Mission Statement
The Political and Economic Sociology area at Rutgers brings together a wide array of faculty with diverse substantive interests. We are linked, however, by our shared concern with large-scale patterns of social organization, transformation, and inequality. We see political and economic domains and processes as interconnected, and many of us employ comparative-historical, case-study, and/or social network methods to study them. Our objectives are to train graduate students in these methods, to introduce them to the most important debates and topics of research in our fields, and to mentor them in the pursuit of their own research interests through the department's qualifying paper requirements and our Political and Economic Sociology Workshop. Our students become colleagues, because we emphasize collegial learning, professional writing, and critical thinking. And our students become professionally visible, because we help them to produce publishable papers and scholarship that is important and interesting.
Current faculty research focuses on a variety of important topics including: migration and immigrant networks (Gerson, Lee); globalization, and especially critical reappraisals of world systems theory and of representations of ‘others’ in the global political economy (Böröcz, Brooks, Rodriguez); multiple social networks, elites, and political mobilization (McLean, Mische); environmental hazards and organizational catastrophes (Cerulo, Clarke, O'Neill, Rudel); and enduring forms of inequality in the United States (P. Carr , Hirschfield, Phillips, Roos, Smith). We also enjoy working together across our specific research interest groupings to offer students instruction and direction according to their needs and the unique qualities of their projects.
Affiliated Faculty
József Böröcz [also, http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~jborocz]
Ethel Brooks
Patrick Carr
Karen A. Cerulo
Lee Clarke [also, http://www.leeclarke.com]
Ira Cohen
Judith Friedman
Judith Gerson
Paul Hirschfield
Catherine Lee
Paul McLean
Ann Mische
Karen O'Neill
Julie Phillips
Robyn Rodriguez
Patricia A. Roos
Thomas Rudel [also, http://humanecology.rutgers.edu/documents/cv/rudel.pdf]
D. Randall Smith
Graduate Courses Taught in the Core Area
Comparative Ethnicity and Nationalism
Comparative/Historical Methods
Comparative Racial Structures
Comparative Social Structures
Crime and Deviance
Democracy and Violence
Eastern Enlargement of the European Union
Economic Sociology
Global Structures, States, and Nationhood
Globalization: Nationhood & Markets
Human Dimensions of Environmental Change
Ideology, Social Control, and Punishment
Inequalities
Labor and Globalization
Organizations
Political Sociology
Race and Ethnicity
Social Change
Social Inequality: Political and Economic Dimensions
Social Movements
Social Network Analysis
Socialisms: Utopias and Geopolitics
Sociology of Migration
Sociology of Economic Development
Sociology of Sport: Culture, Gender, Globalization
Sociology of Work
And here's a selection of Independent Study Courses we have recently offered:
Economic Sociology and Global Hi-Tech Networks (McLean)
Emotions and Social Movements (Mische)
Social Networks and Culture (Mische)
Tourism, Class, and Consumption (McLean)
Trust, Legitimation, and Institutional Change (Mische)
Social Networks: Fundamental Theories and Advanced Models (McLean)
Recent PhDs in Political and Economic Sociology (in alphabetical order)
A. Aneesh, Virtual Migration: Indian Programmers in the U.S.-Based Information Industry, 2001 (currently Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Diane Bates, Environmental Refugees? Colonist Migration from the Ecuadorian Amazon, 2000 (currently Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, College of New Jersey)
Sylvia Fuller, Broken Ladders or Boundaryless Careers: Job Instability and Worker Well-being , 2004 (currently Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, University of British Columbia)
Mary Gatta, Juggling Food and Feelings: Emotional Balance in the Workplace , 2000 (currently Director of Workforce Development and Research, Center for Women and Work, Rutgers University)
Mahasti Hashemi, Immigrants and Exiles: Iranian Women in the United States, 2006 (currently Assistant Dean for Advising and Administration,Rutgers University)
Lauren Heberle, Gender and Social Status in Extremist Social Movements: The NSDAP in Munich,1925-1929 , 2003 (currently a post-doctoral research fellow with the Center for Environmental Policy and Management, University of Louisville)
Courtney Bangert Jackson, Attending Birth: Inter-Professional Competition Between Midwives and Physicians, 2005 (currently Charlotte Ellertson Postdoctoral Fellow at Ibis Reproductive Health, Boston, MA)
Eric Kaldor, Advancing Corporate Capitalism in Hungary, 2005 (currently Assistant Professor of Sociology, SUNY-Brockport)
Kevin Keogan, Policing the Boundaries Between "Us" and "Them": Immigrants, Narrative Identity, and the Politics of Inclusion/Exclusion, 2006
John Lang, Acceptable Trust? The Public Perception of Organizations Involved in Genetically Modified Food, 2007 (currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at Temple University)
Vanina Leschziner, Recipes for Success: Culinary Styles, Professional Careers, and Institutional Patterns in the Field of High Cuisine, 2007 (currently Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto)
Lynne Moulton, Banking on Reputation: Toward a Theory of Social Collateral , 2003 (currently Assistant Professor of Sociology, SUNY-Brockport)
Keumjae Park , In our Different Names: Korean Immigrant Women and the Challenges of Post-Migration Identity Renegotiation, 2005 (currently Assistant Professor of Sociology, Willliam Paterson University)
Marla Perez-Lugo, Vulnerability to Natural Disasters and the Mass Media , 2003 (currently at the Applied Social Research Center, Department of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez)
Elaine Replogle, Intergenerational Conflict, Identity and Mental Health Among Second Generation South Asian Americans, 2004
Eric Shaw, What Goes Around Comes Around: A Social Psychological Examination of Helping Behavior Among Haitian Immigrants, Christian Fundamentalists, and Gang Members, 2003
King-To Yeung, Suppressing Rebels, Managing Bureaucrats: State Building During the Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864, 2007
Opportunities for Graduate Students in Political and Economic Sociology
Center for African Studies: In addition to sponsoring Africa-focused lectures and cultural events, the center offers a certificate program in African Studies for graduate students within departments and professional programs who would like to pursue a concentrated course of study on Africa. [http://ruafrica.rutgers.edu/]
Center for Humanities and Social Science Research (CHaSeR): The center of the department's research and educational development endeavors. Research assistantships and other funding possibilities, as well as opportunities of close collaboration with faculty. [http://chaser.rutgers.edu]
Center for Comparative European Studies (CCES): The umbrella organization for studies of European Union enlargement and European post-state-socialist societies. Year-long seminars, fellowships, lecture series. [http://cces.rutgers.edu] Center for Cultural Analysis (CCA): An interdisciplinary culture studies institution at Rutgers . Fellowships, seminars, lectures. [http://cca.rutgers.edu]
Center for Middle Eastern Studies: faculty from many FAS departments are affiliated with the center. It sponsors distinguished guest speakers and cultural events. [http://mideast.rutgers.edu]
Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis (RCHA): An interdisciplinary forum of historical scholarship at Rutgers . Fellowships, lecture series. [http://rcha.rutgers.edu]
Center for Urban Policy Research (CUPR): An interdisciplinary research center focusing on the study of U.S. cities. Lectures and research opportunities. [www.policy.rutgers.edu/cupr/]
Center for Women and Work (CWW;: An interdisciplinary group of faculty interested in issues relating to gender and work (part of the Institute for Women's Leadership). [http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cww/]
Institute for Hungarian Studies (IHS): A part of the CCES, the Center provides a home for Hungarian-related scholarly activities at Rutgers. Lecture series. [http://hi.rutgers.edu]
Institute for Research on Women (IRW): Promotes innovative scholarship on women and gender. Interdisciplinary seminars, lectures, symposia and conferences that bring together Rutgers researchers with top visiting scholars. [http://irw.rutgers.edu]
Labor Studies and Employment Relations at the School of Management and Labor Relations: Opportunities for intellectual exchange and cooperation, as well as course offerings. [http://www.smlr.rutgers.edu/misc/index.html]
Rutgers Global Initiative: The Global Initiative is a nascent faculty-driven collaborative initiative to promote global studies, international studies, and area studies at Rutgers. The initiative sponsors several working groups that bring together faculty and graduate students across different departments, units, and schools to conduct research on shared themes. The Global Initiative also serves as a clearinghouse for information about things global at Rutgers through our listserv, shared calendar of events, and meetings to share information. [http://ruafrica.rutgers.edu/global_initiative/index.html]
South Asian Studies Program at Rutgers: An interdisciplinary program at Rutgers involving faculty from many FAS departments. The program sponsors an annual conference with distinguished guest speakers. [http://southasia.rutgers.edu]
A Selection of Recent Faculty Publications
[Note: this is a partial listing. For a more complete listing of faculty publications, consult individual faculty webpages.]
Books in Print or Forthcoming (alphabetically by Rutgers faculty member):
József Böröcz and Melinda Kovács, editors, Empire's New Clothes: Unveiling EU-Enlargement (Central Europe Review, 2001; e-book available online)
Ethel Brooks, Unraveling the Garment Industry: Transnational Organizing and Women’s Work (forthcoming from Minnesota, 2007)
Patrick J. Carr, Clean Streets: Controlling Crime, Maintaining Order, and Building Community Activism (NYU Press, 2005)
Karen A. Cerulo, Never Saw It Coming: Cultural Challenges to Envisioning the Worst (Chicago, 2006)
Lee Clarke, Worst Cases: Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular Imagination (Chicago, 2005) [http://worstcases.com]
Judith Gerson and Diane Wolf, editors, Deghettoizing the Holocaust: Lessons for the Study of Diaspora, Ethnicity and Collective Memory (forthcoming from Duke, 2007)
Paul McLean, The Art of the Network: Strategic Interaction and Patronage in Renaissance Florence (forthcoming from Duke, 2007)
Ann Mische, Partisan Publics: Multiple Networks and Communicative Styles in Brazilian Youth Politics (forthcoming from Princeton, 2007)
Thomas K. Rudel, Tropical Forests: Regional Paths of Destruction and Regeneration in the Late 20th Century (Columbia, 2005)
Articles and Book Chapters (alphabetically by Rutgers faculty member):
József Böröcz, “Goodness Is Elsewhere: The Rule of European Difference,” Comparative Studies in Society and History 48,1:110-38 (2006) [http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~jborocz/zamoly.cssh.pdf]
József Böröcz and Mahua Sarkar, “What Is the EU?” International Sociology, 20(2):153-173 (2005). [http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~jborocz/IS..pdf]
Ethel Brooks, “The Ideal Sweatshop? Gender and Transnational Protest,” The Journal of International Labor and Working Class History 61 (Spring 2002) [Reprinted in Richard Greenwald and Daniel Bender, editors, Sweatshop USA (Routledge 2003)]
Patrick J. Carr, “The New Parochialism: Implications of the Beltway Case for Arguments Concerning Informal Social Control,” American Journal of Sociology 108(6): 1249-91 (2003)
Karen A. Cerulo, “Individualism Pro Tem: Reconsidering U.S. Social Relations,”in Karen Cerulo, editor, Culture In Mind: Toward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition, pp. 135-171 (Routledge, 2002)
Lee Clarke, “Mistaken Ideas and Their Effects,” In Robert Goodin and Charles Tilly, editors, Oxford Handbook of Contextual Political Analysis, pp. 297-315 (Oxford, 2006)
Catherine Lee, "The Value of Life in Death: Multiple Regression and Event History Analyses of Homicide Clearance in Los Angeles County,” Journal of Criminal Justice 33, 6:527-534 (2005)
Paul D. McLean, “Widening Access While Tightening Control: Office-Holding, Marriages and Elite Consolidation in Early Modern Poland,” Theory and Society 33:167-212 (2004)
Ann Mische, “Cross-Talk in Movements: Reconceiving the Culture-Network Link,” in Mario Diani and Doug McAdam, editors, Social Movement Analysis: The Network Perspective, pp. 258-80 (Oxford, 2003)
Julie A. Phillips and Megan M. Sweeney, “Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Disruption among White, Black and Mexican American Women,” Journal of Marriage and Family 67: 296-314 (2005)
Julie A. Phillips, “White, Black, and Latino Homicide Rates: Why the Difference?” Social Problems 39(3): 349-373 (2002)
Robyn Rodriguez and Nerissa S. Balce, “American Insecurity and Radical Filipino Community Politics, Peace Review 16, 2:131-140 (2004)
Robyn M. Rodriguez, “Migrant Heroes: Nationalism, Citizenship and the Politics of Filipino Migrant Labor,” Citizenship Studies 6, 3:341-356 (2002)
Mary L. Gatta and Patricia A. Roos, “Rethinking Occupational Integration,” Sociological Forum 20(3):369-402 (2005)
Patricia A. Roos, Mary K. Trigg, and Mary S. Hartman, “Changing Families/Changing Communities: Work, Family, and Community in Transition,” Community, Work & Family 9(2):197-224 (2006)
Thomas K. Rudel, “After the Labor Migrants Leave: The Search for Sustainable Development in a Sending Region of the Ecuadorian Amazon,” World Development 34(5):838-851 (2006)
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