Social Transformations and Sociology

Borut Roncevic, PhD, is Professor of Sociology at the University of Novo Mesto, Slovenia and senior research fellow at Rudolfovo-Science and Technology Centre (Novo mesto, Slovenia). He is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association. He held the prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship at Aalborg University (Denmark) and was a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence in Troy University (USA) and Jean Monnet Chair. In his work he is focusing on developmental performance in East and Central Europe, and on issues of regional development, innovations and circular economy. He was a visiting scholar at institutions in the United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Lebanon, and Croatia. Filomin Gutierrez, PhD, is Professor of Sociology at the University of the Philippines Diliman, where she teaches deviance and social control, sociology of violence, and research methods in the Department of Sociology. Her scholarly work includes book chapters and journal articles on crime and delinquency, the history of Philippine criminology, prison gangs, fraternities, masculinity, and violence. She has served as President of the Philippine Sociological Society, Vice-President of the Philippine Social Science Council, and Vice-President for National Associations of the International Sociological Association (ISA). The volume she edited, Crime and Punishment in the Philippines: Beyond Politics and Spectacle, published by the Philippine Social Science Council, received the 2022 Outstanding Book Award from the National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines (NAST).

Chapter 1: Introduction: Dispossessions and Empowerment in the Transformations of Society, Sociology, and the International Sociological Association (ISA) Chapter 2: Ethnicity, Marginality, and Discrimination in Everyday Life: The Santal-Bengali Relationship in Bangladesh Chapter 3: Gender Equality in Politics : Achievements and Challenges in the New Period in Vietnam Chapter 4: Social and Economic Inequalities of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Taiwan: Findings from National Surveys from 2019 to 2022 Chapter 5: The Duopoly of Legitimacy in Latin American Criminal Governance Chapter 6: The Digitalization of Care in Nordic Welfare States: Sociological Perspectives on Exclusion, Relations, and Trust Chapter 7: Intergenerational Value Dissonance in Armenia: The Quantum Concept of Social Fragmentation and National Identity Chapter 8: Homo Emigraturus: Culture of Migration among Iranians and Its Implications for Theories of International Migration Chapter 9: Meritocracy, Egalitarianism, and Inequality in Southeastern Europe Chapter 10: Legislation of Decent Living Wages in Romania in the European Context: From the Minimum Subsistence Basket to the Decent Consumption Basket Chapter 11: Argentinean Sociology in the Face of Contemporary Crossroads: Oppressive and Emancipatory Reclassifications Chapter 12: From a Sociology of Confrontation to a Docile Sociology: Reflexive Return on the Crises of COVID-19 in the Moroccan Context Chapter 13: Social Transformations and Sociology in Two Large Developing Countries: From Lack of Knowledge to Dialogues Between China and Brazil Chapter 14: The Language(s) Sociologists Use in Doing, Presenting, and Publishing Research: Toward a 'Global' Sociology with Linguistic Diversity Chapter 15: Global Sociology after the Decolonial Turn