The Social Science Journal, Volume 54, Issue 2 (2017)

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The Social Science Journal, Volume 54, Issue 2 (2017)

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Corrigendum to “Does social capital determine health? Empirical evidence from MENA countries” [Soc. Sci. Res. 53 (3) (2016) 371–379]
Page: i
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Social support, self-efficacy and gender as predictors of reported stress among inpatient caregivers
Mary Basil Nwoke, Evelyn N. Onuigbo & Victor Okechukwu Odo
Pages: 115-119
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Global liberalization on homosexuality: Explaining the African gap
Nicholas O. Alozie, Kathy Thomas & Patience Akpan-Obong
Pages: 120-131
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Activism as a pathway to global citizenship
Stephen Reysen & Justin Hackett
Pages: 132-138
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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How do journalists leverage Twitter? Expressive and consumptive use of Twitter
Na Yeon Lee, Yonghwan Kim & Yoonmo Sang
Pages: 139-147
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Talking with like-minded people—Equality and efficacy in enclave deliberation
Staffan Himmelroos, Lauri Rapeli & Kimmo Grönlund
Pages: 148-158
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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“Sleep is on the back burner”: Working students and sleep
T. Lynne Barone
Pages: 159-167
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Determinants of residential Firewise behaviors in Central Oregon
Erika Allen Wolters, Brent S. Steel, Daniel Weston & Mark Brunson
Pages: 168-178
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Fear of crime and participation in associational life
Anthony Piscitelli & Andrea M.L. Perrella
Pages: 179-190
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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“I can’t do it if you’re watching” monitoring and reciprocity in clientelism
Han Il Chang
Pages: 191-205
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Presidential rhetoric, agency turnover, and the importance of salience to bureaucratic leadership
Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha
Pages: 206-215
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Truancy as systemic discrimination: Anti-discrimination legislation and its effect on school attendance among immigrant children
Kyung-Eun Yang & Seung-Hwan Ham
Pages: 216-226
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Book Review

Book Review
Solitary Action: Acting on Our Own in Everyday Life
Amber Overholser
Pages: 227-228
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Contentious Politics
By Charles Tilly and Sidney Tarrow; 2nd Revised andUpdated, New York, NY: Oxford Press, 2015, ISBN9780190255053, 268 pp., Paperback.
Mary Durfee
Pages: 229-230
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Early Responses to the Periodic System
Edoardo Magnone
Pages: 231-232
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Mining Coal and Undermining Gender: Rhythms of Work and Family in the American West
Melissa Wolfe-Michaelson
Pages: 233-234
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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The Korean Wave: Korean Media Go Global
Kyoung-ho Shin
Pages: 235-236
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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Original Article

Article
Does social capital determine health? Empirical evidence from MENA countries
Moheddine Younsi & Mohamed Chakroun
Pages: 238-247
Published online: 09 Dec 2019
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