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University of California Press Blog | Sociology
2M ago
Today is the ten-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death and a critical moment to reflect on the uprisings. While some view these contemporary revolts as solely driven by police aggression, our modern unrest narrative is more complex ..read more
University of California Press Blog | Sociology
2M ago
By Hatim Rahman, author of Inside the Invisible Cage: How Algorithms Control Workers It was barely a decade ago that many of us became enamored by the “gig” economy. Booking a room ..read more
University of California Press Blog | Sociology
2M ago
As workers attempt new modes of employment in the era of the Great Resignation, they face a labor landscape that is increasingly uncertain and stubbornly unequal. With Handcrafted Careers, sociologist Eli Revelle ..read more
University of California Press Blog | Sociology
2M ago
The debate over campus sexual violence is more heated than ever, but hardly anyone knows what actually happens inside Title IX offices. On the Wrong Side provides the first comprehensive account of the inner ..read more
University of California Press Blog | Sociology
3M ago
For World Refugee Day, we share the words of the refugee women featured in Accidental Sisters: Refugee Women Struggling Together for a New American Dream. Accidental Sisters follows five refugee women in Houston ..read more
University of California Press Blog | Sociology
3M ago
Tragedy seldom unifies Americans today. Every year, horrific crises induce tremendous suffering. Most are privately tragic, affecting only those directly harmed and their immediate relations. A small number, though, become politically notorious and, therefore, publicly tragic ..read more
University of California Press Blog | Sociology
4M ago
Practicing Asylum brings together experienced expert witnesses and immigration attorneys to highlight best practices and strategies for giving expert testimony in asylum cases. As the scale and severity of violence in Latin ..read more
University of California Press Blog | Sociology
4M ago
By Ruben J. Garcia, author of Critical Wage Theory: Why Wage Justice Is Racial Justice Raising the federal minimum wage is not a front burner issue in the U.S. presidential election campaign ..read more
University of California Press Blog | Sociology
4M ago
Two decades ago, a group of Indonesian agricultural workers began occupying the agribusiness plantation near their homes. In the years since, members of this remarkable movement have reclaimed collective control of their ..read more
University of California Press Blog | Sociology
5M ago
This interview was originally published by the UCI School of Social Sciences, and is reposted here with permission. In their newly released edition of Immigrant America: A Portrait (University of California Press), UCI Distinguished ..read more