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HIGHLIGHTS
current volume (v 22)
past highlights
Special Section on the Politics of the Middle-Class in Developing Countries, edited by Gay Seidman (v. 21). Saskia Sassen on denationalized citizenship (v. 20). Cedric de Leon’s award-winning article on what Barrington Moore never knew but should have (v. 19). Frank Dobbin & Dirk Zorn on Corporate Malfeasance, with responses from Richard Swedberg, Elisabeth Clemens, Mark Mizruchi & Howard Kimeldorf, and Neil Fligstein (v. 17)
A special volume on Postcolonial Sociologies. Also Manali Desai on the emergence of neoliberalism in India, Robin Archer on revolution and conservatism, Eric Brown on the black-middle class in the post-civil rights U.S., Silvia Pasquetti on the Palestinian National Question, and Rachel Meyer on the global dimensions of Chicago’s living wage campaign.
upcoming
Special volume on Rethinking Obama, with a special section edited by Eduardo Bonilla-Silvaand contributions from Dylan Rodriguez, Bonilla-Silva & Louise Seamster, Tamara Nopper, Cedric de Leon, & Matt Barreto et al. Phil Gorski writes on “Barack Obama and Civil Religion,” with critical responses from Joseph Gerteis, Andrew R. Murphy, and Michael Young & Christopher Pieper.
