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ContemporarySociologyA JOUR NAL OF REVIEWSMarch 2010 Volume 39 Number 2American Sociological AssociationCover.indd 103/03/2010 6:27:35 PM
A JOURNAL OF REVIEWSMarch 2010 – Volume 39 – Number 2EDITORMANAGING EDITORASSISTANT EDITORSAlan SicaAnne SicaKathryn DensbergerRichard M. SimonPennsylvania State UniversityEDITORIAL BOARDJimi AdesinaEric FassinPaul AmatoEva FodorRhodes UniversitySouth AfricaPennsylvania State UniversityRobert AntonioUniversity of KansasCentral European UniversityHungaryJoan H. FujimuraKaren BarkeyUniversity of WisconsinSharon BirdUniversity of MinnesotaVictoria BonnellUniversity of Massachusetts,AmherstColumbia UniversityIowa State UniversityUniversity of California,BerkeleyRose BrewerUniversity of MinnesotaCraig CalhounJoe GerteisJanice IrvineDevorah Kalekin-FishmanUniversity of HaifaIsraelCaglar KeyderAnn MorningNew York UniversityAndrew NoymerUniversity of California,IrvineJennifer PierceUniversity of MinnesotaHarland PrechelTexas A&M UniversityWendy SimondsGeorgia State UniversityNeil SmelserUniversity of California,BerkeleyNico StehrZeppelin UniversityGermanyNew York UniversityBoğaziçi ÜniversitesiTurkeyBruce CarruthersNazli KibriaBoston UniversityUniversity of LjubljanaSloveniaChyong-fang KoJudith TreasAcademia SinicaTaiwanUniversity of California,IrvineMarcello ManeriStephen TurnerNorthwestern UniversityDonatella Della PortaEuropean University InstituteItalyPaul DiMaggioPrinceton UniversityElaine DraperCalifornia State University,Los AngelesAnthony ElliottAlenka SvabUniversity of Milano-BicoccaItalyUniversity of South FloridaRuth MilkmanPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity of California,Los AngelesFlinders UniversityAustraliaValentine MoghadamYen Le EspirituMignon MooreUniversity of California,San DiegoCover.indd 2École Normale SupérieureFrancePurdue UniversityJeff UlmerJohn UrryLancaster UniversityUnited KingdomUniversity of California,Los Angeles03/03/2010 6:27:36 PM
CONTENTSA SYMPOSIUM ON FRENCH SOCIOLOGYAuthorTitleReviewerFrench Sociology After World War II123 Philippe MassonFaire de la sociologie: Les grandes enquêtesfrançaises depuis 1945Howard S. BeckerFresh Work on the History of French Empirical Sociology126 Philippe MassonFaire de la sociologie: Les grandes enquêtesfrançaises depuis 1945126 Jean PeneffLe goût de l’observation: comprendre etpratiquer l’observation participante ensciences socialesJennifer PlattREVIEW ESSAYSAuthorTitleReviewerThe Extended Case Method: Four Countries,Four Decades, Four Great Transformations,and One Theoretical TraditionJavier AuyeroBurawoy, His Memory129 Michael BurawoyGlobal Environment and Human Development131 Kevin WatkinsHuman Development Report 2006. BeyondScarcity: Power, Poverty and the GlobalWater Crisis131 Kevin WatkinsHuman Development Report 2007-2008.Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarityin a Divided WorldScott FrickelA Chinese World System, Again?134 Giovanni ArrighiAdam Smith in Beijing: Lineages ofthe Twenty-First Century134 Deborah S. Davisand Wang FengCreating Wealth and Poverty inPostsocialist ChinaRichard LachmannREVIEWS139 Richard Alba, Albert J.Raboteau, and JoshDeWind, editorsImmigration and Religion in America:Comparative and Historical PerspectivesPierretteHondagneu-Sotelo
Author140 Joel Andreas141 Sarah Babb142 Paul Bagguley andYasmin Hussain144 Carolina Bank Muñoz145 Scott N. Brooks146 Lionel Cantú, Jr., editedby Nancy A. Naples andSalvador Vidal-Ortiz148 Eamonn Carrabine149 Wayne A. Cornelius,David Fitzgerald, andScott Borger, editors150 Tawnya J. Adkins Covertand Philo C. Wasburn152 Jocelyn Elise Crowley153 David Crystal154 Anne-Marie Cusac156 Sarah Daynes andOrville Lee157 Jean Van Delinder159 Shari L. Dworkin andFaye Linda Wachs160 Anthony Elliott162 Yuval Elmelech163 Didier Fassin andRichard Rechtman164 Andrew Gelman andJeronimo Cortina,editors166 Jack P. Gibbs167 Katherine GiuffreTitleReviewerRise of the Red Engineers: The CulturalRevolution and the Origins of China’s NewClassBehind the Development Banks:Washington Politics, World Poverty, andthe Wealth of NationsRiotous Citizens: Ethnic Conflict inMulticultural BritainTransnational Tortillas: Race, Gender andShop-Floor Politics in Mexico and theUnited StatesBlack Men Can’t ShootThe Sexuality of Migration: BorderCrossings and Mexican Immigrant MenGuobin YangCrime, Culture and the MediaFour Generations of Norteños: NewResearch from the Cradle of MexicanMigrationMedia Bias?: A Comparative Study ofTime, Newsweek, The National Review,and The Progressive Coverage ofDomestic Social Issues, 1975-2000Defiant Dads: Fathers’ Rights Activists inAmericaTxtng: The Gr8 Db8Cruel and Unusual: The Culture ofPunishment in AmericaDesire for RaceLynn S. ChancerA. Gary Dworkinand CharlesMunnellJames LandersStruggles Before Brown: Early Civil RightsProtests and Their Significance TodayBody Panic: Gender, Heath, and the Sellingof FitnessMaking the Cut: How Cosmetic Surgery isTransforming Our LivesTransmitting Inequality: Wealth and theAmerican FamilyThe Empire of Trauma: An Inquiry into theCondition of VictimhoodA Quantitative Tour of the Social SciencesAldon MorrisColossal Control Failures: From JuliusCaesar to 9/11Collective Creativity: Art and Society inthe South PacificRobert GramlingMichael GoldmanMartin BulmerGretchen PurserDouglas HartmannHéctor CarrilloMartin D. Schwartzdanah boydMichael SilbermanMara LovemanNatalie BoeroAnn BranamanEdward N. WolffMichael BarnettStephen L. MorganDustin Kidd
Author169 Joseph C. Hermanowicz170 Ethan B. Kapstein andNathan Converse171 Diana Kendall172 Maren Klawiter174 Mire Koikari175 Timothy Kubal177 Ahmet T. Kuru178 Gretchen LemkeSantangelo179 Rich Ling and Scott W.Campbell, editors181 Dan C. Lortie183 George E. McCarthy184 Rory McVeigh186 Hiromi Mizuno187 Valentine M. Moghadam188 Colin Ong-Dean190 Bryan D. Palmer191 Edmund D. Pellegrino,Adam Schulman, andThomas W. Merrill,editors193 Andrew Pickering andKeith Guzik, editors194 Antony J. Puddephatt,William Shaffir, andSteven W. Kleinknecht,editors196 Allison J. PughTitleReviewerLives in Science: How Institutions AffectAcademic CareersThe Fate of Young DemocraciesDiana CraneMembers Only: Elite Clubs and the Processof ExclusionThe Biopolitics of Breast Cancer: ChangingCultures of Disease and ActivismPedagogy of Democracy: Feminism and theCold War in the U.S. Occupation of JapanCultural Movements and CollectiveMemory: Christopher Columbus and theRewriting of the National Origin MythSecularism and State Policies TowardReligion: The United States, France, andTurkeyDaughters of Aquarius: Women of theSixties CountercultureThe Reconstruction of Space and Time:Mobile Communication PracticesSchool Principal: Managing in PublicDreams in Exile: Rediscovering Scienceand Ethics in Nineteenth-Century SocialTheoryThe Rise of the Ku Klux Klan: Right-WingMovements and National PoliticsScience for the Empire: ScientificNationalism in Modern JapanGlobalization and Social Movements:Islamism, Feminism, and the Global JusticeMovementDistinguishing Disability: Parents,Privilege, and Special EducationCanada’s 1960s: The Ironies of Identity in aRebellious EraHuman Dignity and BioethicsKaryn LacyThe Mangle in Practice: Science, Societyand BecomingEthnographies Revisited: ConstructingTheory in the FieldEric L. HsuLonging and Belonging: Parents, Children,and Consumer CulturePamela J. SmockJames BurkChris GanchoffBarbara MolonyJennifer A. JordanRoger FinkeMarion S.GoldmanBarry WellmanPeter MeiksinsDavid NormanSmithStewart E. TolnayMasamichi SasakiWilliam I.RobinsonThomas M. SkrticMildred A.SchwartzMichael S. EvansJacob Avery
Author197 Nicholas A. Robins andAdam Jones, editors198 Diane M. Rodgers200 Claude Rosental,translated by CatherinePorter201 Howard L. Rosenthaland David J. Rothman,editors202 Michael Shiner204 Patricia K. Smith205 Cass R. Sunstein206 André Turmel208 Barbara Wejnert,Suzanne K. Steinmetz,and Nirupama Prakash,editors209 Michel Wieviorka,translated by DavidMacey210 Howard Wilhite212 Bill Winders213 Kam C. Wong215 Robert Wuthnow216 Wei-Hsin Yu218 Min ZhouTitleReviewerGenocides by the Oppressed: SubalternGenocide in Theory and PracticeDebugging the Link between Social Theoryand Social InsectsWeaving Self-Evidence: A Sociology ofLogicClark McCauleyWhat Do We Owe Each Other?: Rights andObligations in Contemporary AmericanSocietyDrug Use and Social Change: TheDistortion of HistoryObesity among Poor Americans: Is PublicAssistance the Problem?Going to Extremes: How Like Minds Uniteand DivideA Historical Sociology of Childhood:Developmental Thinking, Categorizationand Graphic VisualizationSafe Motherhood in a Globalized WorldJane A. GrantViolence: A New ApproachLois PresserConsumption and the Transformation ofEveryday Life: A View from South IndiaThe Politics of Food Supply: U.S.Agricultural Policy in the World EconomyChinese Policing: History and ReformBoundless Faith: The Global Outreach ofAmerican ChurchesGendered Trajectories: Women, Work, andSocial Change in Japan and TaiwanContemporary Chinese America:Immigration, Ethnicity, and CommunityTransformationSanjoy MazumdarUllica SegerstraleSteve G. HoffmanPatricia A. Adlerand Peter AdlerVirginia W. ChangArthur L.StinchcombeBarbara HeynsBarbara KatzRothmanCarmen BainBin LiangMary Jo NeitzYoshinori KamoMargaret M. ChinBriefly Noted220 Randall Amster,Abraham DeLeon, LuisA. Fernandez, AnthonyJ. Nocella II, and DericShannon, editors220 Charles F. AndrainContemporary Anarchist Studies: An Introductory Anthology ofAnarchy in the AcademyPolitical Justice and Religious Values
AuthorTitleReviewer221 Karen L. Baird221 John D. Baldwin222 Ronald J. BergerBeyond Reproduction: Women’s Health, Activism, and Public PolicyEnding the Science WarsHoop Dreams on Wheels: Disability and the Competitive WheelchairAthlete222 Judith Blau and MarinaKarides, editors222 Prescott C. EnsignThe World and US Social Forums: A Better World is Possible andNecessaryKnowledge Sharing Among Scientists: Why Reputation Matters forR&D in Multinational FirmsThe Hungry Cowboy: Service and Community in a NeighborhoodRestaurant‘Race’ and Sport: Critical Race Theory223 Karla A. Erickson224 Kevin Hylton224 Lawrence R. Jacobs, FayLomax Cook, andMichael X. Delli Carpini224 Kelly A. Joyce225 Judith Walzer Leavitt226 Patricia MacCormack226 Carol McNaughton227 Julie A. Mertus227 Gerardo Otero, editor227 Dina Perrone228 Craig Slatin228 William Tregea andMarjorie Larmour229 Kathleen S. YepTalking Together: Public Deliberation and Political Participation inAmericaMagnetic Appeal: MRI and the Myth of TransparencyMake Room for Daddy: The Journey from Waiting Room to BirthingRoomCinesexualityTransitions Through Homelessness: Lives on the EdgeHuman Rights Matters: Local Politics and National Human RightsInstitutionsFood for the Few: Neoliberal Globalism and Biotechnology in LatinAmericaThe High Life: Club Kids, Harm and Drug PolicyEnvironmental Unions: Labor and the SuperfundThe Prisoners’ World: Portraits of Convicts Caught in theIncarceration BingeOutside the Paint: When Basketball Ruled at the Chinese PlaygroundComment and Reply230 Erratum233 Publications Received234 Index of Authors by Category239
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Ó American Sociological Association 2010DOI: 10.1177/0094306110361330http://cs.sagepub.comA SYMPOSIUM ONFRENCH SOCIOLOGYFrench Sociology After World War IIHOWARD S. BECKERSan Francisco, CAhsbecker@earthlink.netFor many years, students learned the historyof sociology pretty much the way I did fromLouis Wirth in the late 1940s as a string ofnames, dates, and the theories associatedwith them: Durkheim, ‘‘division of labor’’;Tarde, ‘‘imitation’’; nodding references toIbn Khaldun, Machiavelli, and Herodotus.In later years, students heard a more truncated and sophisticated version, with lessemphasis on history and more on an increasingly smaller list of names and theoriesthat eventually constituted the now totallyconventional trinity of Marx, Durkheim,and Weber. Once important thinkers likeVeblen, Park, and even Simmel more or lessdisappeared from the curriculum. Manyexceptions to this overly simple story exist,but I think most readers will recognize thebroad outline.In any of its versions, this kind of historyfocused on ideas and theories, rather thanresearch and the way it was conducted. Ialways thought an alternative version—onetelling the story of sociology’s developmentas a chronicle of good research projects,the methods used to produce them,and the organizations that made thempossible—would produce a better understanding of the discipline and how it got tobe the way it is. Paul Lazarsfeld (1993: 257–98) wrote about these problems from timeto time, but had few followers. In recentyears, scholars outside the United Stateshave produced such excellent examples ofthis approach as Jean-Michel Chapoulie’s(2001) insightful account of the ChicagoSchool and Jennifer Platt’s (1996) penetrating book on the history of research methodsin American sociology.Faire de la sociologie: Les grandes enquêtesfrancxaises depuis 1945, by PhilippeMasson. Paris, FR: La Découverte,2008. 254 pp. e15.00 paper. ISBN:9782707154484.Now Philippe Masson has produceda book describing the development of sociology in France after World War II, which exemplifies the kind of monograph I had so longwished for, and which we can hope will bethe first of many, by him or others, on thedevelopment of the variety of national sociologies that now exist. Masson explains thatFrench sociology had no organizational existence until well after the end of the war: nodepartments, no research centers, no PhDprograms, no regular sources of researchfunding, no real professional journals, nothing of what North Americans have becomeaccustomed to having around since the early1900s. Such organizational support as important individual scholars like Durkheim orMauss could create failed to endure and hadlittle long-term institutional consequence.After the war, Raymond Aron, a well-knownwriter on sociological topics, persuaded government officials that sociology’s time hadarrived. As a result, several universitiesestablished departments, the CNRS (if theU.S. National Science Foundation had staffresearchers it would be something like theCNRS) organized sociology research centers,and, maybe most importantly, several youngscholars, more or less handpicked by Aron,were sent to the United States to learn thelatest stuff, among them Alain Touraine,123Contemporary Sociology 39, 2
124 Review EssaysMichel Crozier, and others of that generation.They learned survey research, mainly, atColumbia and Chicago and, once home,established it as the basic research model(serious commercial polling businesses startedup around the same time). A professionalassociation and a few journals also got started.Masson emphasizes the influence of earlyevents on what followed. The first recruits tothe new field had been trained in philosophy.That made them sensitive to the existentialism espoused by Sartre and his followers,a program indifferent to American-basedpragmatism and its sociological progeny,and quick to emphasize theoretical (thatis, philosophical) issues. They also quicklycame to depend on research grants awardedby various government offices and organizations, whose managers began findingresearch—preferably the kind based onsurveys, with lots of numbers, which looked,and could be sai
A. Gary Dworkin and Charles Munnell 150 Tawnya J. Adkins Covert and Philo C. Wasburn Media Bias?: A Comparative Study of Time, Newsweek, The National Review, and The Progressive Coverage of Domestic Social Issues, 1975-2000 James Landers 152 Jocelyn Elise Crowley Defiant Dads
