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An International Journal of Social Research
Stratified Entry into Illegality: How Immigration Policy Shapes Being Undocumented

105 interviews with a diverse group of undocumented/formerly undocumented immigrant young adults in NYC collected in 2018–19.
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Stratified Entry into Illegality: How Immigration Policy Shapes Being Undocumented
Abstract. Research shows that legal status is a critical axis of stratification in the United States but is less clear about the variably permeable boundaries a
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February 1, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Liberals like a wide variety of popular culture + do not dislike conservative popular culture.

Conservatives dislike culture created and liked by Black and urban liberals and their tastes seem to be more directly rooted in their political ideology.

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January 22, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Research shows higher levels of depressive symptoms among Black Americans relative to Whites. But how do other dimensions of stratification—like skin tone—shape mental health inequality?

Looking across an early life course, Taylor Hargrove has stark findings:
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Mental Health across the Early Life Course at the Intersection of Race, Skin Tone, and School Racial...
Abstract. Prior research documents higher levels of depressive symptoms among Black Americans relative to Whites. Yet, we know less about the role of other dime
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November 1, 2023 at 10:00 PM
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'Fiscal Impoverishment in Rich Democracies', joint work with @rourkeobrien.bsky.social, now published in @sfjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
We invert standard analyses of welfare state policy and poverty by focusing not on poverty alleviation but creation. #Polisky #EconSky #Sociology
October 25, 2023 at 11:05 AM
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“Rather than providing an “opportunity” for a more egalitarian division of household labor, the use of flexible working arrangements maintains or even exacerbates the “exploitation” of women under existing traditional gender norms.”

Super cool research by Wang & Cheng in @sfjournal.bsky.social
Opportunity or Exploitation? A Longitudinal Dyadic Analysis of Flexible Working Arrangements and Gen...
Abstract. It has been extensively debated over whether the rise of flexible working arrangements (FWAs) may be an “opportunity” for a more egalitarian gender di
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October 16, 2023 at 7:48 AM
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My review of Making Moral Citizens (@uncpress.bsky.social) by Jack Delehanty is now out in Social Forces (@sfjournal.bsky.social). Scholars of social movements, politics, and religion will definitely want to check out this book!

Read my review at doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
October 2, 2023 at 4:00 PM
“These findings suggest that nationally specific understandings of merit can have quite different implications for the legitimation of inequality.”

A look at elites in 🇩🇰 and 🇬🇧.
New Paper 🔔

We look at the contrasting meanings of merit that elites in the 🇬🇧 and 🇩🇰 deploy when justifying their success. Co-authored with @aaronsreeves @chellersgaard @antongrau

🧵 below…

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The Meaning of Merit: Talent versus Hard Work Legitimacy
Abstract. Elites often use merit to explain, justify, and make sense of their advantaged positions. But what exactly do they mean by this? In this paper, we dra
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October 2, 2023 at 2:01 PM
We’re here.
September 29, 2023 at 8:19 PM