International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 39 Issue 3/4

The endless nexus between ethnic diversity, social exclusion and institutional quality of Pakistan

Saqib Amin

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between ethnic diversity, social exclusion and institutional quality of Pakistan. Pakistan is enlisted among those…

Considering the effectiveness of philanthropic collective action: a community ecology perspective

Hyunseok Hwang, Tiffany Amorette Young

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between social capital and collective action at the county level in the US while incorporating the moderating effects of…

From camps to social integration? Social housing interventions for asylum seekers in Greece

Nikos Kourachanis

This paper offers an empirical study of the Emergency Support to Integration and Accommodation (ESTIA) programme, as the policy initiative for the provision of housing and social…

Examining United States military sexual misconduct policy processes

Chelsea Sandra Lee Arnold

Sexual misconduct (sexual assault and sexual harassment) in the US military is a long-standing problem. The military has implemented many policies and programs to address sexual…

Considering the legitimacy of homeless hostels as sites of discipline and regulation

Ian Mahoney

The purpose of this paper is to critique the role of homeless hostels in contemporary society, examining their role and legitimacy as sites of discipline and regulation of…

From humanitarianism to family building: Genres of security implications of child adoption as a management strategy for infertility

Olayinka Modupe Onayemi

Adoption practice is originally designed as a live-saving option for some category of children. In recent times, this purpose has been challenged by several social, biological and…

Levelling the playing field? Active labour market policies, educational attainment and unemployment

Luc Benda, Ferry Koster, Romke J. van der Veen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how active labour market policy (ALMP) training programmes and hiring subsidies increase or decrease differences in the unemployment…

Hegemonic masculinity or masculine domination: Toward a comprehensive social theory of gender

Raghunandan Reddy, Arun Kumar Sharma, Munmun Jha

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that Bourdieu’s concept of masculine domination offers a comprehensive social theory of gender as compared to Connell’s concept of…

An exploratory study of the migration pathways by international labour migrants from Vietnam

Nguyen Quynh Phuong, Mokbul Morshed Ahmad

The purpose of this paper is to map the “migration pathways” (King and Skeldon, 2010) followed by interviews with a group of Vietnamese international labour migrants.

Accommodating nomadism and mobility: Challenging the sedentarist binary approach to provision for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma

Zoë James, Rebekah Southern

The purpose of this paper is to examine how and why Gypsies and Travellers are socially excluded in England and how their experience may be reflected in other European contexts…