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Beyond Incommensurability: Understanding Inter-Imperial Dynamics

Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Beyond Incommensurability: Understanding Inter-Imperial Dynamics

The Political Economy of Presumed Consent

Sat, 30 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The legal procurement of cadaveric human organs in Western countries is institutionalized in different ways, and donation rates vary widely. In particular, law in some countries allows for the consent of the donor to be presumed, and thus — in principle — the wishes of the next-of-kin to be overridden. I investigate the sources of variation in procurement rates using time-series data from seventeen OECD countries. Countries with presumed consent laws are found to have higher procurement rates, but the effect is relatively weak. Evidence from two presumed-consent countries where procurement rates have grown rapidly (Spain and Italy) suggests that the legal regime is a marker for other organizational practices rather than a causal mechanism in itself. More broadly, donor procurement takes place within societies that have institutionalized different relationships between the individual, the market and the state. The social organization of organ procurement may reflect aspects...

Proactive Recruitment and Retentionist Patterns of Migration and Nationality Policy in Argentina, Italy, and Spain (1850-1919).

Sat, 16 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Proactive Recruitment and Retentionist Patterns of Migration and Nationality Policy in Argentina, Italy, and Spain (1850-1919).

From “Native Policy” to Exterminationism: German Southwest Africa, 1904, in Comparative Perspective

Sat, 16 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000

This paper examines the transition from colonial “native policy” to a program of genocide in German Southwest Africa (Namibia) in 1904. I explore the reasons for the Germans’ murderous assault on the Ovaherero during the 1904 war and in the concentration camps between 1904 and 1908. Although colonial atrocities were not unusual at the time, the German attack on the Ovaherero is rightly described as the first genocide of the 20th century. Indeed, it is one a small number of deliberate attempts to exterminate an entire population within modern colonial settings. The fact that this was a German crime also points insistently back to the “Sonderweg” thesis, forcing us to ask whether German colonialism was not, after all, exceptional—exceptionally exterminationist, that is, as the British argued after WWI.

Investigating the Hybridity of ‘Wellness’ Practices

Wed, 2 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Theoretically significant relationships between different categories of phenomena remain undetected because of the division of disciplinary labor. The research domains of particular subdisciplines are often bounded by common sense notions of societal sectors. In this paper, I discuss how sector-specific studies of a wide range of ‘wellness’ practices fail to recognize and address a phenomenon that cuts across sectors despite ample evidence of its existence: the hybridity of ‘wellness’ practices. Hybrid practices and establishments emerge as practitioners combine ideas and techniques from diverse sectors such as medicine and healing; counselling and psychotherapy; management, personal development and motivation; exercise and fitness; beauty and personal care services; and religion and spirituality.

I map out a program for investigating ‘hybridity’ and discuss the theoretical significance of such a project. Because ‘hybridity’ is not a property inherent in the practices...

Civil War Narratives

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Civil War Narratives

The Bounded Community: Turning Foreigners into Americans in 21st Century Los Angeles

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The Bounded Community: Turning Foreigners into Americans in 21st Century Los Angeles

Transborder Citizenship: an Outcome of Legal Pluralism within Transnational Social Fields

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Transborder Citizenship: an Outcome of Legal Pluralism within Transnational Social Fields

Embedded on the left: Aggressive media strategies and their organizational impact on the Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride

Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Embedded on the left: Aggressive media strategies and their organizational impact on the Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride

Economic Ideas and the Labor Market: Origins of the Anglo-American Model and Prospects for Global Diffusion

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Economic Ideas and the Labor Market: Origins of the Anglo-American Model and Prospects for Global Diffusion

Reviving the Developmental State? The Myth of the National Bourgeoisie

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Reviving the Developmental State? The Myth of the National Bourgeoisie

Ethnographies of Migration

Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Ethnographers’ long-standing interest in migration has taken on new significance as researchers grapple with ‘globalization’ on the ground. Drawing on the insights of the transnationalism literature while rejecting its ahistorical tendencie s, I explore how recent appeals to use local archival work and revisits to achieve historical depth can be applied fruitfully to ethnographies of migration. I argue for multi- sited fieldwork in countries of origin and destination and the removal of nationa l blinders so that both domestic and international migrations are brought into the same frame for comparison. Finally, I amend the extended case method by arguing for the engagement of case studies with research programs in several ways that attend to the representativeness of the case. The utility of these strategies is demonstrated with examples from the migration literature and five years of ethnographic fieldwork among Mexican migrants.

Between Complexity and Parsimony: Limited Diversity, Counterfactual Cases, and Comparative Analysis.

Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Between Complexity and Parsimony: Limited Diversity, Counterfactual Cases, and Comparative Analysis.

The Transformation of the American Economy, 1984-2001

Thu, 4 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0000

The Transformation of the American Economy, 1984-2001

Immigrant "Transnationalism" and the Presence of the Past

Thu, 26 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Immigrant "Transnationalism" and the Presence of the Past

Standing in the Mirror of World Capitalism: Economic Globalization, the Soviet Union, and the COMECON

Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Standing in the Mirror of World Capitalism: Economic Globalization, the Soviet Union, and the COMECON

The Protestant Reformation and Economic Hegemony: Religion and the Rise of Holland and England

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0000

The Protestant Reformation and Economic Hegemony: Religion and the Rise of Holland and England

The Global Corpo-nation?: High-Skilled Workers in Mobile Telecommunications Multinationals

Thu, 5 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0000

The Global Corpo-nation?: High-Skilled Workers in Mobile Telecommunications Multinationals

How Institutions Create Ideas: Railroad Finance and the Construction of Public and Private in France and the United States

Thu, 29 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0000

How Institutions Create Ideas: Railroad Finance and the Construction of Public and Private in France and the United States

When it Pays to be Friendly: Employment Relations and Worker-Client Interactions in Hairdressing

Thu, 22 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0000

When it Pays to be Friendly: Employment Relations and Worker-Client Interactions in Hairdressing

The Historicality of Individuals

Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0000

The Historicality of Individuals

Why Ethnic Parties Succeed: Patronage and Ethnic Headcounts in India

Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Why Ethnic Parties Succeed: Patronage and Ethnic Headcounts in India

Why Racial Categories Make No Sense--and Why the Census Bureau is Right not to Care

Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Why Racial Categories Make No Sense--and Why the Census Bureau is Right not to Care

Spontaneity in Social Protest: April 2001 Shopkeeper Protests in Turkey

Thu, 6 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Spontaneity in Social Protest: April 2001 Shopkeeper Protests in Turkey

"Ethnic" Practices in Translation: Tea in Japan and the US

Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0000

"Ethnic" Practices in Translation: Tea in Japan and the US

The governance of local economies , A french Case Study

Thu, 23 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0000

The governance of local economies , A french Case Study

Institutions and Social Change: The Evolution of Vocational Training in Germany

Thu, 16 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Institutions and Social Change: The Evolution of Vocational Training in Germany

Beyond Comparativism?

Thu, 9 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Beyond Comparativism?