Theses - Sociology: Recent submissions
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Self-Reliant Subjects of Finance: Investing and Borrowing in Working-class Households in Contemporary Capitalism
(2019-10-26)This thesis examines the integration of households within finance markets in the United Kingdom, through increasing reliance on personal investment and borrowing, in order to understand how finance and risk have been ... -
Pedagogies and Practice: How Religious Diversification Impacts Seminaries and Clergy
(2019-04-27)This thesis considers how religious diversification has shaped the roles of clergy and seminaries. The focus of this qualitative, interview-based study is seminaries and clergy affiliated with various denominations of ... -
Contemporary Art and the Exhibitionary System: China as a Case Study
(2019-05-18)The challenge of contemporary art, unlike in art history, has only recently been identified in sociology. Furthermore, an overly philosophical orientation, has undermined sociological expla- nations of artistic production. ... -
The Wounds of Post-Socialism: The Political Economy of Mortality and Survival in Deindustrialising Towns in Hungary
(2019-04-27)Background: In this dissertation I examine the political economy of the post-socialist mortality crisis as experienced in deindustrialising towns in Hungary. I develop and apply a relational political economy of health ...
