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In 2004, Michael Burawoy, speaking as president of the American
Sociological Association, generated far-reaching controversy when
he issued an ambitious and impassioned call for a 'public
sociology'. Burawoy argued that sociology should speak beyond the
university, engaging with social movements and deepening an
understanding of the historical and social context in which they
exist. In this volume, renowned sociologists come together to
debate the perils and the potentials of Burawoy's challenge. The
contributors include Andrew Abbott, Michael Burawoy, Patricia Hill
Collins, Barbara Ehrenreich, Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Sharon Hays,
Douglas Massey, Joya Misra, Orlando Patterson, Frances Fox Piven,
Lynn Smith-Lovin, Judith Stacey, Arthur Stinchcombe, Alain
Touraine, Immanuel Wallerstein, William Julius Wilson, and Robert
Zussman.
In malls across the United States, clothing retail workers navigate
low wages and unpredictable schedules. Despite these problems, they
devote time and money to mirror the sleek mannequins stylishly
adorned with the latest merchandise. Bringing workers' voices to
the fore, sociologists Joya Misra and Kyla Walters demonstrate how
employers reproduce gendered and racist "beauty" standards by
regulating workers' size and look. Interactions with customers,
coworkers, and managers further reinforce racial hierarchies. New
surveillance technologies also lead to ineffective corporate
decision-making based on flawed data. By focusing on the
interaction of race, gender, and surveillance, Walking Mannequins
sheds important new light on the dynamics of retail work in the
twenty-first century.
In malls across the United States, clothing retail workers navigate
low wages and unpredictable schedules. Despite these problems, they
devote time and money to mirror the sleek mannequins stylishly
adorned with the latest merchandise. Bringing workers' voices to
the fore, sociologists Joya Misra and Kyla Walters demonstrate how
employers reproduce gendered and racist "beauty" standards by
regulating workers' size and look. Interactions with customers,
coworkers, and managers further reinforce racial hierarchies. New
surveillance technologies also lead to ineffective corporate
decision-making based on flawed data. By focusing on the
interaction of race, gender, and surveillance, Walking Mannequins
sheds important new light on the dynamics of retail work in the
twenty-first century.
Political sociology is a large and expanding field with many new
developments, and The New Handbook of Political Sociology supplies
the knowledge necessary to keep up with this exciting field.
Written by a distinguished group of leading scholars in sociology,
this volume provides a survey of this vibrant and growing field in
the new millennium. The Handbook presents the field in six parts:
theories of political sociology, the information and knowledge
explosion, the state and political parties, civil society and
citizenship, the varieties of state policies, and globalization and
how it affects politics. Covering all subareas of the field with
both theoretical orientations and empirical studies, it directly
connects scholars with current research in the field. A total
reconceptualization of the first edition, the new handbook features
nine additional chapters and highlights the impact of the media and
big data.
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