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Was ist der Gegenstand der Fiskalsoziologie? Ein Plädoyer für die Kategorie des Steuerstaats
Macroscopic fiscal sociology is haunted by a category problem: it leaves open whether its unit of comparison are worlds, families, systems, regimes...
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Harry Potter and the ‘Death of the Actor’: reimagining fusion in cultural pragmatics
To capture the deep world of meaning between audiences and actors in social performances, cultural pragmatics offers a helpful tool: by its logic,...
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The institutional logics of love: the order of passion in an intimate field
We use Multiple Correspondence Analysis to capture the institutional logics of love and intimacy among a random sample of American university...
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How to divide people with things: division entrepreneurs, wedges, and the Delta Smelt controversy
Drawing on a multi-method analysis of the controversy surrounding the Delta Smelt, an endangered fish emblematic of California’s so-called “water...
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Das „Prinzip Antworten“: Eine postapokalyptische Theorie der Verantwortung für das Anthropozän
This article explores the requirements for a theory of responsibility in the Anthropocene. To this end, it begins by map** three sociological...
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Die Zurückgelassenen. Subjektive Deutungsmuster von Statustrajektorien der Abwertung
Against the backdrop of current debates on the role of social status for political attitudes, this article presents a qualitative interview study...
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Industrieplattformen als Markt‑, Produktions- und Innovationsflächen. Feldvermessungen und theoretisch-konzeptionelle Überlegungen
This article argues for an urgently needed shift in perspective: from the concentration of social science research on the platforms of the...
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Ambitious ideals, realistic expectations: how prior experiences with structures moderate the goals of Section 8 voucher holders through frames
A core component of sociological studies of behavior and decision-making is understanding how people navigate their cultural toolkits. In this...
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Reiner Konflikt und reine Konkurrenz. Simmels Bestimmung des Streits und die Systemtheorie
In the chapter on conflict ( Streit ) in his Sociology , Simmel examines two social forms, conflict and competition. The article shows that Simmel takes...
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Colonial recursion: state categories of race and the emergence of the “Non-Western Allochthone”
Recent scholarship on state-based race categories shows that racial classification is anything but stable and self-evident. Indeed, states...
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Auf der Suche nach Grünwald und Grunewald: Zu einer Soziologie der Räume des Reichtums
So far, sociologists in Germany have largely ignored the neighborhoods of the rich and privileged. Based on a critical analysis of recent...
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Can he say that? Who’s going to stop him?: Liberal and conservative racial norm enforcements against Trump’s racial derogations
Throughout his campaigns and presidency, Trump repeatedly flouted the norm prohibiting racially derogatory appeals, leading many to wonder if modern...
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Sonic double consciousness: public radio voices of color
This article draws on 75 interviews with people of color employed in the public radio industry to analyze how cultural workers of color in white...
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Making Obama iconic: iconic potential and the affordances of images
“Iconic” images possess cultural power. This paper asks: What makes an image “iconic”? To become publicly recognized as “iconic,” images undergo a...
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Rassifizierende Humandifferenzierung. Ein Plädoyer für spezifizierende Vergleiche statt ethno–zentrischer Subsumtion
Loic Wacquant rightly argues that for sociology, “race” can only be an ethnosociological category of a racializing practice, and that internationally...
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When something is happening but you don’t know what it is: mood and agency after a stolen election
The street protests in Belarus following an allegedly stolen election provide a context for an examination of the expression of public mood. We argue...
