Abortion as Violence: A Peruvian Struggle
by Erika Busse, University of the Pacific, Peru and member of ISA Research Committees on Migration (RC31), Women and Society (RC32), Social Movements, Collective Action, and Social Change (RC48) and...
View ArticleMexico’s Reversal of Abortion Rights
by Susana Lerner, El Colegio de México, Mexico, Lucía Melgar, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico and Agnès Guillaume, Institut de recherche pour le développement, France In 2007, Mexico’s...
View ArticleArgentina’s Abortion Activism in the Age of Misoprostol
by Julia McReynolds-Pérez, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA An earthquake is rocking abortion debates in Latin America, and at its epicenter is a small white pill. Misoprostol’s availability in...
View ArticleGreek Bailouts as State-Corporate Crime
by Stratos Georgoulas, University of the Aegean, Greece The international academic community has recently sought to define “state-corporate crime” – that is, illegal or socially-harmful actions created...
View ArticleWinners and Losers in the Greek Financial Crisis
by Spyros Sakellaropoulos, Panteion University, Greece In early 2010, then Prime Minister George Papandreou concluded that the state of Greek public finances was so dire that the country could not hope...
View ArticleSYRIZA: From Subversion to Pragmatism
by John Milios, National Technical University of Athens, Greece SYRIZA was formed in 2004 as a fairly loose coalition, involving more than ten different left currents and political groups. Its...
View ArticleState-Imposed Austerity in Greece
by Maria Markantonatou, University of the Aegean, Greece Since its establishment, the eurozone has followed proposals influenced by the great liberal economist Friedrich Hayek, especially the...
View ArticleGreece: A History of Geopolitics and Bankruptcy
by Vassilis K. Fouskas, University of East London, UK Founded in 1830 in the very southern cone of the Balkan Peninsula encompassing the Peloponnese, Southern Rumelia, Euboea and the complex of...
View ArticleSociology, Politics and Power: An Interview with Anthony Giddens
Anthony Giddens led the rebirth of British sociology in the 1970s with pioneering books on social theory that reinterpreted classics for the modern age. He dissected the question of agency in a...
View ArticleEditorial: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
This issue continues to look backwards and forwards, reflecting on the last six years of Global Dialogue, and the swing from effervescent social movements – Indignados, Occupy, Arab Spring, etc. – to...
View ArticleRemettre en cause la réalité : Un entretien avec le sociologue français Luc...
Remettre en cause la réalité : Un entretien avec le sociologue français Luc Boltanski [1] Luc Boltanski est l’un des sociologues contemporains les plus reconnus. Il a collaboré avec Pierre Bourdieu au...
View ArticleSINGAPORE SOCIOLOGY: After Globalization
by Daniel P.S. Goh, National University of Singapore There are two founding stories told about the national museums and history textbooks in Singapore. The first and long-standing one told since...
View ArticleSINGAPORE SOCIOLOGY: After Secularism
by Francis Khek Gee Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore In many ways, to be a Singaporean entails a constant negotiation with a state-imposed system of social classification, in both...
View ArticleSINGAPORE SOCIOLOGY: After Meritocracy
by Youyenn Teo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Walk into any mall in Singapore and you will see “enrichment” and “tuition” centers, advertising help for kids who want to “succeed in school...
View ArticleSINGAPORE SOCIOLOGY: After Multiracialism
by Noorman Abdullah, National University of Singapore, and member of ISA Thematic Group on Senses and Society (TG07) Speaking at a National Day rally in August 2016, Prime Minister of Singapore Lee...
View ArticleSINGAPORE SOCIOLOGY: After Lee Kuan Yew
by Vineeta Sinha, National University of Singapore, ISA Vice-President for Publications, 2014-2018 The looming figure of the late Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of independent Singapore,...
View ArticleThe Representation of African-American Women: An Interview with Patricia Hill...
Patricia Hill Collins is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland and former President of the American Sociological Association. A leading US social theorist, she is famous...
View ArticleAn Extraordinary Institute in South Africa: An Interview with Sarah Mosoetsa
South African universities have faced enormous challenges in overcoming the legacies of apartheid. We witnessed just how deep and complex are those legacies in recent student movements –...
View ArticleQuestioning Reality: An Interview with Luc Boltanski
Luc Boltanski is one of today’s most distinguished sociologists. A previous collaborator of Pierre Bourdieu, he is a Director of Research at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences...
View ArticleThe Fate of Post-Revolutionary Egypt: An Interview with Mona Abaza
Mona Abaza is professor of sociology at the American University in Cairo. She is a renowned scholar of contemporary Egypt, having written many books including Debates on Islam and Knowledge in Malaysia...
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