By Calvin John Smiley, author of Purgatory Citizenship: Reentry, Race, and Abolition
Every year, millions of people cycle in and out of American penal institutions. For many, it might be a few days or weeks in a local jail but for others it could be years or even decades in a prison. M...
By Jamie J. Fader, author of On Shifting Ground: Constructing Manhood on the Margins
Although “the end of men” is hardly imminent, it is important to consider how mass incarceration and declining labor market participation have deepened intragender social inequalities, creating a large...
By Tanya Golash-Boza, author of Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC’s Racial Wealth Gap
After enjoying a refreshing cocktail on the patio of a restaurant on 14th Street, I asked the waiter how long they had been open. He responded that they opened about a decade ago, and that the...
Abortion Pills Go Global: Reproductive Freedom across Border is a timely illustration of the profound and transformative promise of safe medication abortion pills. Exploring the journey of these pills from manufacturing plants to transported by feminist activists from India, Ireland, N...
By Alexandrea Ravenelle, author of Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times
Since 2015—which seems like a different era entirely—I’ve interviewed hundreds of gig workers about the downsides of gig work: economic uncertainty, sexual harassment, physical ri...
C.J. Pascoe is currently the Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon and author of the award-winning and critically acclaimed book Dude, You’re a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School (2011).
In her latest book, Nice is Not Enough, she is given direct a...
The following interview is reprinted with permission from the American Sociological Association’s Global and Transnational Sociology Section Spring 2022 newsletter.
INTERVIEWED BY ANDREA ZHU
A. Zhu: The introductory statement of Global Perspectives reads: “GP starts from the premise...
UC Press is proud to call current ASA President Cecilia Menjívar a UC Press author. For the upcoming 2022 American Sociological Association conference, we interviewed Menjívar about her perspective on future directions for the discipline, her approach to mentorship, and the role of sociol...
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Celeste Watkins-Hayes
Distinguished Scholarly...
Award-winning author Danielle Raudenbush
We’re proud to share that author Danielle Raudenbush has won the 2020 C. Wright Mills Award for her book, Health Care Off the Books! This honor, awarded annually by the Society for the Study of Social Problems, is one of the most prestigious boo...