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Nationalism or cosmopolitanism? Abbas Jong makes the case for context-sensitive analysis, using the case of the transnational revival of Shi'i Islam. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #sociology #openAccess #nationalism #transnationalism #cosmopolitan #Islam

Grounded Nationalism in the Context of Cosmopolitanization: The Case of Transnational Revival of...

This article critically examines the limitations of both methodological nationalism and methodological cosmopolitanism within the social sciences, particularly in the context of transnational and g...

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Learn about the influences of labor markets on neighborhood crime rates, with analysis by Robert D. Crutchfield, Lauren J. Krivo, and Ruth D. Peterson. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #sociology #openAccess #crime #labor #neighborhoods

The Labor Market Context of Neighborhood Crime: A Multilevel Analysis

This paper evaluates the role of metropolitan labor markets in neighborhood crime. We fit multilevel models with 8,931 tracts as level one units and 87 large metropolitan areas as level two units, ...

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Parents want the best for their kids' education. See how high-income families leverage their advantage, illustrating stratification in forms of parental involvement. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #sociology #education #Covid #newResearch

“You Only Get One Shot with Your Kid’s Education”: Examining Mothers’ Involvement in K-12 Education...

Building on existing research about intensive involvement, this study examines how mothers activated socioeconomic resources to benefit their children’s K-12 education during the COVID-19 pandemic....

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College undergrads support second chances for people with felony records, but not always. Find out who is considered more deserving in this article by Rena C. Zito, Stacy De Coster, and Eden J. Ralph. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #sociology #secondchance #collateralConsequences

College Applicants with Felony Records: The Impact of Race and Offense Type on College Students’...

This survey-based experimental vignette examines undergraduate students’ judgments of how restrictive colleges should be in admitting applicants with felony records. Using OLS regression models and...

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A close look at discrimination of workers with caregiving responsibilities, thanks to Krista Lynn Minnotte and Michael C. Minnotte. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #sociology #discrimination #workLifeBalance #caregivers

Caregiving Penalties? Outcomes of Perceived Family-Responsibilities Discrimination Among U.S....

Despite evidence suggesting caregivers encounter workplace stigmatization, the consequences of perceived family-responsibilities discrimination remain underexamined. Informed by stress process theo...

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How does religious engagement relate to social capital? Adam Gemar finds that religion's role in the formation of social capital is conditional. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #sociology #religion

Religion and Social Capital in the United States: A Comparison of Different Types of Social Capital...

This study examines the relationship between religion and social capital, investigating how different dimensions of religious engagement are associated with various forms of social capital. Using d...

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What even is self-care in a culture of hypervisibility? Abigail M. Letak investigates how feminists navigate perceived tensions between their values and behaviors. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #sociology #feminism #consuption #selfCare #television

“The Concessions That We Make”: Self-Care, Television, and Feminist Vocabularies of Motive

In recent years, interest in the practice of “self-care” has skyrocketed, yet relatively little sociological work has interrogated the way self-care plays out in everyday life. Contributing to the ...

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A deep dive into the relationships between antiblackness, modernity, race, and postcoloniality in East Asia, thanks to Jae Kyun Kim and Yeon-Hwa Lee. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #sociology #history #asia #antiblackness

Remaking Colonial Modernity: Race, Antiblackness, and Historical Sociology in East Asia

After past historical sociologists examined diverse aspects of the material and political unfolding of modernity, recent scholarship on race has revealed the indivisible relationship between modern...

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People of different race/ethnicity coped with COVID-19 stress in statistically different ways. Hearne, Jackson, and Niño consider the implications of these findings. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #sociology #covid #stress

Coping at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences in Psychological Distress by Race/Ethni...

Variations in psychological distress and coping across race/ethnicity and education early in the COVID-19 pandemic remains insufficiently examined. In this study, we analyzed both survey data (Amer...

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Social media "have become a huge part of people's lives that people cannot let go of." Read more. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #sociology #mentalHealth #socialMedia #lesotho

Social Media as a Social Fact: A Sociological Exploration of Social Media Usage and Suicide Risk...

Ever since Emile Durkheim published his work on suicide, there has been a long-sustained interest in studying it. With the rise of social media and the culture of competitiveness, a gap exists in t...

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Learn how self-care improved nurses' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to research from V. Savage, M. N. Barringer, and Addy Lindsay. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

The Statistical Significance of Embodied Experiences and Self-Care Practices on the Mental Health...

The COVID-19 pandemic placed heavy demands on the bodyminds of healthcare workers in the United States, yet more targeted research is needed to uncover both the pandemic’s impact on nurses and the ...

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A new model of activism by religious leaders shows the effect of congregational context. Read the details from Kraig Beyerlein and Manuel Rodriguez in Sociological Focus. #newResearch #sociology #religion #quantitativeResearch tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

The Effect of Congregational Context on Religious Leaders’ Political Activism

Prior studies of clergy’s differential political participation have examined a variety of factors, including religious leaders’ personal characteristics, perceptions of laity approval, or ecologica...

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Causal inference is all the rage. But good descriptive research is vital. This new article lays out an argument for what makes good descriptive research.
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Shanghai, China, offers a unique view of digital authoritarianism, popular resistance, and state capacity in the wake of the 2022 COVID-19 lockdown. Read our new report from Jinpu Wang and Yu Xiang. #Covid #China #resistance #community #NewResearch tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Plague, Food, and Freedom: Bounded Resistance in the Shanghai COVID-19 Lockdown

This paper examines state–society relations and the opportunity structure for popular resistance during the 2022 COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai, China. Drawing on digital ethnographic data from WeCh...

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Introducing the Sociological Focus Special Issue: Religion and Politics in American Congregations! Original articles from notable scholars. Thanks to our editor in chief @kalebnbrown and our guest editors @PaulDjupe and Jacob Neiheisel. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Introduction to the Special Issue: Religion and Politics in American Congregations

Published in Sociological Focus (Vol. 58, No. 3, 2025)

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Community-engaged research of faith-based racial justice, thanks to Rebecca Glazier, Gerald Driskill, and Owen Haynes. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #sociology #researchMethods #racialJustice #religion

Linking Community-Based Research and Faith-Based Racial Justice

Racial inequity is a major source of social and political division. Although religious traditions have a mixed history when it comes to racial equity, they also often have the tools and the theolog...

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I’ve been thinking about this “Alligator Alcatraz” concentration camp down in Florida. As a student of the Concentration Camps of WWII, I wrote an entire graduate thesis on the psychology of those working there, I see many parallels to Nazi Germany in the early 1930’s. 1/3
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Do Catholic priests discuss immigration? How do Catholic leaders address the issue? Diane Beckman and Evan Stewart provide answers in our issue on religion and politics in American congregations. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #sociology #religion #politics #immigration #Catholic

Clergy Talk: Do Catholic Priests Discuss Immigration?

Social science research has long discussed the interaction of political and religious ideologies in attitude formation and political socialization. Most research focuses on the role of these forces...

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Clergy address gun violence in response to tragic events. Nela Mrchkovska & Enrique Quezada-Llanes analyze what is said in 200,000 sermons and present their results in our special issue on religion and politics. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #sociology #racialJustice #gunViolence #LLM

Voices from the Pulpit: Discourse on Racial Justice and Gun Violence from American Clergy

Over the past years, many religious congregations have addressed issues of racial justice and gun violence following the killing of George Floyd and recent mass shootings in places like Uvalde, Tex...

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