Comparative and Historical Sociology
Section of the American Sociological Association
What is the value of comparison for research in historical sociology? Today, social scientists regularly express doubt about the positivist premises that have long justified comparison’s use: that cases can …
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Congrats to Selina Gallo-Cruz, who recent published has published an Element in Contentious Politics with Cambridge University Press, Have Repertoire, Will Travel: Global Nonviolence as Contentious Performance.
New Book: Selina Gallo-Cruz- Have Repertoire, Will Travel: Global Nonviolence as Contentious Performance. Read More
The Golden Passport: Global Mobility for Millionaires (Harvard University Press) By Kristin Surak https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674248649 Summary: Citizenship has become a hot commodity. Now over a dozen countries allow wealthy individuals to naturalize in …
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How can we explain the causes and effects of global migration from the perspective of sending states and migrants themselves? The Migration and Development Regime introduces a novel analytical framework to help …
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Riccioni, I. and Halley, J.A., 2021. Performance as Social Resistance: Pussy Riot as a Feminist Avant-garde. Theory, Culture & Society, DOI: 10.1177/02632764211032726
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Brumberg-Chaumont, J. and Rosental, C. eds., 2021. Logical Skills: Social-Historical Perspectives. Springer Nature. This contributed volume explores the ways logical skills have been perceived over the course of history. The authors …
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Rosenthal, Claude. (2021) The Demonstration Society. Translated by Catherine Porter. MIT Press Today, as in the past, public demonstrations are not only tools to prove, persuade, and promote, but also …
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The Arab Spring revolutions of 2011 sent shockwaves across the globe, mobilizing diaspora communities to organize forcefully against authoritarian regimes. Despite the important role that diasporas can play in influencing …
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Recent writings by our members Didem Türkoğlu and Jason C. Mueller: Türkoğlu D. (2021) Ever Failed? Fail Again, Fail Better: Tuition Protests in Germany, Turkey, and the United States. In: …
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Tarrow, S., 2021. Movements and Parties: Critical Connections in American Political Development. Cambridge University Press. How do social movements intersect with the agendas of mainstream political parties? When they are …
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