Mens & Maatschappij - Volume 98, Issue 2, 2023

Abstract Anything but country and western: Analysing cultural omnivorism in the United Kingdom Cultural sociologists have developed two conflicting approaches related to stratified cultural consumerism: (i) the homology thesis and (ii) the cultural omnivorism thesis. The first approach suggests that the higher educated have an exclusive taste that consists of highbrow cultural forms only. The second approach argues th Read More

Abstract The effect of socioeconomic status and political opportunity structures on protest participation: a multilevel analysis of 17 European countries In recent years, protesting has become an increasingly pertinent form of political participation. Within the literature on political participation, both socioeconomic status (SES) and political opportunity structures (POS) have been shown to affect protest participation, Read More

Abstract The influence of gentrification on neighbourhood belonging: Differences between ethnic groups in the urban context This study investigates the relationship between gentrification in urban neighbourhoods and feelings of belongingness. It was expected that gentrification has a negative influence on neighbourhood belonging because of the (fear of) displacement of original residents and the disruption of social Read More

Abstract In-work poverty in the welfare state: The effects of gender, educational attainment, occupational status, and age Globalization has put a new kind of pressure on the welfare state. Due to a rise in flexible contracts, a stable income is no longer a given, which results in an increase in the working poor. This article examined the extent to which the effect between in-work poverty and individual characteristics like gender Read More