Trust is key to understanding the dynamics of social relations, to the extent that it is often
viewed as the glue that holds society together. We review the mounting sociological …

The study of culture is on the rise; still, this popularity comes with the cost of increasing
fragmentation, as definitions and conceptualizations proliferate. The objectives of this review …

This review discusses North American and European research from the sociology of
valuation and evaluation (SVE), a research topic that has attracted considerable attention in …

Sociology was once integral to the scientific study of morality, but its explicit focus has
waned over the past half-century. This article calls for greater sociological engagement in …

Although values were once the central focus of institutional scholarship, they occupy a
marginal position in the contemporary literature. Viewing this situation as both a significant …

En esta obra clásica aparecida en 1912, Durkheim intenta demostrar el origen religioso de
las prácticas y pensamientos que se han constituido como elementos básicos del …

Most leading crime theories and crime‐control policies are based on the assumption that
people are self‐interested. But recent work in a variety of fields has challenged this …

The duty to render assistance at sea appears to be a well-established humanitarian norm;
nonetheless, in 2011 alone more than 1500 people drowned in the Mediterranean …

Introduction various forms of fraud and corruption are not just present, but are widespread in
the economies of both income-rich and income-poor countries. As this book goes to press …

Drawing on interviews with 150 randomly sampled African Americans, we analyse how
members of a stigmatized group understand their experience of stigmatization and assess …