Comparative and Historical Sociology
Section of the American Sociological Association
Damon Mayrl, Colby College Robert Braun, University of California, Berkeley As graduate students, comparative-historical sociologists are trained in how to conceive, design, and carry out historical research in a wide …
Introducing the ASA-CHS Teaching Initiative Read More
How do populists utilize religion as an identity marker and mobilization tool? And how do religious leaders and communities deploy populism? This session, which took place on 10 August 2020 …
Populism and Religion: Comparative Historical Approaches (ASA2020) Read MoreWe are looking for a member to join our web editorial team for at least two years. The web-editor will be part of an existing team that updates the dynamic …
SECTION JOB OPPORTUNITY: SECTION WEB-PAGE Read More
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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 …
Recent Articles by Our Members Read More
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 …
Pandemic’s Lesson: Global Capitalism is Uneven and Dangerously Particularistic Read More
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, …
Rational Choice Sociology: Essays on Theory, Collective Action and Social Order Read More
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 …
The Genesis of Rebellion: Governance, Grievance and Mutiny in the Age of Sail Read More
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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Hi, I am a section member and an article I wrote was published in Nations and Nationalism. I will appreciate…
Strong summary. Will be interesting to see if the balance of power in the IPE can be shifted, as is…
I am curious how this essay by Simeon J. Newman was received. For example, did the Social Psychology section feel…