Advances in sociology research. Volume 18 / Jaworski, Jared A.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jaworski, Jared A., editor.

Series:

Advances in Sociology Research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Research.

Sociology.

Sociology--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2016.

Summary:

The authors of this book discuss the latest advances in sociology research. Chapters include research on the importance of stories in assessing personal and/or community problems and designing culturally relevant and effective solutions; the repercussions of precarious, low-status work regarding access to healthcare services by immigrant workers in Greece; the repercussions of work and employment in precarious, low-status/low wage jobs of immigrant workers on their trade union participation and work rights claims in Greece; new oral transmission of popular culture in the face of global challenges; norm conformity, rationalization and resident participation in multi-owned housing management; myths and facts of closing the gender gap in trade union activities in Nigeria; and the phenomenon of homophobia within the framework of masculine domination as well as its role in setting the binary regarding gender boundaries.

Contents:

ADVANCES IN SOCIOLOGY RESEARCH: VOLUME 18; ADVANCES IN SOCIOLOGY RESEARCH: VOLUME 18; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: RETHINKING CAUSALITY IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH AND HEALTH INTERVENTIONS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CAUSALITY: A MIXED BAG; LIFE AS A NARRATIVE; BIOGRAPHY AND CAUSALITY; IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH INTERVENTIONS AND RESEARCH; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES

Chapter 2: REPERCUSSIONS OF PRECARIOUS, LOW-STATUS WORK REGARDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES BY IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN GREECE: SEASONAL FLU OR AN INCURABLE DISEASE?ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ΤHE RIGHT OF IMMIGRANTS TO ACCESS HEALTHCARE SERVICES; 3. GREEK RESEARCH EXPERIENCE ON ISSUES OF IMMIGRANT ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES; 4. REPERCUSSIONS OF PRECARIOUS, LOW-STATUS/LOW WAGE WORK ON IMMIGRANTS' ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES; 5. IMPACT OF INEQUALITIES IN ACCESSING HEALTHCARE SERVICES ON IMMIGRANTS AND ON PUBLIC HEALTH

6. PROPOSALS TO COMBAT INEQUALITIES IN ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES BY IMMIGRANT WORKERS IN GREECECONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: THEY DO NOT REPRESENT US! REPERCUSSIONS OF PRECARIOUS, LOW-STATUS WORK ON PARTICIPATION OF IMMIGRANTS IN TRADEUNIONS IN GREECE; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. METHODOLOGY; 3. IMMIGRANTS' PRECARIOUS, LOW-STATUS/LOW-WAGE WORK AND DECOLLECTIVIZATION IN GREECE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: NEW ORAL TRANSMISSION OF POPULAR CULTURE IN THE FACE OF GLOBAL CHALLENGES: FROM URBAN LEGENDS TO THE DAUNTING NARRATIVES OF HYPERMODERNITY; ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION: THE SEEKERS OF A "COSMIC DAWN"2. AND A "NEW ERA" FINALLY ARRIVED; 3. CONCLUSION: REFLECTIONS FOR AFTER A WRECK; CONCLUSION: THE ILLUSION OF PROGRESS IN THE VERSION OF COMPRESSED STORIES OR MINIMAL META-STORIES; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: NORM CONFORMITY, RATIONALIZATION AND RESIDENT PARTICIPATION IN MULTI-OWNED HOUSING MANAGEMENT; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; COLLECTIVISM IN MOH GOVERNANCE; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK OF COLLECTIVISM IN MOH MANAGEMENT; DATA FOR EMPIRICAL STUDY: SOURCE AND DESCRIPTIONS; ANALYSIS RESULTS; IMPLICATIONS OF THE RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCESChapter 6: GENDER BOUNDARIES: THE PRODUCTION OF HOMOPHOBIA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; BETWEEN SENSITIVE FAGS AND REAL MACHOS, WHO ARE THE TRUE MINORITY?; A GLANCE BEYOND SEXUAL HIERARCHIES; BE QUEER! QUESTION THE SOCIO-SEXUAL ORDER!; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: CLOSING THE GENDER GAP IN TRADE UNION ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA: THE MYTHS AND THE FACTS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THEORETICAL DISCOURSE: PATRIARCHY; TRADE UNIONISM IN PERSPECTIVE; TRADE UNIONS AND WOMEN WORKERS IN NIGERIA; CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION; REFERENCES; INDEX; Blank Page

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 4, 2016).

ISBN:

1-63484-320-7