“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? Why reject these as so many incidents, regrettable for family honor? Is one correct in believing them inessential to the activity of criticism? I wonder if ..read more

Dear ES/PE community members, find below an abundant and excellent list of great academic opportunities: 21 calls for papers for conferences (some are fully or partly funded) and special issues, 12 summer schools, 11 job openings, 5 PhD scholarships, 4 postdoctoral positions, and 3 visiting fellowships in economic sociology, political economy, work, and related fields, with ..read more

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 century with these (not just thought but also action-provoking) five superb books: — Anderson, Elizabeth. 2023. Hijacked: How Neoliberalism Turned the Work Ethic against Workers and How Workers ..read more

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 case among low-skilled, white workers in Global North democracies, including the United States. But, there are also meaningful occurrences of backlash against the political establishment and ..read more

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 therapy” of the 1990s – the transition from communism to market society – in two societies.The analysis is driven by a historical-comparative argument: Before 1989, East Germany and ..read more

Dear ES/PE community members, find below an abundant and excellent list of great academic opportunities: 26 calls for papers for conferences (some are fully or partly funded) and special issues, 9 postdoctoral positions, 6 summer schools, 5 PhD scholarships, 2 job openings, a non-residential fellowship in economic sociology, political economy, and related fields, with deadlines from February ..read more

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 head its computer science department, a position he held for 10 years. In the late 1960s he moved to Stanford University, where he ..read more

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 became increasingly interested in the ways in which the broader conflict is manifested in daily socio-economic encounters on the shop floor between ..read more

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 Tucker, a former deputy governor of the Bank of England and fellow at Harvard’s School of Government: The Administrative Process by Jason Landis (1938), The End ..read 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: layoffs, discrimination, income inequality, industrial accidents, union-busting, etc. These realities of the class structure of capitalism were the basis for his artistic and activist work ..read more