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Annual Review of Sociology archives from January 1 1997
On the virtues of the old institutionalism.
January 1, 1997... Introduction
I was recruited into sociology by the institutional economists, especially by Thorstein Veblen; sociologists at Central Michigan College of Education read Veblen, while economists there did not. I started with The Theory of the...
The savings and loan debacle, financial crime, and the state.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
The savings and loan (S&L) crisis of the 1980s was one of the worst financial disasters of the twentieth century. Experts gauge its cost to US taxpayers over 30 years to be approximately $500 billion, including interest payments...
Modeling the relationships between macro forms of social control.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
Although always an integral part of sociology, the study of social control has waxed and waned. Originally, the concept was defined broadly as any structure, process, relationship, or act that contributes to the social order;...
Growing up American: the challenge confronting immigrant children and children of immigrants.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
The phenomenal increase in contemporary immigration to the United States has given rise to a record number of children who, regardless of place of birth, are raised in immigrant families. Since the 1980s, a new generation of...
Feminist theory and sociology: underutilized contributions for mainstream theory.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
The term "feminist theory" is used to refer to a myriad of kinds of works, produced by movement activists and scholars in a variety of disciplines; these are not mutually exclusive and include: (a) normative discussions of how...
Poverty and inequality among children.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
A widespread and justified perception is that an increasing share of American children are "at risk," both materially and psychoemotionally. By current standards, children suffer disproportionately high rates of measured poverty,...
The first injustice: socioeconomic disparities, health services technology, and infant mortality.
January 1, 1997... DISPARITIES IN INFANT MORTALITY RATES: NO LONGER A SIMPLE SOCIAL MIRROR
High rates of death and disease among individuals of lower social and economic status have been extensively documented in industrialized countries throughout the past...
Sociological perspectives on medical ethics and decision-making.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
In the extended family of scholars that has formed over the last three decades around what has come to be known as medical ethics, sociology is a poor relative. Medical ethics is an intellectual discipline, but sociology has not...
Sociological rational choice theory.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
In the last decade rational choice theory has gained influence and visibility in many of the social sciences and in related disciplines such as philosophy and law. To appreciate just how rapidly its influence has spread, consider...
The changing organizational context of professional work.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
Sociologists' long-term interest in professional work can be traced to the founders of sociology in their discussions of authority (Durkheim 1933, Bendix 1956), bureaucracy (Weber 1947), and class conflict (Marx 1889). More recent...
The measurement of age, age structuring, and the life course.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
Within the social sciences, the measurement of age, age structuring, and the life course must be considered within the context of three very different debates and problem areas. First, it is related to the more general problem of...
Culture and cognition.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
The study of culture in everyday life remains a virtuoso affair. Interpretive studies offer great insight but fail to build on one another. Cultural theory has become highly sophisticated but not fully operational. These riches...
The family responsive workplace.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
As the number of dual-earner and single-parent households raising children continues to grow, pressure on organizations to attend to the family responsibilities of employees has been increasing (Families and Work Institute 1991,...
New forms of work organization.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
Simultaneous, mutually conditioning changes in global economic conditions and in organizational and employment innovations are dramatically reconfiguring a spectrum of work settings in the postindustrial United States (Aronowitz &...
Sociology of markets.
January 1, 1997... Introduction
We live in the age of the market. The category of the market dominates everyday discourse and political reality. Jobs, spouses, and commodities are all said to be obtained in their respective markets. After the collapse of...
Politics and culture: a less fissured terrain.
January 1, 1997... MAPPING THE FIELD
Three years ago I wrote a preliminary review of current research on politics and culture (Berezin 1994a). I oriented my first review toward methodology and asked how sociologists might pose relevant questions that wed culture...
Identity construction: new issues, new directions.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
The study of identity forms a critical cornerstone within modern sociological thought. Introduced by the works of Cooley and Mead, identity studies have evolved and grown central to current sociological discourse....
New social movements: a critical review.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
The "New" Social Movement (NSM) paradigm is a recent addition to social theory that stresses both the macrohistorical and microhistorical elements of social movements. On the macro level, the NSM paradigm concentrates on the...
Women's employment and the gain to marriage: the specialization and trading model.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
The economic role of American women, especially married women, has been undergoing a major transformation since World War II. These changes have inspired a large and varied literature, some of it focusing primarily on women's...
People's accounts count: the sociology of accounts.
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION
Recently in the social sciences, scholars have been encouraged to collect and interpret stories that people tell about their lives (Bochner 1994, Bruner 1986, 1990, Coles 1989, Gergen & Gergen 1987, 1988, Harvey et al 1990a,...
The legal environments of organizations.
January 1, 1997... Introduction
Classical social theorists saw the sociology of law and the sociology of organizations as intimately intertwined. To Marx, each historical epoch generated distinctive legal forms that simultaneously reflected and reproduced that...