Social Thought and Research, Volume 29 (2008)
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The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time (2001) by Karl Polayni
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2008-01-01)A list of the most seminal works in political economy of the twentieth century would have to include Karl Polanyi’s The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time. Known for its seething portrayal ... -
Polayni’s Double Movement: A Critical Reappraisal
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2008-01-01)Social scientists have been paying increasing attention to the works of Karl Polanyi. Of particular interest has been his claim that the (re)structuring of the economy based on the ideals of the self-regulating market ... -
An Intersectional Analysis of Visual Media: A Case Study of Diesel Advertisements
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2008-01-01)This study is intended to advance the application of an intersectional approach that focuses on the simultaneous operation of gender, race/ethnicity, and sexuality to the analysis of visual media, such as advertisements. ... -
Kansas Populist Newspaper Editorial Response to the Homestead and Pullman Strikes: An Application of Sewell’s Theory of Structure
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2008-01-01)Scholars disagree on the reasons the Populist and industrial labor movements failed to achieve a political coalition. Some attribute the cause to a backward-looking Populist ideology that searched for solutions in an ... -
Flexible Acculturation
(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2008-01-01)“Flexibility” has become an important concept in studies of globalization and transnationalism. Most academic discussions fall into the literature of global capitalist restructuring: e.g., Piore and Sabel’s (1984) notion ... -
Interview with Troy Duster, New York University
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Deciphering the Global: Its Spaces, Scales and Subjects
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Social Thought and Research, Volume 29 (2008): Front Matter
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