With societal inequalities continuing to increase and organizations providing the vast
majority of people with their income, we wanted to assess the ways in which organizational …

Why is classical music predominantly the preserve of the white middle classes?
Contemporary associations between classical music and social class remain …

The organizations and institutions with which we interact in our everyday lives are heavily
implicated in the rising levels of global inequality. We develop understanding of the ways in …

Explains the key concepts, theories, and studies in the sociology of the arts—the fully
updated new edition of the classic textbook Sociology of the Arts is a comprehensive yet …

What is it like to work as a classical musician today? How can we explain ongoing gender,
racial, and class inequalities in the classical music profession? What happens when …

Fashion is under the spotlight like never before. Activists call for environmental
accountability, and wide-ranging debates highlight exploitation across global supply chains …

Although creativity in music performance is a global issue among music educators, it has
nevertheless received less attention in China. How do piano teachers in China cultivate their …

Sociologists have long thought of the integration of people in communities–social integration–
and hierarchical social systems–systemic integration–as contradictory goals. What …

Taste is a subject of longstanding academic interest. The question of how cultural interests
and preferences are socially stratified is at the heart of the sociology of culture. This article …

Contemporary literature suggests that music education is stuck in a cycle of cultural
reproduction in which music teachers and curriculum writers value Western art music more …