International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 13 Issue 1/2

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THE MILITARY IN A DIVIDED SOCIETY; THE OCCUPATIONAL CULTURE OF SOLDIERS IN NORTHERN IRELAND

Richard Mapstone

This article describes the occupational culture of soldiers who live and work in Northern Ireland. The analysis proceeds from the recognition that work communities are not simply…

ON INCONSISTENCIES IN THE MODERN DEFINITION OF JEWISHNESS

Ernest Raiklin

In the epigraph of the paper, Aristotle reminds us that confusion and inconsistency arise when people attach more than one meaning to any particular term (“name”). It seems that…

SOCIOLOGY AND PUBLIC POLICY: THE DEBATE ON VALUE‐FREE SOCIAL SCIENCE

Soma Hewa

In a recent essay entitled “Value‐relevant Sociology”, David Gray (1983:405–416) argues that if sociology has to be socially relevant, “it is essential that sociology becomes…

YOU CAN'T AFFORD A CONSCIENCE IN BUSINESS: THE NATURE, OPERATION AND CONSEQUENCES OF CORPORATE CRIME

Michael Kilroe, Ian Marsh

In his examination of the links between power and crime, Steven Box defined corporate crime as crime committed for the corporate organisation and not against it. Thus, employee…

OCCUPATIONAL HOMOGAMY WITHIN NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A LOG‐LINEAR ANALYSIS

Bernadette C. Hayes

Social mobility has long been viewed as an integrative mechanism for societies. For example, whereas earlier American researchers saw opportunities for social mobility as a vital…

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ISSN:

0144-333X

Online date, start – end:

1981

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Colin Williams