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Social capital; gentrification

White middle-class settlers in edgy areas, plus how to get ahead in the media.

• 28 mins

Breaking rules; Wall Street women

Inside the world of Wall Street women, and the role of morality in preventing crime.

• 28 mins

Italian Family 1: Milan

Why is the Italian birth rate falling? Laurie Taylor on the crisis of the Italian family.

• 28 mins

Italian Family 2: Naples

Laurie Taylor visits Naples to investigate the role of Italian family values.

• 28 mins

Italian Family 3: Studio discussion

Is the fabled Italian family in terminal decline? Laurie Taylor discusses the crisis.

• 28 mins

Odd couples, student drinking

Gay-straight friendships, and how students approach alcohol. With Laurie Taylor.

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Ethnic pay gap, racial segregation

Laurie Taylor on research into racial segregation in cities and Britain's ethnic pay gap.

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Race in an English village; decoding organisation

Laurie Taylor explores the culture and work of Bletchley Park.

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Sickness Benefit Recipients - New Society 50 Years On

Sickness benefit claimants, and 'New Society' 50 years on. Presented by Laurie Taylor.

• 28 mins

The New Arab Man, Lords Club Affiliation

The 'new' Arab man; elite club membership in the House of Lords.

• 28 mins

Sociologists and the financial crisis - Against security

Security systems - their pitfalls. Also, a sociological take on the financial crisis.

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Trouble at work, travellers vs tourists

Laurie Taylor hears about research into workplace conflict, and travellers versus tourists

• 28 mins

The UK strip and lap-dancing industry; blue jeans

The strip industry - why is it growing? Also, the cultural meaning of 'blue jeans'.

• 28 mins

Couchsurfing - Trauma Advocacy

Laurie Taylor looks at how the internet lets us encounter strangers, as well as friends.

• 28 mins

Decline of the weekend; British riots of 2011

Laurie Taylor explores the summer riots of 2011. Also, the death of the weekend.

• 28 mins

Archaeology of homelessness; residential care revisited

Older people in residential care - a landmark study. Also, an archaeology of homelessness.

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Family funerals; red tape

Laurie Taylor hears how corrupt officialdom causes poverty.

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Work identity on the railway; how to be gay

Laurie Taylor on a new book exploring gay male identity. Also, work identity in crisis.

• 28 mins

Children in hospitals; History, heritage and tradition in British politics

How British political parties construct history, and children's experiences in hospital.

• 28 mins

Female jockeys; military migrants

Laurie Taylor on our multinational armed forces, and Deborah Butler on female jockeys.

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Intoxication

Laurie Taylor explores the role and meaning of both alcohol and drugs in human life.

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Consuming passions

Consumer pleasures - the origins and evolution of the 'shopping' experience.

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Contagion; changing masculinity in retail

Contagion - how commerce spreads disease. Also, 'boys will be boys' or will they?

• 28 mins

Birth of Neo-Liberalism; Music, Race and Difference

Tracing the origins of neo-liberalism. Plus, the relationship between race and music.

• 28 mins

Class and Commuting; Engaging with Climate Change

Climate change - why is it denied by so many? Plus class, commuting and the 'tube'.

• 28 mins

Rock climbing in conflict; women in Russian prisons

With Laurie Taylor. Featuring Russian women prisoners and rock climbers in conflict.

• 28 mins

Organised crime in the UK

Organised crime in the UK - how has it changed? Also, the Italian Camorra.

• 27 mins

Stan Cohen (1942 - 2013)

Laurie Taylor pays tribute to the work and legacy of the sociologist, Stan Cohen.

• 28 mins

'Ned' Pride in Scotland; Weapon Dogs

Weapon dogs - status canines as urban menace. Also, the Scottish subculture of 'neds'.

• 28 mins

Fashion, Class and Mums; Red Racisms

Laurie Taylor with a unique analysis of racism in communist and post-communist countries.

• 28 mins