In this article I critically analyze contemporary discourses of corporate social responsibility and related discourses of sustainability and corporate citizenship. I argue that despite their emancipatory rhetoric, discourses of corporate citizenship, social responsibility and sustainability are defined by narrow business interests and serve to curtail interests of external stakeholders. I provide an alternate perspective, one…
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Critical Sociology is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Political Economy and Marxism, Labor Movements and Unions, Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism.
| Publisher | SAGE |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Harvard) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Critical Sociology, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Political Economy and Marxism Labor Movements and Unions Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice Employment and Welfare Studies |
| ISSN | 0896-9205 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 1.74 |
| h-index | 77 |
| i10-index | 707 |
| Total citations | 33,702 |
| Top institutions publishing here | Wayne State University |
| Journal website | crs.sagepub.com |
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The practice of community based participatory research (CBPR) has evolved over the past 20 years with the recognition that health equity is best achieved when academic researchers form collaborative partnerships with communities. This article theorizes the possibility that core principles of CBPR cannot be realistically applied unless unequal power relations are identified and addressed. It…
Racialization is a concept that is theoretically underdeveloped. Although there has been an increased interest in Islamophobia since 9/11, it is very rarely discussed as racial in its nature. In this special issue on Islamophobia and the Racialization of Muslims scholars connect racism to Islamophobia. This issue situates racialization as a way to explain and…
In this paper I argue that color blind racism, the central racial ideology of the post-civil rights era, has a peculiar style characterized by slipperiness, apparent nonracialism, and ambivalence. This style fi ts quite well the normative climate of the country as well as the central frames of color blind racism. I document in the…
Gendering the discourse of globalization will help to develop a better understanding of globalization processes and their consequences for women and men. I argue that gender processes and ideologies are embedded in globalizing capitalism in the separation of capitalist production and human reproduction and the corporate claims to non-responsibility for reproduction; in the important role…