Annual Review of Sociology articles from January 1 2001

Annual Review of Sociology archives from January 1 2001

VIOLENCE AND THE LIFE COURSE: The Consequences of Victimization for Personal and Social Development.
January 1, 2001... Key Words development, crime, psychological well-being, education, status attainment Abstract Considerable research documents the consequences of criminal violence for victims. At the same time, a strong relationship exists between age...

URBAN POVERTY AFTER THE TRULY DISADVANTAGED: The Rediscovery of the Family, the Neighborhood, and Culture.
January 1, 2001... Mario Luis Small [1] Katherine Newman [2] Key Words inner city, neighborhood effects, underclass, culture, birthrates Abstract In what follows we critically assess a selection of the works on urban poverty that followed the...

CASES AND BIOGRAPHIES: An Essay on Routinization and the Nature of Comparison.
January 1, 2001... Key Words cognition, institutions, markets, law, organizations Abstract Routines, protocols, and organization charts focus attention, structure cognition, and shape decision making. Participants in organizations, legal systems, and...

EDUCATION AND STRATIFICATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A Review of Theories and Research.
January 1, 2001... Claudia Buchmann [1] Emily Hannum [2] Key Words comparative research, family background, school effects, industrialization, social mobility, international education * Abstract This review examines research on education and...

THE GREAT AGRICULTURAL TRANSITION: Crisis, Change, and Social Consequences of Twentieth Century US Farming.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... Linda Lobao [1] Katherine Meyer [2] Key Words agriculture, economic development, farm population, family farming, farm women * Abstract One of the most profound changes in the United States in the past century is the national...

RELIGIOUS NATIONALISM AND THE PROBLEM OF COLLECTIVE REPRESENTATION.
January 1, 2001... Key Words institutional heterology, field, civil society Abstract I first argue that religion partakes of the symbolic order of the nation-state and that contemporary nationalisms are suffused with the religious. I then suggest that...

SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND CLASS IN STUDIES OF FERTILITY AND HEALTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
January 1, 2001... Kenneth A. Bollen [1] Jennifer L. Glanville [2] Guy Stecklov [3] Key Words measurement of socioeconomic status, dimensions of socioeconomic status, socioeconomic status and demography, socioeconomic status and population...

SPORT AND SOCIETY.
January 1, 2001... Key Words class, race, gender, media * Abstract Despite its economic and cultural centrality, sport is a relatively neglected and undertheorized area of sociological research. In this review, we examine sports' articulation with...

US SOCIAL POLICY IN COMPARATIVE AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: Concepts, Images, Arguments, and Research Strategies.
January 1, 2001... Key Words political sociology, welfare state, states * Abstract In this article we review theory and comparative and historical research on US social policy. We discuss first the conceptual frameworks used to think about social policy,...

IS GLOBALIZATION CIVILIZING, DESTRUCTIVE OR FEEBLE? A CRITIQUE OF FIVE KEY DEBATES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCE LITERATURE.
January 1, 2001... Key Words convergence, nation-state, modernity, global culture * Abstract The sociological, economic, political, and anthropological literatures are devoting increasing attention to globalization. This chapter discusses the various...

RELIGIOUS PLURALISM AND RELIGIOUS PARTICIPATION.
January 1, 2001... Mark Chaves [1] Philip S. Gorski [2] Key Words sociology of religion, rational choice, religious diversity, organizational competition, secularization * Abstract For more than a decade, sociologists of religion have been...

COLLECTIVE IDENTITY AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS.
January 1, 2001... Francesca Polletta [1] James M. Jasper [2] Key Words politics, protest, culture, group boundaries * Abstract Sociologists have turned to collective identity to fill gaps in resource mobilization and political process accounts of...

SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE INTERNET.
January 1, 2001... Paul DiMaggio [1] Eszter Hargittai [1] W. Russell Neuman [2] John P. Robinson [3] Key Words World Wide Web, communications, media, technology * Abstract The Internet is a critically important research site for...

THE SCALE OF JUSTICE: Observations on the Transformation of Urban Law Practice.
January 1, 2001... John P. Heinz [1] Robert L. Nelson [2] Edward O. Laumann [3] Key Words lawyers, law firms, professions, lawyer/client relations, legal profession * Abstract In the last quarter of the twentieth century, urban law practice...

CONCEPTUALIZING STIGMA.
January 1, 2001... Bruce G. Link [1] Jo C. Phelan [2] Key Words labeling, stereotype, discrimination, exclusion, deviance Abstract Social science research on stigma has grown dramatically over the past two decades, particularly in social...

SOCIOLOGICAL MINIATURISM: Seeing the Big Through the Small in Social Psychology.
January 1, 2001... John F. Stolte [1] Gary Alan Fine [2] Karen S. Cook [3] Key Words negotiated order, social exchange, power, collective identity, symbolic interaction * Abstract The distinctive contribution of sociological social psychology...

BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Homophily in Social Networks.
January 1, 2001... Miller McPherson [1] Lynn Smith-Lovin [1] James M Cook [2] Key Words human ecology, voluntary associations, organizations * Abstract Similarity breeds connection. This principle--the homophily principle--structures network...

EARLY TRADITIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT.
January 1, 2001... Key Words theory, culture, social organization, methods * Abstract This article documents the empirical, methodological, and theoretical contributions of African-American sociologists from the late 1800s until 1945, an era that...

HATE CRIME: An Emergent Research Agenda.
January 1, 2001... Donald P. Green [1] Laurence H. McFalls [2] Jennifer K. Smith [1] Key Words bias crime, prejudice, discrimination, racial violence * Abstract Hate crime is difficult to define, measure, and explain. After summarizing some of...