International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 25 Issue 10/11

‘Modernist’ Sociology in a ‘Postmodern’ World?

Jessica Shipman, Jason L. Powell

This article looks at the problems Sociology has in theorising modern discourses in the light of the rise and consolidation of Postmodernism. The paper begins with an historical…

Towards a confucian notion of youth development in Hong Kong

Victor Wong, Sammy Chiu

This article discusses the reasons and discourses adopted by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (Hong Kong SAR Government), with Mr Tung Chee Hwa as the Chief…

The Influence of demographic and socio‐economic factors upon using information technology among more, moderate, and less developed countries in the globe

Ashraf Ragab El‐Ghannam

There is now a grow ing cross‐national empirical literature on the information technology, but it is limited, and an im portant lacuna remains. Al though widely hailed as a new…

Toward a general theory of social systems

Brian W. Bridgeforth

This article presents a General Theory of Social Systems. This general theory proposes a model and method for the design, behaviour, and development of social systems. The model…

Neopatriarchy, Islam and female labour force participation: A reconsideration

Elhum Haghighat

This article reconsiders the cross‐national determinants of female labour force participation in Islamic settings. It explores a neopatriarchal perspective using in dicators of…

The Market Illusion: Re‐reading work in advanced economies

Colin C. Williams

This article evaluates critically the meta‐narrative that a powerful, expansive, hegemonic and totalising market sphere is penetrating deeper into each and every corner of…

Tackling technology’s image problem among young girls

Lisa Lee

It has been noted for some time now that the field of technology as an area of work, has been, and continues to be gender imbalanced and gender stratified This persistent trend…