International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 31 Issue 1/2

Reconfiguring the sociology of the crowd: exploring crowdsourcing

Mark N. Wexler

The purpose of this paper is to examine the manner in which advocates of crowdsourcing reconfigure the classical sociological treatment of the crowd.

Independent regulatory agencies and Australia's health workforce crisis: Lessons from the gynaecological cancers workforce

Eileen Willis, Debra King

Workforce shortages and maldistribution in the health care sector are the outcome of poor planning processes, entrenched power relations, jurisdictional boundaries and…

Fathers and work‐life balance in France and the UK: policy and practice

Abigail Gregory, Susan Milner

This paper seeks to focus on the role of organizations in mediating the impact of national work‐life balance (WLB) policy on employees, in particular fathers.

Public beliefs regarding the causes of poverty during transition: Evidence from the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, and Ukraine

Nazim N. Habibov

Low‐income transitional countries in the region of the Caucasus and Central Asia lack the existence of a solid assessment of public perceptions regarding the causes of poverty…

Morocco's regionalization Roadmap and the Western Sahara

Yossef Ben‐Meir

The purpose of this paper is to explain the Moroccan Roadmap to regionalize the country (with the Western Sahara) that is currently presented in principle or general guidelines…

After the fall: Developing a conceptual script‐based model of shame in narratives of entrepreneurs in crisis!

Robert Smith, Gerard McElwee

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of shame in entrepreneurship. Extant research in relation to the entrepreneurial process has tended to concentrate upon the…

Undocumented worker transitions: family migration

Anna Paraskevopoulou

The purpose of this paper is to discuss family migration through the findings of the undocumented worker transitions (UWT) European Union funded, sixth framework project, which…

Social protection for women homeworkers: a case of healthcare services in Thailand

Boonsom Namsomboon, Kyoko Kusakabe

The purpose of this paper is to examine women homeworkers' access to healthcare services in Thailand. Specifically, it focuses on how the state's universal healthcare service…

A new company descriptor takes us into a new era

Rebecca Marsh