Women Rising: In and Beyond the Arab Spring
Stephan, Rita, and Mounira M. Charrad, eds. Women Rising: In and Beyond the Arab Spring. NYU Press, 2020. Images of women protesting in the Arab Spring, from Tahrir Square to …
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Recent Publications by Our Members
Here are some recent publications from members of our section: Charrad, Mounira M., and Nicholas E. Reith. “Local Solidarities: How the Arab Spring Protests Started.” In Sociological Forum, vol. 34, …
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Brewing Resistance: Indian Coffee House and the Emergency in Postcolonial India
Plys, Kristin Victoria Magistrelli. Brewing Resistance: Indian Coffee House and the Emergency in Postcolonial India: Indian Coffee House and the Emergency in Postcolonial India. Cambridge University Press, 2020. In 1947, decolonization …
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Recent Articles by Our Members
Here are some recent publications from members of our section: Joachim J. Savelsberg. 2020. “Anti-Impunity Transnational Legal Ordering and Human Rights – Formation, Institutionalization, Consequences, and the Case of Darfur.” …
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Recent Articles by Our Members
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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Rational Choice Sociology: Essays on Theory, Collective Action and Social Order
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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The Genesis of Rebellion: Governance, Grievance and Mutiny in the Age of Sail
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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Breaching the Civil Order: Radicalism and the Civil Sphere
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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First-Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship: Elite Politics and the Decline of Great Powers
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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Above the Fray: The Red Cross and the Making of the Humanitarian NGO Sector
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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