Tag: Social change
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Daniel Bell and the Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
Capitalism is often understood as an economic system based on markets, private property, competition, productivity, and growth. However, for the sociologist Daniel Bell, capitalism was not only an economic structure. It was also a cultural system, and this cultural dimension created one of its deepest contradictions. In his influential book The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism,…
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“I, Daniel Blake”, a film to reflect on modernity and the disappearance of middle-class jobs
Brexit, Trump victory, both are fuelled by economic changes, but also the decline of once-cherished institutions, including family, church and labour unions, all contributing to a fear that the world is changing in ways that workers, or else their children, cannot keep up with. “There used to be a lot more middle-class jobs,” said Clyde…
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Green gentrification in Barcelona: is it fair the disbribution of access to urban natural spaces?
Rosa M. Bosch writes this interesting article (in Spanish) in La Vanguardia on “green gentrification” in Barcelona. The sociologist and geographer Dr. Isabelle Anguelovski has analyzed how has changed the socioeconomic profile of people living near gardens and parks created in Barcelona between 1992 and 2000. The study suggests that the new areas have attracted…
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The academic positions I’ll apply for…some day
PROFESSOR (W2) OF SOCIOLOGY /URBAN AND REGIONAL STUDIES The Ruhr-Universität Bochum – faculty of Social Sciences invites applications for the position of a Professor (W2) of Sociology / (successor Prof. Strohmeier) starting the earliest possible date. The Chair represents urban and regional studies from a broad spectrum. Applicants are required to have their main emphasis…
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Technology, social change and the need of market research
We tend to think that the technology is a quite recent development, but the truth is that it comes from the beginning of the human history. It has always been a crucial factor for the social change and for the change of our lives. Inclusive relatively simple inventions such as stirrup. “This invention, that allows…