequences from AI, informing widespread concerns that sentient machines might fully replace human workers.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Drawing on 78 interviews and 12 focus groups, this study shows that science fiction shapes the US public's understanding of economic consequences from AI, informing widespread concerns that sentient machines might fully replace human workers.
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📣 Submit your abstract for the British Journal of Sociology Conference by Monday 20 October.
There is no predetermined theme, and we invite scholars of all ranks and affiliations to submit abstracts on any aspect of sociology.
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There is no predetermined theme, and we invite scholars of all ranks and affiliations to submit abstracts on any aspect of sociology.
Submit your abstract ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
October 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📣 Submit your abstract for the British Journal of Sociology Conference by Monday 20 October.
There is no predetermined theme, and we invite scholars of all ranks and affiliations to submit abstracts on any aspect of sociology.
Submit your abstract ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
There is no predetermined theme, and we invite scholars of all ranks and affiliations to submit abstracts on any aspect of sociology.
Submit your abstract ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
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📣 Submit your abstract for the @bjsociology.bsky.social Conference by Monday 20 October.
There is no predetermined theme, and we invite scholars of all ranks and affiliations to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on any aspect of sociology.
Submit your abstract ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
There is no predetermined theme, and we invite scholars of all ranks and affiliations to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on any aspect of sociology.
Submit your abstract ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
October 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
📣 Submit your abstract for the @bjsociology.bsky.social Conference by Monday 20 October.
There is no predetermined theme, and we invite scholars of all ranks and affiliations to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on any aspect of sociology.
Submit your abstract ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
There is no predetermined theme, and we invite scholars of all ranks and affiliations to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on any aspect of sociology.
Submit your abstract ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
This study investigates discrepancies between teacher and student perceptions of student's school enjoyment and effort, and whether these discrepancies are associated with student SES.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This study investigates discrepancies between teacher and student perceptions of student's school enjoyment and effort, and whether these discrepancies are associated with student SES.
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The article contributes to debates on the sociology of marginality with a three-tiered discussion of migration, homelessness and methodological frameworks, which are rarely considered together.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The article contributes to debates on the sociology of marginality with a three-tiered discussion of migration, homelessness and methodological frameworks, which are rarely considered together.
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Submit your paper to the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference!
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.
Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025 ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.
Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025 ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
British Journal of Sociology Conference
Find out more about the BJS conference 2026, which will provide an in-person platform for academics across the discipline to advance their research.
www.lse.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Submit your paper to the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference!
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.
Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025 ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.
Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025 ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
Since the 1990s, high-income individuals have increasingly sorted into the Democratic Party as a result of their socially liberal views. This study uses a forced-choice conjoint experiment to explore why high-income Democrats support redistributive policies.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Since the 1990s, high-income individuals have increasingly sorted into the Democratic Party as a result of their socially liberal views. This study uses a forced-choice conjoint experiment to explore why high-income Democrats support redistributive policies.
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This paper problematises perspectives that treat the social as an artefact of administrative practice or that prioritise experiences of moral purpose and commonality, arguing that such positions risk mythologising ‘society’.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This paper problematises perspectives that treat the social as an artefact of administrative practice or that prioritise experiences of moral purpose and commonality, arguing that such positions risk mythologising ‘society’.
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📣 Submit your paper to the @bjsociology.bsky.social 2026 Conference!
The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.
Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.
www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.
Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.
www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
October 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
📣 Submit your paper to the @bjsociology.bsky.social 2026 Conference!
The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.
Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.
www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.
Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.
www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
The most recent British census was the first to elicit transgender identity. This research note considers the difference between the results of the English and Welsh 2021 Census and the Scottish 2022 Census.
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October 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The most recent British census was the first to elicit transgender identity. This research note considers the difference between the results of the English and Welsh 2021 Census and the Scottish 2022 Census.
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📢 Submit your paper for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference by Monday 20 October.
There is no predetermined theme. We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology.
More info ➡️ lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
There is no predetermined theme. We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology.
More info ➡️ lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
📣 We're currently accepting papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference!
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline.
We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology➡️ buff.ly/wTaE0fI
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline.
We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology➡️ buff.ly/wTaE0fI
October 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
📢 Submit your paper for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference by Monday 20 October.
There is no predetermined theme. We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology.
More info ➡️ lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
There is no predetermined theme. We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology.
More info ➡️ lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
The paradox of inequality posits that individuals in high-inequality societies paradoxically exhibit stronger meritocratic beliefs. This study presents an explanation from the perspective of critical sociology of education.
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October 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The paradox of inequality posits that individuals in high-inequality societies paradoxically exhibit stronger meritocratic beliefs. This study presents an explanation from the perspective of critical sociology of education.
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This paper uses data from the UK and fixed effects models to explore the heterogeneity of gig work, examining differences in mental distress between high-dependence workers (those solely engaged in gig work) and low-dependence workers (those with
other jobs).
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other jobs).
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September 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This paper uses data from the UK and fixed effects models to explore the heterogeneity of gig work, examining differences in mental distress between high-dependence workers (those solely engaged in gig work) and low-dependence workers (those with
other jobs).
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other jobs).
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📢 Submit your paper for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference (@bjsociology.bsky.social) by Monday 20 October - three weeks today.
There is no predetermined theme. Scholars are invited to submit abstracts relating to any aspect of sociology.
Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
There is no predetermined theme. Scholars are invited to submit abstracts relating to any aspect of sociology.
Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
📣 We're currently accepting papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference!
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline.
We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology➡️ buff.ly/wTaE0fI
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline.
We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology➡️ buff.ly/wTaE0fI
September 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
📢 Submit your paper for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference (@bjsociology.bsky.social) by Monday 20 October - three weeks today.
There is no predetermined theme. Scholars are invited to submit abstracts relating to any aspect of sociology.
Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
There is no predetermined theme. Scholars are invited to submit abstracts relating to any aspect of sociology.
Find out more: www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
This new article examines civil society organisations working to enhance social mobility in England, especially through higher education.
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September 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This new article examines civil society organisations working to enhance social mobility in England, especially through higher education.
#EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
📣 We're currently accepting papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference!
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline.
We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology➡️ buff.ly/wTaE0fI
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline.
We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology➡️ buff.ly/wTaE0fI
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
📣 We're currently accepting papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference!
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline.
We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology➡️ buff.ly/wTaE0fI
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline.
We invite scholars to submit abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology➡️ buff.ly/wTaE0fI
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September 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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September 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A new issue of The British Journal of Sociology is out now!
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📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open!
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline of sociology, bringing together over 200 academics to advance their research.
Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline of sociology, bringing together over 200 academics to advance their research.
Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur
September 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open!
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline of sociology, bringing together over 200 academics to advance their research.
Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur
The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline of sociology, bringing together over 200 academics to advance their research.
Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur