International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 26 Issue 7/8

Unpacking performativity: a case study of patriarchy and the elderly in China

Jason Powell, Ian G. Cook

To analyse the relationship between China, patriachy, ageing, and social theory grounded in Judith Butler's notion of performativity.

Modernity and tradition in a global era: The re‐invention of caste in India

David Pick, Kandy Dayaram

This paper aims to explore the re‐interpretation and justification of caste in India in the face of modernising influences and the efforts of legislators to disassemble its…

The effects of nepotism on human resource management: The case of three, four and five star hotels in Northern Cyprus

Huseyin Arasli, Ali Bavik, Erdogan H. Ekiz

The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential effects of nepotism on human resource management (HRM) practices through the use of Turkish Cypriot hotel employees in…

Orders and obedience: structure and agency

Michael Jackson

The major thesis of this article is how social contract theory sheds light on the interaction of structure and agency. A minor thesis is to rebut the conclusions drawn from…

Children, housing and health

J. Stewart, M. Rhoden

To consolidate and review current literature that relates children's health to their housing and living environments.

American crafts shows: price or style conscious?

Thomas K. Tiemann, James L. Barbour

This paper aims to provide a classification for the process by which crafters find appropriate consumers in the post‐modern market structure that exists between black or gray…