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Princeton University Press No Longer Separate Not Yet Equal Race and Class
Book SynopsisArguing that elite higher education contributes to both social mobility and inequality, the authors investigate such areas as admission advantages for minorities, academic achievement gaps tied to race and class, unequal burdens in paying for tuition, and satisfaction with college experiences.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2011 Pierre Bourdieu Book Award, Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association "Both supporters and opponents of affirmative action are likely to find ammunition in Thomas J. Espenshade's and Alexandria Walton Radford's book... The authors provide a fascinating peek inside the admissions process at several unnamed universities."--Richard D. Kahlenberg, The Book, the online review at New Republic "This is a big book, exhaustively researched and packed full of facts, numbers, and prose... No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal is a must-have reference for everyone who pays attention to race and class controversies in higher education."--Robert VerBruggen, National Review "Ultimately, [the authors] argue that the most important step toward eliminating inequity in higher education and society is to close the achievement gap, and they call for the creation of an effort on the scale of the Manhattan Project to do it."--Angela P. Dodson, Diverse Education "With this incisive new book, Espenshade and Walton Radford explore the dynamics of differential college access and success in extraordinary detail... The book's most significant contribution may be its persuasive, data-based analysis of affirmative action. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in higher education's role in creating a more equitable society."--Diversity & Democracy "The authors cover a broad range of elite college admission issues that go beyond race and class, offering detailed perspectives on affirmative action. Researchers of equity issues in higher education, particularly in the selective college admission process as well as college counseling professionals will find, in this thorough and extensive work of research, tools to help clear up what may seem 'mysterious or secret' in the selective college admission process."--Joe Adegboyega-Edun, NACACNet "Espenshade and Radford have produced a highly valuable book packed with useful race-based information relating to admission, academic performance, and ethnic group interaction on elite college campuses... The data offers sound arguments for the need to not only continue race-sensitive affirmative action both in college and graduate school admissions but also in the workplace."--Journal of Blacks in Higher Education "The thoughtful work of Espenshade and Radford represented in this significant volume should be just the beginning of the next phase of the ongoing national conversation about he role of higher education in providing equality of opportunity and social mobility. This book provides a useful framework for additional research and policy development."--Jonathan Alger, Journal of College and University Law "Espenshade and Radford have produced the most comprehensive and best study yet of admissions and race relations in America's leading colleges and universities."--Steven Brint, American Journal of EducationTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xvii Chapter One: Overview 1 Chapter Two: Preparing for College 14 Chapter Three: What Counts in Being Admitted? 62 Chapter Four: The Entering Freshman Class 130 Chapter Five: Mixing and Mingling on Campus 176 Chapter Six: Academic Performance 226 Chapter Seven: Shouldering the Financial Burden 263 Chapter Eight: Broader Perspectives on the Selective College Experience 298 Chapter Nine: Do We Still Need Affirmative Action? 339 Chapter Ten: Where Do We Go from Here? 378 Appendix A: The NSCE Database 411 Appendix B: Notes on Methodology 431 Appendix C: Additional Tables 462 References 483 Index 523
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Princeton University Press Market Threads How Cotton Farmers and Traders
Book SynopsisPresents an analysis of the international cotton trade and argues for a novel understanding of global markets. This book examines the arrangements, institutions, and power relations on which cotton trading and production depend, and provides an alternative approach to the analysis of pricing mechanisms.Trade Review"All in all, an intellectually exciting book which I thoroughly enjoyed reading."--Brenda Jubin, Reading the Markets blog "Market Threads' great scholarly contribution is in highlighting and minutely describing the empirics of power in market settings."--William Davies, Journal of Cultural EconomyTable of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: How to Study a Global Market 1 A Review of Literature on the Market 2 Social Studies of the Market 3 New Directions in the Social Study of Markets 6 Commodity Chains, Systems of Provision, and the Social Lives of Things 9 Why Cotton? 11 How to Follow Cotton? 13 Where to Follow Cotton? 14 Summary of Arguments 16 Chapter 1: What Is a World Price? The Prosthetic and Actual Worth of Cotton 22 How Much Does an Actual Bale of Cotton Really Cost? 24 The Price Disappears Again 31 Making Sense of the Price 33 Market Reports 35 Optional Prices of Cotton 49 Conclusion 54 Chapter 2: Market Maintenance in the Worlds of Commodity Circulation 59 The World of Cotton 60 We Have on This Day Sold to You as Follows 61 The Shipment Is Brought Together 64 Two Thousand Bales to Go 66 We Hereby Confirm the Arrival of ... 75 The Market Platform: Capital, Knowledge, and Network 76 Conclusion 80 Chapter 3: Markets' Multiple Boundaries in Izmir, Turkey 84 Pit Trading in the Izmir Mercantile Exchange 85 The Rehearsal Price of the Pit 88 The Transaction Price of Postpit Trading 94 Making the Market Price of Turkish Cotton 97 Another Market Place: The Permanent Working Group on Cotton 99 Conclusion 102 Chapter 4: A Market without Exchange: Cotton Trade in Egypt 105 The World's First Cotton Futures Market and Its Historical Setting 106 Alcotexa and Cotton's Associate Price 108 We Spend All Our Time in Search of the Price 115 Three Traits of Trade 119 Cotton Comes to the Market 122 Conclusion 128 Chapter 5: Growing Cotton and Its Global Market in a Turkish Village 131 Field Preparation and Sowing in Pamukkoy 133 Mechanical and Manual Sowing 136 Irrigation 140 The Harvest 141 The Market: Exchanging Cotton in Pamukkoy 144 The Traders' Price 145 The Farmers' Price 148 Conclusion 152 Chapter 6: Cotton Fields of Power in Rural Egypt 156 Cotton Is Disappearing in Egypt 158 An Illegal Alien in the Egyptian Countryside 159 Growing Cotton in the Fields of Kafr Gaffar and ?Izbet Sabri 161 So Your Egyptians Are Kurds, No? 164 The Struggle to Survive: Farmers, Animals, and Stock 166 Financing the Plant Stock with Livestock 169 The Gamoosa Dies, the Cotton Grows 171 Research in the Wild Countryside 174 The Harvesting and Marketing of Cotton 177 Conclusion 185 Conclusion: What Is a Global Market? 188 Bridging the Global and the Regional 193 The Rural Fields of Global Markets 198 The Production and Exchange of Cotton 200 The Market Fields of Power 202 What Is to Be Done with the Market 205 Glossary 209 References 213 Index 223
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Princeton University Press Educating Scholars Doctoral Education in the
Book SynopsisFocusing on the state of doctoral education in the humanities, this book reports on the Graduate Education Initiative's - the effort undertaken to improve doctoral programs in the humanities and related social sciences - success in reducing attrition and times to degree and the positive changes implemented by specific graduate programs.Trade Review"The right combination of money and policies can make real progress in reducing the time to degree for earning humanities doctorates, but the six-year humanities Ph.D. is probably not in the cards. Those are among the key findings of one of the most ambitious efforts ever to reform the humanities Ph.D., as discussed in one of the most thorough (and frank) evaluations of such an effort... [Educating Scholars] closes by noting that 'intensive critical attention' to graduate education has been shown to make a difference in completion and time to degree. And the book notes just how formative graduate education can be: 'The education scholars receive stays with them; its influence flows into their teaching and research and finally to the successive generations of their students.'"--Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed "The lessons Ehrenberg and his colleagues draw from the successes of the program seem like common sense until one considers how many departments fail to follow them."--Steven Brint, American Journal of Sociology "The future of Renaissance scholarship ... depends upon the recruitment and training of graduate students in an improved and efficient system. The Mellon Foundation invested in that admirable and necessary business and the results, harder to achieve than was at first expected, are produced and honestly analyzed in [Educating Scholars] ... essential reading for all involved in the enterprise."--Bibliotheque d'Humanisme et Renaissance "In covering a wide spectrum of important practical aspects of degree completion, this book is valuable for all those who are involved in doctoral programs either as supervisors or as decision-makers and administrators. More broadly, it comprises extremely useful material for those affected by, interested in, or aspiring to effect change in postgraduate studies in the humanities."--Marianna Papastephanou, European Legacy "Administrators and faculty in doctoral programs in the humanities would do well to read this book. Likely many of the conversations they have had regarding improving their own doctoral programs will be represented in the pages. But the book's utility goes beyond the humanities... Educating Scholars can help departments and doctoral programs of all stripes reconsider what is known about graduate education and provide important context for the conversation around improving the experience for all involved."--Jeffery Bieber, Journal of Higher EducationTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xi Preface and Acknowledgments xv List of Abbreviations xix Chapter 1. Introduction 1 Part I. Data, Methods, and Context Chapter 2. Data Collection, Outcome Measures, and Analytical Tools 25 Chapter 3. The Departments 41 Part II. Influences on Attrition, Completion, and Time-to-Degree Chapter 4. The Impact of the Graduate Education Initiative on Attrition and Completion 95 Chapter 5. The Influence of Financial Support 113 Chapter 6. The Influence of Doctoral Program Designs 140 Chapter 7. The Role of Gender and Family Status 156 Part III. Transition from Graduate Study to Career Chapter 8. Attrition and Beyond 169 Chapter 9. Early Careers 186 Chapter 10. Publications: Patterns and Influences 206 Part IV. Lessons and Findings Chapter 11. Redesigning Doctoral Programs: Lessons Learned 223 Chapter 12. Principal Findings and Implications 249 Appendix A. Data Collection 273 Appendix B. Questionnaire for the Graduate Education Survey 280 Appendix C. Outcome Measures 300 Appendix D. Methodology 304 Appendix E. Additional Tables and Figures 309 References 331 Index 337
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Princeton University Press Keys to the City How Economics Institutions
Book SynopsisWhy do some cities grow economically while others decline? Why do some show sustained economic performance while others cycle up and down? In Keys to the City, Michael Storper, one of the world's leading economic geographers, looks at why we should consider economic development issues within a regional context--at the level of the city-region--andTrade Review"[T]his work makes rich use of the literature and offers a strong point of view that distinguishes among opposing theories and seemingly irreconcilable research. This is an intelligent, important book."--Choice "[A]ll readers will find the book fascinating in its breadth and its ambition to popularize important questions about urban development."--Yannis M. Ioannides, Journal of Economic Literature "The first thing to say is that this is a superb book. Breathtaking in scope, specific in detail, provocative in argument, wide ranging in evidence gathering, and built on a carefully crafted logic."--Philip McCann, Journal of Regional Science "Keys to the City is an output that does justice to the amassed wisdom of a lively and well respected economic geographer who moves past disciplinary parochialism. The book does not shy away from complexity and covers a wide terrain, while expression is clear and considered throughout."--David Waite, Urban Studies "Though he writes as an economic geographer, his answers cover a wide variety of academic disciplines, ranging across geography, economics, political science, and sociology. It is a demanding book. But it is also a book that anyone who is seriously interested in cities and regions must read."--Anthony M. Orum, American Journal of Sociology "A worthwhile contribution to a number of different debates related to urban development, and is a one that scholars of urban politics should find very useful."--Neil Kraus, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix 1.Introduction. Cities and Regions in the Twenty-First Century: Why Do They Develop and Change? 1 PART I THE ECONOMIC CONTEXT OF CITY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2.Workshops of the World Economy: People, Jobs, and Places 14 3.The Motor of Urban Economies: Specialization 32 4.Disruptive Innovation: Geography and Economics 52 5.Cities and Individuals: How We Shape Cities, But Not the Way We Want To 67 PART II THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT OF CITIES AND REGIONS 6.Winner and Loser Regions: The "Where" of Development 92 7.Communities and the Economy 104 8.Robust Action: Society, Community, and Development 115 PART III SOCIAL INTERACTION AND URBAN ECONOMIES 9.Technology, Globalization, and Local Interaction 140 10.Local Context: The Genius of Cities 156 11.Face-to-Face Contact 167 PART IV THE POLITICAL CONTEXT OF CITY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 12.Exit or Voice? Politics, Societies, and City-Systems 184 13.Justice, Efficiency, and Cities: Should Regions Help One Another? 204 Conclusion. Dear Policymaker: Some Keys for You 224 Notes 229 References 239 Index 267
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Princeton University Press Violence
Book SynopsisArgues that violent confrontation goes against human physiological hardwiring. This book challenges standard views about the root causes of violence and offers solutions for confronting it in the future. It guides readers into the disturbing world of human discord - from domestic abuse and schoolyard bullying to muggings, and armed conflicts.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2011 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award, American Sociological Association "Collins's Violence is a sourcebook for the oft-ignored and usually unseen obvious: We humans are bad at violence, even if civilization makes us a bit better at it."--David D. Laitin, Science "Violence is a rare academic work, with both a convincing reappraisal of its scholarly terrain, and enough accessibility and useful advice to attract laymen. The writing is clear and direct--sometimes with a welcome touch of the colloquial--and well illustrated with photographs and charts."--Graeme Wood, New York Sun "Offering a wealth of observations...Randall Collins's overall theory is neat: violence is not easy, hence relatively rare. It is a compelling argument."--Jane Kilby, Times Higher Education "Insofar as his analysis has sought to highlight its micro-situational aspects, he must be applauded. In the future, only interdisciplinary research will be able to approach this topic with the same vigor, and coherence as Collins has provided us in this book."--Paul Armstrong, Canadian Journal of Sociology "The book is a superb commentary on how the emotional energy created by the situation of forward panic produces violence... Collin's exhaustive treatment of the forward panic is a major contribution to the literature and the term is certain to become a standard part of our vocabulary on violence."--John M. Hagedorn, Anthropos "Professor Collins has initiated a much needed discussion of violence, unencumbered by myth and make-believe... After reading this excellent and highly readable volume, there are few myths left remain standing!"--P. A. J. Waddington, Policing "[T]he book is a notable attempt to develop a general sociological theory of interpersonal violence, and anyone interested in violence and peace can learn a great deal from it."--Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Journal of Peace Research "[A] deeply learned, thoughtful, and erudite book... [T]he complexity of thought and the clarity of exposition of this first volume leave the reader both fulfilled and eager. Like the greatest of classical sociological thinkers, Collins is both pointillist and abstract expressionist, synthesizing micro and macro, and always asserting the power of the social."--Michael Kimmel, American Journal of Sociology "Violence overturns standard views about the root causes of violence and offers solutions for confronting it in the future."--World Book IndustryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables ix Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1: The Micro-sociology of Violent Confrontations 1 Violent Situations 1 Micro-evidence: Situational Recordings, Reconstructions, and Observations 3 Comparing Situations across Types of Violence 8 Fight Myths 10 Violent Situations Are Shaped by an Emotional Field of Tension and Fear 19 Alternative Theoretical Approaches 20 Historical Evolution of Social Techniques for Controlling Confrontational Tension 25 Sources 29 Preview 32 The Complementarity of Micro and Macro Theories 34 PART ONE: The Dirty Secrets of Violence 37 Chapter 2: Confrontational Tension and Incompetent Violence 39 Brave, Competent and Evenly Matched? 39 The Central Reality: Confrontational Tension 41 Tension/Fear and Non-performance in Military Combat 43 Low Fighting Competence 57 Friendly Fire and Bystander Hits 59 Joy of Combat: Under What Conditions? 66 The Continuum of Tension/Fear and Combat Performance 68 Confrontational Tension in Policing and Non-Military Fighting 70 Fear of What? 73 Chapter 3: Forward Panic 83 Confrontational Tension and Release: Hot Rush, Piling On, Overkill 89 Atrocities of War 94 Caveat: The Multiple Causation of Atrocities 99 Asymmetrical Entrainment of Forward Panic and Paralyzed Victims 102 Forward Panics and One-Sided Casualties in Decisive Battles 104 Atrocities of Peace 112 Crowd Violence 115 Demonstrators and Crowd-Control Forces 121 The Crowd Multiplier 128 Alternatives to Forward Panic 132 Chapter 4: Attacking the Weak: I. Domestic Abuse 134 The Emotional Definition of the Situation 134 Background and Foreground Explanations 135 Abusing the Exceptionally Weak: Time-patterns from Normalcy to Atrocity 137 Three Pathways: Normal Limited Conflict, Severe Forward Panic, and Terroristic Torture Regime 141 Negotiating Interactional Techniques of Violence and Victimhood 148 Chapter 5: Attacking the Weak: II. Bullying, Mugging, and Holdups 156 The Continuum of Total Institutions 165 Muggings and Holdups 174 Battening on Interactional Weakness 186 PART TWO: Cleaned-up and Staged Violence 191 Chapter 6: Staging Fair Fights 193 Hero versus Hero 194 Audience Supports and Limits on Violence 198 Fighting Schools and Fighting Manners 207 Displaying Risk and Manipulating Danger in Sword and Pistol Duels 212 The Decline of Elite Dueling and Its Replacement by the Gunfight 220 Honor without Fairness: Vendettas as Chains of Unbalanced Fights 223 Ephemeral Situational Honor and Leap-Frog Escalation to One-Gun Fights 226 Behind the Fac,ade of Honor and Disrespect 229 The Cultural Prestige of Fair and Unfair Fights 237 Chapter 7: Violence as Fun and Entertainment 242 Moral Holidays 243 Looting and Destruction as Participation Sustainers 245 The Wild Party as Elite Potlatch 253 Carousing Zones and Boundary Exclusion Violence 256 End-Resisting Violence 259 Frustrated Carousing and Stirring up Effervescence 261 Paradox: Why Does Most Intoxication Not Lead to Violence? 263 The One-Fight-Per-Venue Limitation 270 Fighting as Action and Fun 274 Mock Fights and Mosh Pits 277 Chapter 8: Sports Violence 282 Sports as Dramatically Contrived Conflicts 283 Game Dynamics and Player Violence 285 Winning by Practical Skills for Producing Emotional Energy Dominance 296 The Timing of Player Violence: Loser-Frustration Fights and Turning-Point Fights 302 Spectators' Game-Dependent Violence 307 Offsite Fans' Violence: Celebration and Defeat Riots 311 Offsite Violence as Sophisticated Technique: Soccer Hooligans 315 The Dramatic Local Construction of Antagonistic Identities 324 Revolt of the Audience in the Era of Entertainers' Domination 328 PART THREE: Dynamics and Structure of Violent Situations 335 Chapter 9: How Fights Start, or Not 337 Normal Limited Acrimony: Griping, Whining, Arguing, Quarreling 338 Boasting and Blustering 345 The Code of the Street: Institutionalized Bluster and Threat 348 Pathways into the Tunnel of Violence 360 Chapter 10: The Violent Few 370 Small Numbers of the Actively and Competently Violent 370 Confrontation Leaders and Action-Seekers: Police 375 Who Wins? 381 Military Snipers: Concealed and Absorbed in Technique 381 Fighter Pilot Aces: Aggressively Imposing Momentum 387 In the Zone versus the Glaze of Combat: Micro-situational Techniques of Interactional Dominance 399 The 9/11 Cockpit Fight 409 11. Violence as Dominance in Emotional Attention Space 413 What Does the Rest of the Crowd Do? 413 Violence without Audiences: Professional Killers and Clandestine Violence 430 Confrontation-Minimizing Terrorist Tactics 440 Violent Niches in Confrontational Attention Space 448 Epilogue Practical Conclusions 463 Notes 467 References 527 Index 555
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Princeton University Press The Emancipation of Europes Muslims
Book SynopsisTraces how governments across Western Europe have responded to the presence of Muslim immigrants in their countries over the years. This title challenges the widespread notion that Europe's Muslim minorities represent a threat to liberal democracy.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2013 Best Book Award in Migration and Citizenship, American Political Science Association Winner of the 2013 Hubert Morken Award for Best Book, Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012 "The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims ... looks at the largely unnoticed ways in which European governments have begun to integrate Muslims and Muslim organisations into public life... Relying on extensive research and a wide range of interviews, Mr. Laurence has written an original and thought-provoking study."--Economist "[Laurence's] book is perhaps the subtlest and most solidly researched analysis of European policies toward Islam... Laurence establishes firm ground for hope."--Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs "Laurence examines the transformation of the relations between Western European states and their Muslim populations. This ethnographically rich, well-documented book successfully reveals that European states (France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK) have more similarities than differences in terms of their interactions with Muslims... [The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims] is very informative; it includes several figures and tables about Muslim demography, organizations, and representation in Western Europe. By emphasizing the complexity of state-Islam relations in Europe, it goes beyond simplistic dichotomies and cliches, and provides a much-needed, broad perspective on this important subject."--Choice "Laurence's book is filled with thoughtful reflections and deep insights about one of the most fundamental political issues of our time and presents the result of a meticulous study of a long and complex political process, masterfully documented and made vivid with the help of a substantial body of evidence collected from a number of countries across Europe."--Reza Azarian, European Societies "Laurence's study is rigorously researched and a noteworthy contribution to the field."--Sanam Vakil, International-Spectator "The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims is a very impressive book. It is historically informed, theoretically rich, and comprehensive in its scope."--J. Christopher Soper, Journal of Church and StateTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi List of Abbreviations xiii Preface xvii Chapter One: A Leap in the Dark: Muslims and the State in Twenty-fi rst-Century Europe 1 Chapter Two: European Outsourcing and Embassy Islam: L'islam, c'est moi 30 Chapter Three: A Politicized Minority: The Qur'an is our Constitution 70 Chapter Four: Citizens, Groups, and the State 105 Chapter Five: The Domestication of State-Mosque Relations 133 Chapter Six: Imperfect Institutionalization: Islam Councils in Europe 163 Chapter Seven: The Partial Emancipation: Muslim Responses to the State--Islam Consultations 198 Chapter Eight: Muslim Integration and European Islam in the Next Generation 245 Notes 273 Interviews 309 Bibliography 317 Index 355
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Princeton University Press The Emancipation of Europes Muslims
Book SynopsisTraces how governments across Western Europe have responded to the presence of Muslim immigrants in their countries over the years. This title challenges the widespread notion that Europe's Muslim minorities represent a threat to liberal democracy.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2013 Best Book Award in Migration and Citizenship, American Political Science Association Winner of the 2013 Hubert Morken Award for Best Book, Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012 "The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims ... looks at the largely unnoticed ways in which European governments have begun to integrate Muslims and Muslim organisations into public life... Relying on extensive research and a wide range of interviews, Mr. Laurence has written an original and thought-provoking study."--Economist "[Laurence's] book is perhaps the subtlest and most solidly researched analysis of European policies toward Islam... Laurence establishes firm ground for hope."--Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs "Laurence examines the transformation of the relations between Western European states and their Muslim populations. This ethnographically rich, well-documented book successfully reveals that European states (France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK) have more similarities than differences in terms of their interactions with Muslims... [The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims] is very informative; it includes several figures and tables about Muslim demography, organizations, and representation in Western Europe. By emphasizing the complexity of state-Islam relations in Europe, it goes beyond simplistic dichotomies and cliches, and provides a much-needed, broad perspective on this important subject."--Choice "Laurence's book is filled with thoughtful reflections and deep insights about one of the most fundamental political issues of our time and presents the result of a meticulous study of a long and complex political process, masterfully documented and made vivid with the help of a substantial body of evidence collected from a number of countries across Europe."--Reza Azarian, European Societies "Laurence's study is rigorously researched and a noteworthy contribution to the field."--Sanam Vakil, International-Spectator "The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims is a very impressive book. It is historically informed, theoretically rich, and comprehensive in its scope."--J. Christopher Soper, Journal of Church and StateTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi List of Abbreviations xiii Preface xvii Chapter One: A Leap in the Dark: Muslims and the State in Twenty-fi rst-Century Europe 1 Chapter Two: European Outsourcing and Embassy Islam: L'islam, c'est moi 30 Chapter Three: A Politicized Minority: The Qur'an is our Constitution 70 Chapter Four: Citizens, Groups, and the State 105 Chapter Five: The Domestication of State-Mosque Relations 133 Chapter Six: Imperfect Institutionalization: Islam Councils in Europe 163 Chapter Seven: The Partial Emancipation: Muslim Responses to the State--Islam Consultations 198 Chapter Eight: Muslim Integration and European Islam in the Next Generation 245 Notes 273 Interviews 309 Bibliography 317 Index 355
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Princeton University Press Framing Europe Attitudes to European Integration
Book SynopsisFrom its beginnings, the European Union has resounded with debate over whether to move toward a federal or intergovernmental system. This book provides an empirical analysis of differing attitudes to European integration in three of Europe's most important countries: Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom.Trade Review"By explaining differential attitudes to European integration in terms of differences in national culture, Diez Medrano opens up the field of European integration studies to cultural and sociological inquiry."--Choice "Without question a significant achievement... Medrano's study constitutes a significant contribution to the literatures on European integration, political culture, and nationalism. It tells a compelling story of the construction of collective identities and of the myths upon which they are frequently based."--Andreas Sobisch, Perspectives on Politics "Framing Europe is an extremely significant book on an important topic: attitudes toward European integration in Great Britain, Spain, and Germany. It is impressive for its combination of ethnographic, interpretive, historical, and statistical methods and for its synthesis of a vast amount of material... Framing Europe is an important intervention in the cultural sociology of politics. One can read it as an argument about the way political resentations result from other representations in complexly overdetermined historical conjunctures."--George Steinmetz, American Journal of Sociology "Medrano has provided us with new and valuable insights into the EU and European integration--well written, close to his sources and data, employing an interesting analytical approach and design that links micro-level attitudes among European citizens to macrolevel processes."--Stefan Hojelid, European LegacyTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii One Introduction 1 PART I: FRAMES ON EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY, AND SPAIN 19 Two Ways of Seeing European Integration 21 Three Good Reasons for and Attitudes toward European Integration 65 Four Journalists and European Integration 106 PART II: NATIONAL CULTURES AND FRAMES ON EUROPEAN INTEGRATION 157 Five Spain: Europe as a Mirror with Two Reflections 159 Six West Germany: Between Self-Doubt and Pragmatism 179 Seven East Germany: A Different Past, a Different Memory 200 Eight The United Kingdom: Reluctant Europeans 214 Nine Frames and Attitudes toward European Integration: A Statistical Validation 236 Ten Conclusions 249 Appendix 1 Selection and Distribution of Respondents, and the Interviewing Process 263 Appendix 2 Newspaper Selection, Sampling, and Coding Procedures for Editorials and Opinion Pieces 267 Appendix 3 Frames on European Integration: A Discriminant Analysis, by City 270 Appendix 4 Sources for Part II: Novels, History Textbooks, and Head of State Addresses 271 Notes 277 References 299 Index 315
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Princeton University Press Wilhelm Dilthey Selected Works Volume II
Book SynopsisA translation of one the major writings of Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911), a philosopher and historian of culture who continues to have a significant influence on Continental philosophy and a broad range of scholarly disciplines. It presents Dilthey's main theoretical works from the 1890s.Table of ContentsPreface to all Volumes vii Editorial Note to Volume ii xi introduction to volume ii xv Understanding the Human World CHAPTER I: Dilthey's Draft for a Preface (1911) 1 Translated by Rudolf A. Makkreel and Patricia Van Tuyl CHAPTER II: Inaugural Speech to the Prussian Academy (1887) 5 Translated by Patricia Van Tuyl CHAPTER III: The Origin of Our Belief in the Reality of the External World and Its Justifi cation (1890) 8 Translated by Maximilian Aue CHAPTER IV: Life and Cognition (1892-93) 58 Translated by Rudolf A. Makkreel and Jacob Owensby CHAPTER V: Ideas for a Descriptive and Analytic Psychology (1894) 115 Translated by Rudolf A. Makkreel and Donald Moore CHAPTER VI: Contributions to the Study of Individuality (1895-96) 211 Translated by Erdmann Waniek Glossary 285 Index 299
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Princeton University Press Margaret Mead
Book SynopsisExplains how and why Margaret Mead became the best-known anthropologist and female public intellectual in twentieth-century America. Using photographs, films, television appearances, and materials from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals, this title explores the ways in which Mead became an American cultural heroine.Trade Review"Lutkehaus provides a fair and fascinating account of her multifaceted subject, making this as intriguing and thought-provoking a biography as one could wish for."--Guy Cook, Times Higher Education "Lutkehaus effectively and perceptively examines Mead's impact (both subtle and overt) on anthropology and American popular culture from the 1928 publication of her first book, Coming of Age in Samoa, to the present day. With its fresh approach, this work is a valuable addition to the body of literature on Mead. Highly recommended for anthropology and popular culture collections in academic and large public libraries."--Elizabeth Salt, Library Journal "[Nancy C. Lutkehaus has] written an illuminating book--more a sociohistorical portrait than a birth-to-death biography--that examines how Margaret Mead became an American icon."--Laurence A. Marschall, Natural History "In 1972, college student Lutkehaus worked a year for Margaret Mead. Experiencing the variety of Mead's roles as a mature anthropologist herself, she decided to analyze that best-known U.S. anthropologist. Her book presents Mead as American icon, modern woman, anthropologist, woman scientist, celebrity, and posthumous public anthropologist."--A.B. Kehoe, Choice "For those interested in the history of science, the nature of celebrity and fame, and the roles of women in anthropology, Lutkehaus's volume is a welcome and important addition to our understanding of the place of professions and noteworthy professionals in American society and culture."--Nancy J. Parezo, American Historical Review "Lutkehaus's engagingly written study of the iconic status of Margaret Mead in America is indispensable for thinking about the relationship between public intellectual academics and broader cultural trends."--Neil Mclaughlin, Contexts "This book is perfectly focused, richly researched, filled with incidents and evidence and insightful interviews, and written as a story that certainly held this reader. It is a treasure, full of history and insights... I think Mead would have liked this solidly researched and convincingly interpreted book, and I think she deserved it. I think she would think that she chose well when she chose Lutkehaus as her assistant half a century ago."--Dorothy K. Billings, Current Anthropology "In this wonderfully illustrated book, Lutkehaus ... carries off the narrative and the analysis of Mead's 'iconicity' with learning, clarity, and panache."--Howard Brick, Museum Anthropology Review "This meticulously researched book makes a significant contribution to the history of twentieth century American liberal thought and public opinion... The book is a great read, entertaining as well as informative. It makes skilful and pointed use of photographs, advertisements, illustrations and cartoons to amplify its subject."--Penelope Schoeffel Meleisea, Pacific Affairs "For readers interested in scientists as public intellectuals, celebrities, popularizers, social activists, and academic superstars, Lutkehaus's book offers an important refinement of a discussion begun in Rae Goodell's The Visible Scientists."--Virginia Yans, ISISTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Mead as American Icon 1 Chapter 1. Mead as Modern Woman 25 Chapter 2. Images of the Mature Mead 58 Chapter 3. Mead as Anthropologist: "Sex in the South Seas" 83 Chapter 4. Mead as Anthropologist: "To Study Cannibals" 113 Chapter 5. Mead as Anthropologist: "To Find Out How Girls Learn to Be Girls" 133 Chapter 6. Mead and the Image of the Anthropologist 151 Chapter 7. Mead as Scientist 165 Chapter 8. Mead as Public Intellectual and Celebrity 205 Chapter 9. The Posthumous Mead, or Mead, the Public Anthropologist 238 Abbreviations of Archival Sources 265 Notes 267 Bibliography 331 Index 361
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Princeton University Press PostSoviet Social
Book SynopsisExamines reform in Russia beyond the Washington Consensus. This title uses the Russian case to examine neoliberalism as a central form of political rationality in contemporary societies.Trade Review"[T]he overall arguments are clearly and exhaustively explicated, and Collier demonstrates a strong grasp of economics and economic history... [M]uch is provided that will interest a variety of scholars of political economy, as well as those with areal interests."--Samuel Schueth, Social Anthropology "Ambitious in its scope and level of detail, theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich, Collier's latest book makes an important contribution to Foucauldian scholarship. In particular, it helps us appreciate the significance and uniqueness of the Soviet biopolitical project, while suggesting a productive line of inquiry into the nexus between neoliberalism and social modernity. It also encourages us to critically interrogate neoliberal narratives in terms of their history and effects, to appreciate the flexibility of neoliberal reforms and to focus on specific practices in order to understand what makes them neoliberal."--Volha Piotukh, Foucault Studies "[B]y advocating the study of the actual ideas and policies, not merely the political manifestos, of economists and international financial institutions like the World Bank, as they change in interaction with material and social structures, Collier advances our understanding of socialism, postsocialism, and neoliberalism. This book would be useful in graduate courses on neoliberalism and postsocialism."--Johanna Bockman, Slavic Review "Undoubtedly, Collier's book is complex, yet highly rewarding, and this reviewer is certain that this book will transform not only our perception of how neoliberal reform actually worked in places like post-Soviet Russia, but also how we approach neoliberalism as an object of anthropological inquiry."--Valter Cvijic, Anthropological NotebooksTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables ix Preface: Formal and Substantive xi Acknowledgments xv Chapter One: Introduction: Post-Soviet, Post-Social? 1 Part I: Soviet Social Modernity 31 Chapter Two: The Birth of Soviet Biopolitics 39 Chapter Three: City-building 65 Chapter Four: City-building in Belaya Kalitva 84 Chapter Five: Consolidation, Stagnation, Breakup 108 Part II: Neoliberalism and Social Modernity 127 Chapter Six: Adjustment Problems 139 Chapter Seven: Budgets and Biopolitics: On Substantive Provisioningand Formal Rationalization 162 Chapter Eight: The Intransigence of Things 202 Epilogue: An Ineffective Controversy 245 Notes 253 References 279 Index 299
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Princeton University Press Why Americans Dont Join the Party Race
Book SynopsisExamining partisan attachments across the four primary racial groups - African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and whites - in the United States, this book offers an account of how race and immigration influence the relationship that Americans have - or fail to have - with the Democratic and Republican parties.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2012 Best Book Award, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association "This is a major advance in the study of opinion and parties. The book is well written and documented, and it contains a useful index and bibliography."--ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables vii Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2: Party Identification: The Historical and Ontological Origins of a Concept 33 Chapter 3: Identity, Ideology, Information, and the Dimensionality of Nonpartisanship 61 Chapter 4: Leaving the Mule Behind: Independents and African American Partisanship 103 Chapter 5: What Does It Mean to Be a Partisan? 145 Chapter 6: The Sequential Logic of Latino and Asian American Partisanship 179 Chapter 7: Beyond the Middle: Ambivalence, Extremism, and White Nonpartisans 207 Chapter 8: The Electoral Implications of Nonpartisanship 239 Chapter 9: Conclusion 276 Bibliography 291 Index 321
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Princeton University Press Wilhelm Dilthey Selected Works Volume IV
Book SynopsisThe philosopher and historian of culture Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911) has had a significant and continuing influence on twentieth-century Continental philosophy and in a broad range of scholarly disciplines. This title presents some of his most important works.Table of ContentsPreface to All VolumesEditorial Note to Volume IVIntroduction to Volume IV31Schleiermacher's Hermeneutical System in Relation to Earlier Protestant Hermeneutics (1860)332On Understanding and Hermeneutics: Student Lecture Notes (1867-68)2293The Rise of Hermeneutics (1900)2354History and Science (1962); On H. T. Buckle's, History of Civilization in England2615On Jacob Burckhardt's The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1862)2716Friedrich Christoph Schlosser and the Problem of Universal History (1862)2797The Eighteenth Century and the Historical World (1901)3258Reminiscences on Historical Studies at the University of Berlin (1903)387Glossary391Index399
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Princeton University Press Wilhelm Dilthey Selected Works Volume III
Book SynopsisPresents Dilthey's most mature and best formulation of his "Critique of Historical Reason".Trade Review"The first complete English translation of Wilhelm Dilthey's most important mature work ... is to be greatly welcomed. This excellent translation conveys the subtlety and richness of Dilthey's German. Its innovative translations of key terms will provide renewed stimulus to interpreting Dilthey's works."--Eric Sean Nelson, Journal of the History of Philosophy "The third volume of his Selected Works affords us the opportunity to consider anew whether, post existentialist and post-humanist avant l'heure, Dilthey and his system-theoretic vitalism may have done Heidegger's own radicalism one better."--James D. Faubion, Review of MetaphysicsTable of ContentsPREFACE TO ALL VOLUMES xi EDITORIAL NOTE TO VOLUME iii xv INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME iii 1 PART I STUDIES TOWARD THE FOUNDATION OF THE HUMAN SCIENCES Translated by Rudolf A. Makkreel and John Scanlon FIRST STUDY The Psychic Structural Nexus 23 I. Task, Method, and Outline of the Foundation 24 1. The Task 24 2. The Task of the Theory of Knowledge 27 3. The Foundational Method Used Here 28 4. Point of Departure for a Description of the Processes in which Knowledge Originates 29 5. The Place of this Description in the System of the Foundation 32 II. Descriptive Preliminary Concepts 34 1. Psychic Structure 34 2. The Apprehension of Psychic Structure 38 3. Structural Units 40 4. The Structural Nexus 42 5. The Kinds of Structural Relation 43 SECOND STUDY The Structural Nexus of Knowledge 45 I. Objective Apprehension 45 1. Delimitation of Objective Apprehension 45 2. The Relation between Lived Experience and Psychic Object 46 3. The Relation between Intuition and Sensory Objects 54 4. The Structure of the Lived Experiences of Apprehension 57 5. Lived Experiences of Apprehension as Structural Unities and Their Inner Relations to One Another 57 II. Objective Having 66 1. Feeling 66 1. Delimiting Lived Experiences of Feeling 67 2. The General Nature of the Attitude in the Lived Experience of Feeling 69 3. The Structural Unity of the Lived Experience of Feeling 71 4. Structural Relations between Feelings 75 5. The System of the Relations between Feelings as Delimited from the Systems of Objective Apprehension and of Willing 77 Supplement: Completion of the Inner Teleology of the Structural Nexus of Feelings in Objective Formations 79 2. Willing 82 First Fragment 82 1. The Scope of Its Lived Experiences 82 2. Analysis of Willing 84 Second Fragment 87 1. The Foundation of Willing in Objective Apprehension and in Feeling 87 2. Delimiting Willing from Feeling 87 3. The Structural Unity of the Volitional Attitude 89 4. The Levels of Structural Unity in Lived Experience and the Relations between Lived Experiences 89 5. The System of Lived Experiences in the Volitional Attitude 90 THIRD STUDY The Delimitation of the Human Sciences (Third Draft) 91 PART II THE FORMATION OF THE HISTORICAL WORLD IN THE HUMAN SCIENCES Translated by Rudolf A. Makkreel and John Scanlon I. Delimitation of the Human Sciences 101 II. Different Modes of Formation in the Natural Sciences and in the Human Sciences 109 Historical Orientation 109 III. General Theses about the System of the Human Sciences 142 Section One: Objective Apprehension 143 Section Two: The Structure of the Human Sciences 152 Chapter I: Life and the Human Sciences 152 Chapter II: The Procedural Modes in Which the World of the Human Spirit Is Given 160 Chapter III: The Objectifications of Life 168 Chapter IV: The World of Human Spirit as a Productive Nexus 174 PART III PLAN FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE FORMATION OF THE HISTORICAL WORLD IN THE HUMAN SCIENCES Translated by Rudolf A. Makkreel and William H. Oman Drafts for a Critique of Historical Reason 213 Section One: Lived Experience, Expression, and Understanding 213 I. Lived Experience and Autobiography 213 1. The Task of a Critique of Historical Reason 213 2. Reflexive Awareness, Reality: Time 214 3. The Life-Nexus 218 4. Autobiography 221 Supplement to 3: The Life-Nexus 223 II. The Understanding of Other Persons and Their Manifestations of Life 226 1. Manifestations of Life 226 2. Elementary Forms of Understanding 228 3. Objective Spirit and Elementary Understanding 229 4. The Higher Forms of Understanding 231 5. Transposition, Re-Creating and Re-Experiencing 234 6. Exegesis or Interpretation 237 Addenda 241 1. Musical Understanding 241 2. Lived Experience and Understanding 245 3. Methods of Understanding 245 4. The Limits of Understanding 246 III. The Categories of Life 248 Life 248 Lived Experience 249 Duration Apprehended in Understanding 251 Meaning 252 Meaning and Structure 256 Meaning, Significance, Value 258 Values 260 Whole and Parts 263 Development, Essence, and Other Categories 263 IV. Biography 265 1. The Scientific Character of Biography 265 2. Biography as a Work of Art 267 Section Two: Conceptual Cognition of the Nexus of Universal History 271 Introduction 271 1. History 271 2. The New Task 272 A First Projection of a Continuation of the Formation of the Historical World in the Human Sciences 273 1. Fundamental Relationship: The Structure of Historical Formations 273 2. The Structure of Every Historical Nexus or System 281 3. The Subjects of Historical Assertions 283 4. Race, People, etc. as Concrete-Historical Subjects 283 5. Cultural Systems 283 6. Economic Life 284 7. The Legal System and Its Organization in the Community 284 8. The Articulation of Society 284 9. Custom, Ethos, and the Ideals of Life 284 10. Religion and Its Organization 284 11. Art 286 12. The Sciences 286 13. World-View and Philosophy 286 14. The System of Organizations in the State 288 15. Nations as the Carriers of Power, Culture, Etc. 288 16. Humanity and Universal History 288 17. The Nature of System. The Goal of this Book 294 A Second Projection of a Continuation of the Formation of the Historical World in the Human Sciences 296 1. The Problem of History 296 2. Nations 302 3. Ages 305 4. Progress 306 5. The Nexus of Universal History 307 6. Conclusion of this Work 310 PART IV APPENDIX Translated by Rudolf A. Makkreel and William H. Oman I. Supplements to the Studies on the Foundation of the Human Sciences 315 On the Theory of Knowledge 315 The Task 315 The Delimitation of the Human Sciences 324 First Draft of Third Study 324 The Task 324 Second Draft of Third Study 330 First Chapter 330 The Task 330 Second Chapter 337 (How Is Conceptual Cognition in the Human Sciences Possible?) 337 Supplements to and Continuation of First Chapter 342 II. Additions to the Formation of the Historical World 344 1. The Logical System in the Human Sciences 344 Psychic Structure 344 2. Fragments toward a Theory of Structure 351 Psychic Life 351 Structure 352 External World 352 3. The Epistemological Problem 352 The Epistemological Problem of the Human Sciences 352 Kant and Fichte 353 Overcoming the Transcendence of Subjectivity 354 4. The Enlightenment as an Example 355 The Structure of the Age of Enlightenment 355 Political Life in the Age of Enlightenment 358 The Music of the Enlightenment 361 Pietism 362 5. Historical Development 365 GLOSSARY 369 INDEX 383
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Princeton University Press Inventing Equal Opportunity
Book SynopsisEqual opportunity in the workplace is thought to be the direct legacy of the civil rights and feminist movements and the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. This book reveals how the personnel profession devised - and transformed - our understanding of discrimination.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2012 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award, American Sociological Association Winner of the 2010 Max Weber Award in the Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section of the American Sociological Association One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009 "Frank Dobbin's impressive Inventing Equal Opportunity documents the crucial role played by the personnel profession in translating equal employment law into practice... Dobbin makes a powerful argument about the importance of long-overlooked personnel managers in creating the legal environment that governs so much of an American's working life."--Science "In this superb book, Dobbin explains the process through which white males have now become 'victims' of a system intended to uplift disadvantaged groups; at the same time, it reveals the fallacy of judicial neutrality in civil rights cases... Overall, Dobbin tells a clear, well-documented, fascinating story about workplace relations."--R.L. Hogler, Choice "Inventing Equal Opportunity provides a much needed corrective to our understanding of the workings of corporate America in the face of external pressures surrounding inequality and law... Consequent to [its] many strengths, I have no doubt that Inventing Equal Opportunity will find a welcome home on the 'must read' shelf among sociologists and graduate students of inequality, law, organizations, professions, and work."--Vincent J. Roscigno, Contemporary Sociology "Dobbin's book is an eye-opening account of how a professional group used demands for equal opportunity to expand its professional jurisdiction... Through their policies and programs, these experts heightened expectations for fair treatment and promoted a more sociological understanding of racism and sexism inside organizations."--Christine L. Williams, Gender and Society "This impressive book makes a convincing case for human resources professionals as key players in the implementation of civil rights laws."--Edward Berkowitz, Journal of Social History "Frank Dobbin has written a careful institutional analysis of how human resource professionals invented equal opportunity. The book is a pleasure to read and a field guide for what historically careful institutional analyses should look like. For institutionalists and law and society scholars the book is necessary reading. Inventing Equal Opportunity is likely to become one of the definitive books on the history of equal opportunity law and corporate personnel practice."--Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, American Journal of Sociology "This is an excellent, smart book attuned to the implications its argument has for our understanding of social movements, racial progress, and federalism."--Jennifer Delton, Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix CHAPTER 1: Regulating Discrimination The Paradox of a Weak State 1 CHAPTER 2: Washington Outlaws Discrimination with a Broad Brush 22 CHAPTER 3: The End of Jim Crow The Personnel Arsenal Put to New Purposes 41 CHAPTER 4: Washington Means Business Personnel Experts Fashion a System of Compliance 75 CHAPTER 5: Fighting Bias with Bureaucracy 101 CHAPTER 6: The Reagan Revolution and the Rise of Diversity Management 133 CHAPTER 7: The Feminization of HR and Work-Family Programs 161 CHAPTER 8: Sexual Harassment as Employment Discrimination 190 CHAPTER 9: How Personnel Defined Equal Opportunity 220 Notes 235 Bibliography 261 Index 289
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Princeton University Press Social Structures
Book SynopsisExamines how structural forms spontaneously arise from social relationships. Offering major insights into the building blocks of social life, this book identifies which locally emergent structures have the capacity to grow into larger ones.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2010 Theory Prize, American Sociological Association "While his interest in structures has a venerable lineage, Martin's approach is highly distinctive... The book is without doubt an eclectic, ambitious, provocative, sophisticated, and instructive undertaking... Social Structures deserves a wide readership and its ideas a sympathetic hearing."--Science "Martin provides an accessible and workable perspective as he examines the array of social structures, from the smaller, such as cliques or family, to the larger construct of nation... In short, this is an excellent book, substantive in supporting Martin's claims as well as provocative in terms of generating further inquiry. Readers will find Martin's perspective both intriguing and well supported."--Choice "[R]ather than giving the impression of being the beginning of a new, exciting research program, Social Structures rather feels like a well-deserving closing chapter for the project of a specifically 'sociological' form of structuralist explanation."--Omar Lizardo, Sociologica "Social Structures is illuminating--good to think with and fun to argue with. It belongs on a short shelf of important contributions to structural theories of society."--Paul DiMaggio, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Preface: From Big Structures to Small ix Chapter 1: Introduction: Social Action and Structures 1 Chapter 2: From a Small Circle of Friends to a Long Line of Rivals 26 Chapter 3: The Preservation of Equality through Exchange Structures 72 Chapter 4: The Institutionalization of Inequality: Pecking Orders 104 Chapter 5: The Escape from Comparability and the Genesis of Influence Structures 151 Chapter 6: The Short Cut to Structure with Patronage Pyramids 189 Chapter 7: The Institution of Transitivity and the Production of Command Structures 232 Chapter 8: From Pyramid to Party 283 Chapter 9: From Structures to Institutions 321 References 343 Index 383
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Princeton University Press Come Out Swinging The Changing World of Boxing in
Book SynopsisGleason's Gym is the last remaining institution of New York's Golden Age of boxing. Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali, Hector Camacho, Mike Tyson--the alumni of Gleason's are a roster of boxing greats. Founded in the Bronx in 1937, Gleason's moved in the mid-1980s to what has since become one of New York's wealthiest residential areas--Brooklyn's DUMBO. GTrade Review"Trimbur ... capture[s] the faces and dramas--often internal--of a modern, urban boxing gym."--Choice "This is rich and fascinating book... Lucid and refreshingly free of unessential academic jargon, this is a book that should be read by any anthropologist, historian or sociologist seeking to understand the changing world of sport and leisure since the 1980s. Most importantly, it is a book is written with great humanity."--Tony Collins, Sport in History "Trimbur has written a wonderful book about the world of boxing, specifically that place and space dedicated to boxing known as Gleason's Gym. Anyone who wants to understand boxing as practiced in 21st-century Brooklyn should read the sociological gift bestowed upon us called Come Out Swinging."--Joseph Trumino, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi List of Prominent Participants xv Preface xvii Chapter One: Survival in a City Transformed: The Urban Boxing Gym in Postindustrial New York 1 Chapter Two: Work without Wages 16 Chapter Three: Tough Love and Intimacy in a Community of Men 39 Chapter Four: Passing Time: The Expressive Culture of Everyday Gym Life 63 Chapter Five: The Changing Politics of Gender 89 Chapter Six: Buying and Selling Blackness: White-Collar Boxing and the Cultural Capital of Racial Difference 117 Epilogue 142 Methodological Appendix: Ethnographic Research in the Urban Gym 149 Notes 155 References 181 Index 193
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Princeton University Press Pogrom in Gujarat Hindu Nationalism and
Book SynopsisIn 2002, after an altercation between Muslim vendors and Hindu travelers at a railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat, fifty-nine Hindu pilgrims were burned to death. This title provides a riveting ethnographic account of this collective violence.Trade Review"This is an insightful and subtle account, capturing much of a moment which is already being made to be forgotten by new forms of political will and national ambition in Gujarat."--Edward Simpson, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute "The book makes a number of noteworthy contributions throughout. Foremost among these is its discussion on women, who stand at the center of all deliberations, yet are denied agency."--R. Khan, Asian Affairs "Although there have been many eye-witness accounts of the 2002 pogrom in Gujarat, in the wake of the Godhra train tragedy there has been no book-like treatment of the subject by an academic, who lived and observed the events before, during and after the pogrom. Pogrom in Gujarat fills this void admirably."--V. Venkatesan, Frontline "Pogrom in Gujarat: Hindu Nationalism and Anti-Muslim Violence in India is an original and unique contribution to the literature on the anthropology of violence. Ghassem-Fachandi's style of writing is lucid, and his arguments are based on an authoritative understanding of Gujarati society and culture (both rural and urban)."--Rubina Jasani, Journal of Church and State "The uniqueness of the book lies in the author's intimate experience of ethnic violence, which is quite exceptional for academic research on ethnic violence in India. Often written in the first person, the ethnographic narrative is powerful and extends beyond this experience into an in-depth analysis of the larger cultural context of violence in Gujarat. This book will remain a classic analysis of the politics of the Hindu right in India that draws its sustenance from the blood of the innocent."--Sanal Mohan, Social AnthropologyTable of ContentsList of Figures vii Introduction 1 Chapter 1 "Why do you leave? Fight for us!" 31 Chapter 2 Word and Image 59 Chapter 3 The Gujarat Pogrom 93 Chapter 4 The Lack of Muslim Vulnerability 123 Chapter 5 Vibrant Vegetarian Gujarat 153 Chapter 6 Ahimsa, Gandhi, and the Angry Hindu 185 Chapter 7 Split City Body 213 Chapter 8 Heterogeneity and the Nation 257 Postscript 273 Notes 283 List of Abbreviations 303 Glossary 305 References 309 Index 323
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Princeton University Press Waiting for Jos233 The Minutemens Pursuit of
Book SynopsisThey live in the suburbs of Tennessee and Indiana. They fought in Vietnam and Desert Storm. They speak about an older, better America, an America that once was, and is no more. And for the past decade, they have come to the U.S. / Mexico border to hunt for illegal immigrants. Who are the Minutemen? Patriots? Racists? Vigilantes? Harel Shapira livedTrade ReviewWinner of a 2013 Southwest Book Award, Border Regional Library Association "A valuable look at the birth of a populist paramilitary formation, one whose opponents may not dismiss so easily after reading this evenhanded book."--Kirkus Reviews "This fascinating study is an honest, nuanced, and intimate look at not so much a movement but the people who make it happen. Shapira offers enough sociological theory to appeal to sociologists, but his stories of the Minutemen make this work appealing to all who want to understand the movement and immigration issues in general."--Library Journal "Regardless of one's political leanings, this is a promising, accessible book by a first-time academic author who describes the Minutemen he finds as, at heart, the detritus of lost wars and people who are 'afraid of America turning into Mexico.'"--Lee Maril, Times Higher Education "Applying basic principles of ethnographic research, Shapira was interested not so much in what the Minutemen had to say, but what they did and why. In describing, what they wear, what they carry, and how they spend their time, his book has the kind of authenticity that comes from painstaking observation. You can't phone it in. You have to go."--Julia Ann Grimm, Santa Fe New Mexican "Deeply insightful... Reading Waiting for Jose to learn about the mythic Minuteman movement doesn't simply satisfy the sociological curiosity of comprehending anti-immigrant warriors whose heyday may soon be coming to a close. It's also instructive in helping us realize that immigrants are not the only ones finding it difficult to 'assimilate' themselves to a very different America than the one many of us grew up in."--Esther Cepeda, Anchorage Daily News "Although the book will be of specific interest to those with an interest in migration, security, social movements, and masculinities, it invites a much broader readership. Its narrative style and uncomplicated prose make it accessible to a wider public. This, coupled with its accessible length and topical nature, makes it an ideal text for teaching at any level. Undergraduates and graduate students alike will find this a readable, refreshing, and insightful work."--Maryann Bylander, Journal on Migration and Human Security "Shapira, an ethnographer, writes with sensitivity and professional detachment."--John Paul Rathbone, Financial Times "Harel Shapira has crafted a fascinating and insightful account of the complex practices of civic identity in contemporary US society. In all, Waiting for Jose represents a significant contribution to current scholarship on social movements, border rhetorics, and the formation of the US civic imaginary."--D. Robert DeChaine, International Review of Modern Sociology "Shapira explores the Minutemen's varied motivations exceptionally well, even noting the organization's internal conflicts. His sociological explanations are relevant and help to interpret the Minutemen's culture... Waiting for Jose provides a unique vantage point of individuals experiencing a loss of place in an ever-increasing diverse America."--Leah N. Diaz, Contemporary Rural Social Work "Shapira has written a fine book about identity construction and masculinity fueled by racism and a longing for community. Very few books on politics do that."--Ronnee Schreiber, Perspectives on Politics "Shapira provides us with a window into the lives and practices of a group of ideologically inconsistent, sometimes confrontational, yet ultimately sympathetic, civic-minded actors."--Justin Allen Berg, American Journal of Sociology "Waiting for Jose brings the Minutemen's experience to the reader still warm. If the explanation is not airtight, it is because the Minutemen in the book are alive."--Nicolas Eilbaum, Contemporary Sociology "Shapria's balanced approach is quite rare, because he spends much time revealing close details of a conservative movement that was a precursor to the Tea Party; and he accomplishes this by writing with a level of empathy, balanced with professionalism that is refreshingly rare in today's political climate. Waiting for Jose would be a very suitable supplemental textbook for any Sociology or Political Science course dealing with issues of immigration on the United States southern border."--John R. Lewis, Journal of American Studies of TurkeyTable of ContentsThe Minutemen Chain of Command viii Acknowledgments xi Preface: A Place on the Border xv Introduction: All Quiet on the Southern Front 1 Chapter 1: American Dreams 27 Chapter 2: Camp Vigilance 39 Chapter 3: Gordon and His Guns 73 Chapter 4: Scenes from the Border 97 Chapter 5: Encounters 125 Conclusion: Belonging in America 145 Appendix: A Note on Methodology 153 Notes 163 Works Cited 171 Index 175
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Princeton University Press The Sense of Dissonance
Book SynopsisIn work, as in other areas of life, it is not always clear what standards we are being judged by or how our worth is being determined. Drawing on the notion that "perplexing situations" provide opportunities for innovative inquiry, this title argues that the dissonance of diverse principles can lead to discovery.Trade Review"The Sense of Dissonance is an important and refreshing contribution to both economic sociology and organizational sociology, introducing a wealth of new concepts, ideas, and lines of thinking."--Olav Velthuis, American Journal of Sociology "Stark's ideas about the value of play, ambiguity, and uncertainty are particularly provocative and far-reaching."--Brooke Harrington, Contexts "[S]mart and ambitious... [This book] constitutes an important contribution to the most cutting-edge debates of contemporary economic sociology and organization theory."--Pierre Francois, European Economic Sociology Newsletter "Stark gave us a book both theoretically very deep, pleasant to read, and rich in empirical details."--Filippo Barbera, Sociologica "The Sense of Dissonance is a great book, and I recommend it warmly... Like most great achievements, Stark's book opens up more questions than it answers and leaves its readers with important puzzles."--Petter Holm, Administrative Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsPreface xi Chapter 1: Heterarchy: The Organization of Dissonance 1 Searching Questions 1 For a Sociology of Worth 6 Entrepreneurship at the Overlap 13 Heterarchy 19 A Metaphor for Organization in the Twenty-first Century 27 Worth in Contentious Situations 31 Chapter 2: Work, Worth, and Justice in a Socialist Factory 35 The Partnership as Proof 36 Distributive Justice inside the Partnership 52 Maneuvering across Economies 64 Epilogue 75 Chapter 3: Creative Friction in a New-Media Start-Up 81 An Ecology of Value 84 The Firm and the Project Form 91 Distributing Intelligence 97 Organizing Dissonance 102 Discursive Pragmatism and Bountiful Friction 108 Epilogue 111 Chapter 4: The Cognitive Ecology of an Arbitrage Trading Room 118 Studying Quantitative Finance 120 Arbitrage, or Quantitative Finance in the Search for Qualities 126 The Trading Room as a Space for Associations 130 The Trading Room as an Ecology 135 The Trading Room as a Laboratory 142 The Pursuit of New Properties 151 Epilogue 153 Chapter 5: From Field Research to the Field of Research 163 From Classification to Search 166 From Diversity of Organizations to the Organization of Diversity 175 From Unreflective Taken-for-Granteds to Reflexive Cognition 183 From Shared Understandings to Coordination through Misunderstanding 190 From Single Ethnographies to the Broader Sites of Situations 195 Reprise 204 Acknowledgments 213 Bibliography 217 Index 239
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Princeton University Press Melancholia of Freedom Social Life in an Indian
Book SynopsisOffers an analysis of the uncertainties, dreams, and anxieties that have accompanied postapartheid freedoms in Chatsworth, a formerly Indian township in Durban. This title tells the stories of ordinary Indians whose lives were racialized and framed by the township, and how these residents domesticated and inhabited this urban space.Trade ReviewFinalist for the 2013 Melville J. Herskovits Award, African Studies Association "Hansen's analysis of the 'mutual nonrecognition' between citizens of India and African origin and his critical interrogation of the concept of diaspora are especially powerful... The book will be an asset to scholars and students seeking to understand urban South Africa, transnationalism, and religious transformation."--Choice "Hansen's book is definitely a very important one... [S]tudents of segregation, ethnic conflict, urban space, identity, religion, migration, music and cinema will all find something of interest here. More generally, Melancholia of Freedom offers a fascinating insight into the fate of minority groups, and the boundary work they engage in... Hansen's account allows us to better understand the processes through which minorities maintain identity and sociability in difficult contexts."--Juliette Galonnier, booksandideas.net "As depressing as this conclusion is, the author makes a compelling case for his interpretation. He brilliantly weaves the present into the past, and explains convincingly the foundation of anxieties that prevail in Chatsworth."--Surendra Bhana, Journal of Natal and Zulu HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Under the Gaze: Freedom and Race after Apartheid 3 Freedom and Sovereignty after Apartheid 9 Melancholia of Freedom 15 Between Irrelevance and Irreverence: "Our Culture" after Apartheid 17 Structure of the Book 20 Methods and Material 24 CHAPTER 1 Ethnicity by Fiat: The Remaking of Indian Life in South Africa 26 The Asiatic Question 27 The New Hygienic Indian 32 Census et Censura 35 The New Indian Social Body 38 Policing the Internal Frontier 46 Containing the Bush: Crime and Vigilantes in the Age of Democratic Policing 51 CHAPTER 2 Domesticity and Cultural Intimacy 59 From Kinship to Family 59 The New Indian Woman and the Family House 64 Tongues without Speech: Caste as Language Community 74 "Our Culture" as Embarrassment 77 Cultural Intimacy and Embarrassment: Charous and Lahnees 79 Class and Charou Names 82 Performing in the Gaze: The Indian Public Sphere 84 Joke-Work on a Saturday Morning 87 Comic Belief? Laughter and Cultural Intimacy 91 Charou 4 Eva: Domesticity Lost and Refound 95 CHAPTER 3 Charous and Ravans: A Story of Mutual Nonrecognition 97 AmaKula and amaZulu on the Colonial Estates 99 Durban, January 1949: "The Largest Race Riot in the World" 102 Cato Manor and the Urban Zulu 107 The Indian "1949 Syndrome" as a Social Text 110 The Syndrome Affirmed: Inanda 1985 116 Racism's Two Bodies 119 Racial Practice, Indian-Style 123 Africans at Our Doorsteps 127 Somatic Anxieties 131 Nonrecognition and the Elusive Master 136 CHAPTER 4 Autonomy, Freedom, and Political Speech 142 Local Affairs and the Problem of Indian Speech 145 The House of Delhigoats 151 "Scandals Are the Foundations of the State" 155 Who Speaks for the Community? The Particular as Universalist Gesture 160 The Only Good Indian Is a Poor Indian: The ANC and the Indian Townships 163 "All the Way": On the Ways of the Tiger 167 From Tragedy to Comedy: Politics as a Form of Enjoyment 171 CHAPTER 5 Movement, Sound, and Body in the Postapartheid City 176 The Steel Cages of Modernity 177 Driving while Brown 179 (Auto)mobility in the Postapartheid City 182 Vehicular Vernacular: Visual and Sonic 185 Taxis, Charou-Style 188 Conclusion: "Indianness," African-Style 197 CHAPTER 6 The Unwieldy Fetish: Desi Fantasies, Roots Tourism, and Diasporic Desires 200 India as an Unwieldy Fetish 201 The Spiritual Homeland 203 Seeking Ancestral Roots 203 Finding Spiritual Truth 207 Catalysts of Modernity 209 Global Desi Dreamscapes: The Revival of Bollywood in South Africa 211 "What Does This Film Make of Me?" 212 Plot Summary 214 Who Are We Indians, After All? 217 Diaspora and the Unwieldy Fetish 220 CHAPTER 7 Global Hindus and Pure Muslims: Universalist Aspirations and Territorialized Lives 223 Hinduism in Translation 226 Religious Practices, Hindu Missionaries, and Cultural Purification 228 A Nervous Relationship: Contemporary Hindu Practices in the Townships 231 The Call of Global Hinduism 236 Globalized Islam and the Impurities of the Past 239 Muslim Durban 240 Deculturation and the Invention of the Pure Muslim 247 "Oh Lord, Won't You Buy Me a Mercedes-Benz?" 252 Da'wah in the Township 256 Reaching for the Universal 259 CHAPTER 8 The Saved and the Backsliders: The Charou Soul and the Instability of Belief 261 The Fragility of the Charou Soul 266 Signs of the Spirit 269 Reconfiguring Patriarchy and Gendered Surveillance 270 On Suits and Sermons 273 Looking like Kentucky ... 277 Race, Gender, Body 282 Between Vessel and Substance: On the Exteriority of the Soul 286 Postscript: Melancholia in the Time of the "African Personality" 290 Notes 297 References 325 Index 345
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Princeton University Press Creating a New Racial Order
Book SynopsisThe American racial order - the beliefs, institutions, and practices that organize relationships among the nation's races and ethnicities - is undergoing its greatest transformation since the 1960s. This title takes a look at the reasons behind this dramatic change, and considers how different groups of Americans are being affected.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012 "Hochschild, Weaver, and Burch deliver a rich, novel account of the transformation of the new racial order in the U.S. They examine the beliefs, institutions, and history of the practices of race and ethnicity to show that events like September 11, Hurricane Katrina, and the election of Barack Obama reshaped a new generation's concept of race and ethnicity... This well-written book is a refreshingly welcome contribution that lays the foundation for a new generation of scholars and policy makers to study the political and social implications of an increasingly heterogeneous population. The book is essential reading."--Choice "Creating a New Racial Order is necessary reading that will easily find a place on syllabi for this and the next generation, to whom they dedicate the book, and on whom they are counting to work for a better racial future."--Jennifer Lee, American Journal of Sociology "One of the most appealing things about the book is its earnest call to action, which is really of the best kind: an appeal that simultaneously stresses the need for improvement while nurturing the optimism that change for the better is within reach... Creating a New Racial Order also deserves high marks for taking up such an important and timely matter, one with the most far-reaching of implications, and doing so in an unusually well-organized and -argued manner."--Ann Morning, Contemporary Sociology "Creating a New Racial Order does not reveal the outlines of any new racial order or any major new political movements, it helps us understand why a racially transformative politics might become possible, and the problems and prospects it faces. Those understandings are likely to be valuable for years to come."--Rogers M. Smith, Political Science Quarterly "Future historians may find that Hochschild, Weaver, and Burch got many things wrong, but I doubt they will fault them for lacking bold vision and intellectual courage. This important and timely book belongs not on the shelf but on the desk of every serious scholar of race, regardless of the discipline."--Matt Wray, Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables xi Introduction xiii Part I: The Argument 1 Chapter 1. Destabilizing the American Racial Order 3 Part II : Creating a New Order 19 Chapter 2. Immigration 21 Chapter 3. Multiracialism 56 Chapter 4. Genomics 83 Chapter 5. Cohort Change 113 Chapter 6. Blockages to Racial Transformation 139 Part III : Possibilities 165 Chapter 7. The Future of the American Racial Order 167 Notes 183 References 213 Index 255
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Princeton University Press Ground Wars Personalized Communication in
Book SynopsisProvides an ethnographic portrait of two political campaigns, New Jersey Democrat Linda Stender's and that of Democratic Congressman Jim Himes of Connecticut, who both ran for Congress in 2008. This title examines how American political operatives use "personalized political communication" to engage with the electorate.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2014 Doris Graber Award, Political Communication Section of the American Political Science Association "Although running for office by knocking on doors may seem quant and old-fashioned, this book asserts the continued importance of personal campaign contact despite the existence of mass media and social networking. Based on extensive participant observation in two competitive Democratic House races, Nielsen not only provides very extensive personal stories from the campaign trail but also discovers interesting patters and attempts to link them to social science theory."--Choice "The beauty of Nielsen's book is that he takes you inside the ground wars, into the mundane world of the political junkies and hangers-on who want to be close to the main action, even if the action involves a county election."--William D. Crano, PsycCritiquesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Prologue: Welcome to the Campaigns 1 Chapter 1: Personalized Political Communication in American Campaigns 4 Chapter 2: The Ground War Enters the Twenty-first Century 35 Chapter 3: Contacting Voters at Home 63 Chapter 4: Organizing Campaign Assemblages 95 Chapter 5: Targeting Voters for Personal Contacts 133 Chapter 6: Always Fighting the Same Ground War? 171 Research Appendix 189 Notes 209 References 221 Index 235
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Princeton University Press The Importance of Being Civil
Book SynopsisCivility is desirable and possible, but can this fragile ideal be guaranteed? The Importance of Being Civil offers the most comprehensive look at the nature and advantages of civility throughout history and in our world today. Esteemed sociologist John Hall expands our understanding of civility as related to larger social forces--including revolutiTrade Review"In this insightful, well-argued examination of civility (defined as a tolerance and respect for different points of view), McGill University sociologist Hall argues that civility is the crucial foundation for a successful civil society... This is a much-needed book for today's contentious world."--Publishers Weekly "The Importance of Being Civil is a meandering tour through centuries of Western history in the company of Hall, a guide who has led such excursions for decades. As a narrative well-stocked with quotes from carefully chosen thinkers--Machiavelli, Adam Smith, and Tocqueville--and analytic observations that Hall has polished to brilliance through repeated delivery, the book will please both political scientists and casual readers with an interest in the tribulations, triumphs, and prospects of civility."--ForeWord "Tracing Western socio-structural development that created multiple centers of power, Hall ably presents the work of various theorists in ways that support the book's central theme: the utility and, indeed, the necessity of providing suitable alternatives to extreme reactions in various junctures of social stress and crises... Hall is careful to continually note the fragility of civility, not only as a chosen practice, but also with regard to the cultural and socio-structural backgrounds of various actors, ideologies, and philosophies diminishing the potential for civility. Of particular interest is Hall's skill in melding the micro- and macro-sociological."--Choice "The Importance of Being Civil is an interesting and thought-provoking book... [I]t is well worth engaging with this work."--Andrew Linklater, Human Figurations "As would be expected from an intellect of such standing, this is a masterful work. It is rich in ideas, and Hall's readings of authors such as Adam Smith, Alexis de Tocqueville, Raymond Aron, Erving Goffman and Daniel Bell are profoundly insightful. There is little question that the book makes a major contribution to contemporary debates on civility and civil society."--Jason Edwards, Political TheoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Part One: A Composite Definition 1. Agreeing to Differ 19 2. Sympathy and Deception 38 3. How Best to Rule 62 4. Entry and Exit 83 5. Intelligence in States 105 Part Two: Enemies 6. Down with Authenticity 129 7. The Disenchantment of the Intellectuals 152 8. The Problem with Communism 176 9. The Destruction of Trust 201 10. Imperialism, the Perversion of Nationalism 226 Conclusion 247 Index 255
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Princeton University Press A Social Strategy
Book SynopsisAlmost no one had heard of social media a decade ago, but today websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have more than 1 billion users and account for almost 25 percent of Internet use. This title provides the key to how companies can leverage social platforms to create a sustainable competitive advantage.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2015 Gold Medal in Networking, Axiom Business Book Awards "Piskorski's thought-provoking and well-researched title is ground-breaking and should be required reading for those in business, and business faculty and students."--Lucy Heckman, Library Journal (starred review) "For companies that are struggling to measure social media, Piskorski offers a different way of looking at the problem, and his three tests--the social utility test, the social solution test and the business value test--provide a way to check if a project is working."--Maija Palmer, Financial Times "Whoever thinks using social media successfully (i.e., making money from it) is easy needs to think again. So do people who think it's all one big fad or that creating a successful social media campaign is just blind luck. And that's where Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and his book A Social Strategy: How We Profit from Social Media come in."--Catherine Ramsdell, PopMatters "A highly informative and insightful analysis of web-based social platforms that should command the attention of sociologists, psychologists and lay readers as well as bottom-line businessmen and women."--Glenn C. Altschuler, Psychology Today "Thanks to Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and his new book, companies now have a clear strategic framework for figuring out how to tap into their power."--Theodore Kinney, Strategy + Business "The author's research offers new insights into the reasons for the explosion of social media."--Choice "The beauty of this book is that it is not only informative to scholars, but also applicable for business practitioners."--Yongsheng Wang, International Social Science Review "Social platforms are here to stay, and companies that successfully leverage these platforms as part of their social strategy are more likely to achieve competitive advantage. Empirical research is needed to establish specific mechanisms behind these processes and their outcomes. Piskorski's book provides a fruitful conceptual foundation for such research."--Olga Khessina, Administrative Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsPreface vii 1. The Arc of the Book 1 2. Social Failures and Social Solutions 9 3. "Meet" Solutions: eHarmony and OkCupid 25 4. "Meet" Solution: Twitter 49 5. "Friend" Solutions: Facebook and mixi 68 6. "Meet" and "Friend" Solutions: LinkedIn and Friendster 90 7. "Meet" and "Friend" Solution: MySpace 120 8. Social Strategies 137 9. Social Strategy at Zynga 151 10. Social Strategy at Yelp 170 11. Social Strategy at American Express 184 12. Social Strategy at Nike 205 13. Building Social Strategy at XCard and Harvard Business Review 220 14. Conclusions 249 Acknowledgments 257 Notes 259 References 263 Index 267
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Princeton University Press Birdscapes
Book SynopsisWhat draws us to the beauty of a peacock, the flight of an eagle, or the song of a nightingale? Why are birds so significant in our lives and our sense of the world? And what do our ways of thinking about and experiencing birds tell us about ourselves? This title presents a meditation on the variety of human responses to birds.Trade Review"Who watches the bird-watchers? This inventive disquisition is alert to both the dawn chorus of birds and the great choir of poets, travellers, and naturalists who have rhapsodized them... For Mynott, much of the appeal of birds stems from the inexhaustible variety of our response to them: he celebrates the fact that, contra Keats, the nightingale's song might not have the same meanings for the modern birder as it has for Ruth among the alien corn."--New Yorker "The finest book ever written about why we watch birds... Mynott's lightness of touch, combined with his depth of knowledge, experience and above all perception, create a thought-provoking and compulsively readable book."--Stephen Moss, The Guardian (U.K.) "An absolutely fascinating book, exhaustively researched, beautifully written, both learned and humorous, and endlessly stimulating... A book which informs and delights at first reading and will continue to be relished on subsequent re-readings."--Bryan Bland, Birding World "Fascinating... An illuminating, light-hearted philosophical tour of what it is that fascinates us about birds... Jeremy Mynott's Birdscapes is a journey across uncharted ornithological terrain. He is the ultimate guide: knowledgeable, entertaining and gentle. The result is a wonderful rumination on birds and birders through space and time for anyone interested in our relationship with nature."--Tim Birkhead, Times Higher Education "Mynott's outstanding achievement ... is to have decoded how birds rank among our closest kindred spirits."--Evan Dunn, Times Literary Supplement "Mynott's eclectic approach belies a lucid framework of thought, as if distilled on a lifelong country ramble and now unveiled in a challenging and highly entertaining tutorial... Jeremy Mynott's outstanding achievement with Birdscapes is to have decoded how birds rank among our closest kindred spirits."--Euan Dunn, Times Literary Supplement "Birdscapes: Birds in Our Imagination and Experience is an attempt to put birdwatching back into birding, to reconnect the obsession with rarity and listing to a world that thinks more humanly about birds... [This] book is dense with evidence of the penetration of birds into our lives and vice versa."--Tim Dee, London Review of Books "Why do we expend so much effort to observe, catalog, describe, listen to and study birds? Citing a broad range of sources (Romantic poets, Japanese haiku masters, the Song of Solomon, Monty Python, Thoreau), Mynott ponders our perceptions of worth, our emotional responses to landscapes, and the process of vision itself... Though Mynott provides ample references for further reading, this leisurely, thoughtful, generous book provides ample information and amusement."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "A rare philosophical exploration of our multifaceted experience with birds: why we are attracted to them, how we encounter and describe them, and their significance in our lives... Birdscapes will appeal to readers who luxuriate in literature and who enjoy nature and especially birds."--Devorah Bennu, Science "Birdscapes moves rather like those swallows, dipping and swerving to pick up all sorts of items of interest. Mynott tells plenty of good birding tales, but these serve mainly to set off trains of reflection... Reading Birdscapes is like going birding with a learned, witty, and somewhat irreverent companion who isn't satisfied just to check things off... [D]elightful to read on a journey or a housebound day, and [opens] fascinating new horizons for anyone who wants to enlarge his or her interest in birds."--Robert O. Paxton, Birding "Birds are and have been the inspiration for Darwin, Monty Python, the Philadelphia Eagles, and obsessive listers. The author, a birder, wonders what our experiences with and reflections about birds say about us."--Matt Mendenhall, Birder's World "Ranging from thoughtful discussions about listing and obsession, to art, nature, birdsong and music, [Birdscapes] seems to cover in one volume almost everything most of us have, at some point in our 'birding careers', wondered about why we bird and why we like birds so much. But where most of us would stop, happy to paddle in the shallows and perhaps leave the questions not fully answered, Jeremy Mynott dives into the deep end and stays there until he's figured everything out... Ultimately a rewarding and very interesting read."--10,000 Birds "Well written... Birders will find this book both informative and entertaining!"--Ian Paulsen, The Birdbooker Report "Smooth and quite witty at times... Birdscapes has much in common with Jonathan Rosen's The Life of the Skies... Not least among these similarities is that it makes you think. That alone is reason enough to recommend this book. But by making you contemplate birds and your experience of them, it may also help you to enjoy birding even more."--Grant McCreary, The Birder's Library "The subtitle of his book, 'Birds in Our Imagination and Experience', hints at the wide sweep of his interests but not, perhaps, at the liveliness and originality of his writing... Mynott is as interested in human specimens as in the feathered kind... Those who appear in this book range from Icarus to Bill Oddie, which gives an idea of the breadth of the author's interests and reading. He has distilled it all into an original and enjoyable compendium."--J.W.M. Thompson, Standpoint Magazine "Immensely wide-ranging... If you love birds and love books, you will find much to enjoy in this particular book about birds."--John Wilson, Books & Culture "At once authoritative and personal, expansive and intimate, expertly detailed. [Mynott] examines birds broadly, in scientific and cultural contexts, as animals and as symbols."--Zocalo "Fascinating, enjoyable, provocative; a wide-ranging ramble through all kinds of birdy things... Such a varied journey through the world of birds and bird enthusiasts that it has something for everyone."--Birds "A lovingly compiled compendium of bird lore... A fascinating book, written with wit and charm."--Phil Bloomfield, Oxford Times "A groundbreaking work and it is extremely well written. Recently, there has been a welcome trend for books on the wider aspects of bird-watching, including our responses to birds. Some of these have raised the bar of quality high but this one soars over it... Though [Mynott's] writing is invested with erudition, it is also blessed with such clarity, verve and leavenings of wit that make it at once informative, invigorating and a delight to read... This is one of the most thoughtful--and thought-provoking--books on birds that I have ever had the pleasure of reading."--Jonathan Elphick, British Birds "An entertaining and conversational compendium of mankind's attraction to and representation of birds through the ages."--David Callahan, Birdwatch "An exquisite compendium from a man who has spent his life with birds, from their shapes and sounds to their place in human culture and history--utterly fascinating."--Philip Hoare, The National "Birdscapes seems to be the product of a lifelong obsession with birds. The author is the former chief executive of Cambridge University Press, and I suspect that he has been acquiring information about birds for many years. This book is his catharsis, an outpouring of his fascination with birds that he just had to share with everyone. Among many other topics, Mynott explains the appeal of birds and why listing is so important. He also compares the allure of birding to hunting and fishing. It's a great nightstand book to savor in bits and pieces."--Scott Shalaway, Charleston Gazette "A sweeping collection of facts, anecdotes, quotations, myths, and controversies... The wealth of detail and easy-going style means the book can be dipped into at any point and will hold your interest."--Bill Naylor, Cage & Aviary Birds "The book is, Mynott makes clear at the outset, as much about humans as it is about birds, being one part cultural history, one part naturalist essay, and one part philosophical inquiry... Mynott concludes that 'birds are good to think with,' and so is this book."--Kurtis R. Schaeffer, Virginia Quarterly Review "Provocative and richly entertaining."--Tom Gilling, The Australian "Birdscapes poses deep and often fertile questions. Whether writing about aesthetics or conservation, Mynott constantly offers fresh perspectives, deconstructing our assumptions about the way we understand and experience the world around us with an ease that belies the sophistication of his thinking."--James Bradley, Australian Book Review "It is one of those classic birder's bedside books which ranges over considerable historical, cultural and geographical sources, expanding into a whole philosophy of bird watching."--Frances Ashburner, Bird Observer "Mynott draws on his many years of bird-watching around the world and from various literary and scientific sources in writing about human experiences with birds... This work is ideal for armchair browsing; readers will frequently return to it."--Choice "Essential for the library of any birder... Birdscapes is a broad, sweeping collection of reflections--from a variety of sources--on birds and the practices of birding. Mynott is a philosopher at heart and one of his main tasks here is to explore the meaning of birds in human experience... [The] tendency to draw from diverse sources and Mynott's adeptness at weaving these bits together with his own reflections on birds and birding make Birdscapes required reading for any birder."--Chris Smith, Englewood Review of Books "I have dozens of books on all aspects of birds; from their behaviour, habitats and distribution, to their keeping, feeding, and breeding. But until recently, I didn't have a single book on the remarkable effects these little feathered creatures have on us. Fortunately, that has now changed. Princeton University Press has recently published this wonderful book on just that--the human perspective on how birds influence our lives... This book would be enjoyed by anyone who has an interest in birds in the wild or in captivity... A fascinating ramble through the culture of birds."--Susan Anderson, Australian Aviculture "This book is stimulating, thought provoking, informative, amusing at times and uses our often abused language to full potential. I confess to having resorted to my dictionary on a few occasions but have now added ornithomorphism and ornithomancy to my vocabulary!"--Simon Cox, Essex Birding "Though it is well illustrated by black and white line drawings and photographs, together with an eight-page colour section, it is the thoughtful and entertaining words that make this volume so easy to recommend."--Birds Illustrated "Of all those who have intellectually delved into the myriad ways, from science to symbolism, in which birds have played a role in human society, Jeremy Mynott, former chief executive of Cambridge University Press, is certainly among the most eloquent and expansive of mind... Birdscapes is a veritable smorgasbord of food for thought."--The Well-read Naturalist "Just as wonderful is Birdscapes: Birds in Our Imagination and Experience, by Jeremy Mynott, who turns out to be a skillful and flexible prose stylist. Reading this book will prepare one for hours of listening (Mynott is superb on bird sounds) and watching pleasure--but just reading it enriches one's perceptions."--Tom D'Evelyn, Providence Journal "An unusual but hugely interesting book which takes a completely different angle on birds, and investigates how we perceive them, and how birds have informed our history, folklore and everyday lives. Jeremy Mynott draws on a quite astonishing range of sources, and the book is illustrated throughout, reading this will be an excellent way to spend a wet weekend!"--British Trust for Ornithology Newsletter "This is a book for birdwatchers, yes, and it would make an excellent gift, but it's also a book for anyone who appreciates the out-of-doors."--R.G. Schmidt, Citrus County Chronicle "Here is almost everything that you might ever want to know about birds in Western culture... Because Mynott writes so well, he never bores. This is an engaging and amusing book, even if you are not a bird lover."--Celia Haddon, Salisbury Review "[A] wonderful book... I'd recommend it not only to anyone interested in birds but also for anyone who has a husband, wife, son or daughter who's nuts about birds and can't understand why--this will tell them."--Jonathan Elphick, FiveBooks "Fully deserving of the tag 'an instant classic' ... [Birdscapes] moves from the more technical and theoretical aspects of ornithology right the way through to bird folklore and the representation of birds in the arts. Best of all, it's thorough readable, packed full of the sort of avian tidbits that'll make you unbeatable at your next bird club quiz night."--Bird Watching magazine "[Mynott] brings to bear with deft sureness an extraordinary erudition in literature, art, philosophy, science, history, anthropology, mythology, linguistics, nature writing, and popular culture."--Brayton Polka, European Legacy "With this marvelous look at what birds mean to the human imagination, lifelong twitcher Mynott offers a birdwatching memoir which takes graceful swoops around art, philosophy, and science."--Benjamin Evans, Sunday TelegraphTable of ContentsList of illustrations vii Preface ix Chapter 1: Wondering about birds Shingle Street -- Witnesses and prophets -- Birds and ourselves 1 Chapter 2: Amusive birds: Attraction and association Horsey -- Favourites and fancies -- Meanings and masks -- Charisma and beyond 28 Chapter 3: Seeing a difference Isles of Scilly -- Distinctions and differences -- Species and individuals -- Observing and perceiving -- Illusion and self-deception -- Patterns, profiles, and all that jizz 54 Chapter 4: Rarity value Central Park -- The listing habit -- Collection and possession -- The hunting instinct -- Extreme pursuits -- Discovery and diversity 80 Chapter 5: Beauty and the beholder Volga Delta -- Signs of life -- Image and imagination -- Colour and form -- Art and nature 109 Chapter 6: The sense of sound Little Thurlow -- Sound and silence -- Sounds different -- Signs of sound -- "And the winner is ... " -- The sound of music 145 Chapter 7: A time and a place Flannan Isles -- The sense of a season -- Birds in a landscape 182 Chapter 8: Wild nature: The politics of preference Old Hall Marshes -- Disturbance and disorientation -- Intervention and conservation -- Belonging? 207 Chapter 9: Naming matters Kakadu -- What's in a name? -- Facts and fancies: Naming the birds -- Invention and discovery -- Regulation and resistance: The Esperanto illusion 229 Chapter 10: Birds are good to think with Delphi -- A bird told me -- Signs and symbols -- Eagles and emblems -- Why birds? -- Seeing what you believe -- Like a bird 262 Envoi: "Stirred for a bird" Shingle Street 297 Appendix 1: Some notable lists: The Sumerians, Thomas Jefferson, John Clare 303 Appendix 2: Birds and bonnets: A New York hat story 310 Appendix 3: Nightingale mysteries 312 Appendix 4: Some Australian bird names 318 Reference matter: Abbreviations -- Notes, sources, and further reading 323 Index of birds 347 General index 355 Acknowledgements and permissions 365
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Princeton University Press Social Trends in American Life Findings from the
Book SynopsisIntends to provide insight into how American social attitudes and behaviors have changed since the 1970s. Drawing 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 fresh perspective on how Americans view their lives and their society.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 Privilege
Book SynopsisAs one of the most prestigious high schools in the nation, St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, has long been the exclusive domain of America's wealthiest sons. But times have changed. Today, a new elite of boys and girls is being molded at St. Paul's, one that reflects the hope of openness but also the persistence of inequality. InTrade ReviewWinner of the 2011 C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems Honorable Mention for the 2012 Distinguished Book Award of the Race, Gender and Class Section of the American Sociological Association "[E]thnographic research into the very heart of privilege... [Khan] steps down from his pedestal and lets himself get closer to these future masters of the universe."--Robin D. Schatz, Bloomberg News "[T]his book is beautifully written and filled with important insights into processes of socialization among the elite. I recommend this book for all scholars interested in the reproduction of inequality in U.S. society."--Wendy Leo Moore, American Journal of Sociology "[T]he elites in Britain and in America have changed. They now appear more open. More worldly. More meritocratic. For a description of how that process works, look at [Privilege]."--Aditya Chakrabortty, Guardian "Khan's many perspectives--as a minority student in a rich WASP school, as a teacher interacting with his students, and as a researcher observing his subjects--gave him unique access to understanding the American elite... Khan's objectivity turns to pessimism as he describes the result of greater diversity, which he finds 'does not mean mobility and it certainly does not mean equality.'"--Barbara Fisher, Boston Globe "Privilege sets out to understand 'the new elite' and its place in the larger story of American education."--Josh Rothman, Boston Globe, Brainiac "Shamus Rahman Khan has his part in loosening the knot of privilege, by analyzing America's dreams and telling us why some of them remain thwarted... Privilege is an exceptional cultural study of inequality that concentrates on elites. It is a brave piece of work, guaranteed to raise the hackles of more than a few private school trustees, administrators, faculty and parents."--Michael D. Langan, Buffalo News "[Privilege] fills in the crucial missing piece. It's a well grounded description of the people who are the 'input' into the elite higher education system. It's a view of elite life from the 'training camp,' right before they are unleashed into American society. Highly recommended to anyone interested in stratification and education."--Fabio Rojas, OrgTheory.net "If you want a peek inside an elite New England prep school, here it is... But while nosiness about St. Paul's is a perfectly good reason to read the book, Khan's purpose is higher. This is a book about the promise of America and how well the nation is fulfilling it. It is a book that suggests how money still trumps ideals and how a myth fostered at St. Paul's and other such schools serves a new elite class. Most usefully, the book explores why racial and ethnic diversity--a challenge that St. Paul's is meeting admirably--is not synonymous with mobility and equality... Full of valuable insights."--Mike Pride, Concord Monitor "While the empirical meat of Privilege is from the United States, Canadian scholars of inequality and education will find this book useful. The ethnographic material is worth reading for its empirical contribution alone; but more importantly it also illustrates how the relative steepness of the U.S. postsecondary system contributes to enduring social inequalities."--Janice Aurini, Canadian Journal of Sociology "Returning to his alma mater as faculty member and ethnographer, Khan offers an incisive study of the formation of a new, meritocratic elite... Of utility and wide appeal to a range of academics, Khan's study is consistently engaging and of potentially enduring value."--Choice "Essential reading for understanding today's elite. Not since Christopher Lasch's Revolt of the Elites has the meritocracy been so effectively skewered."--Austin Bramwell, American Conservative "There are few ethnographic accounts of life in exclusive American boarding schools and Khan's book is far and away the most sophisticated among them. But the contribution of Privilege goes beyond this narrow field. Those interested in the sociology of culture, stratification, everyday life, education, race, and gender will find much to appreciate... Khan is a versatile and earnest ethnographer with a sharp eye for gesture and a keen ear for dialogue."--Victoria Bonnell, Contemporary Sociology "Privilege is a welcome addition to the sociological literature on elite prep schools... This readable book provides a vivid, often elucidating, and not always pretty look at life at St. Paul's as of the 2004-05 school year."--Richard L. Zweigenhaft, Social Forces "[Shamus Rahman Khan's] book [is an] excellent, engaging, well written, and carefully researched study of the ways culture works in and through schools."--Lisa M. Stulberg, Contexts "Privilege is a welcome addition to the sociological literature on elite prep schools... [Khan] is the narrator of this ethnography, and he is often a participant in the events he observes and analyzes. We get to know him, and he is an enjoyable and informative companion, one who is honest about the challenges he has faced."--Richard L. Zweigenhaft, Oxford JournalsTable of ContentsIntroduction: Democratic Inequality 1 Chapter 1. The New Elite 18 Chapter 2. Finding One's Place 41 Chapter 3. The Ease of Privilege 77 Chapter 4. Gender and the Performance of Privilege 114 Chapter 5. Learning Beowulf and Jaws 151 Conclusion 193 Methodological and Theoretical Reflections 201 Acknowledgments 207 Notes 211 Works Cited 223 Index 229
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Princeton University Press What Is Your Race The Census and Our Flawed
Book SynopsisAmerica is preoccupied with race statistics--perhaps more than any other nation. Do these statistics illuminate social reality and produce coherent social policy, or cloud that reality and confuse social policy? Does America still have a color line? Who is on which side? Does it have a different "race" line--the nativity line--separating the nativeTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014 "In one of the best discussions of the social construction of race and the U.S. Census Bureau's role in that social construction that this reviewer has seen, Prewitt goes way beyond the typical discussion by demonstrating the policy implications of the social construction and shifting definitions of race... This detailed history and policy analysis is an absolute requirement for race scholars and policy analysts alike."--J. Hattery, Choice "This book will inform historians on important aspects of what census measurement says about the past, but it also may provide a bridge to what students will write about American society decades from now."--Stephen E. Fienberg, Journal of American History "What Is Your Race? is a fascinating and thorough account of an American institution that has had a powerful influence on policy and society."--Ryan Allen, New Books in EducationTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Preface xi Part I What Are Statistical Races? Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview 3 Chapter 2 Classification before Counting: The Statistical Races 14 Part II Policy, Statistics, and Science Join Forces Chapter 3 The Compromise That Made the Republic and the Nation's First Statistical Race 31 Chapter 4 Race Science Captures the Prize, the U.S. Census 45 Chapter 5 How Many White Races Are There? 61 Part III When You Have a Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Nail Chapter 6 Racial Justice Finds a Policy Tool 83 Chapter 7 When You Have a Hammer: Statistical Races Misused 105 Part IV The Statistical Races under Pressure, and a Fresh Rationale Chapter 8 Pressures Mount 129 Chapter 9 The Problem of the Twenty-first Century Is the Problem of the Color Line as It Intersects the Nativity Line 151 Part V What We Have Is Not What We Need Chapter 10 Where Are We Exactly? 171 Chapter 11 Getting from Where We Are to Where We Need to Be 183 Appendix: Perspectives from Abroad--Brazil, France, Israel 209 Notes 221 Bibliography 251 Index 263
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Princeton University Press Climbing Mount Laurel The Struggle for
Book SynopsisUnder the New Jersey State Constitution as interpreted by the State Supreme Court in 1975 and 1983, municipalities are required to use their zoning authority to create realistic opportunities for a fair share of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households. Mount Laurel was the town at the center of the court decisions. As a result, MTrade ReviewCo-winners of the 2014 Robert E. Park Award, Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association Winner of the 2013 Paul Davidoff Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning "Upscale Mount Laurel loomed large in the New Jersey State Supreme Court's key fair housing decisions in 1975 and 1983. But the housing itself wasn't built until all of 2001. For years, locals protested hard that home values would fall and crime rates would rise. Douglas S. Massey and four other authors ... meticulously document how this wasn't the case at all."--Katharine Whittemore, Boston Globe "Sociologist Massey and his coauthors tell a remarkable story about the Ethel Lawrence Homes (ELH) project, an affordable housing project for low- and moderate-income minority residents in an affluent white suburb in Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey... They argue that the development of affordable housing projects for low-income minorities in affluent suburbs is an effective means to reduce race and class segregation, increase social mobility, reduce dependency, create better human capital, and achieve family well-being. A significant contribution to urban community studies and the literature on social policy related to housing in the metropolitan U.S."--Choice "Climbing Mount Laurel should be on every planner's bookshelf for two key reasons. First, the book will likely serve as a fine, detailed study of a successful affordable housing project. Second, Climbing Mount Laurel can serve as a source of inspiration that economic and racial integration is possible in suburbia, but only when planners and developers pay attention to the big and little details."--Stuart Meck, Journal of American Planning Association "Massey and his coauthors provide a concise, effective overview of exclusionary practices and their effects on residential segregation."--John R. Logan, American Journal of Sociology "Climbing Mount Laurel is a welcome addition to the literature on housing mobility programs and neighborhood effects. Its methodological rigor and ability to avoid the pitfalls of spatial determinism are some of its key strengths, and the book should be of interest to scholars and practitioners of affordable housing, planning law, and program evaluation."--Aretousa Bloom, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare "Impeccable... Climbing Mount Laurel exemplifies social science at its finest--conclusively demonstrating through precise, thorough, thoughtful, and thought-provoking analysis how, for tens of millions of Americans, the path to the American Dream begins and ends at home."--Mark Rubinfeld, Journal of American CultureTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi Preface xiii Chapter 1. Location Cubed: The Importance of Neighborhoods 1 Chapter 2. Suburban Showdown: The Mount Laurel Controversy 32 Chapter 3. Field of Dreams: Ethel Lawrence Homes Come to Mount Laurel 51 Chapter 4. Rhetoric and Reality: Monitoring Mount Laurel 64 Chapter 5. Neighborly Concerns: Effects on Surrounding Communities 80 Chapter 6. All Things Considered: Neighbors' Perceptions a Decade Later 100 Chapter 7. Greener Pastures: Moving to Tranquility 121 Chapter 8. Tenant Transitions: From Geographic to Social Mobility 147 Chapter 9. Affordable Housing: Suburban Solutions to Urban Problems 184 Appendices 197 References 245 Index 261
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Princeton University Press Economic Lives How Culture Shapes the Economy
Book SynopsisOver the past three decades, economic sociology has been revealing how culture shapes economic life even while economic facts affect social relationships. This work has transformed the field into a flourishing and increasingly influential discipline. No one has played a greater role in this development than Viviana Zelizer, one of the world's leadiTrade Review"[T]his collection is an excellent introduction to, and summary of, [Zelizer's] impressive oeuvre, and makes a strong case for economists studying transactions within their cultural context."--Natalie Gold, Times Higher Education "As a compilation of three decades of Zelizer's contributions to economic sociology, the book will help economists and sociologists see how the discipline has evolved over the years. For other readers, the book is a fascinating introduction to the subject."--Karunesh Tuli, Foreword Reviews "Immensely interesting and thought-provoking--especially for academic collections and for fans of the Freakanomics series looking for meatier fare."--Library Journal "Economic Lives reveals ... Zelizer's brilliant craftsmanship in knitting together innovative narratives about the ceaseless interplay between money and social relations, means and meaning, objective and subjective, material and symbolic... [H]er work still reigns supreme in the description and analysis of the careful economic strategies individuals anxiously deploy to find meaning and a moral ground."--Marion Fourcade, Sociological ForumTable of ContentsPreface ix Introduction: The Lives behind Economic Lives 1 Part one: Valuation of Human Lives Introduction 13 Chapter 1: Human Values and the Market: The Case of Life Insurance and Death in Nineteenth-Century America 19 Chapter 2: The Price and Value of Children: The Case of Children's Insurance in the United States 40 Chapter 3: From Baby Farms to Baby M 61 Chapter 4: The Priceless Child Revisited 72 Part Two: The Social Meaning of Money Introduction 89 Chapter 5: The Social Meaning of Money: "Special Monies" 93 Chapter 6: Fine Tuning the Zelizer View 128 Chapter 7: Payments and Social Ties 136 Chapter 8: Money, Power, and Sex 150 Part Three: Intimate Economies Introduction 165 Chapter 9: Do Markets Poison Intimacy? 171 Chapter 10: The Purchase of Intimacy 181 Chapter 11: Kids and Commerce 213 Chapter 12: Intimacy in Economic Organizations 237 Part Four: The Economy of Care Introduction 269 Chapter 13: Caring Everywhere 275 Chapter 14: Risky Exchanges 288 Part Five: Circuits of Commerce Introduction 303 Chapter 15: Circuits within Capitalism 311 Chapter 16: Circuits in Economic Life 344 Part Six: Appraising Ec onomic Lives: Critiques and Syntheses Introduction 355 Chapter 17: Beyond the Polemics on the Market: Establishing a Theoretical and Empirical Agenda 363 Chapter 18: Pasts and Futures of Economic Sociology 383 Chapter 19: Culture and Consumption 398 Chapter 20: Ethics in the Economy 440 Published Works of Viviana A. Zelizer on Economic Sociology 459 Index 465
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Princeton University Press In the Interest of Others
Book SynopsisDevelops a theory of organizational leadership and governance to explain why some organizations expand their scope of action in ways that do not benefit their members directly. This title reveals how activist labor unions expand the community of fate and provoke preferences that transcend the private interests of individual members.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2014 Best Book Award, The Labor Project of the American Political Science Association "Ahlquist and Levi are able to show how the ILWU was able and remains able to transcend the life trajectory of its founding leader, Harry Bridges, and establish and maintain a commitment to social activism, political mobilization, and an expanded community of fate. Those who wish to move the labor movement toward this vision of social movement unionism would do well to examine this work for its insights."--Jacob Lesniewski, Social Service Review "The study is an interesting and convincing discussion of why an organization may expand its interests and even support causes or ideas that seem to violate the self-interests of its members. It should add significantly to both the literature on collective action and institutional choice."--Choice "This is an impressive book that sheds light on an important but poorly understood topic: Why do some organizations engage in solidaristic behavior to promote wider social justice issues, while others focus narrowly on the self-interest of their members?"--Evelyne Huber, Perspectives on Politics "The book is quite brilliant in terms of the rigor of its analytic argument and its use of a variety of methods to test and further revise core assumptions... The book is itself a major achievement of collective (research) action to which anyone working on these kinds of questions ought to pay special attention."--Carmen Sirianni, Perspectives on Politics "An essential part of any trade union program preparing people for leadership roles."--Rowan Cahill, Labour HistoryTable of ContentsList of Figures ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1: Beyond Economism 1 Our Argument 5 The Cases 10 Alternative Accounts 15 The Chapters 18 Chapter 2: Building an Encompassing Community of Fate and Winning Consent 22 Leaders, Governance, and Organizational Performance 25 Modeling Organizational Scope and Governance 28 From Leadership Rents to Organizational Governance Institutions 38 Summary and Conclusions 43 Appendix 45 Chapter 3: Pork, Perks, and Predation 53 International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) 55 The ILA 71 Discussion 77 Chapter 4: An Injury to Anyone Is an Injury to All 79 Commonalities Between the ILWU and WWF 80 ILWU 84 WWF 103 Tension between Political and Industrial Commitments 113 Continuity Over Time 114 Conclusion 118 Chapter 5: Managing Heterogeneity 120 Managing the Heterogeneity of Locals 121 Managing Individual Heterogeneity 135 Conclusion 152 Chapter 6: Provoking Preferences 155 The Literature 157 Preference Provocation 162 Evidence of Preference Provocation 168 Evidence of Contingent Consent 181 Conclusions 183 Chapter 7: Political Attitudes and Behavior among ILWU Members, with Amanda B. Clayton 185 Employment, Compensation, and Shipping Volumes on the U.S. West Coast 187 International Trade and Public Opinion 189 The ILWU's Organizational Principles and International Trade 192 ILWU Members' and Affiliates' Attitudes Toward Trade 199 ILWU Affiliates' Political Behavior 212 Robustness Considerations 216 Conclusion 219 Appendices 220 Chapter 8: Signaling Solidarity? 230 Bargaining, Strikes, and Politics 233 The ILWU 238 The WWF 251 Conclusion 256 Appendix 259 Chapter 9: Conclusions and Implications 261 Union Behavior 262 Other Membership Organizations 265 Firms 268 The State 269 Other Implications 272 Communities of Fate 276 Bibliography 279 Index 303
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Princeton University Press Still a House Divided Race and Politics in
Book SynopsisWhy have American policies failed to reduce the racial inequalities still pervasive throughout the nation? Has President Barack Obama defined new political approaches to race that might spur unity and progress? This title examines deals with these questions.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012 "[King and Smith] accurately survey the history and the evolution of American thinking on race."--Richard D. Kahlenberg, New Republic "Still a House Divided is quite an achievement... This is an outstanding work."--Choice "Essential reading for scholars of race, politics and policy. It provides a rich and textured analysis that is accessible and theoretically driven... The individual sections are master classes in each policy era and will help guide individual scholars with interests in those eras. With that, the book is an instant classic by two scholars who routinely produce work of this quality."--Mark Sawyer, Ethnic and Racial Studies "Hopefully, there will be an intellectually synergistic effect from the publication of Still a House Divided. As American politics scholars in these camps move forward, they might be able to see some working in the middle and refine their scholarship."--Katherine Tate, Political Science Quarterly "Presenting a powerful account of American political alliances and their contending racial agendas, Still a House Divided sheds light on a policy path vital to the country's future."--World Book IndustryTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables vii Acknowledgments ix PART ONE: Obama's Inheritance CHAPTER 1 That They May All Be One America as a House Divided 3 PART TWO: The Making and Unmaking of Racial Hierarchies CHAPTER 2 "That is the last speech he will ever make" The Antebellum Racial Alliances 35 CHAPTER 3 "We of the North were thoroughly wrong" How Racial Alliances Mobilized Ideas and Law 62 PART THREE: The Trajectory of Racial Alliances CHAPTER 4 "This backdrop of entrenched inequality" Affirmative Action in Work 93 CHAPTER 5 To "affi rmatively further fair housing" Enduring Racial Inequalities in American Homes and Mortgages 137 CHAPTER 6 "To Elect One of Their Own" Racial Alliances and Majority-Minority Districts 168 CHAPTER 7 "Our goal is to have one classification-American" Vouchers for Schools and the Multiracial Census 192 CHAPTER 8 "We can take the people out of the slums, but we cannot take the slums out of the people" How Today's Racial Alliances Shape Laws on Crime and Immigration 215 PART FOUR: America's Inheritance CHAPTER 9 Prospects of the House Divided 253 Notes 293 Index 349
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Princeton University Press Winning Reflections on an American Obsession
Book SynopsisMost of us are taught from a young age to be winners and avoid being losers. But what does it mean to win or lose? Does winning make us happy? This title undertakes an unprecedented investigation of winning and losing in American society, what we are really after as we struggle to win, our collective beliefs about winners and losers, and more.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Significant University Press Titles for Undergraduates for 2010-2011 "Using a good mix of sociological theory, psychological data, headliners, and anecdotes, Duina makes an excellent start at understanding this big issue and providing groundwork for additional explorations of the US's search for 'indefinite perfectibility'. The descriptions of Americans' pursuit of and beliefs regarding winning will make many blush with self-recognition. Duina's excellent new perspective on chasing the American dream offers much to reflect on."--Choice "Linguistically inquiring, sociologically penetrative, and culturally fascinating, Duina's book is part self-help manual, part critical inquiry into the American psyche, and wholly an essential guide to a misunderstood obsession."--Journal of American Studies "This book is important because it poses the question how much competition we really need in rich nations, with high levels of economic and cultural productivity. The answer to this question is relevant in discussions about the role of governments and about the optimal levels of liberalization or regulation of markets. Duina's suggestions to moderate and redirect competition by changing the American mind-set are valuable."--Jan Ott, Journal of Happiness Studies "Duina effectively explores the sociological embeddedness of competition from which winning and losing arise... The issues that are introduced have great interest for those teaching within social psychology or practicing within consulting psychology."--Richard Ackley and Lee Derryberry, PsycCRITIQUES "Winning is an important contribution to our current understanding and theorising about the individual and societal drive to compete... Winning is a valuable offering to all of us as we navigate competition, winning and losing in our own lives--and strive to assist those in our charge ... who also must come to grips with them."--Andrew J. Martin, Australian Review of Public AffairsTable of ContentsAcknowledgment ix PART 1 Introduction Chapter ONE: The Problem 3 PART 2 Th e Pursuit Chapter TWO: Differentiation 15 Chapter THREE: I Win, Therefore I Am Right 35 Chapter FOUR: The Quest for Space 54 Chapter FIVE: Powers and Limitations 76 PART 3 Our Beliefs Chapter SIX: Types of Winners and Losers 97 Chapter SEVEN: Process versus Outcomes 118 Chapter EIGHT: Injecting Value 138 Chapter NINE: Awareness and Competition 158 PART 4 Conclusion Chapter TEN: Our Restlessness 181 Notes 213 References 221 Index 233
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Princeton University Press Dead Ringers
Book SynopsisIn the Indian outsourcing industry, employees are expected to be "dead ringers" for the more expensive American workers they have replaced. This book chronicles the rise of a workforce for whom mimicry is a job requirement and a passion.Trade ReviewFinalist for the 2011 C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems "[Nadeem] offers concrete and important insight into the world of outsourcing... One cannot help agreeing with the author that the brave new IT world documented in his interviews disturbs more than it shines."--Andrew Robinson, Nature "Dead Ringers is an excellent resource for both students and scholars and should be required reading for policymakers, whose faith in or distrust of globalization may miss its very point: 'economic growth should be recognized not [as] an end in itself but as means toward the realization of diverse human potentialities.'"--May-Lee Chai, Asian Affairs "Nadeem's account of the relationship between new economy management styles and labor rights is especially illuminating."--Sareeta Amrute, India Review "Dead Ringers' insightful and articulate contribution proves to be a fruitful, engaging, provocative response to the questions asked by anyone that ever found themselves talking to an Indian call centre worker and wondered what it would look, smell, feel and sound like on the other end of the line."--Zachary Condon, Journal of Intercultural Studies "This is an important book. The tone of the book is academic and the style difficult, and some may disagree with the Marxian framework used, it is well worth a read for anyone who wishes to understand the sociological dynamics of this fledgling industry."--Jajodia, Businessworld "After speaking with dozens of employees from call centers and white-collar subsidiaries of multinational firms, Nadeem questions the optimistic and conventional view that outsourcing, and globalization in general, benefits Indians. His concerns are not economic--those employed in the outsourcing industry certainly do earn comparatively higher salaries--but rather on the effect that outsourcing has on individual workers and Indian society as a whole."--Maura Elizabeth Cunningham, Asian Review of Books "Sociolgist Nadeem explores the Indian call center industry and its effects on its workers, a topic with relatively little scholarly literature... The book covers a lot of ground, analyzing call center lifestyles in terms of language, time, gender, class, work culture, and shifting notions of morality... Overall, the book is useful to graduate students or faculty interested in how globalization operates at the local level or in the outsourcing industry."--Choice "[T]he book poses several more questions than it answers, a characteristic that provides fertile ground for organizational scholars to find questions to investigate. The book should appeal to organizational scholars, business professionals, and policy makers alike."--Sriram Narayanan, Administrative Science Quarterly "The main contribution of this book lies in the social and cultural analyses of work sites and workers as their lives unfold through a typical day-night set of activities monitored in ways that may appear to reduce workers into objects... [It] captures broadly the contradictions involved in the lives of workers of the outsourcing industry, as well as actions of the Indian state."--Mangala Subramaniam, Contemporary Sociology "Armed with sensitive ethnographic detail and careful attention to the material and symbolic structures of the global economy... Nadeem ushers us into the everyday texture of the outsourcing industry, where he focuses on the ironic, funny, and often troubling everyday lives of the people who constitute it."--American Journal of Sociology "Nadeem's carefully crafted prose, literary style, and incisive critique make this book an important and timely contribution to the burgeoning sociological literature on outsourcing, asserting a dark critique of the economic and cultural processes that legitimate a peculiar consumerist-worker in India. His bold engagement with prevailing claims about contemporary India serves to debunk stereotypes, producing an original, empirically grounded, and politically astute narrative of one of globalization's hot spots."--Smitha Radhakrishnan, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Chapter One. Leaps of Faith 14 Chapter Two. Variations on a Theme 27 Chapter Three. Macaulay's (Cyber) Children 50 Chapter Four. The Uses and Abuses of Time 73 Chapter Five. The Rules of the Game 102 Chapter Six. The Infantilizing Gaze, or Schmidt Revisited 132 Chapter Seven. The Juggernaut of Global Capitalism 169 Chapter Eight. Cyber-Coolies and Techno-Populists 192 Conclusion. 213 Appendix. Research Methods 221 Notes 227 Index 265
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Princeton University Press Understanding Autism Parents Doctors and the
Book SynopsisAutism has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years, thanks to dramatically increasing rates of diagnosis, extensive organizational mobilization, journalistic coverage, biomedical research, and clinical innovation. This title offers a social history of the expanding diagnostic category of this contested illness.Trade Review"Understanding Autism ... is the most sensitive account by an academic historian."--Steven Shapin, New Yorker "Understanding Autism is the most sensitive account by an academic historian."--Steven Shapin, The New Yorker "For Chloe Silverman, 'understanding autism' means understanding how autism has become a diagnostic category and why for some people, in autism advocacy groups for example, it isn't a pathology at all but just a different way of seeing the world... Silverman's remarkable book is a testimony to the difference parents of autistic children have made to the understanding of autism, and it also has things to say about the difference a parent's understanding can make to understanding many other things that children suffer from."--Adam Phillips, London Review of Books "Autism remains a contested condition, and given the steep rise in research, diagnosis rates and media coverage, the debate is set to run and run. Science historian Chloe Silverman gives a balanced, sensitive social history of autism that unflinchingly covers many controversial byways. She explores the theory and biomedical advances, and how gene banks, schools and autism organizations have enriched understanding--augmented by parents of children with autism, whose experiences have informed and inspired much research."--Nature "Comprehensive, well annotated, and fascinating to read, Understanding Autism will appeal to readers from a broad variety of disciplines. Silverman provides an honest and refreshing perspective on encouraging dialogue about a condition that will likely continue to be in the public spotlight for decades to come."--Science "Silverman provides a very good account of autism; knowledgeable readers will find themselves nodding along with the details. The author excellently portrays the relationship of autism with its social history."--Choice "Silverman's book presents a vivid picture of the ongoing and somewhat dialectical (in the Hegelian sense) relationship between parents of autistic children and professionals who specialize in autism."--W. R. Albury, Bulletin of the History of Medicine "Understanding Autism provides a much-needed and thorough history of autism. In addition, it makes a convincing case for incorporating affective relationships into science and technology studies and our understandings of the foundational elements of expertise. At moments in the book, however, the tension between affect and science are incompletely resolved. These moments of tension will likely prove elucidating in future research."--Marissa King, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Love as an Analytic Tool 1 Part One Chapter 1: Research Programs, "Autistic Disturbances,"and Human Difference 29 Chapter 2: Love Is Not Enough: Bruno Bettelheim, Infantile Autism,and Psychoanalytic Childhoods 61 Chapter 3: Expert Amateurs: Raising and Treating Children with Autism 93 Interlude: Parents Speak: The Art of Love and the Ethics of Care 125 Part Two Chapter 4: Brains, Pedigrees, and Promises: Lessons from the Politics of Autism Genetics 141 Chapter 5: Desperate and Rational: Parents and Professionals in Autism Research 167 Chapter 6: Pandora's Box: Immunizations, Parental Obligations,and Toxic Facts 197 Conclusion: What the World Needs Now: Learning About and Acting on Autism Research 229 Notes 237 Bibliography 313 Index 329
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Princeton University Press The Heros Fight
Book SynopsisBaltimore was once a vibrant manufacturing town, but today, with factory closings and steady job loss since the 1970s, it is home to some of the most impoverished neighborhoods in America. The Hero's Fight provides an intimate look at the effects of deindustrialization on the lives of Baltimore's urban poor, and sheds critical light on the unintendTrade ReviewFinalist for the 2015 C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems "[T]his thought-provoking book--and the comprehensive research behind it--could, if heeded, help alleviate some of society's most intractable problems."--Publishers Weekly "[A] compelling and nuanced examination of the intersections of race, gender, and poverty... The author makes a significant theoretical contribution to the poverty literature that moves beyond the bifurcated arguments of blaming the poor, or blaming the state for restricting opportunities to the poor."--ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 D. B. Wilson 20 2 Baltimore: From Factory Town to City in Decline 38 3 Big Floyd 54 4 Intersections of Poverty, Race, and Gender in the American Ghetto 72 5 Shaping the Inner City: Urban Development and the American State 95 6 Distorted Engagement and Liminal Institutions: Ruling against the Poor 113 7 Little Floyd 132 8 Down the Rabbit Hole: Childhood Agency and the Problem of Liminality 151 9 Clarise 172 10 Paradoxes of Social Capital: Constructing Meaning, Recasting Culture 192 11 Towanda 213 12 Cultural Capital and the Transition to Adulthood in the Urban Ghetto 232 13 Lydia 253 14 Faith and Circumstance in West Baltimore 275 15 Manny Man 296 16 Divided Entrepreneurship and Neighborhood Effects 315 Conclusion: Distorted Engagement and the Great Ideological Divide 342 Appendix 357 Notes 361 Bibliography 375 Index 405
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Princeton University Press Just Married
Book SynopsisThe institution of marriage stands at a critical juncture. As gay marriage equality gains acceptance in law and public opinion, questions abound regarding marriage's future. Will same-sex marriage lead to more radical marriage reform? Should it? Antonin Scalia and many others on the right warn of a slippery slope from same-sex marriage toward polygTrade Review"[C]losely reasoned, powerful, and persuasive."--Huffington Post "Highly intelligent."--Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "The book is timely and engaging."--Choice "Just Married provides a deep understanding of what it is I'm signing off on when I scribble my name on those county-issued marriage licenses."--Katherine Willis Pershey, Christian Century "This well-argued book will serve a wide audience. Anyone interested in getting into the marriage debates would do well to start with Just Married and can expect to gain a full understanding of the landscape. Macedo makes a strong argument for inclusion of same-sex marriages into the legal institution of marriage, and a strong case for retaining the legal institution."--Lori Watson, Review of Politics "Macedo offers a well-researched, wide-ranging argument for the special role of marriage in democratic society and the ability of same-sex: marriage to fit within this accepted role... Just Married ... deserves praise for challenging us to deliberate more diligently the promises and pitfalls of civil marriage."--Scott Barclay, Perspectives on Politics "There is much here I endorse heartily and much I disagree with--vehemently. As a work of public political philosophy, it is sure to engage almost any reader to the same extent, with its wide-ranging, opinionated discussion. This is simply the best book I know articulating the case for the state recognizing same-sex marriage--and stopping reform there."--Elizabeth Brake, Ethical Theory and Moral PracticeTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Why Marriage Matters 1 PART I. WHY SAME-SEX MARRIAGE? Chapter 1. Gay Rights and the Constitution of Reasons 19 Chapter 2. Traditional Marriage and Public Law 38 Chapter 3. Marriage, Gender Justice, and Children's Well-Being 60 PART II. WHY MARRIAGE? Chapter 4. The Special Status of Marriage 79 Chapter 5. Marriage: Obligations, Benefits, and Access 99 Chapter 6. Reform Proposals and Alternatives to Marriage 119 PART III. WHY TWO? MONOGAMY, POLYGAMY, AND DEMOCRACY Chapter 7. The Challenge of Polygamy 145 Chapter 8. Polygamy, Monogamy, and Marriage Justice 161 Chapter 9. Polygamy Unbound? The Kody Brown Family and the Future of Plural Marriage 179 Conclusion: Happily Ever After 204 Notes 213 Bibliography 267 Index 293
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Princeton University Press The Importance of Being Civil
Book SynopsisCivility is desirable and possible, but can this fragile ideal be guaranteed? The Importance of Being Civil offers the most comprehensive look at the nature and advantages of civility throughout history and in our world today. Esteemed sociologist John Hall expands our understanding of civility as related to larger social forces--including revolutiTrade Review"In this insightful, well-argued examination of civility (defined as a tolerance and respect for different points of view), McGill University sociologist Hall argues that civility is the crucial foundation for a successful civil society... This is a much-needed book for today's contentious world."--Publishers Weekly "The Importance of Being Civil is a meandering tour through centuries of Western history in the company of Hall, a guide who has led such excursions for decades. As a narrative well-stocked with quotes from carefully chosen thinkers--Machiavelli, Adam Smith, and Tocqueville--and analytic observations that Hall has polished to brilliance through repeated delivery, the book will please both political scientists and casual readers with an interest in the tribulations, triumphs, and prospects of civility."--ForeWord "Tracing Western socio-structural development that created multiple centers of power, Hall ably presents the work of various theorists in ways that support the book's central theme: the utility and, indeed, the necessity of providing suitable alternatives to extreme reactions in various junctures of social stress and crises... Hall is careful to continually note the fragility of civility, not only as a chosen practice, but also with regard to the cultural and socio-structural backgrounds of various actors, ideologies, and philosophies diminishing the potential for civility. Of particular interest is Hall's skill in melding the micro- and macro-sociological."--Choice "The Importance of Being Civil is an interesting and thought-provoking book... [I]t is well worth engaging with this work."--Andrew Linklater, Human Figurations "As would be expected from an intellect of such standing, this is a masterful work. It is rich in ideas, and Hall's readings of authors such as Adam Smith, Alexis de Tocqueville, Raymond Aron, Erving Goffman and Daniel Bell are profoundly insightful. There is little question that the book makes a major contribution to contemporary debates on civility and civil society."--Jason Edwards, Political TheoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Part One: A Composite Definition 1. Agreeing to Differ 19 2. Sympathy and Deception 38 3. How Best to Rule 62 4. Entry and Exit 83 5. Intelligence in States 105 Part Two: Enemies 6. Down with Authenticity 129 7. The Disenchantment of the Intellectuals 152 8. The Problem with Communism 176 9. The Destruction of Trust 201 10. Imperialism, the Perversion of Nationalism 226 Conclusion 247 Index 255
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Princeton University Press Caught The Prison State and the Lockdown of
Book SynopsisThe huge prison buildup of the past four decades has few defenders, yet reforms to reduce the numbers of those incarcerated have been remarkably modest. Meanwhile, an ever-widening carceral state has sprouted in the shadows, extending its reach far beyond the prison gate. It sunders families and communities and reworks conceptions of democracy, rigTrade ReviewWinner of the 2016 Michael Harrington Book Award, New Political Science Section of the American Political Science Association "Carefully documented... It is hard to imagine a more comprehensive analysis of our shameful crisis."--Adam Hochschild, New York Review of Books "Gottschalk provides a systematic, surprising, and scathing critique of the prison state... Caught may well be the best book on this subject to appear in decades."--Glenn C. Altschuler, Huffington Post "Gottschalk is particularly convincing about the follow-on effects of incarceration on the vulnerable neighborhoods that contribute most to the prison population."--Jakub Wrzewniewski, Pacific Standard "An encyclopedic synthesis of recent scholarly work and journalism on criminal justice, Caught spans a wide range of topics but has a simple refrain: Beware of bipartisan reformers bearing gifts. Politicians pretend that hard problems are easy and make easy problems hard. Gottschalk, to her credit, is no politician."--Sara Mayeux, Chronicle Review "Everyone ... should read this book."--Angelia Wilson, Times Higher Education "Gottschalk has done a public service. She has tried to untangle a fiendishly complex subject, helping to liberate her readers from the intellectual prison of conventional wisdom in the process."--Gary Silverman, Financial Times "Marie Gottschalk's commanding and disturbing Caught is our best guide to the political decisions and public policies that have created the carceral state and our present immobility on the issue of crime and its punishment... Caught is that relatively rare academic book that hopes to move both public debate and policy."--Michael Meranze, Los Angeles Review of Books "[D]evastatingly persuasive... Caught proves not only an authoritative companion to the criminal justice system crises you know, but also a thorough compendium of the crises you've never even considered."--Stephen Lurie, Los Angeles Review of Books "[A] powerful book."--Choice "Gottschalk convincingly shows that the American penal system has come to embody a very un-American idea: that there are lives that are not worth caring about and people beyond reforming."--The Christian Century "Gottschalk's analysis offers a strong counternarrative to existing quick-fix solutions to mass incarceration."--James Kilgore, Truthout "Caught is an impressive accomplishment."--Bob Lane, Metapsychology "Caught is hard-hitting book on all that is wrong with the American carceral state. Importantly, it also shows why previous reform efforts have failed."--Eleanor Healy-Birt, Interlib "Admirably bold... [S]weeping and magisterial."--Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsList of Figures xi List of Abbreviations xiii Preface to the Paperback Edition xv Chapter 1 Introduction The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics 1 Part I The Political Economy of Penal Reform 23 Chapter 2 Show Me the Money, The Great Recession and the Great Confinement 25 Chapter 3 Squaring the Political Circle, The New Political Economy of the Carceral State 48 Chapter 4 What Second Chance?, Reentry and Penal Reform 79 Chapter 5 Caught Again, Justice Reinvestment and Recidivism 98 Part II The Politics of Race and Penal Reform 117 Chapter 6 Is Mass Incarceration the "New Jim Crow"? Racial Disparities and the Carceral State 119 Chapter 7 What's Race Got to Do with It?, Bolstering and Challenging the Carceral State 139 Part III The Metastasizing Carceral State 163 Chapter 8 Split Verdict, The Non, Non, Nons and the "Worst of the Worst" 165 Chapter 9 The New Untouchables, The War on Sex Offenders 196 Chapter 10 Catch and Keep, The Criminalization of Immigrants 215 Chapter 11 The Prison beyond the Prison, The Carceral State and Growing Political and Economic Inequalities in the United States 241 Chapter 12 Bring It On, The Future of Penal Reform, the Carceral State, and American Politics 258 Acknowledgments 283 Notes 285 Select Bibliography 411 Index 439
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Princeton University Press The Heros Fight African Americans in West
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFinalist for the 2015 C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems "[T]his thought-provoking book--and the comprehensive research behind it--could, if heeded, help alleviate some of society's most intractable problems."--Publishers Weekly "[A] compelling and nuanced examination of the intersections of race, gender, and poverty... The author makes a significant theoretical contribution to the poverty literature that moves beyond the bifurcated arguments of blaming the poor, or blaming the state for restricting opportunities to the poor."--Choice "The Hero's Fight develops a historically informed and ethnographically robust sense of the troubled social, economic, and political waters urban black Americans face and navigate. Fernandez-Kelly successfully illustrates how the potent combination of being black, American, and living in the urban places shapes the souls of black folk today. Well-written, rich in detail, and intersectional in its approach, The Hero's Fight is a wonderful addition to sociology, political science, anthropology, African American studies, and urban studies classrooms, debates, and scholarship."--Marcus Anthony Hunter, Social Service ReviewTable of ContentsPreface to the Paperback Edition xi Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 D. B. Wilson 20 2 Baltimore: From Factory Town to City in Decline 38 3 Big Floyd 54 4 Intersections of Poverty, Race, and Gender in the American Ghetto 72 5 Shaping the Inner City: Urban Development and the American State 95 6 Distorted Engagement and Liminal Institutions: Ruling against the Poor 113 7 Little Floyd 132 8 Down the Rabbit Hole: Childhood Agency and the Problem of Liminality 151 9 Clarise 172 10 Paradoxes of Social Capital: Constructing Meaning, Recasting Culture 192 11 Towanda 213 12 Cultural Capital and the Transition to Adulthood in the Urban Ghetto 232 13 Lydia 253 14 Faith and Circumstance in West Baltimore 275 15 Manny Man 296 16 Divided Entrepreneurship and Neighborhood Effects 315 Conclusion: Distorted Engagement and the Great Ideological Divide 342 Appendix 357 Notes 361 Bibliography 375 Index 405
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Princeton University Press Just Married SameSex Couples Monogamy and the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[C]losely reasoned, powerful, and persuasive."--Huffington Post "Highly intelligent."--Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "The book is timely and engaging."--Choice "Just Married provides a deep understanding of what it is I'm signing off on when I scribble my name on those county-issued marriage licenses."--Katherine Willis Pershey, Christian Century "This well-argued book will serve a wide audience. Anyone interested in getting into the marriage debates would do well to start with Just Married and can expect to gain a full understanding of the landscape. Macedo makes a strong argument for inclusion of same-sex marriages into the legal institution of marriage, and a strong case for retaining the legal institution."--Lori Watson, Review of Politics "Macedo offers a well-researched, wide-ranging argument for the special role of marriage in democratic society and the ability of same-sex: marriage to fit within this accepted role... Just Married ... deserves praise for challenging us to deliberate more diligently the promises and pitfalls of civil marriage."--Scott Barclay, Perspectives on Politics "There is much here I endorse heartily and much I disagree with--vehemently. As a work of public political philosophy, it is sure to engage almost any reader to the same extent, with its wide-ranging, opinionated discussion. This is simply the best book I know articulating the case for the state recognizing same-sex marriage--and stopping reform there."--Elizabeth Brake, Ethical Theory and Moral PracticeTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Why Marriage Matters 1 PART I. WHY SAME-SEX MARRIAGE? Chapter 1. Gay Rights and the Constitution of Reasons 19 Chapter 2. Traditional Marriage and Public Law 38 Chapter 3. Marriage, Gender Justice, and Children's Well-Being 60 PART II. WHY MARRIAGE? Chapter 4. The Special Status of Marriage 79 Chapter 5. Marriage: Obligations, Benefits, and Access 99 Chapter 6. Reform Proposals and Alternatives to Marriage 119 PART III. WHY TWO? MONOGAMY, POLYGAMY, AND DEMOCRACY Chapter 7. The Challenge of Polygamy 145 Chapter 8. Polygamy, Monogamy, and Marriage Justice 161 Chapter 9. Polygamy Unbound? The Kody Brown Family and the Future of Plural Marriage 179 Conclusion: Happily Ever After 204 Notes 213 Bibliography 267 Index 293
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Princeton University Press The Walls around Opportunity
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A thorough, unflinching look at what it would take to eradicate racial barriers in American higher education. . . . [The book] finds clear directions within a complex issue and makes a robust case for centering race in higher education policy." * Library Journal *"Anyone who seeks to understand policies and structures that have generated and continue to reinforce racial stratification in the US, and who believes that the past can inform the present and guide the future, will find the book to be a worthy read."---Pamela R. Bennett, Ethnic and Race Studies"[The Walls Around Opportunity] provides compelling evidence that the educational policy implementation practices begun by former President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration . . . were effectively undercut by the color-blind methodologies introduced by President Ronald Reagan and perpetuated by subsequent presidents. . . . Orfield argues that the current bleak conditions can be overcome through bold action and offers a toolkit of strategies . . . to reform education in the US and restore meaningful opportunities." * Choice *
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Princeton University Press Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria
Book SynopsisThe best overall description of the remains and the topography of Etruscan sites. It conveys the fascination of a British traveler's path-breaking exploration of the sites in central Italy in the early 1840s and the obstacles he overcame to reach them. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand techTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*FOREWORD, pg. v*PREFACE TO THE ABRIDGED EDITION, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. ix*INTRODUCTION, pg. xvii*VEII, pg. lxix*CHAPTER I. VEII.-THE CITY, pg. 1*CHAPTER XVIII. NORCHIA.-ORCLE!, pg. 193*CHAPTER XIX. BIEDA.-BLERA, pg. 215*CHAPTER XXI. CERVETRI.-AGYLLA or CAeRE, pg. 229*CHAPTER XXII. SANTA SEVERA-PYRGI, pg. 293*CHAPTER XXV. CORNETO-TARQUINII, pg. 303*CHAPTER XXVII. TARQUINII-THE CITY, pg. 405*CHAPTER XXIX. VULCI, pg. 421*CHAPTER XXXI. TOSCANELLA-TUSCANIA, pg. 455*CHAPTER XXXIV. SOVANA-SUANA, pg. 473*CHAPTER XXXVII. ORVIETO, pg. 492*CHAPTER XLVI. POPULONIA-POPULONIA, pg. 522*CHAPTER XLVII. ROSELLE-RUSELLAe, pg. 536*AFTERWORD, pg. 549
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Princeton University Press Discrimination in Labor Markets
Book SynopsisThis volume contains revised versions of the papers presented in 1971 at the Princeton University Conference on Discrimination in Labor Markets, and the formal discussions of them. This paper is by Kenneth Arrow, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, who lays the theoretical foundations of the economic analysis of discrimination in labor marketsTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*CONTRIBUTORS, pg. vii*INTRODUCTION, pg. ix*THE THEORY OF DISCRIMINATION, pg. 1*COMMENT, pg. 34*EDUCATION AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, pg. 43*COMMENT, pg. 82*DISCRIMINATION AND TRADE UNIONS, pg. 88*COMMENT, pg. 113*SEX DISCRIMINATION IN WAGES, pg. 124*COMMENT, pg. 152*EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION: SOME POLICY CONSIDERATIONS, pg. 155*COMMENT, pg. 176
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Princeton University Press Justice and Reverse Discrimination
Book SynopsisThrough careful consideration of the mutually plausible yet conflicting arguments on both sides of the issue, Alan Goldman attempts to derive a morally consistent position on the justice (or injustice) of reverse discrimination. From a philosophical framework that appeals to a contractual model of ethics, he develops principles of rights, compensation, and equal opportunity. He then applies these principles to the issue at hand, bringing his conclusions to bear on an evaluation of Affirmative Action programs as they tend to work in practice.Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to tTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix*ONE. Introduction, pg. 1*TWO. Awarding Positions by Competence, pg. 22*THREE. Compensation and the Past, pg. 65*FOUR. Equal Opportunity and the Future, pg. 141*FIVE. Conclusion, pg. 230*NOTES, pg. 235*SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 241*INDEX, pg. 247
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Princeton University Press Evaluating Public Programs The Impact of General
Book SynopsisA revision of the author's thesis, University of Michigan, 1975.Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables, pg. ix*List of Figures, pg. xi*Acknowledgments, pg. xv*1. Introduction, pg. 1*2. Research Design, pg. 21*3. Theoretical Foundations, pg. 61*4. Model Testing, pg. 121*5. Empirical Results, pg. 162*6. "Basic", pg. 216*Appendix A, pg. 230*Appendix B, pg. 242*Bibliography, pg. 247*Index, pg. 261
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Princeton University Press Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria 4794 Princeton
Book SynopsisTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*FOREWORD, pg. v*PREFACE TO THE ABRIDGED EDITION, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. ix*INTRODUCTION, pg. xvii*VEII, pg. lxix*CHAPTER I. VEII.-THE CITY, pg. 1*CHAPTER XVIII. NORCHIA.-ORCLE!, pg. 193*CHAPTER XIX. BIEDA.-BLERA, pg. 215*CHAPTER XXI. CERVETRI.-AGYLLA or CAeRE, pg. 229*CHAPTER XXII. SANTA SEVERA-PYRGI, pg. 293*CHAPTER XXV. CORNETO-TARQUINII, pg. 303*CHAPTER XXVII. TARQUINII-THE CITY, pg. 405*CHAPTER XXIX. VULCI, pg. 421*CHAPTER XXXI. TOSCANELLA-TUSCANIA, pg. 455*CHAPTER XXXIV. SOVANA-SUANA, pg. 473*CHAPTER XXXVII. ORVIETO, pg. 492*CHAPTER XLVI. POPULONIA-POPULONIA, pg. 522*CHAPTER XLVII. ROSELLE-RUSELLAe, pg. 536*AFTERWORD, pg. 549
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