Economic Sociology and Political Economy

“There is criticism to which one responds, other criticism to which one replies. Wrongly perhaps. Why not lend an equally attentive ear to incomprehension triviality, ignorance, or bad faith? W...

https://economicsociology.org/2024/04/22/foucault-on-criticism-monsters-and-the-laws-of-vain-reviews/

Dear ES/PE community members, find below an abundant and excellent list of great academic opportunities: 23 calls for papers for conferences (some are fully or partly funded) and special issues, ...

https://economicsociology.org/2024/04/20/great-academic-opportunities-20-calls-for-papers-11-summer-schools-10-jobs-5-phds-4-postdocs-3-visiting-fellowships/

Whoever keeps posting Karl Marx quotes on the breakroom bulliten board needs to stop.– Management Engage yourself with consequential reflections about labor and class struggle in the 21st cent...

https://economicsociology.org/2024/04/02/class-struggle-in-the-21st-century/

by Vinícius Rodrigues Vieira* The literature on populism in the 21st century often assumes that far-right leaders draw their support from voters who have lost out to globalization. This is the ...

https://economicsociology.org/2024/03/24/it-is-identity-stupid-nationalism-trade-and-the-populist-rage/

by Till Hilmar* My recent book Deserved reconstructs people’s experiences with, and memories of, disruptive economic change. It foregrounds the voices of individuals who endured the “shock th...

https://economicsociology.org/2024/03/09/economic-memories-and-sense-making-of-the-profound-institutional-change/

Dear ES/PE community members, find below an abundant and excellent list of great academic opportunities: 27 calls for papers for conferences (some are fully or partly funded) and special issues, ...

https://economicsociology.org/2024/02/17/great-academic-opportunities-17-calls-for-papers-9-postdocs-6-summer-schools-5-phd-scholarships-2-jobs-a-non-residential-fellowship/

Paul Armer was a pioneer in computing technology whose work focused on the relationship between computers and society. He began his career at RAND Corporation in 1947 and was later appointed to h...

https://economicsociology.org/2024/02/10/surveillance-capitalism-and-cashless-society/

by Asaf Darr* The ongoing and fierce conflict between Jews and Palestinian Arabs is a daily reality in Israel, the country where I reside. As a sociologist of work and economic sociologist, I bec...

https://economicsociology.org/2024/02/01/between-conflict-and-collegiality-palestinian-arabs-and-jews-in-the-israeli-workplace/

Very interesting readings and recorded talks on various topics in Economic Sociology and Political Economy: — The best 5 books on The Administrative State recommended and discussed by Paul Tuck...

https://economicsociology.org/2024/01/26/bb-the-administrative-state-automating-finance-dependency-theory-youth-unemployment-spatial-urban-inequality-francis-fukuyama-more/

Fred Wright was a cartoonist for the United Electrical Workers of America (UE), from 1949 until 1984. Wright’s cartoons reflected the daily routines experienced by the working men and women: la...

https://economicsociology.org/2024/01/19/all-they-think-about-is-money/

Dear ES/PE community members, find below an abundant and excellent list of great academic opportunities: 24 calls for papers for conferences and special issues, 9 postdoctoral positions, 8 job op...

https://economicsociology.org/2024/01/13/great-academic-opportunities-21-calls-for-papers-8-jobs-7-postdocs-6-summer-schools-a-grant-an-award/

by Dror Goldberg* Where and when did modern currency originate? My book Easy Money: American Puritans and the Invention of Modern Currency (University of Chicago Press, 2023) tackles this fascina...

https://economicsociology.org/2024/01/02/how-a-puritan-society-invented-modern-currency-and-a-monetary-committee/

“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. Even those of the intelligent who believe that they have a nos...

https://economicsociology.org/2023/11/30/in-the-modern-world-the-stupid-are-cocksure-while-the-intelligent-are-full-of-doubt/

by Frank Jacob* What is Immanuel Wallerstein’s legacy for the 21st century? Following the closure of the Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems, and Civilizations...

https://economicsociology.org/2023/11/25/rereading-wallerstein-and-applying-world-systems-theory-in-the-21st-century/

Dear ES/PE community members, find below an abundant list of great academic opportunities: 16 calls for papers for conferences and special issues, 12 postdoc positions, 4 visiting opportunities, ...

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