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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Settore GSPS-05/A - Sociologia generale"”.
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BODIES, SELVES AND SPACESGENDERED EXPERIENCES OF MILANESE URBAN SETTINGS
Research consistently demonstrates that urban environments are neither neutral nor equally accessible to everyone, as they originate in uneven power relations and so are structured around exclusionary practices that disproportionately affect women’s sense of safety, mobility, and belonging (Kern, …
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LA PARTITA DEGLI SPALTI. RELAZIONI TRA TIFOSERIE E CRIMINALITA' ORGANIZZATA NEL CALCIO MODERNO.
The thesis takes a sociological approach to the sensitive issue of contacts between football fans and criminal organizations. The relationship between fan clubs and organized crime does not exhaust the range of topics covered in the thesis, which attempts a complex analysis of the world of …
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(Non-)Religious Bias in Secularization Research
The theory of secularization posits that religion declines as modernization unfolds. Once a dominant paradigm, it is now one of the most contested areas in the sociology of religion: even rigorous empirical studies reach contradictory conclusions. This PhD thesis asks whether part of this …
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ETERNAL SUNSHINE TO THE FAPLESS MASCULINITY:A DIGITAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE R/NOFAP COMMUNITY ON REDDIT PROMOTING ABSTENTION FROM PORNOGRAPHY CONSUMPTION AND MASTURBATION.
This study examines the NoFap phenomenon, a homosocial digital movement promoting abstinence from pornography and masturbation to overcome self-diagnosed porn addiction and “compulsive sexual behaviors”. Critical literature on the topic has identified heterosexist, patriarchal, and misogynistic …
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BEYOND BELIEFS. FROM CLIMATE ATTITUDES TO CLIMATE ACTIONS
While scientific and policy experts have identified a wide range of interventions to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change, the translation of these recommendations into effective actions has been limited. Understanding public attitudes toward climate change is crucial to identify some of …
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RAP IN EXILE: SYRIAN DIASPORA, HYBRIDITY AND DIGITAL CULTURAL PRODUCTION IN GERMANY
This dissertation examines Syrian rap as a locus of diasporic cultural production among displaced musicians, principally those residing in Germany, to expound how these artists construct and negotiate identity, belonging and political subjectivity through sonic and digital practices. Situated …
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¿MÁS VALE UN AÑO DE REY QUE VEINTE DE GUËY¿. GIOVANI, VIOLENZA, RECLUTAMENTO CRIMINALE E SOCIETÀ CIVILE IN MESSICO TRA VULNERABILITÀ E RESISTENZA:IL CASO DEL CENTRO JUVENIL PROMOCIÓN INTEGRAL A.C. (CEJUV, A.C.)
The thesis investigates the relationship between youth and violence in contemporary Mexico, a context marked by chronic, structural, and multifaceted forms of violence that particularly affect children and adolescents. In this scenario, the material precarization of life, exclusion from social …
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UNEQUAL EXPERIENCES: HOW SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS SHAPE PEOPLE¿S ATTITUDES TOWARDS INEQUALITY
This dissertation investigates how social environments—particularly personal networks and socializing institutions—shape individuals' attitudes towards inequality. It fills a critical gap in distributive justice research by exploring the effects of the socioeconomic composition of acquaintances, …
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THE DIRECT EFFECT OF SOCIAL ORIGIN. A SCOPING REVIEW AND TWO COMPARATIVE ANALYSES
The work examines the Direct Effect of Social Origin (DESO), i.e. the intergenerational transmission of occupational status independent of individual education, or human capital. Building on the Blau-Duncan (1967) framework, foundational to current social stratification research, this work …
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MAKING UP URBAN SPACE. A COMPARATIVE ETHNOGRAPHY OF SOCIAL DISTANCING ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT
While social distancing has emerged as a global strategy in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, its relevance in social science, particularly as a category for the study of everyday life, remains a subject of debate. This research, relying on the complementary aspects of interactionist studies, …
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EXPLORING BITCOIN WITH COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODS
La tesi indaga l’emergere, l’evoluzione e le dinamiche interne di Bitcoin come sistema sociotecnico ed economico. Concepito come un’alternativa radicale alla finanza tradizionale, Bitcoin nasce con l’obiettivo di decentralizzare il sistema economico, eliminare gli intermediari finanziari e …
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THE GENDERED IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC: EMPLOYMENT, INCOME AND UNPAID DOMESTIC WORK DURING COVID - 19 PANDEMIC IN EUROPE.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought sudden and profound disruptions to daily life across the globe, reshaping how people work, care, and live. Compared to recent global crisis where the initial impact on employment was more severe for men, the COVID-19 pandemic crisis had a significant initial impact on …
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NON - RELIGIOUS DISCOURSES AND THE SECULARIZATION OF THE SECULAR: A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF ORGANIZED NON - RELIGION IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (1881-2019).
Nonostante la crescita degli studi sulla non-religione negli ultimi anni, i cambiamenti storici all'interno della secolarità rimangono poco esplorati e vi è una carenza di studi longitudinali estesi sul fenomeno. Questa lacuna deriva, da un lato, dalla mancanza di sufficiente granularità nei …
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THE EMERGING MARKET OF MEME-NEWS: HOW POLITICAL INTERNET MEMES INFORM YOUNG ADULTS AND SHAPE THEIR POLITICAL OPINIONS
… l'opinione pubblica. Integrando contributi dalla sociologia, dagli studi sui media e la comunicazione, dagli studi culturali e dalla ricerca sull'umorismo, offre un quadro teorico che mappa e chiarisce il fenomeno della condivisione di meme politici sui social media. Dopodiché, interpreta i più …