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Social Climate, Uncertainty and Fertility Intentions: from the Great Recession to the Covid-19 Crisis

events on birth rates (Aassve et  al., 2021a) . Yet, others have shown that major events alter those traits. For instance, political sociologists have identified increasing economic and social ... , 2016) . Finally, social trust has been shown to decline in response to political crises, i.e., the collapse of communist societies (Rose-Ackerman, 2001) . The current study fills a crucial gap in this

Daniel Courgeau, Understanding Human Life. A Methodological and Interdisciplinary Approach. Methodos Series vol. 19., 2022, Springer, xv + 261 pp.

philosophy and methodology of social sciences. His last book, Understanding Human Life, published in Springer's Methodos series, of which he is a joint editor (with Robert Franck) since 2002, brings together ... pedagogical slant and value—it can make excellent reading and discussion material for postgraduate or even undergraduate courses in philosophy of science or research methods. In Part II, Chapters  6 and 7 look

Does Abortion Liberalisation Accelerate Fertility Decline? A Worldwide Time-Series Analysis

four pairs of models. All of them control for the 10 socio-economic and political factors discussed above. Models 1 and 5 use TWFE and capture within-country variations independently from global trends ... negatively related to physicians per capita and the level of urbanisation. Moreover, the association with the other five socio-economic and political factors proves insufficiently robust: all else being equal

Do Attitudes Towards Immigrants Matter? The Subjective Wellbeing of Immigrants in England and Wales and Their Exposure to Non-migrants

of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science , Old Building, Office 1.19, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE , UK The wellbeing of immigrants is affected by those around them and ... preferences or support for a political party. Examples of such behaviour could be having a Brexit bumper sticker or asking an individual with an accent where they are from. It is difficult to capture the

Soccer Scores, Short-Term Mood and Fertility

, investing behavior and political preferences. In this article, we test whether mood shocks associated with unexpected results in soccer matches in Spain affect fertility. We use data on betting odds and ... decisions (Edmans et  al. 2007) , political preferences and opinions (Busby et  al. 2017; Healy et  al. 2010) , criminal behaviors (Munyo and Rossi 2013), domestic violence (Card and Dahl 2011) and, in

Deborah Chambers and Pablo Gracia, A Sociology of Family Life

. ( 2002 ). Individualization: Institutionalized individualism and its social and political consequences . Sage. Giddens , A. ( 1992 ). The transformation of intimacy: Sexuality, love and eroticism in modern

Implications of the Theory of Basic Human Values for the Second Demographic Transition: Interdependence and Individualism in the Era of Self-Fulfillment

sociology and political science to explain demographic behaviour. The SDT documents a shift in societal norms facilitating social solidarity and gender inequality through sex-segregated roles to a society ... values. Whereas the TBHV excludes attitudes (criteria b), the SDT considers values and attitudes as synonymous—this widespread practise in sociology and political science can be attributed to the

Working from Home During Covid-19 Pandemic and Changes to Fertility Intentions Among Parents

and Affiliations · Anna Matysiak3 1 2 3 Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland Cracow University of Economics, Cracow, Poland Aassve , A ... . ( 2021 ). Predicted probabilities and inference with multinomial logit . Political Analysis , 29 ( 3 ), 416 - 421 . https://doi.org/10.1017/pan. 2020 .35 Powell , A. , & Craig , L. ( 2015 ). Gender

Sustained and Universal Fertility Recuperation in Kazakhstan

fertility. Population Studies, 72(1), 109–121. https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2017.1404624 Kazimov, R., & Zakharov, S. (2021). Combating low life expectancy and low fertility in tumultuous political times ... : A comparison of the Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. In A. Goerres & P. Vanhuysse (Eds.), Global political demography. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73065-9_16 Kirk, D. (1996

why stories matter: the political grammar of feminist theory

matter: the political grammar of feminist theory Feminist theorizing will not be the same after this book. The stories of progress, loss and return that Hemmings identifies in narrativizations of the ... recent feminist past are recognizable to us all. Their shared affective force in the celebratory or mournful tone that they adopt also rings true. Yet, Hemmings uncovers, in the political grammar of our

Love is Elsewhere: Internal Migration and Marriage Prospects in China

: Applied Economics , 3 ( 3 ), 124 - 157 . https://doi.org/10. 1257/app.3.3. 124 Becker , G. S. ( 1973 ). A theory of marriage: Part I . Journal of Political Economy , 81 ( 4 ), 813 - 846 . Bergstrom , T. C ... ( 3 ), 215 - 235 . https://doi.org/10.1080/ 17441730903351479 Burdett , K. , & Vishwanath , T. ( 1988 ). Balanced matching and labor market equilibrium . Journal of Political Economy , 96 ( 5 ), 1048

Text and the City: George Grosz, Neue Jugend, and the Political Power of Popular Media

they also depicted the new artist as someone capable of withstanding or even mastering these shocks and transforming them into instruments of political action. Appearing as they did in the newspaper

from freedom fighters to terrorists: women and political violence

published studies on women's participation in political violence and terrorism. Rather than presenting the findings of new field research, the book provides a collation and survey of widely dispersed existing ... ) and addresses a distinct form of political violence in a number of cultural contexts. The scope of the survey is vast, spanning left-wing political violence in Italy, Germany and the USA; right-wing

Who Wants to Become Italian? A Study of Interest in Naturalisation among Foreign Migrants in Italy

has shown that naturalisation entails many benefits that could increase migrants’ interest. Becoming a citizen of another country may improve immigrants’ economic and socio-political integration ... , provide access to better jobs, expand their social networks, and increase their political participation (Gathmann & Monscheuer, 2020; Mazzolari, 2009; Pendakur & Bevelander, 2014) . Some studies underline

dimensions of transnationalism

This article identifies and analyses links between conceptualisations of trans-gender and trans-national, and aims for a critical redefinition of political agency. Through an examination of theories ... -established categories, but defines subjectivity through risk in political struggle. I suggest that 'transing' the nation and 'transing' gender could be thought as critical moves for a radical deconstruction of

we lived to tell: political prison memoirs of Iranian women

movie all focus on women's experience of prison in Iran: Manijeh Hekmat's feature film, Women's Prison (2002) explores the experience of Iranian women incarcerated for non-political reasons from the 1980s ... with harsh interrogations and torture - for her political activities as a college student. So, We Lived to Tell: Political Prison (2002) exploration of Iranian Women joins these other works in building a

Employment Protection Legislation, Labour Market Dualism, and Fertility in Europe

OECD countries . European Journal of Political Research , 46 ( 2 ), 211 - 235 . https:// doi.org/10.1111/j.1475- 6765 . 2007 . 00692 .x Autor , D. H. , II., Donohue , J. J. , & Schwab , S. J. ( 2006 ... - 913X . 2000 .tb00402.x Boeri , T. , Conde-Ruiz , J. I. , & Galasso , V. ( 2012 ). The political economy of flexicurity . Journal of the European Economic Association , 10 ( 4 ), 684 - 715 . https

Employment Instability and Childbirth over the Last 20 Years in Italy

employment . Socio-Economic Review , 13 ( 2 ), 351 - 377 . King , G. , & Zeng , L. ( 2001 ). Logistic regression in rare events data . Political Analysis , 9 ( 2 ), 137 - 163 . Kohler , H. P. , Billari , F. C

drones, swarms and becoming-insect: feminist utopias and posthuman politics

Insects and ‘the swarm’ as metaphors and objects of research have inspired works in the genres of science fiction and horror; social and political theorists; and the development of war-fighting ... an analysis of the politics of life and death in the insect and the swarm, which, following Braidotti (2002), cannot be assumed to be a mere metaphor or representation of political life, but an