Current Sociology, Ahead of Print. This article examines the evolution of discourse on social inequality through the concept of ‘guiding distinctions’, a theoretical term introduced by Niklas Luhmann. The study develops criteria for ‘guiding distinctio…
Current Sociology, Ahead of Print. Developmental states see a vital role for women in development, but women do not always share the state’s enthusiasm. In development circles, this is still treated largely as a problem to fix, so how women make sense …
Current Sociology, Ahead of Print. This article introduces Niklas Luhmann’s systems theory into contemporary debates on the social dimension of the self. It focuses on the relevance of self/other relationships, as the guiding distinction in both micro-…
Current Sociology, Ahead of Print. In this article, we report on the results of two online brainstormings that have collected over 480 and over 219 guiding distinctions of social theory, respectively. We draw on the results of these brainstormings as w…
Current Sociology, Ahead of Print. The refugees who arrived in Germany in 2015 and 2016 were largely housed in village communities where people did not previously have extensive exposure to cultural diversity. This article focuses on the relationships …
Current Sociology, Ahead of Print. The impact of shocks and crises on workers and workers’ crisis coping strategies are issues of global concern and have generated a rich literature on resilience and sustainable livelihoods. Drawing on insights from so…
Current Sociology, Ahead of Print. Scholars frequently associate vaccine hesitancy with the effects of neoliberalism, including healthism culture, intensive mothering ideology, and a decrease in institutional trust. This article contributes to the disc…
Current Sociology, Ahead of Print. How is the Filipino family values discourse leveraged to hinder or critique policies promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ+) rights? And in contrast, how does the local government …
Current Sociology, Ahead of Print. This article presents findings from a qualitative study on the experiences of racism and sexism of Chinese-origin women living in the Netherlands during the pandemic. The emergence of the COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, and…
Current Sociology, Ahead of Print. Values and morality are the key concepts sociologists have been using to emphasize the normative dimension of social behavior since the very dawn of our discipline. Yet, while one can find two modern traditions of res…