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Catherine Clinton on the legacy of a marginalised group in a supposedly class-free society

A fine ethnography reveals how poor Angelenos and the cops control each other, says Dick Hobbs

David Walker looks at the increasing acceptance that the pressures of university can exacerbate impostor syndrome for students as well as staff

Book of the week: ‘Helicopters’ or ‘bystanders’? Your folks’ behaviour can govern more than grades, says Hazel Christie

We talk gangsters, London crime and dodging punches with the noted ethnographer

A sociologist and anthropologist who investigated some of the most challenging aspects of Israeli society has died

The ability to exercise some authority over others can be a force for good, but there is more to it than that, says Manuela Barreto

Book of the week: Why are those pushed into food poverty then stigmatised and shamed, asks Lisa Mckenzie

Gendered dichotomies distort our perceptions of aloneness in the academy, writes Aniko Horvath

Digital habits reveal the delicate dance between our public and private selves, says Tara Brabazon

But group of universities says Vikki Boliver’s latest criticisms are ‘simply not justified’

A highly influential and wide-ranging sociologist has died

Like Gollum’s ring, gadgets are irresistible. Learn to turn off, tune out and log off, says John Gilbey

Camille Hernández-Ramdwar on an insider’s perspective on the struggles and joys of committing to a little-known faith

Reviewing allows us to put collective knowledge ahead of individualised contributions, says David Beer

Do changes to degree courses reflect a more pluralistic society or are they driven by a desire for more radical approaches?

Scousers’ acts of resilience are celebrated in a study of the city’s struggles, says Lisa Mckenzie

A study group’s essays on Bourdieu apply his concepts to novel situations, says Laurie Taylor

Helen Bynum on what made a married woman committed to the cause walk away from it all

Experts in everything from accountancy to China and spirituality to skills strategies appointed fellows by the Academy of Social Sciences

Danny Dorling on the US failure to provide affordable housing for its citizens

Novice sociological researchers will find encouragement and help in a programme of exercises whose insights are informed by a group of gorillas, Les Gofton says

Higher education is at risk of losing its pivotal place in 'a properly functioning public sphere'

Matthew Reisz recalls some memorable examples of academics venturing beneath the sheets

Book of the week: Tim Hall on post-Soviet criminal clans, diverse and complex groups to whom lawlessness is anathema

There are insights for scholars and law enforcement officials alike in this investigation of how the most lethal lone-wolf attack was planned, says Matthew Feldman

Investment pays off for the economy, finds groundbreaking US study

Through a series of ‘creation stories’, E. Stina Lyon hears how individuals are breaking ground as they form families

Book of the week: Ethics aside, no useful information is to be gained from ‘coercive questioning’, says Steven Rose

A Welsh town’s Boiz, Geeks and Emos are in urgent need of new scripts, finds John Field

The responses to a UK-wide survey show how life chances are diverging, argues Danny Dorling

A ‘Kimposium’ will explore what the fascination with the Kardashians tells us

Caroline Osella on a fieldwork-based study of the attachments that develop among those in shanty towns

From living rent-free to Madoff’s fraud, a study of scams forces us to face our sins, says Dick Hobbs

When it comes to meritocracy in free market capitalism, people don’t hate the game, they hate the players, says Angelia Wilson

Jane Appleton on how youths feel about the organisational decisions and interventions that are supposed to help them

Matthew Reisz reflects on the issues raised by Linsey McGoey’s new book on ‘philanthrocapitalism’

It’s communal, kinky, defiant – but whatever it is, don’t call it that, says Kalle Berggren

Lisa Mckenzie on a sobering American ethnography written with understanding and respect

Time and temperament are explored in a masterly study of an old game of thrones, says Les Gofton

Government urged to reveal source of claims about universities that allegedly hosted extremist speakers

Acknowledging aid workers’ motives does not diminish their extraordinary efforts, says Monika Krause

This perceptive ethnography takes Randy Malamud behind the scenes at the penguin pool to ask if the institutions are scientific and educational enterprises or just commercialised animal spectacles

Kate Hardy pauses in her labours to reconsider our attitudes to the paid employment treadmill

A study of the internet’s bullies and manipulators avoids the hard questions, says Tara Brabazon

The eminent sociologist is entitled to draw on his long lifetime of thought, but should probably be clearer about the extent to which he is doing so, says Paul Jump

Eminent sociologist has recycled 90,000 words of material across a dozen books, claims paper

Body behind the Athena SWAN gender equality initiative names first institutions to receive award to promote racial diversity

Bankers swap cufflinks for cassocks in an era of reinvention not defined by pay, finds Leslie Gofton

Study warns universities not to ‘police’ students’ lives and criticises absence of policies on sex work

The ‘first women’s museum in the UK’ turned out to be dedicated to Jack the Ripper. ‘Activist academic’ Lisa Mckenzie wants scholars to protest

Former European Commissioner to lead a national review to address “systemic gender inequality” in higher education

Caught between two cultures, six teenagers turn to Arabic to feel at home, finds Mafruha Mohua

Superheroes enliven a study of the history of red tape and how it shapes our lives, says Fred Inglis

E. Stina Lyon on a complex account of the trajectory of adult life in the modern world

Dick Hobbs on a study of a career criminal that demystifies gangs and a society that has tried to marginalise them

A study of American couples who married out of their socio-economic culture intrigues Mary Evans

John Gilbey is fascinated by the unseen fibre-optic communications cables that gird the globe

Les Gofton admires an ethnographic study exploring how workers escape the daily grind

Vicky Duckworth on an authoritative and personal study of the people living on the St Ann’s estate in Nottingham