Sociology

From the author of Race After Technology, an inspiring vision of how we can build a more just world—one small change at a time

“A true gift to our movements for justice.”—Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow

How social status shapes our dreams of the future and inhibits the lives we envision for ourselves

Bridging the social and life sciences to unlock the mystery of how cities shape mental health and illness

A fascinating account of the growing "Yes in My Backyard" urban movement

How ordinary urban objects influence our behavior, exacerbate inequality, and encourage social change

A vivid portrait of African American life in today’s urban South that uses food to explore the complex interactions of race and class

An in-depth look at the rising American generation entering the Black professional class

Why acknowledging diverse eco-social relationships can help us overcome the political polarization that undermines our ability to protect the environment

One of the nation’s foremost urban historians traces the history of cooperative housing in New York City from the 1920s through the 1970s

An important examination of how artists have grappled with anti-Black violence and its representations from the late nineteenth century to the present

A trailblazing look at the historical emergence of a global field in contemporary art and the diverse ways artists become valued worldwide

From the New York Times to Gawker, a behind-the-scenes look at how performance analytics are transforming journalism today—and how they might remake other professions tomorrow

The brilliant but turbulent life of a public intellectual who transformed the social sciences

How the authority of medicine is continuously shaped by relationships among physicians, industry, colleagues, and organizations

How the science of urban planning can make our cities healthier, safer, and more livable

"A must-read for anyone interested in solutions to America’s housing crisis."—Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
An in-depth look at America’s largest rental assistance program and how it shapes the lives...

A groundbreaking account of how prolonged grassroots mobilization lays the foundations for durable democratization

A groundbreaking account of how the welfare state began with early nineteenth-century child labor laws, and how middle-class and elite reformers made it happen

A study of the structure, growth, and future of transnational human travel and communication

A tidyverse edition of the acclaimed textbook on data analysis and statistics for the social sciences and allied fields

A guide for using computational text analysis to learn about the social world

How to study the past using data

An ideal textbook for an introductory course on quantitative methods for social scientists—assumes no prior knowledge of statistics or coding

An engaging introduction to data science that emphasizes critical thinking over statistical techniques

The classic work on qualitative methods in political science

The story of how economic reasoning came to dominate Washington between the 1960s and 1980s—and why it continues to constrain progressive ambitions today

How tech giants are reshaping spirituality to serve their religion of peak productivity

A behind-the-scenes look at how the rich and powerful use offshore shell corporations to conceal their wealth and make themselves richer

A comprehensive and illuminating account of the history of credit in America—and how it continues to divide the haves from the have-nots

A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life

A masterful history of the LGBT workforce in America

How new parents in low-wage jobs juggle the demands of work and childcare, and the easy ways employers can help

A renowned economic historian traces women’s journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between couples at home

Slicing through blunt theories of supply and demand, Callon presents a rigorously researched but counterintuitive model of how everyday market activity gets produced.

How organizations developed in history, how they operate, and how research on them has evolved

A remarkable look at how the growth, technology, and politics of high-frequency trading have altered global financial markets

How the American government has long used financial credit programs to create economic opportunities

How states deny the full potential of refugees as people and perpetuate social inequality

An in-depth look at the many ways immigration has redefined modern America

An in-depth look at Qatar's migrant workers and the place of skill in the language of control and power

Why “aporophobia”—rejection of the poor—is one of the most serious problems facing the world today, and how we can fight it

An incisive and sympathetic examination of the case for ending the practice of imprisonment

How and why cities have become the predominant sites for revolutionary upheavals in the contemporary world

How and why NGOs are increasingly taking independent and direct action in global law enforcement, from human rights to the environment

A comprehensive account of the media's coverage of social movements in the United States

How the utopian tradition offers answers to today’s environmental crises

Why your political beliefs are influenced by the language you speak

How poor migrants shape city politics during urbanization

How the racist legacy of colonialism shapes global migration

What drives anti-immigrant bias—and how it can be mitigated

Why countries colonize the lands of indigenous people

The origins and development of the modern American emergency state

An in-depth look at how U.S. Latino advocacy groups are using ethnoracial demographic projections to bring about political change in the present

An urgent look at the relationship between guns, the police, and race

How political protests and activism influence voters and candidates

Why most modern revolutions have ended in bloodshed and failure—and what lessons they hold for today's world of growing extremism

A panoramic history of rules in the Western world

Why higher education is not a silver bullet for eradicating economic inequality and social injustice

The case for race-conscious education policy

An honest confrontation of systemic racism in faculty hiring—and what to do about it

How privileged adolescents in China acquire status and why this helps them succeed

An essential handbook to the unwritten and often unspoken knowledge and skills you need to succeed in grad school

A practical guide to effective grant writing for researchers at all stages of their academic careers

An inside look at how one of the country’s most elite private schools prepares its students for success

How the actions and advocacy of diverse religious communities in the United States have supported democracy’s development during the past century

An in-depth look at why non-Jewish Poles are trying to bring Jewish culture back to life in Poland today

How parents approach the task of passing on religious faith and practice to their children

A revealing look at the Jewish American encounter with Buddhism

A startling look at the unexpected places where violent hate groups recruit young people

An urgent look at the relationship between guns, the police, and race

A landmark book that changed the story of Poland’s role in the Holocaust

A rare behind-the-scenes look at the work of forensic scientists

A provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal society

A revealing look at how user behavior is powering deep social divisions online—and how we might yet defeat political tribalism on social media

A riveting portrait of a rural Pennsylvania town at the center of the fracking controversy

The past two decades have seen revolutionary shifts in our ability to navigate, inhabit, and define the spatial realm. The data flows that condition much of our lives now regularly include Global Positioning System (GPS) readings and...

From one of the leading policy experts of our time, an urgent rethinking of how we can better support each other to thrive

How redesigning your syllabus can transform your teaching, your classroom, and the way your students learn

How the attorney-client relationship favors the privileged in criminal court—and denies justice to the poor and to working-class people of color

Why most modern revolutions have ended in bloodshed and failure—and what lessons they hold for today's world of growing extremism

How political protests and activism influence voters and candidates

Why the number of young Americans from mixed families is surging and what this means for the country’s future

"A must-read for anyone interested in solutions to America’s housing crisis."—Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
An in-depth look at America’s largest rental assistance program and how it shapes the lives...

A remarkable look at how the growth, technology, and politics of high-frequency trading have altered global financial markets

How the science of urban planning can make our cities healthier, safer, and more livable

The starkly different ways that American and French online news companies respond to audience analytics and what this means for the future of news

How craigslist champions openness, democracy, and other vanishing principles of the early web

An in-depth look at how employers today perceive and evaluate job applicants with nonstandard or precarious employment histories

An inside look at how one of the country’s most elite private schools prepares its students for success

A vivid, groundbreaking history of the legacies of slavery in an elite Northern town as told by its Black residents

A revealing look at the Jewish American encounter with Buddhism

How the American government has long used financial credit programs to create economic opportunities

How parents approach the task of passing on religious faith and practice to their children