Sociology

COVER

Unequal improvement

Improved access to basic education has been accompanied by an increase in learning gaps

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Gender pay gap

The gender pay gap

In almost all areas of science and engineering, men with a doctorate are paid more than women with the same level of education in the United States

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GENDER

New family structures in Brazilian homes

Research identifies a process of female emancipation within the family since the 1970s in Brazil

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Social Sciences

Routes in transformation

São Paulo has become the main distribution center for popular Chinese products in Brazil, replacing Ciudad del Este in Paraguay

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EDUCATION

New doorways to college

Developments in affirmative action add diversity to university admission pathways

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OBITUARY

A heterodox in Brazilian political thought

Oliveiros Ferreira became known for his unorthodox thinking

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HISTORY

Health between two worlds

Africans acted as bloodletters and midwives in the 19th century

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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY  

The living past

Ecléa Bosi worked to show that memory is also used to rethink the present

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AUDIOVISUAL ARTS

The inner city speaks for itself

Inner city video activists show their own vision of São Paulo

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ECONOMICS

Persistent effects of immigration

People with non-Iberian surnames earn higher salaries than other Brazilians

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SOCIETY

From the factory floor to the floor of Congress

Researchers review the history of the struggle by Brazil’s feminist movements

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homage

Reviewers immortalized in sculpture

Russian sociologist proposed a monument to honor reviewers

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COVER

The reality emerging from an avalanche of data

Analysis of data expands the field of activity for the humanities

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URBAN GEOGRAPHY

A life within walls

Gated communities and shopping malls accentuate social and spatial separation

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HISTORY

Ways to obtain freedom and survive

Slave women used certain strategies to purchase their freedom

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Human resources 

Women’s odds in academia

Research suggests that having a higher proportion of women in a field does not guarantee female scholars an advantage in reaching the top of their career

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Science & Technology System 

Challenges made-to-order

Eighteen São Paulo private institutes conduct research in response to demands

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Gender

Narrow corridor

Proportion of women in philosophy declines over their academic careers

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Lux Boelitz Vidal

Lux Boelitz Vidal: Collector of cultures

Anthropologist has contributed to the demarcation of indigenous lands

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HISTORY

Black intellectuality during the Brazilian Empire

Before Abolition, the descendants of slaves played an important social role

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Urbanism

A place to live

Areas for low-income housing only function as complementary measures

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IMMIGRATION

Unity from a distance

Italians in Brazil developed the notion of Italianness

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S&T Policy

Challenges made-to-order

São Paulo private institutes conduct research to respond to demands

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Biology

A taller world

According to a survey, human populations are getting taller

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POLITICAL SCIENCE 

A difficult relationship

Study shows rising ignorance about the democratic system

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SOCIOLOGY

Days of fury

More than a million Brazilians have taken part in or attempted an act of lynching

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INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

The invisible foreigner

Brazilians in the United States avoid being regarded as Hispanics

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SOCIOLOGY

Division of power on the periphery

Crime, religion and State define relationships on the margins of major cities

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SOCIETY

Confronting the silence surrounding death

Specialists suggest that Health care professionals should talk about death

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History

The quilombo economy

Trade of farm surplus continue today at black rural communities

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