International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 30 Issue 9/10

Paris and fashion: reflections on the role of the Parisian fashion industry in the cultural economy

Solange Montagné Villette, Irene Hardill

Towards the end of the nineteenth century Paris was the global capital of art and fashion. Today it remains a key hub in the global cultural economy. Male and female…

Reading food marketing: the semiotics of Marks & Spencer!?

Richard Tresidder

This paper aims to introduce a social semiotic methodology for the analysis of food marketing and to explore the complexity of reading representations of food within promotional…

A discourse about the institutional handling of the substance abuser's penchant to relapse (Relapse)

David H. Cook

The purpose of this paper is to present the first of two articles about substance abuse as a human disorder that defies resolution, with the primary care physician the intended…

The gratuitous form of acceptance as the pathway to the resolution of substance abuse (Acceptance)

David H. Cook

The purpose of this paper is to present the second of two articles about substance abuse and the discussion of acceptance as a two‐pronged description of human thinking, with the…

Network resources and knowledge alliances: Sociological perspectives on inter‐firm networks as innovation facilitators

Robert Huggins

The purpose of this paper is to propose a theoretical framework to distinguish different forms of network resource that govern knowledge‐based alliances and facilitate innovation.

Parental leave: from perception to first‐hand experience

Diane‐Gabrielle Tremblay, Emilie Genin

Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers has fed countless debates. Four years after the implementation of a new parental leave policy in Quebec, this paper aims to assess…

Indigenous children of India: enrolment, gender parity and drop‐out in school education

K.M. Joshi

The purpose of this paper is to examine the status of access to school amongst the indigenous children of India. It looks at the enrolment, gender parity and drop‐out at different…

Quality of life: a reappraisal

Maria Cristina Sousa Gomes, Maria Luís Rocha Pinto, Gabriela Gomes dos Santos

With this reappraisal, the purpose of this paper is to present a reflexion on and discussion of the concept of quality of life (QL) with the intention of delimiting its meaning…

Hyper‐local: glocalised rural news

David Baines

The purpose of this paper is to interrogate the potential for hyper‐local news websites to support and sustain peripheral rural communities by extending and developing the public…