Die Forschung zum Thema Konsum hat in den letzten Jahren ihren Fokus erweitert. Aktuelle soziologische Studien wiederum weisen vorwiegend zwei raumzeitliche und thematische Foki auf. Ersterer beleuchtet die sozialen und politischen Veränderungen in den nordamerikanischen und europäischen...

Scholars increasingly use machine learning techniques such as Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) to reduce the dimensionality of textual data and to study discourse in collective bodies. However, measures of discourse based on algorithmic results typically have no intuitive meaning or obvious...

In the recent past, European states have adopted mandatory due diligence (MDD) laws for holding companies accountable for the environmental and human rights impacts of their supply chains. The institutionalization of the international due diligence norm into domestic legislation has, however,...

Are we in a new "Polanyian moment"? If we are, it is essential to examine how "spontaneous" and punctual expressions of discontent at the individual level may give rise to collective discourses driving social and political change. It is also important to examine whether and how the framing of...

Are we in a new "Polanyian moment"? If we are, it is essential to examine how "spontaneous" and punctual expressions of discontent at the individual level may give rise to collective discourses driving social and political change. It is also important to examine whether and how the framing of...

Drawing on a discursive analysis of the life stories of thirty-three men who worked in drug trade organisations in Mexico, this article examines how masculinities are constructed in their narratives, and how these constructions mirror militarised masculinities implicit in official discourses of...