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welcome guest blogger, jason owen-smith
We'd like to a welcome Jason Owen-Smith as our new guest blogger on orgtheory. Jason is an associate professor of organizational studies and sociology at the University of Michigan. The organizational studies department at Michigan is one of the only departments of its kind in the country - an interdisciplinary program focused on training undergraduates in organizational theory and related fields. It's a perfect home for Jason, who works at the nexus of organizational theory, social studies of science, and social network research. He's published in a number of top social science journals, incl
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a few words about market rebels
I very much enjoyed Market Rebels by Huggy Rao . Here's a clip from my review in Contemporary Sociology : Rao's account touches on a deep issue in sociology, the wide spread adoption of social movement theory. Scholars in multiple areas have employed concepts such as resource mobilization and framing to understand how actors promote their interests in contentious ways. This research has been successful in showing that contention appears in fields as diverse as product innovation, higher education, culture, and public policy (e.g., Van Dyke, Soule, and Taylor 2004; Rojas 2007). An important fin
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Seated Performances
Dr. David Bissell , lecturer in sociology at the Research School of Social Sciences, the Australian National University, points out in a recent exploratory article that: " Sedentary bodies invariably spend much time seated ." The research paper examines the broader concept of 'comfort' by focussing in particular on one commonly-used comfort-provider - The Chair : "I explore sitting as a bodily configuration where a desirable sensibility of comfort can potentially be attained." Bissel points out an often overlooked subtlety of being seated: "Put simply, it perhaps takes bodily effort to be phys
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markets on trial - new website
Mike Lounsbury and Paul Hirsch have a forthcoming edited book that provides a sociological take on the financial crisis. I blogged earlier about the workshop where many of these papers were presented. The volume, Markets on Trial, has a new and improved website , which includes a synopsis of the volume. The tagline at the top of the page summarizes it nicely - "Going beyond conventional Economic theories, Economic Sociologists enhance our understanding of the recent financial crisis and provide policy recommendations." The editors make the point that a sociological take on the causes of the cr
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soc phd programs #9: health
Previous installments: strat/work , education , org studies , culture , urban , soc psych , demography , political sociology . This is easy, since Indiana is usually regarded as a leader in medical sociology & health. The following folks do health in one way or another: Pam Jackson (mental health, race & health), Scott Long (aging), Jane McLeod (mental health, life course), Eliza Pavalko (aging, life course, health care politics), Bernice Pescosolido (suicide, mental health, networks), Quincy Stewart (race, mortality, demography), Peggy Thoits (mental health, life course). I also count in some
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		2009: The year in review
		2009: The year in review . Even amid the challenges of an international economic downturn, Stanford's faculty and staff continued to pursue and support cutting-edge research and make their mark in public service; students excelled in the classroom and on the playing field and dynamic programs, inclu
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		Paul Halliday
		Paul Halliday - Media Project . Visual sociology is a still emerging but exciting form of social practice as researchers seek to harness the powers of multimedia to contribute to understanding social life. At Goldsmiths College, University of London my colleague Paul Halliday recently completed a 20
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