You are currently on the new version of our website. Access the old version .

Social Sciences, Volume 7, Issue 5

2018 May - 11 articles

  • Issues are regarded as officially published after their release is announced to the table of contents alert mailing list .
  • You may sign up for email alerts to receive table of contents of newly released issues.
  • PDF is the official format for papers published in both, html and pdf forms. To view the papers in pdf format, click on the "PDF Full-text" link, and use the free Adobe Reader to open them.

Articles (11)

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
12,128 Views
14 Pages

This paper explores how Twitter has been used in the debate on women’s right to drive in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The overarching aim of this investigation is to explain how gender roles and the relationship between the genders are na...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
13,423 Views
19 Pages

Masculinity, Organizational Culture, Media Framing and Sexual Violence in the Military

  • Steven Kuhl,
  • Anna E. Kosloski,
  • Stephanie Bontrager Ryon and
  • Astrid Monar

Sexual violence in the military is woven into history, with stories and myths that date back to the times of ancient Rome. For example, military conquests thousands of years ago involved looting, pillaging, and raping—the “spoils of war” for the winn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,271 Views
16 Pages

The Chinese public has shown increasing concern about the “inadequacy” of the funds available for the Basic Pension Insurance for Urban Employees (BPIUE). The government has managed the issue by balancing the program’s revenue and e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,651 Views
9 Pages

The aim of this text is to present and analyze the attitudes of Polish museologists towards the changes currently taking place in the field of museums. More specifically, it will focus on their opinions regarding the evolution of museums—from t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
59 Citations
12,661 Views
15 Pages

A growing literature shows that doing voluntary work not only helps the wider community but can also improve one’s own well-being. To date, however, few studies have examined the relationship between volunteering and well-being in non-US and es...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,390 Views
12 Pages

Over the past century, nearly two hundred times a governor has appointed an individual to fill a vacant Senate seat. This research seeks to understand the electoral fates of these appointed senators. First, I address the question of when and under wh...

  • Review
  • Open Access
71 Citations
30,173 Views
14 Pages

It is often believed that the settlement and integration of skilled immigrants is moderately easy in Canada, and that skilled immigrants do well in Canada after a brief adjustment period. However, numerous barriers prevent the effective integration o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
8,099 Views
10 Pages

Background: According to the Minorities’ Diminished Return theory, socioeconomic status (SES) systemically generates larger gains for Whites compared to Blacks. It is, however, unknown whether the effects of baseline SES on future family income also...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,000 Views
17 Pages

26 April 2018

This paper examines how conceptions of national and local identity influence reactions to migration in the Shenandoah Valley, a rural location in Southwest Virginia with unique demographic characteristics. While Shenandoah Valley residents have been...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,714 Views
16 Pages

25 April 2018

Objective: The purpose of this study is to gain insight into the effect of family support, school connectedness, and school environments on depressive symptoms among adolescents across racial/ethnic groups on both the student-level and school-level....

of 2

Get Alerted

Add your email address to receive forthcoming issues of this journal.

XFacebookLinkedIn
Soc. Sci. - ISSN 2076-0760