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Princeton University Press Anthropos Today Reflections on Modern Equipment
Book SynopsisThe discipline of anthropology is, at its best, characterized by turbulence, self-examination, and inventiveness. This volume assembles a set of conceptual tools - "modern equipment" - to assess how intellectual work is conducted and how it might change. It offers a discussion of how one might best think about anthropos.Trade Review"This is an immensely stimulating, riveting work: erudite but highly accessible, wideranging in its curiosity and readings, but coherent. A remarkably mature performance that synthesizes many strands of Rabinow's thought over his career, it speaks articulately to the discontents and predicaments of the present."—George Marcus, Rice University, author of Ethnography through Thick and Thin"A tour de force. Rabinow's book is pathbreaking. It is quite original (and I don't use that word lightly) and promises to bring fundamental changes not only in anthropology in particular but in the human sciences more generally. The writing sparkles with wit, erudition borne with grace, phrases sparingly but uncommonly turned, and, above all, clarity never compromised."—E. Valentine Daniel, Columbia University, author of Charred LullabiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgment ix Introduction Ethos, Logos, and Pathos 1 Hetero-Logoi 4 Equipment 6 Modern Equipment 11 Chapter 1: Midst Anthropology's Problems 13 Labor, Life, Language 14 Inquiry: From Reconstruction to Problematization 15 Cultural Goods 20 Restraint 28 Chapter 2: Method 31 Cultural Singularity 32 Ideal Types 36 Intelligibility 37 Chapter 3: Object 44 Problematization 44 Dispositif: Apparatus 49 Anthropology of the Actual 55 Chapter 4: Mode 57 Modern Historicity 58 Nominalism: Duchamp 61 Deductions: Klee 68 Chapter 5: Form 76 Contemporary Chronicles 77 Philia: Writing Logos, Writing Ethos 79 Formative: Wissensarbeitsforschung 83 Chapter 6: Discontents and Consolations 91 Discontents 92 Science as a Vocation: Truth versus Meaning 96 1917-1989: Enlightenment Betrayed 102 Consolations 105 Chapter 7: Demons and Durcharbeiten 107 Malaise in Motion 108 Demons and Durcharbeiten 119 Conclusion From Progress to Motion 122 Pascal: Enterprises 123 Infinity 128 Exemplary Cases 130 Progress or Motion? 133 Notes 137 Bibliography 149 Index of Selected Names 153 Index of Concepts 155
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Princeton University Press The TwentyFirstCentury Firm Changing Economic
Book SynopsisExplains the varying ways in which contemporary businesses are transforming themselves to respond to globalization, new technologies, workforce transformation, and legal change. This book offers a portrait of the challenges that managers face at the dawn of the twenty-first century.Trade Review"An important addition to the literature on organizations and economic sociology. Major scholars in sociology and other areas contributed to this collection of original essays, which is blessed by coherent introductory and concluding essays by the editor."--Richard H. Hall, Contemporary Sociology "The Twenty-First Century Firm is highly successful in unpacking the concept of network forms of organization."--Martin Ruef, Administrative Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsCHAPTER 1: Introduction: Making Sense of the Contemporary Firm and Prefiguring Its Future by Paul DiMaggio 3 PART ONE: Portraits From Three Regions 31 CHAPTER 2: The Capitalist Firm in the Twenty-First Century: Emerging Patterns in Western Enterprise by Walter W. Powell 33 CHAPTER 3: Ambiguous Assets for Uncerta in Environments: Heterarchy in Postsocialist Firms by David Stark 69 CHAPTER 4: Japanese Enterprise Faces the Twenty-First Century by D. Eleano Westney 105 PART TWO: Commentaries 145 CHAPTER 5: The Durability of the Corporate Form by Reinier Kraakman 147 CHAPTER 6: The Future of the Firm from an Evolutionary Perspective by David J. Bryce and Jitendra V. Singh 161 CHAPTER 7: Firms (and Other Relationships) by Robert Gibbons 186 CHAPTER 8: Welcome to the Seventeenth Century by Charles Tilly 200 CHAPTER 9: Conclusion: The Futures of Business Organization and Paradoxes of Change by Paul DiMaggio 10 References 45 Index 71
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Princeton University Press Contentious Curricula Afrocentrism and
Book SynopsisCompares two challenges made to American public school curricula in the 1980s and 1990s. This book identifies similarities between proponents of Afrocentrism and creationism, accounts for their differential outcomes, and draws important conclusions for the study of culture, organizations, and social movements.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2003 Best Book Award, American Sociology Association Winner of the Distinguished Scholarship Award, Pacific Sociological Association Winner of the Outstanding Book Award, American Educational Research Association "[A] provocative and engaging book... As different as the two movements and their constituents were, Binder astutely shows that both used the rhetoric of pluralism, among other shared tactics, to make their cases."--Teacher "A useful addition to the corpus of social movement studies. Amy Binder presents a valuable analysis of attempts to change an institution."--Joseph R. Gusfield, Contemporary Sociology "Definitely worth reading, both as a good introduction to the literature on social movements and to what such analyses can bring to scholarship on the politics of educational reforms. It also has significant things to say both to those of us who are concerned about how the extension of democracy can function in paradoxical ways in education and to those readers who have a commitment to understanding the complexities of cultural pluralism and multiculturalism."--Michael Apple, Educational Policy "Binder carefully considers the scholarly literature of social movements and makes a contribution to it by examining social movements focusing on the impact of these movements on subnational governmental units."--ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface vii One: Introduction to Afrocentrism and Creationism, Challengers to Educational "Injustice "1 Two: The Challengers 29 Three: History of the Three Afrocentric Cases: Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and New York State 53 Four: Cultural, Political, and Organizational Factors Influencing Afrocentric Outcomes 104 Five: History of the Four Creationist Cases: Louisiana State, California State, Vista, California, and Kansas State 136 Six: Cultural, Political, and Organizational Factors Influencing Creationist Outcomes 194 Seven: Making More Institutional the Study of Challenge 216 Appendix 245 Notes 249 References 285 Index 297
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Princeton University Press Global Body Shopping An Indian Labor System in
Book SynopsisExplores how flexibility and uncertainty in the IT labor market are constructed and sustained through concrete human actions. Drawing on field research in southern India and in Australia, and folding an ethnography into a political economy examination, this book offers an analysis of the India-based global labor management practice.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2008 Anthony Leeds Prize in Urban Anthropology, Society for Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology "Xiang Biao's book opens a fascinating window... Although addressing a profoundly complex subject, it is intended to be read by people with little background in India or familiarity with the IT industry. Global 'Body Shopping' is an enjoyable and easy read, while offering a detailed and sophisticated critique of the unchallenged embrace of global capitalism. It deserves a wide readership among those with an interest in globalization studies and will be particularly useful for people desiring to find out more about ethnographic work that is global in scope."--Nanlai Cao, Pacific Journal of Anthropology "Xiang Biao's avowed goal at an analysis incorporating ethnography and political economic analysis has long been a requirement for scholars interested in the production and maintenance of transnational work and flexible labor. Global Body Shopping more than lives up to this ideal... I strongly recommend this ethnography as essential reading for scholars interested in questions of globalization, transnationality, and flexible labor."--Mathangi Krishnamurthy, American Ethnologist "Xiang Biao tells the fascinating story of how body shopping brought globalization into the lives of hitherto minimally influenced rural youth and facilitated their movement into the highly volatile global arena of information technology ... he has created a remarkably clear picture of a complex globally dispersed labor chain... Not only does this innovative book provide a strong foundation for scholars interested in this under-researched global labor system, it is a great resource for teaching political and economic geography as well as courses exploring the various facets of globalization."--Monalisa Gangopadhyay, Political Geography "Xiang has produced what may well be the first contribution of a contemporary anthropologist from China to the ethnographic study of global issues... The book is compact, lucid, and jargon-free, making it one of the most accessible ethnographies of how the global migration regime's shift towards temporary skilled labour is changing societies."--Nyiri Pal, Critique of Anthropology "The book provides an important corrective to analyses that ignore the lower end of the IT labour market. The discussion of how Indian community associations contribute to workers' quiescence is a valuable addition to Saxenian's insights regarding how such community associations in places such as Silicon Valley promote entrepreneurship and innovation. Biao also goes beyond Castells' emphasis on exclusion through the digital divide to show how the more glamorous parts of the IT industry are sustained in part by the flexibility provided by body-shopped labour and the social reproduction taken on by local communities, extended families and governments."--Sean O Riain, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research "Xiang Biao's Global Bodyshopping is an outstanding example of multi-sited ethnography and a timely story of globally mobile workers... [Xiang] Biao must be congratulated for his nuanced approach to the subject."--A. Aneesh, International Review of Modern Sociology "The novelty of this work lies in its attempt to study social groups within the context of the ongoing processes of abstraction and virtualism, as these groups develop strategies to participate in global processes... Xiang's book presents the daily lives, the intricate familial and professional negotiations, calculations and strategies, dreams and speculations through which individual Indians in the finger-labour market survive."--Madhava Prasad, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies "[A]n extremely well written-book with mega-doses of anthropology mixed with humour."--Raghunath, Nilanjan, Asian Journal of Social Science "[The book is] remarkable for meticulous research, mastery of details and understanding of the structures and processes of the industry... This book must be read--not only by all social scientists, but by all those enthusiastic votaries and skeptical denouncers of IT as India's present and future."--Samita Sen, Global South "I find the book most instructive in teaching us how political economic analyses sensitive to fine-grained details about the local and everyday life can enrich a global ethnography. What holds the book together is its creative use of socioanthropological methodologies to understand the phenomenon of 'body shopping' peculiar to the information technology (IT) industry... I find his honesty and the unpredictability of his narratives refreshing."--Mark Lawrence Santiago, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography "[A] sterling exemplar of what anthropology is and can be today... In a world of anthropologists never-ending anxiety over the loss of cultures, the loss of their own ability to explain cultures, and the problem of finding new things to study, Xiang's book offers a way out: it shows how one can study a structure within a larger system and explain both how that structure works and how it illuminates the function of the larger system. The combination of a simple explanation (hard-won through fieldwork) of a complex technical and economic system, with the exploration of its effects on social and personal lives of an extended network of families, villages, and corporations scattered around the globe is what makes this the perfect 'Intro to Cultural Anthropology' book in my estimation."--Christopher Kelty, Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in AnthropologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations, Tables, Boxes vii Acronyms ix Prologue: A Stranger's Adventure xiii Acknowledgments xxi Introduction 1 Body Shopping: Brief Overview 4 Ethnicization, Individualization, and Transnationalization 7 Structure of the Book 11 Chapter 1 The Global Niche for Body Shopping 13 "Financial Democracy" and the Virtual Shortage of IT Labor 14 War for IT Talent and Wall of Regulation 19 Chapter 2: Producing "IT People" in Andhra 24 "D-Shops" and "T-Shops" 26 "Have Lands in Andhra, Have a House in Hyderabad, and Have a Job in America" 30 Producing IT People as a Family Business 34 Chapter 3: Selling "Bodies" and Selling Jobs 39 Fee-Paying Workers and Body Shops in Hyderabad 43 India as the Nexus of Global Body Shopping 48 Chapter 4: Business of "Branded Labor" in Sydney 53 "Marketing and Development Are Totally Different Stories" 57 "Only Indians Can Handle Indians" 59 Overlapping Businesses 62 Same Roof, Different Hats 65 Chapter 5: Agent Chains and Benching 70 Differentiated Circles 75 "Indians Are the Most Dangerous Ones!" 77 Overbooking Seats on the Bench 80 Chapter 6: Compliant Bodies? 82 Interlocks between Body Shops and Community Associations 86 Workers as Intermediaries 90 Relations among Workers: Support Yes, Solidarity No 92 The Way Out 97 Chapter 7: The World System of Body Shopping 100 The United States of America: "Mecca for IT People" 102 Global Gateways: Singapore, Malaysia, and the Middle East 104 U.S. Satellites: The Caribbean and Latin America 107 New Frontiers: "Sind Sie Inder?" and "Is There a German Dream?" 108 Ending Remarks The "Indian Triangle" in the Global IT Industry 110 Appendix: Essay The Remembered Fieldwork Sites: Impressions and Images 117 Biographical Index of Informants 129 Notes 149 References 167 Index 173
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Princeton University Press Race to the Finish Identity and Governance in an
Book SynopsisArgues that the long abeyance of the Diversity Project points to larger, fundamental questions about how to understand knowledge, democracy, and racism in an age when expert claims about genomes increasingly shape the possibilities for being human.Trade Review"In science and medicine the category of race has not merely survived, it has flourished. In this post-human genome era, it serves as an essential organizing concept for research and presentation of data. How race managed to overcome its past, why it continues to be used, and what the implications are for both science and society, are the subjects of Jenny Reardon's smart, informative, and aptly titled book."--David J. Rothman and Sheila M. Rothman, The New Republic "Reardon has written a valuable book ... Although Reardon does not provide the story of the HGDP, she offers a useful story of the problems that effort faced."--Henry T. Greely, ScienceTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Chapter 1. Introduction, pg. 1*Chapter 2. Post-World War II Expert Discourses on Race, pg. 17*Chapter 3. In the Legacy of Darwin, pg. 45*Chapter 4. Diversity Meets Anthropology, pg. 74*Chapter 5. Group Consent and the Informed, Volitional Subject, pg. 98*Chapter 6. Discourses of Participation, pg. 126*Chapter 7. Conclusion, pg. 157*Appendix A. Methodological Appendix, pg. 169*Appendix B. Code for Interviews, pg. 173*Appendix C. Human Genome Diversity Project Time Line, pg. 175*Notes, pg. 179*Bibliography, pg. 211*Index, pg. 229
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Princeton University Press The Economic Sociology of Capitalism
Book SynopsisRepresents a major step forward in the use of economic sociology to illuminate the nature and workings of capitalism amid the far-reaching changes of the contemporary era of global capitalism. This work addresses core issues and problems in the new study of capitalism; and considers a variety of topics concerning America.Trade Review"By proposing a shift of focus for economic sociology in an important and so far underinvestigated realm, this book represents a significant advancement in the further development of the field. What has been underemphasized in the new economic sociology, the editors rightly claim, is a more macro-oriented investigation of the operation of capitalism as an economic and social system. The high quality contributions in The Economic Sociology of Capitalism address concerns that have stood at the center of classical works in economic sociology by Weber, Durkheim, Polanyi, and Schumpeter which are still important and will find more attention through this volume." - Jens Beckert, Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen, author of Beyond the Market"Table of ContentsForeword: Institutions, Markets, and Games by Avner Greif ix Acknowledgments xxxiii Introduction by Victor Nee and Richard Swedberg xxxv PART I: The New Study of Capitalism 1 The Economic Sociology of Capitalism: An Introduction and Agenda by Richard Swedberg 3 Capitalism and Economic Growth by Douglass C. North 41 Organizational Dynamics of Institutional Change: Politicized Capitalism in China by Victor Nee 53 Still Disenchanted? The Modernity of Postindustrial Capitalism by Francis Fukuyama 75 The Challenges of the "Institutional Turn": New Interdisciplinary Opportunities in Development Theory by Peter Evans 90 PART 2: Institutions of American Capitalism 117 States, Markets, and Economic Growth by Neil Fligstein 119 Venture Capital and Modern Capitalism by John Freeman 144 The Economic Sociology of Organizational by Entrepreneurship: Lessons from the Stanford by Project on Emerging Companies by James N. Baron and Michael T. Hannan 168 Making Sense of Recession: Toward an Interpretive by Theory of Economic Action by Mitchel Y. Abolafia 204 Information Inequality and Network Externalities: A Comparative Study of the Diffusion of Television by and the Internet by Paul DiMaggio and Joseph Cohen 227 Affective Attachment in Electronic Markets: A Sociological Study of eBay by Ko Kuwabara 268 Circuits within Capitalism by Viviana A. Zelizer 289 PART 3: Global Transformation and by Institutional Change 323 Brain Circulation and Capitalist Dynamics: Chinese by Chipmaking and the SiliconValley-Hsinchu-Shanghai Triangle by AnnaLee Saxenian 325 The Globalization of Stock Markets and Convergence in Corporate Governance by Gerald F. Davis and Christopher Marquis 352 Fiscal Sociology in an Age of Globalization: Comparing Tax Regimes in Advanced Capitalist Countries by John L. Campbell 391 Trouble in Paradise: Institutions in the Japanese by Economy and the Youth Labor Market by Mary C. Brinton 419 List of Contributors 445 Index 447
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Princeton University Press Digital Formations
Book SynopsisExplores how "digital formations" emerge from the ever-changing intersection of computer-centered technologies and the broad range of social contexts that underlie much of what happens in cyberspace. This book emphasizes the importance of recognizing the specific technical capacities of digital technologies.Trade Review"A valuable contribution to scholarship, and one that I enjoyed reading, Digital Formations takes a unique approach to the subject of information technology. In seeking to build new conceptual frameworks and develop new perspectives, it provides a solid foundation for the elaboration of future empirical and theoretical work on IT and globalization." - Michel S. Laguerre, University of California, Berkeley, author of The Informal City and The Global Ethnopolis "Comprehensive and insightful, Digital Formations will be greeted warmly in the fields that over-lap its concerns. It addresses a most important set of questions concerning the relationship of information technologies to globalization. And this is an urgent topic for social science." - Mark Poster, University of California, Irvine, author of The Mode of Information and What's the Matter with the Internet?"Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction Digital Formations: Constructing an Object of Study by Robert Latham and Saskia Sassen 1 SPACES OF KNOWLEDGE 35 Recombinant Technology and New Geographies of Association by Jonathan Bach and David Stark 37 Electronic Markets and Activist Networks: The Weight of Social Logics in Digital Formations by Saskia Sassen 54 The New Mobility of Knowledge: Digital Information Systems and Global Flagship Networks by Dieter Ernst 89 NETWORKS OF COOPERATION 115 Cooperative Networks and the Rural-Urban Divide by D. Linda Garcia 117 Networks, Information, and the Rise of the Global Internet by Robert Latham 146 The Political Economy of Open Source Software and Why It Matters by Steven Weber 178 DESIGNS AND INSTITUTIONS 213 Designing Information Resources for Transboundary Conflict Early Warning Networks by Hayward R. Alker 215 Discourse Architecture and Very Large-scale Conversation by Warren Sack 242 Transnational Communication and the European Demos by Lars-Erik Cederman and Peter A. Kraus 283 Information Technology and State Capacity in China by Doug Guthrie 312 List of Contributors 339 Index 341
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Princeton University Press Muslim Politics
Book SynopsisExplores how the politics of Islam play out in the lives of Muslims throughout the world. This book discusses how the events such as September 11 and the 2003 war in Iraq have contributed to reshaping the political and religious landscape of Muslim-majority countries and Muslim communities elsewhere.Trade Review"Despite the continuing avalanche of books on Islamic politics, there is still a need for a succinct, sane, up-to-date overview of the subject. Here it is... An excellent and much-needed book."--International Affairs "Eickelman and Piscatori use an impressive range of examples from across the world to bring out the richness and diversity of the political experiences of Muslims."--Charles Tripp, Times Literary Supplement "Refreshing and instructive... [This is] an excellent and much-needed book."--Roger Hardy, International Affairs "With ... thoughtful analysis and erudite facts, Eickelman and Piscatori successfully raise the discussion of Muslims and their role in today's world to a higher and more promising level."--Akram Fouad Khater, History "A readable, learned, and timely study... The authors are to be commended for the breadth of their undertaking and the penetrating nature of their analysis."--Lawrence Ziring, Review of Politics "In a period of misguided accounts of the Muslim world, exposure to the Eickelman and Piscatori arguments is highly instructive... It will challenge students, scholars, and policy makers in the field to rethink Islamic politics."--Mahmood Monshipouri, Middle East PolicyTable of ContentsList of FiguresPreface1What Is Muslim Politics?3Imagining Politics5The Language of Politics11Doctrine and Political Action16Setting Boundaries182The Invention of Tradition in Muslim Politics22The "Modernization" of Muslim Societies22The Blurring of Tradition and Modernity28The Objectification of Muslim Consciousness373Sacred Authority in Contemporary Muslim Societies46The Linkage of Religion and Politics46Authority and the Interpretation of Symbols57Networks of Authority684The "Firmest Tie" and the Ties That Bind: The Politics of Family and Ethnicity80The Politics of Family83Women in the Muslim Political Imagination89Ethnicity995Protest and Bargaining in Muslim Politics108Membership and Organization109The Technologies and Culture of Protest121The Fragmentation of Authority1316Muslim Politics: A Changing Political Geography136Transnational Linkages138The Civic Geography of Muslim Politics155Of Paradigms and Policies162Notes165Glossary175Annotated Bibliography179References183Index219
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Princeton University Press The Nuclear Borderlands The Manhattan Project in
Book SynopsisExplores the socio-cultural fallout of America's technoscientific project - the atomic bomb. This book examines how diverse groups - weapons scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Pueblo Indian Nations and Nuevomexicano communities, and antinuclear activists - have engaged the US nuclear weapons project in the post-Cold War period.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2014 J.I. Staley Prize, School of Advanced Research Winner of the 2008 Rachel Carson Prize, Society for Social Studies of Science Co-Winner of the 2006 Robert K. Merton Prize, Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association Honorable Mention for the 2007 John G. Cawelti Award, American Culture Association "Masco's important and impressive study ably demonstrates that nuclear weapons need not be detonated to have profound effects--effects that extend far beyond the well-studied realms of politics and international relations."--David Kaiser, American Scientist "Masco seems to have taken to heart the tension between anthropology and science studies: on the one hand science studies too often fails in its understanding of what long-term intensive fieldwork can do; on the other anthropology too often fails to get directly into the heart of science and technology the way it always has language, spirituality, and economy. Masco's book is fusion (that impossible goal of our nuclear culture) of the best kind."--Christopher Kelty, Savage MindsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1: THE ENLIGHTENED EARTH 1 The Nuclear State of Emergency 5 Radioactive Nation-building 18 The Nuclear Uncanny 27 "A Multidimensional, Nonlinear, Complex System" 35 PART I: EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE PLUTONIUM ECONOMY 41 Chapter 2: NUCLEAR TECHNOAESTHETICS: THE SENSORY POLITICS OF THE BOMB IN LOS ALAMOS 43 The Bomb's Future 46 Above-ground Testing (1945-1962): Tactility and the Nuclear Sublime 55 Underground Testing (1963-1992): Embracing Complexity, Fetishizing Production 68 Science-Based Stockpile Stewardship (1995-2010): Virtual Bombs and Prosthetic Senses 78 Of Bombs and Bodies in the Plutonium Economy 96 Chapter 3: ECONATIONALISMS: FIRST NATIONS IN THE PLUTONIUM ECONOMY 99 Ecologies of Place 101 The New World: 1942/1992 112 Mirrors and Appropriations: The Secret Societies of the Pajarito Plateau 119 Explosive Testing 132 Nuclear Nations: The Sovereignty of Nuclear Waste 144 Econationalisms in the Plutonium Economy 156 Chapter 4: RADIOACTIVE NATION-BUILDING IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: A NUCLEAR MAQUILADORA? 160 Radioactive Death Trucks 162 On Invasion and Illegitimacy 179 LANL: A Nuclear Maquiladora? 197 Nuevomexicano Futures in the Plutonium Economy 213 Chapter 5: BACKTALKING TO THE NATIONAL FETISH: THE RISE OF ANTINUCLEAR ACTIVISM IN SANTA FE 215 The Post-Cold War Moment 219 The Psychic Toxicity of Plutonium 228 Anti-antinuclear Activists 237 What Is a "New" Nuclear Weapon? 244 Los Alamos: Ground Zero of the Peace Movement 256 PART II: NATIONAL INSECURITIES 261 Chapter 6: LIE DETECTORS: ON SECRECTS AND HYPERSECURITY IN LOS ALAMOS 263 What Is a Nuclear Secret? 265 On Racial Profiling 272 Hypersecurity Measures 278 The "New Normal" 283 Chapter 7: MUTANT ECOLOGIES: RADIOACTIVE LIFE IN POST-COLD WAR NEW MEXICO 289 Of Men and Ants 293 Nuclear Test Subjects 302 The Wildlife/Sacrifice Zone 311 Environmental Sentinels, or the Militarization of the Honey Bee 316 The Social Logics of Mutation 324 Chapter 8: EPILOGUE: THE NUCLEAR BORDERLANDS 328 Notes 339 References 375 Index 413
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Princeton University Press Sovereign Bodies Citizens Migrants and States in
Book Synopsis9/11 and its aftermath have shown that our ideas about what constitutes sovereign power lag dangerously behind the burgeoning claims to rights and recognition within and across national boundaries. This volume helps in understanding of power and sovereignty in the postcolonial world and in "the West".Trade Review"This invigorating and intellectually stimulating book promises to reinvent the very questions we ask about the practice, object, and experience of the political in the post-national age that is coming ever more sharply into view. The authors provide a serviceable and relevant theoretical horizon not only for a moribund political anthropology but for a sclerotic political science as well. By placing the problem of sovereignty at the heart of political projects of all kinds, and by focusing on violence as the principle means by which such projects are contingently realized, they have provided scholars of the post-colonial world with a new set of conceptual tools to think about power beyond the state." - Eric Worby, Yale University"Table of ContentsPreface vii List of Contributors ix Introduction 1 Thomas Blom Hansen and Finn Stepputat RACE, LAW, AND CITIZENSHIP Territorializing the Nation and "Integrating the Indian": "Mestizaje" in Mexican Official Discourses and Public Culture by Ana Maria Alonso 39 Violence, Sovereignty, and Citizenship in Postcolonial Peru by Finn Stepputat 61 Sovereign Violence and the Domain of the Political by Partha Chatterjee 82 DEATH, ANXIETY, AND RITUALS OF STATE Confinement and the Imagination: Sovereignty and Subjectivity in a Quasi-State Yael Navaro-Yashin 103 Naturing the Nation: Aliens, Apocalypse, and the Postcolonial State by Jean Comaroff and John L. Comaroff 120 Sovereignty as a Form of Expenditure by Achille Mbembe 148 BODY, LOCALITY, AND INFORMAL SOVEREIGNTY Sovereigns beyond the State: On Legality and Authority in Urban India by Thomas Blom Hansen 169 The Sovereign Outsourced: Local Justice and Violence in Port Elizabeth by Lars Buur 192 Above the Law: Practices of Sovereignty in Surrey Estate, Cape Town by Steffen Jensen 218 POSTCOLONIAL CITIZENSHIP IN THE EMPIRE Citizenship and Empire by Barry Hindess 241 Splintering Cosmopolitanism: Asian Immigrants and Zones of Autonomy in the American West by Aihwa Ong 257 Virtual India: Indian IT Labor and the Nation-State by Peter van der Veer 276 Inside Out: The Reorganization of National Identity in Norway ivind Fuglerud 291 Suspended Spaces--Contesting Sovereignties in a Refugee Camp by Simon Turner 312 Bibliography 333 Index 363
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Princeton University Press The Handbook of Economic Sociology
Book SynopsisCopublished in 1994 by Princeton University Press and the Russell Sage Foundation as a synthesis of the burgeoning field of economic sociology. This resource focuses on what continues to be one of the leading edges of sociology and one of its most important interdisciplinary adventures. It is for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates.Trade ReviewFrom review of Princeton's original edition: "This beautifully produced compendium is an invaluable reference work: Its broad compass, indices by author and subject, and copious bibliographic notes alone will keep it within an arm's reach at the desks of social scientists for years to come."--Samuel Bowles, Contemporary Sociology From review of Princeton's original edition: "This excellent volume is a compilation of some of the best writing in this field over the past decade, including basic works like Oliver Williamson's transaction cost theory of the firm, and [is] a helpful comparison of economic sociology to mainstream economics."--Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs From review of Princeton's original edition: "A unique and invaluable survey of this rapidly developing field of scholarship."--Choice "The 31 articles which make up the Handbook are, without exception, of superb quality, expressing scholarship at its best... The book's range of topics, authoritative articles, and summary of past accomplishments and contemporary research certainly will serve for many years as the crystallizing nucleus of the reincarnated field of economic sociology."--Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics "[O]ne difference between economists and sociologists is in the questions asked. For example, if jobs were relatively homogenous, the economist would ... only be concerned about the total number and the wage level. The sociologist might well be interested in the non-economic explanation of who goes to which job. But ... it is clear that the social aspects can affect outcomes that even the economist is interested in. Anyone wishing to study these important matters will have to start with The Handbook of Economic Sociology."--Times Literary Supplement "[T]here is a great deal of interesting research and theoretical reflection going on under the rubric of economic sociology, and the Handbook is certainly the best available guide to this."--Review of International Political Economy "[This book] confirms the impression that economic sociology is rapidly becoming a powerful force in academic life... It can be strongly recommended for the intrinsic interest of its subject matter and for the individual merit of most of its contributions... Mainstream economists now have some serious competition to face."--Journal of Economic HistoryTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments xi PART I: GENERAL CONCERNS Chapter 1. Introducing Economic Sociology by Neil J. Smelser and Richard Swedberg 3 Chapter 2. Comparative and Historical Approaches to Economic Sociology by Frank Dobbin 26 Chapter 3. The New Institutionalisms in Economics and Sociology by Victor Nee 49 Chapter 4. Principles of an Economic Anthropology by Pierre Bourdieu 75 Chapter 5. Behavioral Economics by Roberto Weber and Robyn Dawes 90 Chapter 6. Emotions and the Economy by Mabel Berezin 109 PART II: THE ECONOMIC CORE: ECONOMIC SYSTEMS, INSTITUTIONS, AND BEHAVIOR Section A: The Economy in a Macrosociological Perpective Chapter 7. The Economic Sociology of the Ancient Mediterranean World by Ian Morris and J. G. Manning 131 Chapter 8. The Global Economy: Organization, Governance, and Development by Gary Geref 160 Chapter 9. The Political and Economic Sociology of International Economic Arrangements by Neil Fligstein 183 Chapter 10. Post-Communist Economic Systems by Lawrence P. King and Ivan Szelenyi 205 Section B: The Sociology of Economic Institutions and Economic Behavior Chapter 11. Markets in Society by Richard Swedberg 233 Chapter 12. The Sociology of Labor Markets and Trade Unions by Wolfgang Streeck 254 Chapter 13. Banking and Financial Markets by Linda Brewster Stearns and Mark S. Mizruchi 284 Chapter 14. Sociology of Work and Occupations by Andrew Abbott 307 Chapter 15. Culture and Consumption by Viviana Zelizer 331 Chapter 16. The Sociology of Money and Credit by Bruce G. Carruthers 355 Chapter 17. Networks and Economic Life by Laurel Smith-Doerr and Walter W. Powell 379 Chapter 18. The Informal Economy by Alejandro Portes and William Haller 403 Section C: The Sociology of Firms, Organizations, and Industries Chapter 19. Business Groups and Social Organization by Mark Granovetter 429 Chapter 20. Entrepreneurship by Howard E. Aldrich 451 Chapter 21. Firms and Environments by Gerald F. Davis 478 PART III: INTERSECTIONS OF THE ECONOMY Chapter 22. The State and the Economy by Fred Block and Peter Evans 505 Chapter 23. A Sociological Approach to Law and the Economy by Lauren B. Edelman and Robin Stryker 527 Chapter 24. Welfare States and the Economy Evelyne by Huber and John D. Stephens 552 Chapter 25. Education and the Economy by Mary C. Brinton 575 Chapter 26. New Directions in the Study of Religion and Economic Life by Robert Wuthnow 603 Chapter 27. Gender and Economic Sociology by Paula England and Nancy Folbre 627 Chapter 28. The Ethnic Economy by Ivan Light 650 Chapter 29. Technology and the Economy by Giovanni Dosi, Luigi Orsenigo, and Mauro Sylos Labini 678 Chapter 30. The Economy and the Environment by Allan Schnaiberg 703 Contributors 727 Index 729
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Princeton University Press Born and Made
Book SynopsisAre reproductive and genetic technologies racing ahead of a society that is unable to establish limits to their use? This book examines the case of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), the procedure used to prevent serious genetic disease by embryo selection, and the so-called "designer baby" method.Trade Review"The book is a source of valuable messages; it provides enlightening perspectives on the political, moral and ethical aspects of PGD and highlights intriguing philosophical questions... Born and Made: An Ethnography of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis will constitute a valuable resource for professionals working in a variety of disciplines converging on the multidisciplinary field of assisted reproduction; at the same time, the book will benefit those who consider, or are referred for, assisted reproduction techniques."--Richard A. Stein, TRENDS in Endocrinology and MetabolismTable of ContentsList of Figures ix Acknowledgments xi Preface xv Introduction: Babies by Design? 1 Chapter 1: What Is PGD? 25 Chapter 2: Studying PGD 75 Chapter 3: Getting to PGD 94 Chapter 4: Going Through PGD 132 Chapter 5: Moving On from PGD 163 Chapter 6: Accounting for PGD 196 Conclusion: PGD Futures? 218 Appendix 231 References 233 Index 249
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Princeton University Press Civilizing Women British Crusades in Colonial
Book SynopsisFocuses on efforts to stop female circumcision in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan between 1920 and 1946. This book suggests that efforts to suppress female circumcision were tied to the continuation of slavery and the rise of commercial cotton growing in Sudan, as well as to concerns about infant mortality and maternal health.Trade Review"Boddy sounds a cautionary note for contemporary interventionists who would flout local knowledge and belief."--Frauen Solidaritat "Anthropologist Boddy scoured the archives in Britain and Sudan to study attempts by British health care workers in northern Sudan to stop or at least redirect female genital cutting, the phrase that now covers female circumcision. But the author cleverly also deals with Sudan's history."--B.M. du Toit, Choice "The book's most important contribution is the documentation of the development of midwifery training schools and their linkage to the control of women's bodies. This is the core of Boddy's argument, and she has done an exceptional job of organizing and presenting the colonial administration's political-cultural imperatives for the development of these schools."--Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Journal of Middle East Women's StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xv Glossary xvii Frequently Mentioned Names xxi Chronology of Events Discussed in the Text xxv Introduction 1 Part 1: Imperial Ethos 11 Chapter 1: The Gordon Cult 13 Interlude 1, Zar and Islam 47 Chapter 2: Tools for a Quiet Crusade 52 Interlude 2, Colonial Zayran 77 Chapter 3: "Unconscious Anthropologists" 82 Interlude 3, Spirit Tribes 103 Part 2: Contexts 107 Chapter 4: Domestic Blood and Foreign Spirits 109 Chapter 5: North Winds and the River 128 Chapter 6: Cotton Business 152 Part 3: The Crusades 177 Chapter 7: Training Bodies, Colonizing Minds 179 Chapter 8: Battling the "Barbarous Custom" 202 Chapter 9: Of "Enthusiasts" and "Cranks" 232 Chapter 10: "More Harm than Good" 261 Chapter 11: The Law 285 Chapter 12: Conclusion: Civilizing Women 305 Notes 321 References Cited 373 Index 391
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Princeton University Press An Enchanted Modern
Book SynopsisDemonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand. This ethnographic portrayal of an Islamic community articulates how an alternative modernity, and specifically an enchanted modernity, may be constructed by Shi'I Muslims who consider themselves simultaneously deeply modern, cosmopolitan, and pious.Trade Review"Lara Deeb successfully argues that Islamism is not static or monolithic, and that Islam and modernity are entirely compatible."--Nancy E. Gallagher, Digest of Middle East Studies "Lara Deeb's expansive and eloquent ethnography focuses on the community of Lebanese Shi'i who identify with Hizbullah. It is an excellent analysis of the way that women, in particular, live and define a modern, 'authenticated' Islam in the neighborhoods of al-Dahiyya... Both theoretically and ethnographically, Deeb offers nuanced and thorough analyses, all the while being attentive to overlapping, contradictory, and shifting viewpoints."--Anne Bennett, Middle East Journal "In a well-organized manner, Lara Deeb conveys a multiplicity of ideas that challenge the existing stereotypes of Hizbullah and the Lebanese Shi'i... I would recommend this book for a variety of classes, ranging from undergrads to doctoral candidates, as well as for anyone interested in political and religious issues in Lebanon and the Middle East."--Bridget Blomfield, American Journal of Islamic Social Scientists "An American anthropologist of Lebanese descent and raised Christian, Lara Deeb ... provides a novel interpretation of modern Shi'ism. Her book is written in an academically and scholarly fashion, yet her writing style is easy to understand. In a well-organized manner, she conveys a multiplicity of ideas that challenge the existing stereotypes of Hizbullah and the Lebanese Shi'i. Since she is not Shi'i, she does not express a religious agenda but instead wholeheartedly represents a group of people who have been widely misunderstood in the West. I would recommend this book for a variety of classes, ranging from undergrads to doctoral candidates, as well as for anyone interested in political and religious issues in Lebanon and the Middle East."--Bridget Blomfield, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences "Deeb provides insights into the complex understandings of the religious and the secular that inform individual and collective expressions of piety among Shia Muslims."--Amina Jamal, Journal of Middle East Women's StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Note on Language xi Part One: Encounters, Approaches, Spaces, Moments Introduction: Pious and/as/is Modern 3 Chapter One: Al-Dahiyya: Sight, Sound, Season 42 Chapter Two: From Marginalization to Institutionalization 67 Part Two: Living an Enchanted Modern Chapter Three: The Visibility of Religion in Daily Life 99 Chapter Four: Ashura: Authentication and Sacrifice 129 Chapter Five: Community Commitment 165 Chapter Six: Public Piety as Women's Jihad 204 Chapter Seven: The Pious Modern Ideal and Its Gaps 220 Glossary 233 References 235 Index 251
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Princeton University Press Wild Profusion
Book SynopsisTells the story of biodiversity conservation in Indonesia in the decade culminating in the great fires of 1997-98 - a time when the country's environment became a point of concern for environmental activists, and the fishermen and farmers nationwide who suffered from degraded environments and faced accusations that they were destroying nature.Trade Review"Wild Profusion is a beautifully crafted ethnography of natures in the making in the Togean Islands of Indonesia. Through lively prose and a brilliantly executed analytics of power, Lowe takes the reader into the complex world of biodiversity conservation in action. Along the way, we meet Indonesian scientists who promote national development projects and negotiate their relations to Euro-American conservation experts, Togean subjects who struggle to assert their own place in the landscape of biodiversity knowledge, and all of the flora and fauna brought to stunning visibility in the dream world of a national park. Lowe also provides us with a bold philosophical meditation on questions of universalism and the particular, the natural and the social, the nation and the colony. Wild Profusion will quickly emerge as a classic text in the new ethnography of conservation science and contested environmentalisms."—Ralph Litzinger, Duke University"This is an extraordinary book: both eloquent and elegantly argued. It presents a clear and compelling argument about 'reason' at the boundaries of the West, and striking portraits of scientists and lay people working at this boundary."—Anna L. Tsing, University of California, Santa Cruz, author of Friction and In the Realm of the Diamond QueenTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments xiii List of Abbreviations xvii INTRODUCTION: Between the Human and the Wild Profusion 1 PART ONE: Diversity as Milieu 27 CHAPTER ONE: Making the Monkey 33 CHAPTER TWO: The Social Turn 53 PART TWO: Togean Cosmopolitics 75 CHAPTER THREE: Extraterrestrial Others 81 CHAPTER FOUR: On the (Bio)logics of Species and Bodies 106 PART THREE: Integrating Conservation and Development 129 CHAPTER FIVE: Fishing with Cyanide 135 CHAPTER SIX: The Sleep of Reason 154 Appendix: Scientific, Military, and Commercial Explorations in the Togean Islands and Vicinity: 1680-1999 167 Notes 171 References 181 Index 193
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Princeton University Press A Machine to Make a Future Biotech Chronicles
Book SynopsisRepresents an original look at the biotechnology research in the wake of the mapping of the human genome. Presenting a series of interviews with various key players in Celera Diagnostics, this title opens a window on the complexity of corporate scientific innovation.Trade Review"The strength of Rabinow's approach is that we hear the voices of scientists at work. Not only do they describe the science itself, but they also provide their perception of its importance. Rabinow is a skillful interviewer who elicits motivation from his subjects. We are given a rare glimpse into the professional lives of the participants and the energy that drives their scientific and personal decisions."--William A. Haseltine, Science "Paul Rabinow is the leading anthropologist of contemporary biotechnology... It would be easy for him to use his authority to apportion praise and blame, or to develop a magisterial contribution to anthropological theory. But [he] resists coming to artificially neat conclusions... This book's compelling insights should be required reading for everyone who pictures themselves a scientific entrepreneur, or who cares about the state of contemporary science."--Christine Hine, New Scientist "A Machine to Make a Future by Paul Rabinow and Talia Dan-Cohen, a book as impressive as the previous two works in Rainbow's biotechnology trilogy ... Is an in-depth and well-constructed anthropological chronicle of this new Californian scientific enterprise. With his student Talia Dan-Cohen, Rabinow has provided a highly readable account of Celera Diagnostics' formative period ... through a series of lengthy but insightful interviews with the original researchers."--Xuefeng Bruce Ling, The Journal of Clinical Investigation "This book is a good choice for even a layperson to get a grip on the current developments in the world of genomics and how these diagnostics can help health and health care."--Rukmini Rajagopalan, Current Science "This book may signal an entirely new way of viewing scientific innovation in a globalized, competitive environment, integrating new technologies and methodological insights."--Biology Digest "[Paul Rabinow's] interviews are expertly conducted and provide a rich resource that can be mined from a variety of perspectives--including scientific, business, legal, ethical, and philosophical."--George Jannas, Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of ContentsOverture: A MACHINE TO MAKE A FUTURE 1 Chapter One: ENDING AND BEGINNING 13 Chapter Two: THE STATE OF THINGS AT CELERA DIAGNOSTICS, EXPLAINED TO INVESTORS AND TO ANTHROPOLOGISTS 38 Chapter Three: THE MACHINERY AND ITS STEWARDS 62 Chapter Four: ETHICAL AND SOCIAL CONSULTANCY 97 Chapter Five: CONFIDENCE AND TRUST 111 Chapter Six: MODELS ORIENT, TECHNOLOGIES PERFORM, SAMPLES SPEAK (OR VICE VERSA) 144 Chapter Seven: SUMMER 2003 169 Illustrations 187 Appendix: A CORPORATE HISTORY 189 Notes 191 Glossary 195
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Princeton University Press My Life Is a Weapon A Modern History of Suicide
Book SynopsisWhat kind of people are suicide bombers? How do they justify their actions? In this book, the author argues that popular views of these young men and women - as crazed fanatics or brainwashed automatons - fall short of the mark. He tells a story of the modern globalization of suicide bombing.Trade Review"We are as yet a long way from fully understanding the various manifestations of suicide terrorism and its motives, but My Life Is a Weapon is an important contribution. Reuter has traveled for years through Arab countries, the Middle East and Central Asia and is able to talk more or less freely to people and read texts usually not accessible to the average foreign correspondent. His account of suicide terrorism is, to the best of my knowledge, the first (of its kind) in any language."--Walter Laqueur, Times Literary Supplement "Against the violent Manichean rhetoric of the times, and its brute interventionism, Reuter offers a counter-narrative: suicide attacks in Israel-Palestine will stop when Israel withdraws from the Occupied Territories; more generally across the region, the West should keep out."--Jacqueline Rose, London Review of Books "This is a journalist's history ... with solid exposition, sharp observations and flashes of insight... For instance, in invading and occupying Iraq, he maintains, the Bush administration is playing into the hands of terrorists like Osama bin Laden, creating exactly the context of humiliation that provides new recruits."--William S. Kowinski, San Francisco Chronicle "[A] well-researched history of suicide attacks, which touches on the 12th century Assassins but concentrates on today... Suicide attackers can be educated and uneducated; religious and secular; comfortably off and destitute: their link is the decision they make to transform their powerlessness into extraordinary power."--The Economist "Christoph Reuter ... interviewed as many families of suicide bombers as he could find, canvassed their countries of origin for insights, and has compiled the results in a short, readable book. The windows Mr. Reuter makes into suicide terrorists' family lives ... show how lamentable is the ethos of chauvinism and pride that supports suicide terrorism. But they also show how fragile and contrived that support can sometimes be."--Brendan Conway, New York Sun "[Reuter] integrate[s] impressive research with personal interviews and experiences that give the material immediacy and emotional force... [H]is message is an important one, and it is this: the myths that poverty, or deprivation, or humiliation, or paradisiacal virgins or religious zealotry or hopelessness or plain ignorance are ultimately driving suicide attacks are 'simply wrong'... What is driving the spread and intensification of such attacks, he suggests, is a record of apparent success in attaining strategic objectives from 1980 to 2000, even if such success was bought at a horrible cost."--Avery Plaw, Montreal Gazette "Everyone frustrated by the spread of suicide bombing as an extension of politics by other means would be wise to read and dwell on My Life is a Weapon... Reuter's book offers rich data for mulling the topic."--Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer "This insightful, sensitively written book deserves a wide audience."--Jane Adas, Christian Century "Likely to become the standard text on the subject."--Washington Post Book World "Fine first-hand reporting is combined with a sensitive effort to explain."--Foreign Affairs "Reuter has provided an excellent overview of the nature of contemporary suicide attacks. The book is well worth reading for all students of this topic."--John C. Zimmerman, Terrorism and Political ViolenceTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION The Power of the Powerless, the Powerlessness of the Powerful 1 CHAPTER 1 The Original Assassins: A History of Faith and Power in the Islamic World 19 CHAPTER 2 A Key to Paradise around Their Necks: Iran's Suicide Battalions 33 CHAPTER 3 The Marketing Strategists of Martyrdom: Hezbollah in Lebanon 52 CHAPTER 4 Israel and Palestine: The Culture of Death 79 CHAPTER 5 Suicide or Martyrdom? Modern Islam and the Feud of the Fatwas 115 CHAPTER 6 Bushido Replaces Allahu akbar: The Japanese Kamikaze 130 CHAPTER 7 The Parasites of Anger: Al-Qaeda and the Islamist Internationale 139 CHAPTER 8 Separatist Movements and Female Suicide Bombers: The Cases of Sri Lanka and Kurdistan 155 CHAPTER 9 After Martyrdom: Recent Developments in Iran 167 Notes 181 Index 195
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Princeton University Press The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity
Book SynopsisFrom the names of cruise lines and bookstores to an Australian ranch and a nudist camp outside of Atlanta, the word serendipity - that happy blend of wisdom and luck by which something is discovered not quite by accident - is ubiquitous. This book traces the word's eventful history from its 1754 coinage into the twentieth century.Trade Review"And so serendipity began its life--a saga of misunderstandings, neglect, resurrection, distortion, celebration and controversy, all of which is chronicled with heroic enterprise and humble wit in The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity... The history remains intact, and the intellectual trajectory outlines by Merton has, if anything, continued with even greater force."--Edward Rothstein, New York Times "An intellectual text, both a pleasure to read and a genuine contribution to scholarship."--Andrew Scull, Times Literary Supplement "A fascinating text that captivates the reader from the start... In the course of following the evolution of the word serendipity, Merton and Barber provide many interesting insights into how new knowledge is produced, not only in the sciences but also in the humanities."--Cristina Gonzalez, Science "A humane, learned and very wise book. It was finished in 1958 and lay in Merton's files until just a few years ago... It is a pity that we had to wait so long for it, since The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity is the great man's greatest achievement."--Steve Shapin, American Scientist "The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity is a vivid study in how words reflect their times and offers an extra delight: Merton's new afterword tracing the journey of the word since he first wrote about it... Merton was a sociologist in the same way Shakespeare could be called a theater person."--Jay Tolson, U.S. News and World Report "The sociologist Robert K. Merton, who died a year ago this month at the age of 92, had a genius for plucking fascinating phenomena out of thin air, giving them names, and changing the way we see the world... Merton might have had his name linked to one more concept, 'serendipity,' but for a peculiar decision of his. He wrote a book on the subject in the 1950s, together with Elinor G. Barber, a Columbia University researcher. Then he had second thoughts and stuffed the manuscript in a drawer. Now as a capstone to the man's brilliant career, Princeton University Press has brought the abandoned book out into English for the first time."--Christopher Shea, Boston Globe "This long awaited, long unpublished manuscript proffers enough of its own pleasures that no connoisseur of eccentric erudition will want to forgo them."--Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World "This is the best written and most entertaining book of sociology ever written."--Philip Howard, The Times (London) "The word 'serendipity' was coined in 1754 by Horace Walpole... Walpole would appreciate the many digressions and diversions that shape the travels and adventures of his lighthearted coinage and the delight with which Merton and Barber tell its story."--Craig Calhoun, BookforumTable of ContentsPreface by Robert K. Merton ix Publisher's Note xi Introduction by James L. Shulman xiii Chapter 1: The Origins of Serendipity 1 Chapter 2: Early Diffusion of Serendipity 22 Chapter 3: Accidental Discovery in Science: Victorian Opinion 41 Chapter 4: Stock Responses to Serendipity 61 Chapter 5: The Qualities of Serendipity 88 Chapter 6: Dictionaries and "Serendipity" 104 Chapter 7: The Social History of Serendipity 123 Chapter 8: Moral Implications of Serendipity 149 Chapter 9: The Diverse Significance of Serendipity in Science 158 Chapter 10 Serendipity as Ideology and Politics of Science 199 A Note on Serendipity as a Political Metaphor 219 A Note on Serendipity in the Humanities 223 Afterword: Autobiographical Reflections on The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity by Robert K. Merton 230 Select References 299 Name Index 303 General Index 309
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Princeton University Press The Minds of Marginalized Black Men
Book SynopsisExamines how twenty-six poverty-stricken African American men from Chicago view their prospects for getting ahead. This book documents their definitions of good jobs and the good life - and their beliefs about whether and how these can be attained. It reveals how these men have experienced varying degrees of exposure to more-privileged Americans.Trade Review"This is a book that has stayed with me. It profoundly enriches the reader's understanding of the world inhabited by marginalized black men. Al Young succeeds in moving well beyond common assumptions about the underclass and the often-decried 'culture of poverty' argument to discover how young poor black men understand their social position, the determinants of social mobility (and immobility), and their relationship with the American dream."—Michèle Lamont, Harvard University, author of The Dignity of Working Men"There are few studies written with such power of voice and ethnographic and theoretical verisimilitude. Young has captured the essence of these men. His elegant and erudite book will add immeasurably to the debate on urban poverty, race, representation, and the ethnography of so-called hard-to-reach populations."—Terry Williams, The New SchoolTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Preface xiii PART ONE: LOGICS Introduction Making New Sense of Poor Black Men in Crisis 3 Chapter One The Past and Future of the Cultural Analysis of Black Men 16 PART TWO: LIFEWORLDS Chapter Two Time, Space, and Everyday Living 37 Chapter Three Coming Up Poor 65 PART THREE: WORLDVIEWS Chapter Four Framing Social Reality: Stratification and Inequality 107 Chapter Five Framing Individual Mobility and Attainment 137 Chapter Six Looking Up from Below: Framing Personal Reality 156 Chapter Seven Getting There: Navigating Personal Mobility 180 Chapter Eight Recasting the Crisis of Poor Black Men 199 Appendix 207 Notes 211 References 247 Index 263
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Princeton University Press Americas Crisis of Values Reality and Perception
Book SynopsisExplores the moral terrain of America, analyzing the widely held perception that the nation is in moral decline. This book looks at the question from a variety of angles, examining traditional values, secular values, religious values, family values, economic values, and others.Trade Review"[T]he arrival of Wayne Baker's important book ... is a welcome development... By Baker's account, the perceived crisis of values is unlikely to disappear any time soon. One can only hope that pundits and politicians will take some time off from waging culture war to read America's Crisis of Values."--David Callahan, Political Science Quarterly "Anyone concerned about American values in the larger world will be impressed by the elegance and clarity with which Baker treats this complex subject."--Choice "Is America experiencing a crisis of values, as popular media and politics claim? In a word: no. Wayne Baker ... give[s] the most comprehensive empirical analysis of the topic to date."--Contemporary Sociology "Wayne E. Baker tries to explain why a gap has opened between the public perception that the U.S. is sharply divided and the empirical reality that it is not... America's Crisis of Values is an important book that ought to be included in any seminar designed to provide background reading for our elected politicians."--Alan Wolfe, Christian Century "Wayne Baker has produced a thoughtful and engaging work. Scholars interested in public opinion, values, and the discourse surrounding the culture wars in the United States should read America's Crisis of Values."--James A. McCann, Perspectives on Politics [A] deeply provocative book. It raises many questions for further investigation, and it will reward careful study."--Barry Schwartz, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xv Chapter One: A Question of Values 1 The Widespread Perception of Crisis 2 Three Ways to Think About a Crisis of Values--Loss, Unfavorable Comparison, and Division 6 Threats to America as an Imagined Community 10 Conclusion 13 Chapter Two: America's Values in Global Context 17 Two Dimensions of Cultural Variation and Change 18 Global Cultural Maps 22 Loss of Traditional Values 35 Unfavorable Comparisons with Other Societies 38 Why Have Some Values Changed and Others Stayed the Same? 42 Conclusion 61 Chapter Three: Culture War 64 The Culture War Thesis 65 The Polarization of Americans 73 Linkage of the Hierarchy of Beliefs 85 The Connection between Social Capital and Moral Visions 95 Is There an American Culture War--Could There Be? 103 Conclusion 107 Chapter Four: Dynamics of Crisis 110 Tides of American History 112 An Interpretation of the Dynamics of Crisis 134 Conclusion 156 Chapter Five: The Search for Meaning 159 Mixed Systems, Cultural Contradictions, and Cognitive Dissonance 161 Rising Spirituality and the "New Age" 166 The Special Role of Absolutism in America 173 An Integration of Opposites 180 Summary of Key Findings 183 Appendix A: World Values Surveys 189 Appendix B: Statistical Tables 197 Notes 251 Index 299
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Princeton University Press Race in Another America The Significance of Skin
Book SynopsisTalks about the subject of race relations in Brazil. This book seeks to understand the reality of race in Brazil and how well it squares with the traditional and revisionist views of race relations. It seeks to understand some of the political pathologies of buying too readily into unexamined ideas about race relations.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2006 Oliver Cromwell Cox Award, Section on Race and Ethnic Minorities of the American Sociological Association Winner of the 2006 Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association Winner of the 2005 Otis Dudley Duncan Award, Section on Sociology of Population, American Sociological Association Winner of the 2005 Hubert Herring Award, Pacific Coast Council of Latin American Studies Winner of the 2005 Best Book on Brazil in English, Brazil Section of the Latin American Studies Association "This is a blockbuster of a book. To a topic--Brazilian race relations--historically fraught with ambiguity, uncertainty, and disagreement, it brings clarity, logic, and lucidity, not to mention several truckloads of data. The result is the most important work on race in Brazil since Gilberto Freyre's seminal The Masters and the Slaves (1933)... The clarity and lucidity of Telles's findings, and the wealth of data on which they are based, make this book a genuine tour de force, and the most illuminating examination of Brazilian race relations that I have ever read."--George Reid Andrews, Journal of Social History "Edward Telles's rich and important book is the latest, and most systematic, sociological study of Brazilian race relations... In this book, Telles greatly advances our knowledge of race's significance in Brazil and, to a lesser extent, in the United States. It should be required reading in any sociology course about Brazil and/or race."--Melissa Nobles, American Journal of Sociology "Telles skillfully diagnoses the dimensions and mechanisms of race discrimination and, in a lucid final chapter, identifies those policy solutions the government should contemplate to break with these nefarious patterns."--Mala Htun, Political Science Quarterly "Edward E. Telles's consideration of race in Brazil is a landmark study... It sets a standard for the study of race in Brazil against which all future works on the subject will be measured."--David Covin, Perspectives on Politics "An amazingly detailed account of race in Brazil... [T]he author makes a major contribution to the understanding of race relations, making this book required reading for anyone interested in the topics of race or Brazil."--Franklin Goza, Contemporary Sociology "Edward Telles's Race in Another America is an impressive comparative analysis on the maintenance of racial boundaries and forms of racial discrimination that focuses mainly on Brazil and the United States."--Kwame Dixon, Latin American Research Review "Edward Telles has written a book distinguished by careful research and attention to the existing literature in Brazilian race relations and society, supplemented by astute personal observations and reflectivity."--Anani Dzidzienyo, The Americas
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Princeton University Press Racial Culture A Critique
Book SynopsisUnlike criticisms of multiculturalism, which worry about 'reverse discrimination' or the erosion of core Western cultural values, this book's focuses on the effects of multicultural rhetoric and multicultural rights on their beneficiaries. It argues that multicultural accounts of cultural difference do not describe the practices of social groups.Trade Review"Ford is deliberately provocative and his arguments are ingenious, often funny and sometimes remarkably personal."--The New Yorker "A serious work of legal scholarship about race that's innovative, bracing and funny? Stanford law professor Ford pulls it off in a surprising, rigorous volume that should send academics, legal professionals, civil rights activists and others dedicated to social justice racing for both sides of the barricades... Agree with it or not, this book is an invigorating pleasure for thoughtful readers."--Publishers Weekly "Ford provides an alternative 'practice-based' definition of culture based on hybrid and emergent cultural traits, and offers ways in which antidiscrimination arguments can avoid the pitfalls of essentialism and ascribed social categories."--ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface vii PREAMBLE 1 Difference Discourse 4 Political Philosophy 5 Legal Scholarship 11 Legalism 13 Ideology 14 Lexicon 17 Overview of the Book 20 CHAPTER 1. DIFFERENCE DISCOURSE 23 A (Abridged) History of Difference 29 The Production of Group Difference as Common Knowledge 36 The "Repressive Hypothesis" 36 "Diversity": Difference Discourse as Corrupt Detente 42 Alan Bakke: Multiculturalist? 44 CHAPTER 2. IDENTITIES AS COLLECTIVE ACTION 59 Identity as Social Performance 61 Free Time 64 Recognition of Difference as Protective Custody 67 Rights as Public Policy 68 Rights-to-Difference Require an Official Account of Group Difference 70 Difference Discourse as Social Discipline: Delegitimation and Stereotyping 74 Cultural Reservations 78 Copyrights-to-Difference: Culture as Property 88 Identity Consciousness: Less Is More 90 Group Consciousness without Cultural Romanticism 91 Culture Distinguished from Status 93 Against "Racial Characteristics" 97 Status and Immutability 100 Intimacy and Identity 116 CHAPTER 3. "CULTURAL DISCRIMINATION" 125 Why "Cultural Bias" Is Like Death and Taxes 127 Background Rules as Cultural Discrimination 127 The Inevitability of Discriminatory Laws 130 Everyone Can Make a Difference: Difference Discourse as Cultural Zeitgeist 132 Difference as an Expensive Taste 139 Institutional Cultures 142 Institutions, Culture and Intergroup Conflict 148 Cosmopolitan Difference 156 The Cosmopolitan and the Province: An Ideological Reorientation 162 CHAPTER 4. THE ENDS OF ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW 169 Civil Rights as a Limited Mechanism of Social Justice 170 Anti-discrimination Law and Joint Costs 172 Doctrinal Reform 179 Disparate Treatment 181 Disparate Impact 183 Rogers Redux: Toward a Pragmatic Approach to Difference 195 Alternative Approaches to Group Conflict and Social Injustice 203 POSTSCRIPT: BEYOND DIFFERENCE 211 Notes 215 Index 227
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Princeton University Press From Communists to Foreign Capitalists The
Book SynopsisExplores the intersections of two momentous changes in the late twentieth century: the fall of Communism and the rise of globalization. This book presents a sociological treatment of the process of foreign direct investment (FDI). It demonstrates how both investors and hosts rely on social networks to make decisions about investment.Trade Review"While the book is a must read for scholars of postsocialism, it will also be of interest to economic sociologists and scholars and students of globalization, capital mobility and foreign investment, economic change, and economic development."--Christy M. Glass, Labour "Nina Bandelj has produced an outstanding piece of work on the postsocialist transformation in Eastern and Central Europe... The theoretical arguments are sophisticated and nuanced, and the empirical research behind them is outstanding. I commend the book to anyone interested in the structure of markets, the processes underlying foreign direct investment, and the processes of globalization more generally. It will be essential reading not only to those interested in postsocialist transitions but also to economic sociologists in general and to anyone interested in the social construction of markets."--Doug Guthrie, Administrative Science Quarterly "Nina Bandelj's first book is powerful and persuasive. Its strength comes from the author's personal involvement with the subject matter... The book contributes significantly to the literature on postsocialist transformation and builds upon well-known themes that have been developed since the 1990s to analyze the deep changes of the current decade... Definitely, this is a must read for both graduate students who are approaching the study of economic geography, economic sociology, globalization, and Eastern European studies and established scholars who are working on postsocialist transformation."--Christian Sellar, Economic GeographyTable of ContentsList of Tables ix List of Figures xi Acknowledgments xiii Prologue xvii CHAPTER 1: Social Foundations of the Economy 1 The Argument 2 A Social-Constructivist Perspective on Economic Organization and Action 8 The Empirical Case: Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist Europe 16 CHAPTER 2: From Socialism to Postsocialism 29 Socialism 30 Challenges of the Transformation: Shock Therapy versus Gradualism 43 The Context of Transformation 46 Conclusion 64 CHAPTER 3: Institutionalization of FDI in Postsocialism 65 FDI as Instituted Process 66 Legitimization of FDI Practice 70 FDI Trends since 1989 88 Explaining FDI Inflows across Countries over Time 91 How Postsocialist States Create Markets 99 Conclusion 101 CHAPTER 4: Cross-Country Patterns in FDI Flows 103 From Country Characteristics to Relations between Countries 104 Social Relations as Determinants of FDI Flows 111 Embeddedness and Globalization 126 Conclusion 130 CHAPTER 5: Embeddedness of Organizational FDI Attempts 131 Invested Transactions: The Intricacies of FDI Attempts 131 What Determines FDI Transactions? 143 Network Embeddedness 145 Cultural Embeddedness 149 Political Embeddedness 155 Macro-Institutional Embeddedness 159 Embeddedness: Structures-Power-Culture Configurations 162 Conclusion 166 CHAPTER 6: Uncertainty and the Practice of FDI Transactions 168 Rethinking Instrumental Rational Action 169 Uncertainty 174 Practical Action Model 177 Substantive Varieties of Rationality 179 Procedural Varieties of Action 181 Logic of Decision-Making Practice: Routines, Emotions, Creativity 189 Conclusion 194 CHAPTER 7: Embedded Economies 196 Creation of Markets: From One Kind of Embeddedness to Another 196 Operation of Markets: Structures-Power-Culture Configurations 200 Varieties of Postsocialist Capitalism 206 Conclusion 218 Epilogue 221 Appendix on Method and Data Sources 223 Notes 243 References 255 Index 291
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Princeton University Press Usable Theory Analytic Tools for Social and
Book SynopsisShows graduate students and researchers how to construct theory frames and use them to develop valid empirical hypotheses in the course of empirical social and political research. This title seeks to mobilize the implicit theoretical social knowledge used in everyday life. It also relates theoretical ideas to problems of methodology.Trade Review"Rueschemeyer's book is promising as the foundation to produce a literature review and the subsequent drawing of hypotheses... This is valuable to the researcher approaching the field of study for the first time and looking for a basic framework."--Richard Arnold, Teaching Sociology "Drawing on his experience teaching classical and modern theory over several decades, Dietrich Rueschemeyer has written a very practical book that aims to provide a catalogue of usable theory... Although the book is meant to aid undergraduate and graduate students in formulating their research projects, it also might be of interest to seasoned sociologists who want to examine the degree to which their own inclusions and exclusions overlap with those found in this book."--G. William Domhoff, American Journal of Sociology "Usable Theory is nothing less than Amazonian in its detail and complexity... Usable Theory is therefore not very well suited to undergraduates, whom it is more likely to confound than enlighten, but it is nevertheless an important book that should be read by advanced students of politics and established social scientists alike."--Daniel Falkiner, Political Studies Review "The well-written, easy to follow arguments would make this book useful in postgraduate upper-level theory and/or methods courses... Usable Theory ... provide[s] a starting point for effective utilization of theory in social research. From this perspective, it deserves a spot on any researcher's shelf."--Jason L Weigle, SociologyTable of ContentsPreface ix CHAPTER I: Analytic Tools for Social and Political Research 1 CHAPTER II: A General Frame: Social Action 27 CHAPTER III: Knowledge 40 CHAPTER IV: Norms 64 CHAPTER V: Preferences 87 CHAPTER VI: Emotions 107 CHAPTER VII: "The Human Group" Revisited 123 CHAPTER VIII: Midpoint 135 CHAPTER IX: Aggregations 152 CHAPTER X: Collective Action 168 CHAPTER XI: Power and Cooperation 183 CHAPTER XII: Institutions 204 CHAPTER XIII: Social Identities 228 CHAPTER XIV: Macrocontexts 243 CHAPTER XV: Cultural Explanations 265 CHAPTER XVI: Conclusion: Usable Theory? 286 References 301 Index 325
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Princeton University Press The Purchase of Intimacy
Book SynopsisIn their personal lives, people consider it essential to separate economics and intimacy. Challenging this view, this book shows how we use economic activity to create, maintain, and renegotiate important ties, especially intimate ties, to others, thus opening a window on the inner workings of the economic processes that pervade our private lives.Trade Review"Are sociologists today the best economic scientists? On the evidence of Viviana Zelizer's striking book on the mix of the sacred and profane in our lives, it seems so."--Deirdre McCloskey, The Times Higher Education Supplement "Zelizer's book does an excellent job in demystifying the intertwining of economic activity and intimacy."--Xiaoshuo Hou, Theory and Society "The theoretical importance of this book cannot be overstated, and it cannot fail to have a lasting impact on our understanding of a variety of intimate relationships, of the circulation of money, of care, of interest, and mostly of their inextricable intertwining... [T]his book is a major contribution to sociology and ... it provides a very significant challenge to the dichotomies on which sociology rests. The tight elegance of its prose and style will make it a joy to the undergraduate student, while the scope, ambition, and originality of its argument will make it indispensable to scholars."--Eva Illouz, American Journal of Sociology "Zelizer offers a perspective that focuses attention on incomplete commensurability, an essential task where markets and supposedly non market realms intersect. In doing so, Zelizer's approach gives judges, academics, lawyers, and lay people a vantage point on markets and intimacy that reflects how people actually live their lives."--Martha M. Ertman, Law & Social InquiryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Prologue 1 Chapter 1: Encounters of Intimacy and Economy 7 Chapter 2: Intimacy in Law 47 Chapter 3: Coupling 94 Chapter 4: Caring Relations 158 Chapter 5: Household Commerce 209 Chapter 6: Intimate Revelations 287 References 309 Index 347
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Princeton University Press The Society of Captives A Study of a Maximum
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1958, "Society of Captives" contained a study of the maximum security prison, which questioned the extent to which prisons can succeed in their attempts to control every facet of life. Featuring a new introduction by Bruce Western, this title aims to serve as a text for those coming to terms with the nature of modern power.Trade ReviewPraise for Princeton's original edition: "[A] remarkable study by a scrupulously honest, non-captive observer of the real meaning of captivity."--C. H. Rolph, New Statesman "Sykes's perspective simultaneously on all parties in the prison's social system is unique, and his interpretation is profound."--Daniel Galaser, American Journal of Sociology "The book should be read by all who are interested in, or dealing with, those convicted of crimes. No ready solution is offered, but the problems are brought forth forcefully."--Psychiatric QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction to the Princeton Classic Edition ix Preface xxvii Introduction xxix Chapter One: The Prison and Its Setting 3 Chapter Two: The Regime of the Custodians 13 Chapter Three: The Defects of Total Power 40 Chapter Four: The Pains of Imprisonment 63 Chapter Five: Argot Roles 84 Chapter Six: Crisis and Equilibrium 109 Chapter Seven: A Postscript for Reformers 130 Epilogue: The Structural-Functional Perspective on Imprisonment 135 Appendix A: A Note on Method 147 Appendix B: The Routine of Imprisonment 149 Index 157
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Princeton University Press Priests and Programmers
Book SynopsisDescribes the network of water temples that managed the flow of irrigation water in the name of the Goddess of the Crater Lake. Using the techniques of ecological simulation modeling, this book argues that the system of temple rituals is not only a reflection of utilitarian constraints but also a basic ingredient in organization of production.Trade Review"[A]n enjoyable and stimulating book."--Geoffrey Samuel, Journal of Asian Studies "Priests and Programmers is written with admirable clarity and should be of interest ... to anybody working on applied social research."--Michael Hitchcock, Contemporary South Asia "[B]rilliant and delightful... [N]ot only has [Lansing] written a superb book, but he has contributed materially and humanely to the quality of life of the people he has studied. Too few scholars can make this claim."--Bryan Pfaffenberger, Technology and Culture "This is fascinating cultural anthropology, even history of religions."--Edward H. Schroeder, MissiologyTable of ContentsList of Figures xi List of Tables xiii Foreword xv Preface to the 2007 Edition xix Acknowledgments xxxi Introduction: The Gods of the Countryside 1 Chapter One: "Income to Which No Tears Are Attached" 17 Chapter Two: The Powers of Water 37 Chapter Three: The Waters of Power 50 Chapter Four: The Temple of the Crater Lake 73 Chapter Six: Massive Guidance 111 Conclusion: Sociogensis 127 Afterword by Valerio Valeri 134 Appendix A: Plan of the Temple of the Crater lake 145 Appendic B: Technical Report on the Ecological Simulation Model by James N. Kremer 153 Notes 159 Index 181
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Princeton University Press Tocquevilles Political Economy
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Princeton University Press Social Trends in American Life
Book SynopsisDrawing on the General Social Survey - a social science project that has tracked demographic and attitudinal trends in the United States since 1972, this title offers a window into diverse facets of American life, from intergroup relations to political views and orientations, social affiliations, and perceived well-being.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2015 AAPOR Book Award, American Association for Public Opinion Research "The General Social Survey (GSS), a private organization, has been posing questions since 1972, and some of its more interesting findings are in Social Trends in American Life."--Andrew Hacker, New York Review of Books "An important book that should be on every social scientist's desk."--ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments ix Contributors xiii 1 Introduction and Overview 1 Peter V. Marsden Trends in Social and Political Orientations 2 On the Seemingly Relentless Progress in Americans' Support for Free Expression, 1972-2006 19 James A. Davis 3 The Real Record on Racial Attitudes 38 Lawrence D. Bobo, Camille Z. Charles, Maria Krysan, and Alicia D. Simmons 4 Gender Role Attitudes since 1972: Are Southerners Distinctive? 84 Karen E. Campbell and Peter V. Marsden 5 Public Opinion in the "Age of Reagan": Political Trends 1972-2006 117 Jeff Manza, Jennifer A. Heerwig, and Brian J. McCabe 6 Crime, Punishment, and Social Disorder: Crime Rates and Trends in Public Opinion over More Than Three Decades 146 James D. Wright, Jana L. Jasinski, and Drew Noble Lanier Changes in Confidence and Connections 7 Trends in Confidence in Institutions, 1973-2006 177 Tom W. Smith 8 Continuity and Change in American Religion, 1972-2008 212 Mark Chaves and Shawna Anderson 9 Trends in Informal Social Participation, 1974-2008 240 Peter V. Marsden and Sameer B. Srivastava Stability and Flux in Social Indicators 10 Income, Age, and Happiness in America 267 Glenn Firebaugh and Laura Tach 11 Religion and Happiness 288 Michael Hout and Andrew Greeley 12 Labor Force Insecurity and U.S. Work Attitudes, 1970s-2006 315 Arne L. Kalleberg and Peter V. Marsden 13 Population Trends in Verbal Intelligence in the United States 338 Duane F. Alwin and Julianna Pacheco Appendix: The General Social Survey Project 369 Peter V. Marsden and Tom W. Smith Index 379
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Princeton University Press Marking Time On the Anthropology of the
Book SynopsisDrawing on the work of Michel Foucault, John Dewey, Niklas Luhmann, and German painter Gerhard Richter, this book offers a set of conceptual tools for scholars examining practices in the life sciences, security, new media and art practices, and other emergent phenomena. It shows how anthropology remains relevant to contemporary debates.Trade Review"This essay is an intellectual pause in an active scholarly career... Rabinow contemplates the automation of science and art, where art becomes nature and nature art."--C.S. Peebles, Choice "[T]his book deserves a readership beyond anthropologists and scholars in science and technology studies. Read more generously, Rabinow's conversations with historians and philosophers (both ancient and modern), critics of art and literature, and artists and scientists could shed light on the problems of designing inquiry into the ethos and logos of any time."--Natasha Myers, IsisTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction On the Anthropology of the Contemporary 1 Inquiry 6 Elements 7 The Legitimacy of the Contemporary 2000: Drosophila Lessons 14 The Future of Human Nature 20 Bio-ethics: The Question Concerning Humanism 22 Nature 25 Security, Danger, Risk 26 Contemporary Formations 28 Conclusion 29 Adjacency Timing 35 Situating: Tolerance and Benevolence 36 Telos: A Zone of Discomfort 44 Untimely Work 48 Observation Bildung 54 Observing the Future 57 Responsibility to Ignorance 60 Observing Observers Observing 62 Observing First-order Observers 64 Chronicling Observation 66 Original History 67 Writing Things: Deictic Not Epideictic 69 Vehement Contemporaries Rugged Terrain 78 Elements of a Contemporary Moral Landscape 80 Genomics as Ethical Terrain 81 Agon in the Genomic Terrain 84 Thumos: Appropriate Anger 90 Vehement Contemporaries 98 Marking Time: Gerhard Richter Contemporary Modern 101 Biotechnical Forms 103 Richter: Double Negations 106 Art Critics and Others 106 Our Contemporary 108 Nature 109 Photography 112 Marking Time 116 Abstract Images 119 Remediation 122 Objects 124 Remedation 127 Notes 129 Bibliography 141 Index 147
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Princeton University Press Logics of Organization Theory
Book SynopsisSets forth and applies a different language for theory building based on a nonmonotonic logic and fuzzy set theory. This book builds on cognitive psychology and anthropology to develop an audience-based theory of organizational categories. It applies this framework and the different language of theory building to organizational ecology.Trade Review"The book will appeal to different audiences, making the book itself an interesting case study for the theory developed in it. The broader message of the book, developing a new set of tools that aid theorizing in sociology and the administrative sciences, will appeal to those interested in social science methodology. But first and foremost, it is of interest to researchers working on organization theory in general and on organizational ecology in particular. It goes substantially beyond earlier formalizations of organizational ecology published in the last decade, with a radical shift in focus toward the whole process of theory building."--Administrative Science Quarterly "Logics of Organizational Theory deserves to be read and discussed by everyone interested in organizations and in the method of developing sociological theory."--Michele Lamont, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsPreface xi Chapter 1: Language Matters 1 1.1 Languages for Theory Building 1 1.2 Using Dynamic Logic 5 1.3 Partial Memberships: Fuzziness 12 1.4 Organizational Ecology 18 1.5 Unification Projects 21 PART 1. AUDIENCES, PRODUCERS, AND CODES 27 Chapter 2: Clusters and Labels 29 2.1 Seeds for Categories and Forms 32 2.2 Domains 34 2.3 Similarity 37 2.4 Similarity Clusters 41 2.5 Labels 47 2.6 Extensional Consensus 52 2.7 Complex Labels 56 Chapter 3: Types and Categories 59 3.1 Schemata 60 3.2 Types 65 3.3 Intensional Semantic Consensus 67 3.4 Categories 69 3.5 Intrinsic Appeal and Category Valence 71 Chapter 4: Forms and Populations 78 4.1 Test Codes and Defaults 79 4.2 Taken-for-Grantedness 82 4.3 Legitimation and Forms 84 4.4 Populations 85 4.5 Density Dependence Revisited 89 4.6 Delegitimation 96 Chapter 5: Identity and Audience 100 5.1 Identity As Default 101 5.2 Multiple Category Memberships 107 5.3 Code Clash 109 5.4 Identities and Populations 110 5.5 Structure of the Audience 111 PART 2. NONMONOTONIC REASONING: AGE DEPENDENCE 121 Chapter 6: A Nonmonotonic Logic 123 6.1 Beyond First-Order Logic 124 6.2 Generalizations 127 6.3 Nonmonotonic Reasoning 130 6.4 A Precis of the Formal Approach 133 6.5 Chaining Probabilistic Arguments 142 6.6 Closest-Possible-Worlds Construction 143 6.7 Falsification 145 Chapter 7: Integrating Theories of Age Dependence 150 7.1 Capability and Endowment 152 7.2 First Unification Attempt 157 7.3 Obsolescence 161 7.4 Second Unification Attempt 163 PART 3. ECOLOGICAL NICHES 169 Chapter 8: Niches and Audiences 171 8.1 Tastes, Positions, and Offerings 174 8.2 Category Niche 177 8.3 Organizational Niche 178 8.4 Fundamental Niche 183 8.5 Implications of Category Membership 186 8.6 Metric Audience Space 187 Chapter 9: Niches and Competitors 191 9.1 Fitness 191 9.2 Realized Niche 193 9.3 Niche Overlap 194 9.4 Niche Width Revisited 198 9.5 Convexity of the Niche 203 9.6 Environmental Change 206 Chapter 10: Resource Partitioning 209 10.1 Scale Advantage 210 10.2 Market Center 214 10.3 Market Segments and Crowding 215 10.4 Dynamics of Partitioning 220 10.5 Implications of Category Membership 226 PART 4. ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE 229 Chapter 11: Cascading Change 231 11.1 Identity and Inertia 232 11.2 Organizational Architecture 235 11.3 Cascades 236 11.4 Architecture and Cascades 239 11.5 Intricacy and Viscosity 246 11.6 Missed Opportunities 248 11.7 Change and Mortality 253 Chapter 12: Opacity and Asperity 256 12.1 Limited Foresight: Opacity 256 12.2 Cultural Opposition: Asperity 261 12.3 Opacity, Asperity, and Reorganization 265 12.4 Change and Mortality 268 Chapter 13: Niche Expansion 271 13.1 Expanded Engagement 271 13.2 Architectural and Cultural Context 276 13.3 Age and Asperity 278 13.4 Distant Expansion 279 13.5 Expansion and Convexity 281 Chapter 14: Conclusions 286 14.1 Theoretical Unification 287 14.2 Common Conceptual Core 289 14.3 Inconsistencies Resolved 291 14.4 Theoretical Progress 293 14.5 Empirical Implications 298 Appendix A. Glossary of Theoretical Terms 305 Appendix B. Glossary of Symbols 313 Appendix C. Some Elementary First-Order Logic 321 Appendix D. Notation for Monotonic Functions 331 Appendix E. The Modal Language of Codes 334 Bibliography 339 Index 355
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Princeton University Press Social States China in International
Book SynopsisTests the effects of socialization in international relations-to help explain why players on the world stage may be moved to cooperate when doing so is not in their material power interests. This book looks at China's participation in international security institutions during two crucial decades of the "rise of China," from 1980 to 2000.Trade Review"What is the process by which norms in the international system change the behavior of states? Johnston wants to identify the working parts of the causal mechanism. But rather than emphasizing pressure from other states or changing strategic interests to explain decisions to join security regimes, Johnston focuses on the social learning that takes place when policymakers interact with representatives of other states."--Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs "Johnston offers his arguments in a very cautious way, with meticulous care given to theory and methodology, thereby setting a standard that is rarely found in the current body of literature on the subject... Johnston has certainly published an excellent book, that shows how cutting-edge research can be conducted by exploring in great depth an inter-disciplinary area to help shed new light on Chinese foreign policy. The book's narrow focus on security institutions makes it well-defined; we may hope that Johnston will find it worthwhile to go beyond this in future work."--Gerald Chan, The China JournalTable of ContentsAcronyms vii Acknowledgments xi Preface xiii CHAPTER 1: Socialization in International Relations Theory 1 CHAPTER 2: Mimicking 45 CHAPTER 3: Social Influence 74 CHAPTER 4: Persuasion 155 CHAPTER 5: Conclusions 197 References 213 Index 241
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Princeton University Press The Politics of Womens Rights in Iran
Book SynopsisAfter the 1979 revolution, Iranian leaders transformed the state into an Islamic republic. This title explores how Iranian women understand their rights. It reveals that the postrevolutionary republic blended practices of a liberal republic with Islamic principles of equality.Trade Review"The book is a valuable contribution to the studies of state-society interaction in the Islamic Republic of Iran."--G. Tezcur, Choice "The Politics of Women's Rights in Iran is most appropriate for academic law libraries. It could, perhaps, prove a useful addition to a law firm library as well, particularly for a firm that serves a substantial clientele from an Iranian or Islamic background. The text is written at quite a high level, which prevents me from recommending it for all but the most scholarly types who also have a specific interest in the subject matter."--Kama Siegel, Law Library Journal "For ... its much needed accessibility, attention to nuance, and analytic precision, The Politics of Women's Rights in Iran is a valuable contribution to a complex and conflicted field of inquiry."--Abbas Barzegar, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences "[A] unique and effective first book... Osanloo's voice is fresh and provides a deeper insight into the question of women's rights."--Paola Rivetti, Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies "Osanloo's book is a timely discussion that not only critiques the limitations of the Islamic Republic's stance on women's rights, but also queries the Western gaze and political agenda often viewing the non-Christian as the alien Other. It provides a fresh perspective on the ways in which contemporary urban women in Iran construct and articulate a discourse of 'rights' relevant to their lives."--Mehri Honarbin-Holliday, Feminist Review "The Politics of Women's Rights in Iran is essential reading for human rights scholars, advocates (and sceptics alike), and practitioners who are grappling to find pathways beyond the stale and polarised discourses concerning human rights in Iran."--Sevda Clark, Nordic Journal of Human RightsTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xvii INTRODUCTION: Human Rights and Cultural Practice 1 CHAPTER ONE: A Genealogy of "Women's Rights" in Iran 20 CHAPTER TWO: Producing States: Women's Participation and the Dialogics of Rights 42 CHAPTER THREE: Qur'anic Meetings: "Doing the Cultural Work" 75 CHAPTER FOUR: Courting Rights: Rights Talk in Islamico-Civil Family Court 108 CHAPTER FIVE: Practice and Effect: Writing/Righting the Law 138 CHAPTER SIX: Human Rights: The Politics and Prose of Discursive Sites 166 CONCLUSION: "Women's Rights" as Exhibition at the Brink of War 200 APPENDIX: The Iranian Marriage Contract 209 Notes 211 Glossary 227 Bibliography 231 Index 251
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Princeton University Press Seven Rules for Social Research
Book SynopsisSuitable for students and those who want to take their technical skills for instructors who want a text for second methods course, this title teaches social scientists how to get out of their technical skills and tools, providing a resource that describes strategies and concepts no researcher or student of human behavior can do without.Trade Review"Firebaugh has produced a lively and insightful contribution. He discusses thought-provoking examples and has created some truly excellent and innovative end-of-chapter exercises. Firebaugh maintains a refreshingly reassuring conversational style with the reader and communicates difficult concepts in a straightforward manner. [T]his is a book to be studied, rather than just read."--David Shemmings, Times Higher Education "This book is one of a kind and so excellent it will probably go into second and third editions... Seven Rules of Social Research brings important issues of research design to life: this is not a dry or abstract book... I think his book could be used to great advantage by three sorts of human geographers: those doing a thesis for their degree; those teaching introductory and more advanced courses on 'doing research'; and those seeking to refresh their own approach to research as full-time academics, research assistants or post-docs... The book is supremely clear (even when discussing some knotty issues) and, even at almost 300 pages, does not feel long or turgid."--Noel Castree, Progress in Human Geography "Seven Rules for Social Research is an excellent choice as a supplement for an undergraduate methods course as well as a complete text for the basic graduate methods course. Firebaugh's book would also serve as an invaluable supplement for undergraduate senior seminar students and graduate students alike who are looking for a straightforward reference for conducting both course based and independent research projects. This will be a book that students keep on their shelf throughout their academic career. I intend to keep it on mine."--Allison L. Vetter, Teaching Sociology "This ... book provides an interesting set of rules and thoughtful reflections on issues relevant to conducting social research. It also has useful reviews of newer statistical developments. Overall, this is an insightful book that should be of interest to graduate students and researchers in the social sciences."--Debra L. Oswald, PsycCRITIQUES "[T]his book is insightful and clearly written... Simply put, this is an excellent book that I highly recommend for graduate courses I methods and methods comprehensive exam reading lists. All of our graduate students would benefit from reading it."--Robert Andersen, Canadian Journal of Sociology "The book, and especially its chapter exercises, is most suitable for graduate students with an intermediate quantitative background. The author states that the book is 'to serve as a second methods textbook' the social sciences. This is a modest statement. As long as students pursue the types of research that Firebaugh discusses, this should be among the first books introduced in the course of research design."--Yasuyuki Motoyama, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare "Seven Rules for Social Research, teaches social scientists how to get the most out of their technical skills and tools, providing a resource that fully describes the strategies and concepts no researcher or student of human behavior can do without... Seven Rules for Social Research is ideal for students and researchers who want to take their technical skills to new levels of precision and insight, and for instructors who want a textbook for a second methods course."--World Book IndustryTable of ContentsPreface xi Chapter 1: The First Rule There Should Be the Possibility of Surprise in Social Research 1 Selecting a Research Question 2 Researchable Questions 2 Interesting Questions 4 Selecting a Sample 18 Samples in Qualitative Studies 23 Is Meaningful Social Research Possible? 26 Summary 29 Student Exercises on Rule 1 31 Chapter 2: The Second Rule Look for Differences That Make a Difference, and Report Them 36 You Can't Explain a Variable with a Constant 37 Maximizing Variance to Find the Effect of a Cause 39 Size versus Statistical Significance 41 Comparing Effects Where There Is a Common Metric 42 Calibration: Converting Explanatory Variables to a Common Metric 44 Substantive Profiling: The Use of Telling Comparisons 46 Visual Presentation of Results 51 Policy Importance 53 Importance for Theory 54 Conclusion 56 Student Exercises on Rule 2 58 Chapter 3: The Third Rule Build Reality Checks into Your Research 64 Internal Reality Checks 65 Reality Checks on Data--Dubious Values and Incomplete Data 65 Reality Checks on Measures--Aim for Consistency in Conceptualization and Measurement 69 Reality Checks on Models--The Formal Equivalence Check 71 External Reality Checks: Validation with Other Data and Methods 76 Using Causal-Process Observations to Test Plausibility of Results 77 Using Ethnographic Data to Help Interpret Survey Results 79 Other Examples of Multiple-Method Research 81 Concluding Remark 82 Student Exercises on Rule 3 84 Chapter 4: The Fourth Rule Replicate Where Possible 90 Sources of Uncertainty in Social Research 91 Overview: From Population to Sample and Back to Population 93 Measurement Error as a Source of Uncertainty 100 Illustration: Two Methods for Estimating Global Poverty 101 Toward a Solution: Identical Analyses of Parallel Data Sets 105 Meta-analysis: Synthesizing Results Formally across Studies 106 Summary: Your Confidence Intervals Are Too Narrow 109 Student Exercises on Rule 4 111 Chapter 5: The Fifth Rule Compare Like with Like 120 Correlation and Causality 121 Types of Strategies for Comparing Like with Like 129 Matching versus Looking for Differences 130 The Standard Regression Method for Comparing Like with Like 131 Critique of the Standard Linear Regression Strategy 132 Comparing Like with Like Through Fixed-Effects Methods 134 First-Difference Models: Subtracting Out the Effects of Confounding Variables 134 Special Case: Growth-Rate Models 138 Sibling Models 140 Comparing Like with Like through Matching on Measured Variables 146 Exact Matching 146 Propensity-Score Method 147 Matching as a Preprocessing Strategy for Reducing Model Dependence 151 Comparing Like with Like through Naturally Occurring Random Assignment 152 Instrumental Variables: Matching through Partial Random Assignment 153 Matching Through Naturally Occurring Random Assignment to the Treatment Group 158 Comparison of Strategies for Comparing Like with Like 159 Conclusion 162 Student Exercises on Rule 5 165 Chapter 6: The Sixth Rule Use Panel Data to Study Individual Change and Repeated Cross-section Data to Study Social Change 172 Analytic Differences between Panel and Repeated Cross-section Data 173 Three General Questions about Change 175 Changing-Effect Models, Part 1: Two Points in Time 176 Changing-Effect Models, Part 2: Multilevel Models with Time as the Context 182 What We Want to Know 183 The General Multilevel Model 183 Convergence Models 185 The Sign Test for Convergence: Comparing Your fs and ds 186 Convergence Model versus Changing-Effect Model 191 Bridging Individual and Social Change: Estimating Cohort Replacement Effects 195 An Accounting Scheme for Social Change 197 Linear Decomposition Method 198 Summary 201 Student Exercises on Rule 6 203 Chapter 7: The Seventh Rule Let Method Be the Servant, Not the Master 207 Obsession with Regression 209 Naturally Occurring Random Assignment, Again 209 Decomposition Work in the Social Sciences 218 Decomposition of Variance and Inequality 220 Decomposition of Segregation Indexes 222 The Effects of Social Context 226 Context Effects as Objects of Study 227 Context Effects as Nuisance 230 Critical Tests in Social Research 231 Conclusion 235 Student Exercises on Rule 7 236 References 241 Index 253
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Princeton University Press Trusting Doctors The Decline of Moral Authority
Book SynopsisAttributes the development of patients' faith in doctors to the inspiration and influence of Protestant and Catholic clergymen during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book explains that as the influence of clergymen waned, and as reliance on medical technology increased, patients' trust in doctors steadily declined.Trade Review"Imber offers a well-researched, insightful work on the role of trust in American medicine, and how social changes altered both doctors' and patients' understanding of the role of the physician from the late 19th century to the present. Imber's relentless focus on the issue of trust differentiates his work from other histories of medicine and doctoring in America... Overall, this is an important book on medicine, doctor-patient relationships, and the historical progress of medical ethics."--A.W. Klink, Choice "Trusting Doctors can strongly be recommended as a reference text for all teachers in the sociology and bio ethical fields and should be referred to by those who determine and regularly change the content of Medical School teaching."--Sam Mellick, CBE, Supreme Court Library Review of Books "Imber offers a thought-provoking entry into the history of bioethics, a history which continues to unfold."--Susan E. Lederer, Social History of Medicine "Imber is at his best ... when he presents his views on religion and the origins of American medical professionalism. With erudition, he draws on archival material drawn from the writings and preaching of American clergy in the 19th and early 20th centuries."--Joseph J. Fins, Journal of the American Medical Association "Trusting Doctors is an original and important analysis of the decline of doctors' moral authority and a subtle, sociologically informed critique of contemporary medical bioethics."--Robert Zussman, American Journal of Sociology "I learned a great deal from reading this book... The book is exceedingly well documented, the notes are very illuminating, and I've already bought or downloaded a number of Imber's sources for further reading. Anyone interested in medical ethics, medical sociology, or the history of medicine will find this book a very worthwhile read."--Daniel P. Sulmasy, New AtlantisTable of ContentsPreface: A Sociological Perspective xi Introduction xvii Part One: Religious Foundations of Trust in Medicine Chapter 1: Protestantism, Piety, and Professionalism 3 Chapter 2: The Infl uence of Catholic Perspectives 22 Chapter 3: The Scientifi c Challenge to Faith 43 Chapter 4: Public Health, Public Trust, and the Professionalization of Medicine 65 Part Two: Beyond the Golden Age of Trust in Medicine Chapter 5: The Growth of Popular Distrust in Medicine 107 Chapter 6: The Evolution of Bioethics 130 Chapter 7: Anxiety in the Age of Epidemiology 144 Chapter 8: Trust and Mortality 167 Acknowledgments 197 Appendix 1: Extant Addresses, Sermons, and Eulogies by Clergymen 201 Appendix 2: Philadelphia Medical Sermons 208 Appendix 3: Long Island College Hospital Commencements, 1860-1899 210 Notes 213 Index 265
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Princeton University Press Nationalist Politics and Everyday Ethnicity in a
Book SynopsisExamines the polarized fields of nationalist politics - in Cluj, Transylvania, and the wider region - and also the more fluid terrain on which ethnicity and nationhood are experienced, enacted, and understood in everyday life. This book addresses fundamental questions about ethnicity: where it is, when it matters, and how it works.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007 "By drilling deep into the mundane conversations, cares, and relationships among citizens of Cluj-Napoca...[the authors] set out to examine precisely how ethnicity matters...[An] important and conceptually innovative book."--Robert Levgold, Foreign Affairs "Provides a reality check for those who continue to operate under the myths of the past, while offering valuable insights into the mundane inner workings of everyday ethnicity in the old borderlands of the Russian, Turkish, and Austro-Hungarian empires...The most important contribution of the book is its ability to demystify nationhood in East Central Europe."--Robert A. Saunders, Transitions "This fascinating, richly detailed, and highly informative study of Cluj in the mixed Hungarian-Romanian Transylvanian part of Romania is based on fieldwork conducted between 1995 and 2001...This is a must read for anyone interested in ethnic or national identity in eastern Europe or, indeed, in any area contested by groups using ethnic or nationalist symbols to announce their presence and promote their interests."--D. Ashley, Choice "This substantial volume, with its vivid portrayal of the shifting dimensions of ethnicity in Romanian-Transylvanian city of Cluj-Napoca... is a welcome addition both to theory challenging romantic, essentialist identity models as well as to our knowledge of the inner workings of central European life... Given its strong arguments and impressive array of data about the resourceful, performative, everyday qualities of ethnicity, this book deserves a wide readership."--David A. Kideckel, Slavic Review "We can only rejoice that through the writing of this book Rogers Brubaker reads anew the theories of nationalism to which he has contributed in the past with the aid of convincing field arguments."--Monica Heintz, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Society "Brubaker et al. have written a splendid and highly recommendable book, adding substantial new insights to innumerable other works on ethnicity. Their method of combining observations with theory and discussing the significance of ethnicity in a wide range of situations in everyday life proves illuminating, not only to and understanding of ethnicity in Cluj, but also in providing insight and a framework for approaching numerous other cases as well."--Jorgen Kuhl, Political Studies Review "The authors of this pathbreaking book will have done the historiography of the region a tremendous service if historians, as they should, take up the challenge it poses them."--Mark Pittaway, Journal of Modern History "Rogers Brubaker and his collaborators have succeeded in writing a readable, informative, and provocative book... Valuable in a number of ways: first in its direct, readable, and clear style, which is remarkable given so many co-authors; second in its artful way of using technical terms and concepts from socio-linguistics to make sense of complex interpersonal interactions; and third in its organization, which makes the book useful for both introductory and advanced courses in history, sociology, and anthropology."--Thomas C. Wolfe, Austrian History Yearbook "National Politics and Everyday Ethnicity in a Transylvanian Town has the potential to prompt a fundamental shift in how we both conceptualize and study ethnicity. In the light of its contributions, researchers interested in ethnicity would do well to examine the interstices of social life as well as its formal institutions, and to ask questions that privilege local meanings, rather than reifying narratives that are themselves me tools of ethnic mobilization."--Jessica Allina-Pisano, Perspectives on Politics "Nationalist Politics and Everyday Ethnicity was an excellent read... I have added this book to my students' reading list, and heartily recommend it to anyone who has an interest in any of the themes Brubaker and his colleagues set out to address."--Teresa Staniewicz, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations xi Preface, by Rogers Brubaker xiii Acknowledgments xix A Note on Names, Transcriptions, and Citations xxi List of Abbreviations xxiii Introduction 1 Part One: Nationalist Politics, Past and Present 23 Chapter 1: The National Question in East Central Europe 27 Empire and Nation 30 Historical and Ethnocultural Claims in the Habsburg Lands 34 Ethnic Intermixing and National Conflict 37 Nationalist Claims and Counterclaims 39 The National Question Recast 43 World War II and After 50 Chapter 2: Transylvania as an Ethnic Borderland 56 The Three Nationes 57 1848: The Emergence of Modern Nationalism 60 Dualist Hungary as a Nationalizing State 63 Nationalization Reversed 68 War and Regime Change 76 The Return to the "Nation" 82 Chapter 3: From Kolozsvar to Cluj-Napoca 89 Kolozsvar in Nationalizing Hungary 91 From Kolozsvar to Cluj 97 Once Again in Hungary 101 The Transition to Communist Rule 105 The Romanianization of Cluj 109 Chapter 4: Cluj after Ceausescu 119 The Re-emergence of Ethnopolitical Contention 122 The Struggle over Separate Schools in Cluj and Targu-Mures 127 Gheorghe Funar and the Nationalization of Public Space 136 Reproducing Ethnicity: A Hungarian University in Cluj? 146 Counting and Categorizing 151 Conclusion 160 Part Two: Everyday Ethnicity 167 Chapter 5: Portraits 173 Mari and Family 173 Emilia 176 Karcsi and Agi 178 Ana 182 Zsolt and Kati 184 Claudiu and Lucian 188 Chapter 6: Preoccupations 191 Getting By 191 Everyday Coping Strategies 197 Getting Ahead 201 Accounting for Success 205 Conclusion 206 Chapter 7: Categories 207 Asymmetries 211 Cues 217 Doing Things with Categories 224 Ethnic and Regional Categories 231 Conclusion 237 Chapter 8: Languages 239 Interaction with Strangers 243 Private Talk in Public Places 246 Language Choice in Mixed Company 251 Language Mixing in Intraethnic Settings 259 Conclusion 262 Chapter 9: Institutions 265 Schools 269 Churches 277 Workplaces 283 Associations 287 Media 290 Conclusion 295 Chapter 10: Mixings 301 Disagreement and Conflict 303 Avoidance 307 Joking and Teasing 309 Choices 311 Conclusion 314 Chapter 11: Migrations 316 "Aici nu se mai poate" 316 Stigmatized Citizenship 321 The Ambivalent Homeland 326 Chapter 12: Politics 333 Funar 339 DAHR 343 Autonomy 346 Status Law 350 Conclusion 357 Epilogue 365 Appendix A: An Example of the Interactional Emergence of Nationalism 375 Appendix B: A Note on Data 380 Bibliography 387 Index 429
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Princeton University Press Law as Culture An Invitation
Book SynopsisLaw is integral to culture, and culture to law. This book invites readers to consider how the facts that are adduced in a legal forum connect to the ways in which facts are constructed in other areas of everyday life, and how the processes of legal decision-making partake of the logic by which the culture as a whole is put together.Trade Review"Lawrence Rosen exposes as false the view that law is an independent source of truth. Jurisprudence has a tendency to treat law as something given in nature, with a capacity to discern facts and attain absolute truth. This idea Rosen is determined to denounce... Rosen stresses that any uncertainty tends to put the law under cultural pressure. Though Rosen sees law's main function as establishing faith in an orderly universe, he pays due attention to its many areas of uncertainty... [This book] deserve[s] to be widely read."--Mary Douglas, American Interest "[A]n important book, making it well worthwhile to take time off from thinking about law only as framing structures of domination and as the preserve of a specialist service profession."--Simon Roberts, Modern Law Review "Using a range of cross-cultural evidence from Europe, Africa, Latin America, and North America, and employing numerous drawings and photographs, he explores how courts, mediation, and law are involved in creating a sense of the world that is consistent with common sense."--Law and Social Inquiry "Law As Culture is a cultured reading experience in its own right and most suitable for any academic and specialist library collection."--Stuart Hannabuss, Library Review "Law as Culture is quite appealing in enquiring further and 'elsewhere' the cultural construction of legality. The book can be recommended as a useful introduction to 'cultural studies' and anthropology and remains a beneficial reference to a wide range of academic scholars."--Esther Abin, In-SpireTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface xi Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1: Law and Social Control 14 CHAPTER 2: Creating Facts 68 CHAPTER 3: Reason, Power, Law 131 CHAPTER 4: Law as Cosmology 169 Conclusion 198 Further Reading 201 Index 213
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Princeton University Press Why
Book SynopsisTalking about the explanations we give and how we give them, this book looks at the way the reasons we offer every day are dictated by, and help constitute, social relationships. It explores the manner in which people claim, establish, negotiate, repair, rework, or terminate relations with others through the reasons they give.Trade Review"In the tradition of the legendary sociologist Erving Goffman, Tilly seeks to decode the structure of everyday social interaction, and the result is a book that forces readers to reexamine everything from the way they talk to their children to the way they argue about politics."--Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker "[A] persuasive book... It is obvious that the cancer specialist talks differently to his colleagues from the way he talks to his patients: exactly what he might be doing in talking differently is Tilly's concern."--Adam Phillips, London Review of Books "We need to impose order on chaos, not by disregarding complicated realities, but by understanding what those complicated realities mean for us. Why? is a stimulating contribution to our thinking about this problem."--Dolan Cummings, Culture Wars "[Charles Tilly] argues convincingly that reason-giving always takes place in a social setting structured by the social relations of the persons in that setting. This [book is] eminently readable and interesting."--Leon H. Brody, Library Journal "Tilly gives us ... a good read, a book that calls our attention to a prevalent human phenomenon and raises the importance of investigating its nature... The book also suggests that we sit down and begin to examine the nature of reason giving in our society--why we spend so much of our time doing it, what effect it has on our social relations, and ... what effect it has on our own behavior and emotions."--Kurt Salzinger, PsycCritiques "While Why? may be a frustrating read to the social scientist looking for methodological innovation, it is warmly recommended for anybody who is simply curious about the central role of reason giving."--Kristian Berg Harpviken, Journal of Peace Research "Tilly's book is insightful, easily accessible to any audience and worth reading."--Richard Findler, European LegacyTable of ContentsPreface ix CHAPTER ONE: Why Give Reasons? 1 CHAPTER TWO: Conventions 32 CHAPTER THREE: Stories 61 CHAPTER FOUR: Codes 96 CHAPTER FIVE: Technical Accounts 126 CHAPTER SIX: Reconciling Reasons 157 References 181 Index 193
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Princeton University Press Identity and Control
Book SynopsisRefines and enlarges the author's theory of how social structure and culture emerge from the chaos and uncertainty of social life. This book of social theory links social structure with the lived experience of individuals, providing a perspective on the kinds of social formations that develop in the process.Trade ReviewPraise for the original edition: "[In this book] White has managed to cram a lifetime of singularly deep thinking about the social order that makes the best start yet on augmenting the economic understanding of man."--David Warsh, Boston Globe Praise for the original edition: "This work is unique in that it presents a fully formed structural theory of human behavior and organization from the ground up, including seminal terms and the directions in which future research should proceed."--C. A. Pressler, Choice Praise for the original edition: "[This book] deserves to be widely read and discussed. White attempts nothing less than a comprehensive theoretical synthesis of social scientific ideas."--John Scott, British Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsDETAILED CONTENTS vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv PROLOGUE: Preview of Themes xvii CHAPTER ONE: Identities Seek Control 1 Contributors: Anna Mitschele and Frederic Godart CHAPTER TWO: Networks and Stories 20 Contributors: Haiko Lietz and Sabine Wuerkner CHAPTER THREE: Three Disciplines 63 Contributors: Rozlyn Redd and Don Steiny CHAPTER FOUR: Styles 112 Contributors: Frederic Godart and Larissa Buchholz CHAPTER FIVE: Institutions and Rhetorics 171 Contributors: Victor Corona and Matthias Thiemann CHAPTER SIX: Regimes of Control 220 Contributors: Matthias Thiemann and Millie Su CHAPTER SEVEN: Getting Action 279 Contributors: Larissa Buchholz and Haiko Lietz CHAPTER EIGHT: Overview and Contexts 334 Contributors: Frederic Godart and Victor Corona REFERENCES 377 CHAPTER INDEX 419
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Princeton University Press The Welfare State Nobody Knows Debunking Myths
Book SynopsisThe American welfare state is supposed to be a pale imitation of 'true' welfare states in Europe and Canada. This book argues that the American welfare state is in fact larger, more popular, and more dynamic than commonly believed.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007 "The Welfare State Nobody Knows goes a long way to fill in the gap left by previous research intended to quantify and categorize the American welfare state. Howard's combination of quantitative and qualitative tools is refreshing."--Carrie A. Ross, Journal of Children and Poverty "The Welfare State Nobody Knows is without doubt an insightful, provocative, and wide-ranging book that should reach a broad scholarly audience. In the classroom and in scholarly publications, the book will undoubtedly stimulate lively debates about the nature, history, and politics of American social policy. All students of American social policy would benefit from reading it."--Daniel Beland, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsList of Boxes, Figures, and Tables vii Acknowledgments ix Acronyms xiii INTRODUCTION 1 PART I: Basic Tour 11 CHAPTER 1: She's So Unusual 13 CHAPTER 2: Tracks of My Tiers 27 CHAPTER 3: Twice in a Lifetime 53 PART II: New Horizons 71 CHAPTER 4: Ogres, Onions, and Layers (or, How Republicans Built the American Welfare State) 73 CHAPTER 5: Programs for the Poor Are Not Always Poor Programs 92 CHAPTER 6: Shaq Is Still Pretty Tall: Public Support for the American Welfare State 109 CHAPTER 7: The World According to AARP 125 PART III: Checkpoints and Roadblocks 151 CHAPTER 8: The American States: Laboratories of Democracy or Cryogenic Chambers? 153 CHAPTER 9: Race Still Matters 178 CHAPTER 10: Change versus Progress 192 Notes 211 Index 255
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Princeton University Press The Difference
Book SynopsisWhy can teams of people find better solutions than brilliant individuals working alone? And why are the best group decisions and predictions those that draw upon the very qualities that make each of us unique? This book reveals that progress and innovation may depend more on diverse people working together and capitalizing on their individuality.Trade Review"Rather than ponder moral questions like, 'Why can't we all get along?' Dr. Page asks practical ones like, 'How can we all be more productive together?' The answer, he suggests, is in messy, creative organizations and environments with individuals from vastly different backgrounds and life experiences."--Claudia Dreifus, New York Times "The Difference is brimming with so many intriguing insights and findings that I cannot do justice to them all."--Philip E. Tetlock, Science "A fascinating and important book... The Difference is a thought-provoking and stimulating read."--Diane Coyle, Business Economist "[Page] redefines the way we understand ourselves in relation to one another. The Difference is about how we think in groups...and how our collective wisdom exceeds the sum of its parts. Why can teams of people find better solutions than brilliant individuals working alone? And why are the best group decisions and predictions those that draw upon the very qualities that make each of us unique? The answers lie in diversity...not what we look like outside, but what we look like within, our distinct tools and abilities."--Education Digest "In The Difference, Page reveals how groups that display a range of perspectives outperform groups of like-minded experts. Diversity yields superior outcomes, and he proves it using his own cutting-edge research. Moving beyond the politics that often clouds standard debates about diversity, Page explains why difference beats out homogeneity. And he examines practical ways to apply diversity's logic to a host of problems."--Here is the City "Page has written a book that offers a pragmatic defense of diversity practices, where having a diverse set of points of view in a group equates to better decision making. The book ...illustrates the benefits of a different way of thinking about problem solving, providing people with conceptual tools to understand what lies behind some of the more popular treatments of topics and to reshape the public debate about the benefits and disadvantages of diversity."--Henry Farrell, Quality World "The Difference is a very good book. I recommend it to all intelligent readers, especially to those who have not gone beyond the 'diversity' of political correctness... Read this book."--Will Carrington Heath, Independent Review "Though filled with three dimensional graphs, computer simulations, and other quantitative exercises that some will find intimidating, the book has the great advantage of being accessible to the nontechnical reader, at least one willing to invest considerable time and effort in following its clear but often complex reasoning. Where The Difference clearly succeeds is in bridging the gap between the more arcane technical literature found in the professional economics journals and writing intended for a general audience."--Russell K. Nieli, Academic QuestionsTable of ContentsPreface to the Paperback Edition Prufrock Avoided xiii Acknowledgments The Continuous Life xix Prologue How Diversity Trumps Ability Fun at Caltech xxv Introduction Unpacking Our Differences 1 PART ONE: UNPACKING THE TOOLBOX CHAPTER 1: Diverse Perspectives How We See Things 23 CHAPTER 2: Heuristics Do the Opposite 52 CHAPTER 3: Interpretations Our Own Private Flatland 73 CHAPTER 4: Predictive Models Judging Books by Their Covers 90 CHAPTER 5: Measuring Sticks and Toolboxes Calipers for the Brain 103 PART TWO: DIVERSITY'S BENEFITS: BUILDING FROM TOOLS CHAPTER 6: Diversity and Problem Solving Darwin's Brass Tacks 131 CHAPTER 7: Models of Information Aggregation Mindless Signals 175 CHAPTER 8: Diversity and Prediction The Crowd of Models 197 PART THREE: DIVERSE VALUES: A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS (OR IS IT)? CHAPTER 9: Diverse Preferences Why Tapas 239 CHAPTER 10: Preference Aggregation Four (Not So) Depressing Results 255 CHAPTER 11: Interacting Toolboxes and Preferences Go Ask Alice 285 PART FOUR: THE PUDDING: DOES DIVERSITY GENERATE BENEFITS? CHAPTER 12: The Causes of Cognitive Diversity Family Vacations, College, or Identity? 299 CHAPTER 13: The Empirical Evidence The Pudding 313 PART FIVE: GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE CHAPTER 14: A Fertile Logic Putting Ideas to Work 339 Epilogue: The Ketchup Questions 371 Notes 377 Index 411
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Princeton University Press American Mythos Why Our Best Efforts to Be a
Book SynopsisDetails how Americans have traditionally relied on narratives to address what it means to be strong, morally responsible individuals and to explain why some people are more successful than others - in short, to help us make sense of our lives. This title argues that these narratives have done little to help Americans confront new challenges.Trade Review"In American Mythos, Wuthnow provides an important reminder that amid the din of the culture wars, our storytelling matters; and that America is a story best told from the bottom up."--Robert K. Vischer, Commonweal "Stimulating and ... disturbing because it challenges the reader to confront some unsettling truths about who we are, what we believe, and what we must do if we are truly to become a great nation... Wuthnow concludes with a call for Americans to engage in reflective democracy, thinking deeply about our values, and how we might better live by them. Highly recommended."--Thomas J. Baldino, Library Journal "I cannot sufficiently praise and recommend American Mythos. In its supple mining of data and its perspicacity about American culture and institutions, it ranks with Robert Bellah's Habits of the Heart and Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone as ground-breaking interpretive social science."--John A. Coleman, America "Robert Wuthnow carefully examines the narratives that have been instrumental in constructing the cultural identity of the United States...[He] presents a study of the cultural dynamics of American culture that could serve as a model for the studies of other cultures."--Donald J. Dietrich, European Legacy "This book contains keen reflections that make it well worth reading. Wuthnow gives a compelling account of the transformation of American society from an era of conformity in the 1950s to an era of good feelings today... American Mythos is a significant contribution, especially to the current debate over immigration."--David Fott, Perspectives on Politics "American Mythos provides a very thoughtful and insightful analysis of contemporary American national identity. Wuthnow shows a keen sensitivity ... that allows him to get to the core of what it means to become American. The lessons learned are enormously illuminating."--Manuel A. Vasquez, Theology TodayTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1: Deep Culture and Democratic Renewal 12 CHAPTER 2: Quandaries of Individualism 38 CHAPTER 3: The Justice of Privilege 79 CHAPTER 4: Self-Made Men and Women 104 CHAPTER 5: In America,All Religions Are True 128 CHAPTER 6: Ethnic Ties That Bind (Loosely) 163 CHAPTER 7: Saving Ourselves from Materialism 192 CHAPTER 8: Venues for Reflective Democracy 218 Appendix 235 Notes 239 Selected Bibliography 263 Index 277
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Princeton University Press Cultivating Conscience
Book SynopsisContemporary law and public policy often treat human beings as selfish creatures who respond only to punishments and rewards. Drawing from social psychology, behavioral economics, and evolutionary biology, this title demonstrates how social cues have a powerful role in triggering unselfish behavior.Trade Review"Cultivating Conscience is a blistering attack on the 'law and economics' school, which has had an enormous impact in the US legal academy... But despite that focus, Cultivating Conscience is not only for a US readership: its clear and highly readable style, enlivened by real-life examples, also makes it accessible and of great interest on this side of the Atlantic... Cultivating Conscience is lucid and stimulating."--Bill Bowring, Times Higher Education "[D]uality in human nature, and the connection between conscience and public policy, is masterfully examined in this book by Lynn A. Stout... Cultivating Conscience is a forceful and rational proposition for reasonable change."--John Michael Senger, ForeWord Reviews "Stout makes the compelling case that conscience is neither a rare nor quirky phenomenon, but a vital force woven into our daily lives... This book proves that if we care about effective laws and civilized society, the powers of conscience are simply too important for us to ignore."--Marshal Zeringue, Campaign for the American Reader blog "Cultivating Conscience is one of those rare books--essentially a single-theme book, an apologia for the author's subject matter--that eruditely comingles several fields of knowledge, is clearly and succinctly written, holds the reader's full attention throughout, and whose contents affect the reader's thoughts at unsuspecting times and on various topics long after reading is complete. In short, it is well worth reading by both laypersons and professionals."--Cynthia C. Siebel, PsycCRITIQUESTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vii PART ONE Chapter 1: Franco's Choice 3 Chapter 2: Holmes' Folly 23 Chapter 3: Blind to Goodness: Why We Don't See Conscience 45 PART TWO Chapter 4: Games People Play: Unselfish Prosocial Behavior in Experimental Gaming 75 Chapter 5: The Jekyll/Hyde Syndrome: A Three-Factor Social Model of Unselfish Prosocial Behavior 94 Chapter 6: Origins 122 PART THREE Chapter 7: My Brother's Keeper: The Role of Unselfishness in Tort Law 151 Chapter 8: Picking Prosocial Partners: The Story of Relational Contract 175 Chapter 9: Crime, Punishment, and Community 200 PART FOUR Conclusion Chariots of the Sun 233 Notes 255 Works Cited 281 Index 299
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Princeton University Press Impossible Engineering
Book SynopsisThe Canal du Midi, which threads through southwestern France and links the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, was an astonishing feat of seventeenth-century engineering - in fact, it was technically impossible according to the standards of its day. This book looks at the mystery of its success as well as the canal's surprising political significance.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2012 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award, American Sociological Association Honorable Mention for the 2010 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book in the Sociology of Culture Section category, American Sociological Association "[T]his is a scintillating blend of cultural, political, and technological history."--Choice "Mukerji opens a new chapter in the history of the Canal du Midi, aiming to deepen understanding of its design and construction, and also of the related social and gender patterns. Furthermore, this important book also both stresses the concept of distributed knowledge/collective intelligence, and provides a deeper understanding of the impersonal power of structures. Mukeji demonstrates the necessity to pursue studies such as this with an open mind and a critical attitude."--Michel Cotte, Reviews in History "Impossible Engineering is an insightful meditation on the nature of stewardship, the sociology of knowledge, and the role of accountability in seventeenth-century France, and an extraordinary proof of how rich and challenging the history of material constructions can be."--Sophus A. Reinert, Economic History Review "Mukerji's analysis of the building of the canal is a tour de force of both historical and sociological research. Based on extensive and imaginative archival research and also on astute observation of the built landscape, it is written in vigorous prose and illustrated by the author's beautiful and informative photographs. It ranks as a significant and highly original contribution to historical and cultural sociology."--William H. Sewell, Jr., American Journal of Sociology "Chandra Mukerji crosses intellectual and disciplinary boundaries with incredible ease, mobilizing a vast array of scholarship to tackle historical cases in a new way."--Frederic Graber, Technology and CultureTable of ContentsIllustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations xvii Introduction xix Chapter 1: Impossible Engineering 1 Chapter 2: Territorial Politics 15 Chapter 3: Epistemic Credibility 36 Chapter 4: New Rome Confronts Old Gaul 60 Chapter 5: Shifting Sands 91 Chapter 6: The New Romans 117 Chapter 7: Thinking Like a King 154 Chapter 8: Monumental Achievement 176 Chapter 9: Powers of Impersonal Rule 203 Notes 229 Bibliography 277 Index 293
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Princeton University Press When Ways of Life Collide
Book SynopsisThe Dutch government had funded separate schools, housing projects and community organizations for Muslim immigrants, all under the umbrella of multiculturalism. But the reality of terrorism and radicalization of Muslim immigrants has shattered that dream. This work demonstrates that there are deep conflicts of values in the Netherlands.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2008 Robert E. Lane Award, Political Psychology Section of the American Political Science Association "The authors of When Ways of Life Collide deem the Dutch multicultural experiment to be a grand and unequivocal failure. In their view, multiculturalism and liberal democracy are fundamentally incompatible. Their argument is a relatively simple one: By encouraging 'difference' among ethnic subgroups, multiculturalism ends up turning these groups into targets of resentment and thereby insuring their rejection by the majority culture."--Richard Wolin, The Nation "Sniderman and Hagendoorn expertly describe how, beginning in the 1980s, elite politicians and academics in the Netherlands advocated for an extreme form of accommodation for Dutch immigrants."--T.D. Boswell, Choice "When Ways of Life Collide is a provocative, yet empirical assessment of intrinsic, yet nebulous multiculturalism in today's society."--David Marx, David Marx.co.uk "When Ways of Life Collide is a clever book that offers insight into the attitudinal mechanics of prejudice. These are important issues with high political salience that should interest students of the Netherlands and many other countries around the world."--Rahsaan Maxwell, Review of Middle East Studies "This thought-provoking book provides many interesting insights into the relationships between a culture's values, prejudice, perceived cultural and economic threats, and exclusionary reactions against immigrants, derived from the analysis of a skillfully designed survey. It is relevant to a wide audience concerned with attitudes towards immigrant minorities, immigration, and multiculturalism, as well as to those interested in innovations in survey design."--Eline A. de Rooij, European Sociological ReviewTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Preface xi CHAPTER ONE: Introduction 1 CHAPTER TWO: Muslims 17 CHAPTER THREE: Prejudice 43 CHAPTER FOUR: Identity 71 CHAPTER FIVE: Top-Down Politics 100 CHAPTER SIX: Tolerance 123 A Note about the Data 139 Bibliography 141 Index149
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Princeton University Press Multiculturalism without Culture
Book SynopsisMulticulturalism has been blamed for encouraging oppression of women. Many critics opportunistically deploy gender equality to justify the retreat from multiculturalism, hijacking the equality agenda to perpetuate cultural stereotypes. The author offers a way of addressing dilemmas of justice and equality in multiethnic, multicultural societies.Trade Review"In this illuminating and intelligently written book, Anne Phillips stresses the need to revise holistic and determinist notions of 'culture' that have played a role in perpetuating racial and gender stereotypes within multiethnic and multicultural societies...Drawing from an impressive breadth of literature, ranging from feminism, law, anthropology to philosophy and political theory, Phillips provides numerous case studies to highlight how women in particular, are disadvantaged by multicultural policies and cultural labeling...This is a superb and deeply relevant contribution to current debates and various fields of study."--Payal Patel, Feminist Review "This important text raises two main issues. First, it asks advocates of multiculturalism to reject the reified concept of culture on which their arguments often rely, and to embrace instead 'multiculturalism without culture'...Second, the book demands recognition that everyone is a member of culture...it is frequently mistakenly assumed that only members of minority cultures are molded by their cultures."--P.T. Lenard, Choice "Phillips' book is ... a worthwhile read for scholars, students and policy makers alike: thanks to its lucid style, the thorough review of existing theories and approaches and especially due to the numerous examples, it provides an accessible and thought-provoking lecture."--Claudia Franziska Bruhwiler, Political Studies Review "Phillips' work is invaluable to anyone wishing to engage with issues posed by cultural diversity yet frustrated with existing theoretical and discursive frameworks for doing so. Her careful analysis and use of varied examples provides much scope for thought and development and leaves one with the hope that there is a future for multiculturalism."--Sonya Fernandez, Feminist Legal Studies "Multiculturalism without Culture is a provocative book: Phillips intends that neither multiculturalists nor cosmopolitans should have an easy ride. Both sets of theorists, however, will find things to agree with as well as to contest, making the book an intriguing challenge to prevailing normative approaches todiversity. As a further strength, Multiculturalism without Culture describes and discusses a wealth of difficult multicultural issues, often in the form of specific legal... It therefore provides a good source for anyone wanting to know more about the current state of multicultural politics and law."--Clare Chambers, British Journal of Sociology "[T]he volume is well worth the effort of thoughtfully considering the discussions offered. Individuals wanting to explore multicultural issues beyond cultural sensitivity will relish the in-depth analyses provided. Psychologists wanting to explore perspectives from other fields (law, sociology, anthropology) on the topic will appreciate finding the scholarly discussion in one place."--Mary Dugan, PsycCRITIQUES "This is a very good book written in Anne Phillips's inimitable conceptually precise, theoretically acute, fair-minded, and plain English style. Phillips operates as a political theorist who seeks to clarify the quagmire of issues that beset contemporary multiculturalism."--Anna Yeatman, H-Net Reviews "This is an impressive and timely book... Phillips' treatment of this complex and important topic exemplifies the very best of feminist critical thinking."--Suzanne Dovi, Cambridge JournalsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER ONE: Multiculturalism without Culture 11 CHAPTER TWO: Between Culture and Cosmos 42 CHAPTER THREE: What's Wrong with Cultural Defence? 73 CHAPTER FOUR: Autonomy, Coercion, and Constraint 100 CHAPTER FIVE: Exit and Voice 133 CHAPTER SIX: Multiculturalism without Groups? 158 Bibliography 181 Index 191
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Princeton University Press Orderly Fashion
Book SynopsisFor any market to work properly, certain key elements are necessary: competition, pricing, rules, clearly defined offers, and easy access to information. Without these components, there would be chaos. This book examines how order is maintained in the different interconnected consumer, producer, and credit markets of the global fashion industry.Trade Review"I do hope that economists read this book and realize the potential that such descriptive analysis holds."--Nick Krafft, Open Economics "Aspers enlightens readers about the intricacies of the workings of the global fashion market. He has accomplished what he set out to do, to bring together economic, sociological, and fashion theory."--Wanda K. Cheek, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences "[T]his is a very stimulating, well researched and well-written book, which deserves to be read by those interested in fashion, economic sociology and/or sociology in general."--David Dequech, European Economic Sociology NewsletterTable of ContentsPreface ix Introduction 1 The Aims of the Book 4 Order 5 Outline of the Book 9 Chapter 1: Garment Sellers in Consumer Markets 11 Identity 12 Market Differentiation 13 Types of Sellers 19 Competition and Cooperation 26 Splitting and Fusing Markets 31 Summary 33 Chapter 2: Affordable Fashion 34 Identities of Branded Garment Retailers 35 Retailers' Customers 40 Consumption and Identity 43 Price and Garments 46 Fashion 49 Fashion and Power 54 Identity Management 55 The Culture of the Market 57 Status Order 58 Summary 60 Chapter 3: Entrenching Identities 62 Performance Control 63 Relations of Identities 89 Summary 91 Chapter 4: Branded Garment Retailers in the Production Market 94 Design and Fashion 95 Finding Manufacturers 102 Competition among Retailers 112 The Product 117 Retailers' Identities 123 Summary 123 Chapter 5: Manufacturing Garments in the Global Market 125 The Industry from the Perspective of the Manufacturers 126 The Production Process 131 Identity Differentiation and Strategies 136 Price and Global Competition 138 The Market Culture 142 Order Out of Standard 144 Summary 145 Chapter 6: Branded Garment Retailers in the Investment Market 147 Approaching Financial Markets 148 Retailers' Identities in Investor Markets 149 The Stock Market and Its Value 150 Trading Fashion Stocks 155 Evaluation of Stocks 156 Economic Evaluation 158 Summary 162 Chapter 7: Markets as Partial Orders 165 Discussion of the Study 165 Partial Orders 171 Appendix I: Empirical Material and Methods 175 Appendix II: Garment Trade Statistics 181 Appendix III: The Garment Industry 185 Appendix IV: Economic Sociology 191 Appendix V: Fashion Theory and Research 195 Notes 201 References 213 Index 235
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