Sociology
Undervalued Dissent
Uses two case studies to demonstrate how neoliberal reforms in India have de-democratized labor politics.
Legal Path Dependence and the Long Arm of the Religious State
A comparative examination of the political, historical, legal, and religious antecedents of penalties and discrimination against sexual minority groups around the world.
Austerity and the Labor Movement
An overview and analysis of austerity policies and labor movement resistance in several countries.
Anarchism in Korea
A regional and transnational history of anarchism in Korea.
The Bitter Taste of Hope
Essays that critically evaluate America's domestic and foreign policy landscape since President Obama took office.
New York Art Deco
The first guidebook devoted exclusively to New York City’s Art Deco treasures.
Just War and Human Rights
Discusses how just war theory needs to be revised to better secure and respect human rights.
Urban Citizenship and American Democracy
Examines city politics and policy, federalism, and democracy in the United States.
City in Common
Addresses ways that cultural imaginaries point toward alternative urban futures.
Respectability on Trial
Recovers and chronicles the plights of ordinary New Yorkers that resonate with contemporary debates on rape and domestic violence.
Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar, Second Edition
Traces the historical development of slave labor and plantation agriculture in nineteenth-century Martinique.
Chinese Thought as Global Theory
Using Chinese thought, explores how non-Western thought can structure generally applicable social and political theory.
Leo Strauss, Philosopher
European scholars discuss Leo Strauss as a major figure in the history of philosophy.
Confucianism, A Habit of the Heart
Employs Robert Bellah’s notion of civil religion to explore East Asia’s Confucian revival.
New Frontiers of Slavery
Essays challenging conventional understandings of the slave economy of the nineteenth century.
Fabricating an Educational Miracle
Illustrates the changing significance of what it means to be educated, rural, and ethnic in Southwest China.
Anarchism and Art
Interprets popular art forms as exhibiting core anarchist values and presaging a more democratic world.
Born Out of Struggle
Demonstrates how critical race theory can be useful in real-world situations.
Running the Long Path
An ultrarunner’s fast-paced narrative into the wilds of New York’s Hudson Valley, as he attempts to set a new record for completing the Long Path, a 350-mile hiking trail that links New York City and Albany.
Race, Ethnicity, and Place in a Changing America, Third Edition
Uses both historical and contemporary case studies to examine how race and ethnicity affect the places we live, work, and visit. .
Public Spaces, Marketplaces, and the Constitution
Examines how the Supreme Court has banished free expression from shopping malls and other public spaces.
Becoming Critical
Presents the key experiences of a diverse group of teachers and students in their journeys of becoming social justice educator/scholars.
Privatizing the Polity
Presents evidence that the expansion of welfare privatization makes it harder for people to move out of poverty in large numbers.
The Heart and the Island
Makes the case for a distinctly Sicilian American literature.
Sports and Labor in the United States
Overview and analysis of labor relations in the big four American sports.