Stratified Entry into Illegality: How Immigration Policy Shapes Being Undocumented Abstract. Research shows that legal status is a critical axis of stratification in the United States but is less clear about the variably permeable boundaries a

Stratified Entry into Illegality: How Immigration Policy Shapes Being Undocumented

105 interviews with a diverse group of undocumented/formerly undocumented immigrant young adults in NYC collected in 2018–19.
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Recent research suggests that political polarization has spilled over into otherwise mundane areas of social life. And yet, the size, shape, and depth of that spillage into popular culture are generally unknown. Relying on a sample of 135 widely known movies, TV shows, musicians, sports, and leisure activities, we investigate these issues. We find the “oil spill” of polarization into popular culture is large but loosely organized into multiple fairly shallow pools. Cultural polarization is also asymmetric. Liberals like a wide variety of popular culture, do not dislike conservative popular culture, and their tastes are more rooted in their sociodemographics. Conservatives, on the other hand, like a much narrower range of popular culture, dislike the culture created and liked by Black and urban liberals, and their tastes seem to be more directly rooted in their political ideology. Potential implications of an asymmetric culture war, and ideas for future research, are discussed.

Liberals like a wide variety of popular culture + do not dislike conservative popular culture.

Conservatives dislike culture created and liked by Black and urban liberals and their tastes seem to be more directly rooted in their political ideology.

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Mental Health across the Early Life Course at the Intersection of Race, Skin Tone, and School Racial... Abstract. Prior research documents higher levels of depressive symptoms among Black Americans relative to Whites. Yet, we know less about the role of other dime

Research shows higher levels of depressive symptoms among Black Americans relative to Whites. But how do other dimensions of stratification—like skin tone—shape mental health inequality?

Looking across an early life course, Taylor Hargrove has stark findings:
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'Fiscal Impoverishment in Rich Democracies', joint work with @rourkeobrien.bsky.social, now published in @sfjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
We invert standard analyses of welfare state policy and poverty by focusing not on poverty alleviation but creation. #Polisky #EconSky #Sociology

Opportunity or Exploitation? A Longitudinal Dyadic Analysis of Flexible Working Arrangements and Gen... Abstract. It has been extensively debated over whether the rise of flexible working arrangements (FWAs) may be an “opportunity” for a more egalitarian gender di

“Rather than providing an “opportunity” for a more egalitarian division of household labor, the use of flexible working arrangements maintains or even exacerbates the “exploitation” of women under existing traditional gender norms.”

Super cool research by Wang & Cheng in @sfjournal.bsky.social

My review of Making Moral Citizens (@uncpress.bsky.social) by Jack Delehanty is now out in Social Forces (@sfjournal.bsky.social). Scholars of social movements, politics, and religion will definitely want to check out this book!

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“These findings suggest that nationally specific understandings of merit can have quite different implications for the legitimation of inequality.”

A look at elites in 🇩🇰 and 🇬🇧.

We’re here.