This third edition of this best-selling book confirms the ongoing centrality of feminist
perspectives and research to the sociological enterprise, and introduces students to the …

This updated and substantially revised second edition of a key textbook, provides students
with a comprehensive introduction to the sociology of professions including social work …

This paper examines the relationship between psychological distress, gender, and health
lifestyles in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. These countries have been …

Background Diet is a major modifiable risk factor for human health and overall consumption
patterns affect planetary health. We aimed to quantify global, regional, and national …

This paper draws on empirical research into the recruitment, training, and management of
female flight attendants, working primarily in the transatlantic business travel sector of the …

ACM: Digital Library: Communications of the ACM ACM Digital Library Communications of the
ACM Volume 50, Number 10 (2007), Pages 40-46 Why 'nearshore' means that distance …

Background Research suggests that the prevalence of loneliness varies between countries
and that feeling lonely may be associated with poorer health behaviours and outcomes. The …

In this paper we suggest a way to measure the well-being of society based upon our own
development of the Social Quality model. The Social Quality model has the advantage of …

The concept of 'profession'was largely taken for granted in sociology until the 1960s.
Sociologists were concerned with defining what a profession was–what occupational groups …

Like most cities in developing countries, Kigali is experiencing rapid urbanisation leading to
an increase in the urban population and rapid growth in the size and number of informal …