International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 41 Issue 11/12

Does culture influence our ways in handling COVID-19?

Elia Oey, Benjamin Suwito Rahardjo

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit all nations across the globe since the beginning of 2020. As the whole world is connected ever than before, the virus has spread very fast and…

Social stigma in time of COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from India

Barsa Priyadarsinee Sahoo, Avanish Bhai Patel

The stigmatisation of COVID-19 patients or suspected cases is a matter of grave concern across the world, including India. Today, COVID-19 patients or suspected cases are being…

Social exclusion in Pakistan: an ethnographic and regional perspective

Zahid Pervaiz, Shahla Akram, Sajjad Ahmad Jan

This paper is an attempt to analyze the nature and extent of social exclusion across regions, ethnolinguistic groups and different professions in Pakistan.

Religiosity, employee empowerment and employee engagement: an empirical analysis

Chijioke Nwachukwu, Helena Chládková, Richard Selase Agboga, Hieu Minh Vu

The purpose of this study was to enhance our understanding of the connection between religiosity, employee empowerment and employee engagement.

Exiting poverty: a systematic review of U.S. postsecondary education and job skills training programs in the post-welfare reform era

Sehun Oh, Diana M. DiNitto, Yeonwoo Kim

This study aimed to (1) systematically identify evaluation studies of U.S. active labor market programs (ALMPs) focusing on postsecondary education and job skills training for…

Understanding organisations for a post-growth era: contributions from an epistemic analysis

Mónica Ramos-Mejía, Sebastián Dueñas-Ocampo, Isabella Gomati de la Vega

The purpose of this paper is to uncover the ways in which companies either reproduce or challenge the growth-based roots of the social imaginary, in order to inform the degrowth…

A case study of Ao Nagas of Nagaland on the issues toward gender justice

Purlemla Longkumer, Humayun Bokth

The purpose of this paper is to examine the various cultural practices and social relations, which mediates and position men and women among the Ao Nagas of Nagaland and highlight…

Making #blacklivesmatter in universities: a viewpoint on social policy education

Bindi Bennett, Jioji J. Ravulo, Jim Ife, Trevor G. Gates

The purpose of this viewpoint article is to consider the #BlackLivesMatter movement within the Aboriginal Australian struggle for equality, sovereignty and human rights…

Amazing numbers and bottom rankings: the reporting of nursing home resident user surveys in the press

Elisabeth Carlstedt, Håkan Jönson

Media reporting is one of many circumstances that nursing homes have to relate to, because of the reputational risks. The aim of this article is to investigate media…

Impact of precarious employment on retirement planning for young workers and their parents: the case of Hong Kong

Ka Ki Chan, Tat Chor Au-Yeung

Retirement protection has been widely debated in Hong Kong over two decades. The debate about the relationship between social insecurity and retirement protection, and provoked…

The impact of war followed by forced displacement on women and children: how Syrian mothers perceive their experiences

Fakir Al Gharaibeh, Justine O'Sullivan

This research aimed to describe and examine the effects of war followed by forced displacement on Syrian mothers and their children in terms of Reuben Hill's Family Stress Theory…

Life-course patterns of new working-class youth in Russia

Tatiana Gavrilyuk

This article aims to explore the dominant normative patterns that establish the timing and order of life events, determining the desirable life strategies for working-class youth…