Theses - Sociology
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'Not just a housewife': Gender, Class, and Labour in the New Economy of Urban India
(2020-04-25)This thesis presents an ethnographic study of young lower middle class women’s engagement in the new service economy in Delhi, India. Following the economic restructuring of the 1990s, the emergence of a ‘New Middle Class’ ... -
The Role of Trust in the Divergent Development of Alternative Lending Channels in the UK and Germany
(2020-02-22)A large body of literature in the social sciences highlights the importance of trust as a necessary condition for economic exchange and the functioning of markets. By contrast, the relationship between trust and variation ... -
Mass Intellectuality of the Neoliberal State. Mass Higher Education, Public Professionalism and State Effects in Chile.
(2019-12-31)How does the massification of higher education shape the neoliberal state in Chile? Our research looks at the state effects of the mass intellectuality spawned by the recent expansion of the university system. The significance ... -
Social (In)Visibility and Disease Performativity: Qualitative Insights From Two US Case Studies
(2019-11-30)This thesis centres on questions of (in)visibility in the lives of US “patients” with one of two chronic diseases (alkaptonuria and vitiligo). Specifically, it explores the role that social (in)visibility plays in the ...
