This article revisits the concept of ‘policy schizophrenia’, introduced in Fragmenting Cities (Schultz Larsen & Delica, 2024), to analyse how democratic governments increasingly govern urban marginality through stigmatizing and discriminatory policies. The concept captures the ambivalence, incoherence, and fragmenting effects of contemporary urban governance shaped by rapid political and bureaucratic change. Grounded empirically in the Danish “ghetto list,” the article situates policy schizophrenia within debates on neoliberalism, arguing that fragmentation is intrinsic to neoliberal governance. It outlines six interrelated logics of practice as analytical tools and concludes by framing policy schizophrenia as a social diagnosis, briefly exploring its relevance beyond Denmark through the analysis of the rise of Portugal’s Chega party. https://doi.org/10.21747/08723419/soc53a6

Research has been highlighting possible behavioral differences between professional and nonprofessional drivers, beyond their distinct involvement in accidents. This study explores these differences in a sample of 560 professional and nonprofessional Portuguese drivers, using a self-reported survey on driving behaviors and accident history. Results showed i) that nonprofessional drivers presented more aggressive driving behaviors; ii) the existence of a positive association between aggressive driving behaviors and road accidents only in the nonprofessional drivers; iii) no group differences regarding prosocial driving behaviors, although professional drivers reported significantly more prosocial driving behaviors than aggressive. The study's results, and limitations are discussed. https://doi.org/10.21747/08723419/soc53a2

The rational voter paradox — voting despite the minimal chance of influencing results — has inspired extensive research on electoral participation. In Portugal, low voter turnout raises doubts about democratic representativeness. This study examines the rationality of voting in Portuguese local elections, considering the influence of government efficacy, inequality, corruption, and education. Using fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, it concludes that different combinations explain turnout variation: corruption and poor governance mobilize voters, while inequality discourages participation. Thus, Portuguese electoral behavior appears relatively consistent with the rational voter theory. https://doi.org/10.21747/08723419/soc53a3

O artigo analisa as razões da persistente invisibilidade da discriminação de classe. Defende que a classe social é frequentemente percecionada como uma categoria flexível e meritocrática, contribuindo para a legitimação das desigualdades como resultados justos do mercado. Atentando no sistema judicial norte-americano, o artigo demonstra como os magistrados favorecem disposições associadas às classes médias, usando a pertença de classe como critério moral e preditivo. O artigo conclui propondo um quadro analítico mais rigoroso para tornar visível a normalização institucional da discriminação de classe. https://doi.org/10.21747/08723419/soc53a5

Esta entrevista a Bernard Lahire aborda o seu quadro teórico sobre as estruturas fundamentais das sociedades humanas, propondo uma ampliação da sociologia às “ciências sociais do vivo”. Identificando regularidades trans-históricas da vida social, analisa dominação, hierarquia, cooperação e transmissão cultural, articulando fatores biológicos e sociais sem determinismo. Discute implicações epistemológicas, superação de dicotomias clássicas, limites da mudança social e o papel ambivalente da ciência. https://doi.org/10.21747/08723419/soc53ent

Este artigo apresenta os resultados do piloto do projeto Sport For Life Club, desenvolvido entre abril e outubro de 2024 numa instituição de acolhimento residencial do Porto. O projeto utilizou o desporto e a educação não formal para promover o desenvolvimento de competências socioemocionais em jovens em acolhimento e condições favoráveis à inclusão social. A avaliação, baseada em métodos quantitativos (TIPI-P) e qualitativos (focus groups e dinâmicas), revelou mudanças positivas em estabilidade emocional, responsabilidade e empatia, bem como maior sentimento de pertença e cooperação. As conclusões reforçam o potencial educativo e relacional do desporto em contextos de vulnerabilidade. https://doi.org/10.21747/08723419/soc53a4

Through workplace ethnographies on three continents, as well as methodological and theoretical interventions, Burawoy transformed the social sciences. In his last years, he wrote extensively on race and colonialism. He also encouraged his students to apply the lessons of his earlier work to labor in education. These strands of his scholarship sat uneasily alongside one another, and he did not develop an explicit framework to resolve the apparent contradictions between, and within, them. The unfinalized tensions in Burawoy’s late work lay the groundwork for a reconstructed scientific practice. https://doi.org/10.21747/08723419/soc53a1