Even though risk-taking is a common and widespread social experience sociological
theorizing on the concept is scarce. This contribution aims to systematize and advance …

This paper reflects on the conditions that emerge as regional Australia becomes
increasingly immersed in international markets, global and local political shifts, and …

Queer parrhesia is an activist mode of speaking truth to power that destabilizes dominant
societal positions and their opposition. We develop this concept and illustrate one of its …

Indigenous academics are often faced with a balancing act between the danger and risk of
critiquing the institutions within which they reside, and the duty or obligation they feel to do …

Este ensayo discute la posición de la sociología en el contexto actual de crisis socio
ambiental. Partiendo de una delimitación amplia de la sociología del riesgo, el texto explora …

This chapter introduces a number of fundamental distinctions underpinned by a body of
qualitative research. Most basically it distinguishes risk-taking rationales, agency, and …

Abstract The Oxford English Dictionary declared “post-truth” the 2016 Word of the Year, an
adjective “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in …

This essay discusses the position of the sociology in the current context of
socioenvironmental crisis. With a starting point of a large delimitation of sociology of risk, this …

This paper seeks to explore the complex negotiation between mesmerism (as unauthorised
medical practice) and the State by analyzing the singular example of Dr. James E. Esdaile, a …

The impact of social media in scaling social justice movements has taken different forms
over the years. With the widespread# EndSARS protests that took place in Nigeria from …