Consumption is a social, cultural, and economic process of choosing goods, and this
process reflects the opportunities and constraints of modernity. Viewing consumption as an …

ABSTRACT In La Barceloneta, one of the beachfront quarters of the city of Barcelona, the
rapid expansion of mainly illegal short-term rental apartments for tourists and noise …

For those who teach methodology within social science departments, notably sociology, the
mixing of quantitative and qualitative methods presents an ongoing problem. Recent …

This article evaluates the potential found within two approaches that recognize the
complexity of social hierarchy in different ways. First, it looks at the revival of class analysis …

Growing up in most contemporary Western contexts, the average individual will be
confronted not only with a cornucopia of commodities and commercialized services but also …

Existing social networking services recommend friends to users based on their social
graphs, which may not be the most appropriate to reflect a user's preferences on friend …

In every generation, Americans have worried about the solidarity of the nation. Since the
days of the Mayflower, those already settled here have wondered how newcomers with …

Page 1 SOCIOLOGY and SOCIAL CHANGE Series editors: Alan Warde and Nick Crossley
Reflexive Embodiment in Contemporary Society Nick Crossley Page 2 REFLEXIVE …

农民工的社会身份和社会地位问题近年来成为公共政策和学术研究的重要问题.
中国市场经济改革阶段形成的特殊阶级, 性别, 城乡, 族群等社会结构造就了“打工妹” …

Scores of sociological studies have provided evidence for the association between broad
cultural taste, or omnivorousness, and various status characteristics, such as education …