Comparative and Historical Sociology
Section of the American Sociological Association
Here are some recent publications from members of our section: Burchardt, Marian, and Ann Swidler. “Transplanting Institutional Innovation: Comparing the Success of NGOs and Missionary Protestantism in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Theory …
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Şahan Savaş Karataşlı There is probably no better example of why “it is much easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism” than governments’ responses …
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Michael Hechter. Rational Choice Sociology: Essays on Theory, Collective Action, and Social Order. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2019. Whereas rational choice theory has enjoyed considerable success in economics and political science, …
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Steven Pfaff and Michael Hechter, The Genesis of Rebellion: Governance, Grievance and Mutiny in the Age of Sail. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020. The Age of Sail has …
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You can access the latest issue of our newsletter Trajectories (Fall 2019-Winter 2020) here.
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Breaching the Civil Order: Radicalism and the Civil Sphere. 2020. Edited by Jeffrey Alexander, Trevor Stack and Farhad Khosrokhavar. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108427234 (hardback) It is not only …
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Richard Lachmann, First-Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship: Elite Politics and the Decline of Great Powers (Verso, 2020) The extent and irreversibility of US decline is becoming ever more obvious …
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Shai M. Dromi, Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University University of Chicago Press, 2020 Policymakers and activists often assume that humanitarian aid is best provided by NGOs, which are generally seen …
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This special issue celebrates the legacy of Patterson’s Slavery and Social Death and his contributions to comparative and historical sociology. Volume authors include John Bodel, Fiona Greenland, Renisa Mawani, Michael …
Read MoreJeffrey Alexander and ISA Research Committee on Sociological Theory (RC16) mid-term conference organizer Csaba Szalo and co-President Brad West, along with other international scholars interested in global issues and the …
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