International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 33 Issue 7/8

Basic equality as a post‐revolutionary requisite: The circumstances that are to be taken into consideration in the wake of the Arab Spring

Jasper Doomen

The Arab Spring poses challenges to governments of the countries involved; the author aims to present a way to respond to them. To this end, the notion of “basic equality” is…

The alignment of the policy objectives of youth inclusion and population regulation in post Arab‐Spring Egypt: A discussion paper

Ghada Barsoum

This paper aims to argue for the benefit of aligning the two policy objectives of youth inclusion and population regulation in Egypt. This alignment is mainly informed by the…

Modern contraceptive behaviour of Indian women: is spousal violence a constraint?

Avijit Debnath, Niranjan Roy, Nazira Mazumder

The main goal of the paper is to study the effect of intimate partner violence on wives' participation in adopting modern contraceptive as a method of family planning in India.

Consanguineous marriages and their effects on pregnancy outcomes in India

Shrikant Kuntla, Srinivas Goli, T.V. Sekher, Riddhi Doshi

The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between the marriage among blood relatives and resulting adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Does activation increase lone mothers' employment chances?: Effects of training and workfare for lone mothers receiving means‐tested benefits in Germany

Cordula Zabel

The aim of this paper is to study employment effects of workfare and training programs for lone mothers receiving means‐tested benefits in Germany.

Statistics as a technology of governance: the Norwegian need for numbers & numbers for need

Gunhild Tøndel, Kjartan Sarheim Anthun

This study aims to explore the development in Norway from an awareness of the need for numbers to govern in the 70s to a statistical information system launched in 2006, called…

Measuring the social capital of professions: a study of dentists in Finland

Jaakko Koivumäki

This article aims to introduce a two‐dimensional instrument for the measurement of the social capital of professions. On a general level, the social capital of a profession is…

Tokunbo ICT: Symbolic‐rationality of second‐hand ICT utilization in Nigeria

Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale

Information and communication technology (ICT) stands out as a major indicator and driver of the modern age. It catalytically advances globalization processes across professions…