Qualitative Sociology Abstract: With “In Praise of ‘Thick Construction,’” Loïc Wacquant offers a welcome manifesto for ethnography infused with Bourdieusian epistemology. Continuing in that spirit, I elaborate the need (and offer practical tips) for epistemological …
Publications
Conceptualizing Authoritarianism by Ivan Ermakoff (2025)
Oxford Handbook of Authoritarian Politics Abstract: Authoritarianism evokes phenomenal realities of different kinds: rules, behaviors, institutional settings, representations, dispositions, and attitudes. Given this lack of fixed meaning, the present chapter addresses conceptual issues by considering …
Ambiguously Sexual Interactions by Chloe Hart and Ivana Vranjes (2025)
What the #MeToo Movement Highlights and Hides about Workplace Sexual Harassment edited by Anne M. O’Leary-Kelly and Shannon L. Rawski
In the Shadow of Sunshine Laws: Open Meeting Laws and Administrative Burdens by Sadie Dempsey (2025)
Democracy, Governance, and Law Abstract: Purpose – This chapter shows how open meeting laws (also called “sunshine laws”) place administrative burdens on the public and inadvertently thwart political participation. Methodology/approach – This argument is supported by 36 …
Murder and Moral Responsibility: Thinking with and against Sartre about Reactions to the October 7th Pogrom by Chad Alan Goldberg (2025)
Chad Alan Goldberg’s article “Murder and Moral Responsibility: Thinking with and against Sartre about Reactions to the October 7th Pogrom,” originally published in Responses to 7 October, edited by Rosa Freedman and David Hirsh (Routledge, …
Crimmigration and the punishment of women: Evidence from Texas courts by Avery Warner (2025)
Social Science Research Abstract: Recent research argues that the criminalization of immigration reflects broader social processes of membership and belonging, making some noncitizens deportable and others worthy of protection. Yet, while scholars suggest that both …
Fertiliuty intentions in rural Malawi after Cyclone Idai by Monica J. Grant and Katherine J. Curtis (2025)
Population and Environment Abstract: Environmental disruptions, such as extreme weather events, can heighten household uncertainty by causing financial, marital, and housing instability. In this paper, we draw on unique interview data to deepen understanding of …
Norms or Knowledge? Unpacking Views on Maternal Employment among the College Educated in South Korea by Eunsil Oh (2025)
Qualitative Sociology Abstract: Prior studies of postindustrial societies have shown that despite declines in some gendered expectations, the view that women should not work when their children are young persists. Yet there is insufficient research …
Nonparametric causal decomposition of group disparities by Ang Yu and Felix Elwert (2025)
The Annals of Applied Statistics Abstract: We introduce a new nonparametric causal decomposition approach that identifies the mechanisms by which a treatment variable contributes to a group-based outcome disparity. Our approach distinguishes three mechanisms: group …
Consequences of expanded vocationally oriented programs for gender segregation and inequality: The case of Japanese higher education by Uchikoshi Fumiya, Kohei Toyonaga, and Erika Teramoto (2025)
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility Abstract: In this paper, we integrate two bodies of literature on higher education—horizontal stratification and gender segregation—to generate new insights into the consequences of the increase in vocationally oriented …