Political Sociology
The Politics of Orientation
Interlinks Gilles Deleuze's critical philosophy with Niklas Luhmann's systems theory to unpack contemporary democratic politics as a contest for complexity-reducing orientation in sense.
Colombian Peasants in the Neoliberal Age
Presents a timely discussion of the core problems faced by peasant communities under neo-liberal economics.
Technologies of Human Rights Representation
Analyzes the effects of new technologies on human rights, with a particular focus on how representations of technology affect our ability to understand and control it.
The Left Hand of Capital
Original and comprehensive examination of Chilean political and economic development since the end of the Pinochet military regime in 1990.
Holidays of the Revolution
Shows how Israeli Communists developed a distinctive national identity outside the boundaries of Zionism.
Neo-race Realities in the Obama Era
Considers the impact of neo-racism during the Obama presidency.
From News to Talk
Explores how journalists think and talk about changes in the news environment, with a focus on the increase in opinion and commentary.
The Battle over a Civil State
Traces the genealogy of the Western philosophic concept of the civil state, how that concept was assimilated into Egyptian political thought, and how it affected the 2013 coup against President Mursi.
The New Welfare Consensus
Discusses the conservative ideological and political attack on welfare in the United States.
Reconciliation in Global Context
A transdisciplinary approach to reconciliation practices and policies by an international team of scholars and scholar-practitioners.
Religious Zionism and the Settlement Project
An in-depth account of the ideology driving Israel's religious Zionist settler movements since the 1970s.
Poor Joshua
Tells the story of a tragic Supreme Court decision involving child abuse and what might be done to rectify it.
Understanding Immigration
Undergraduate-level textbook introducing students to the factors which define immigration politics in the United States and Europe.
Toward a Critical Theory of States
In-depth study of the enduring impact of the 1970s debate between state theorists Ralph Miliband and Nicos Poulantzas.
Race Still Matters
Essays debunking the notion that contemporary America is a colorblind society.
A Vanished Ideology
First comprehensive examination of the rise and decline of the Jewish communist movement in the English-speaking world.
Anarchism in Korea
A regional and transnational history of anarchism in Korea.
The Arab Revolution of 2011
Comparative analysis of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings.
Massively Parallel Globalization
Explores how individuals and groups adapt to the challenges of globalization.
Corporate Power, Oligopolies, and the Crisis of the State
Addresses the power of oligopolistic corporations in contemporary society.
Black Haze, Second Edition
Expanded and revised edition of the first book devoted solely to black fraternity hazing.
Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development, Second Edition
Updated second edition examining how the real estate industry and federal housing policy have facilitated the development of racial residential segregation.
Tough Love
Exposes how ex-gay and post-abortion ministries operate on a shared system of thought and analyzes their social implications.
From Every Mountainside
Essays on the civil rights movement outside the South and since the 1960s.
The Illusion of Freedom and Equality
Explores how Enlightenment values have been transformed in a technological civilization.
Impossible Democracy
Explores how community action programs used federal funds to sponsor social protest–based community reform.
Life in the White House
Interdisciplinary essays on the White House and the lives of first families.
Globalization, Technology, and Philosophy
Confronts globalization and technology from philosophical perspectives.
Linked Arms
Shows how a rural group used civil disobedience to defy the nuclear industry and governmental authority, preventing the building of a nuclear dump in western New York.
Beyond the Power Mystique
Locating power within the symbolic interactionist framework, this book permeates much of the mystique shrouding "power" and examines the ways in which notions of power, control, influence and the like are brought into human existence.
The Changing Agenda of Israeli Sociology
Offers the first systematic and comprehensive overview of sociological thought in Israel, and pleads for a new agenda that would shift the focus from nation building to democratic and egalitarian citizenship formation.