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Social Movements and Political Sociology
The Department of Sociology at Purdue has a strong cluster of faculty doing research in the areas of social movements and political sociology. We draw on a diverse set of methodologies, cases, and theoretical perspectives in our work, which focuses on mobilizations in the U.S., internationally and transnationally, and in both contemporary and historical contexts. Our faculty and students have received funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, published in the field's top journals, and presented our work at conferences around the world. In addition, some of our former undergraduates have gone on to study social movements at the graduate level at Purdue as well as other universities, including Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Indiana University.
Recent articles:
Rachel L. Einwohner, 2009. "The Need to Know: Cultured Ignorance and Jewish Resistance in the Ghettos of Warsaw, Vilna, and Lódz." The Sociological Quarterly 50: 407-430.
Jeremy Brooke Straughn, and Angie L. Andriot. Forthcoming. "Education, Civic Patriotism, and Democratic Citizenship: Unpacking the Education Effect on Political Involvement." Sociological Forum.
Mangala Subramaniam, Forthcoming. "Grassroots Groups and Poor Women's Empowerment in Rural India." International Sociology.
Bert Useem, and Obie Clayton. 2009. "Radicalization of U.S. Prisoners." Criminology and Public Policy 8: 561-592
Beth Williford and Robert Perrucci, "Political Activism and the Social Structure of Memory." International Journal of Contemporary Sociology," 46 (April 2009): 23-49.
Recent books:
Richard Hogan. The Failure of Planning: Permitting Sprawl in San Diego Suburbs, 1970-1999. Ohio State University Press, 2003.
Robert Perrucci and Carolyn Cummings Perrucci, America at Risk: The Crisis of Hope, Trust, and Caring. Rowman & Littlefield, 2009.
Jo Reger, Daniel J. Myers, and Rachel L. Einwohner, eds. Identity Work in Social Movements. University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Mangala Subramaniam. The Power of Women's Organizing: Gender, Caste, and Class in India. Lexington Books, 2006.
Bert Useem and Anne Morrison Piehl. Prison State: The Challenge of Mass Incarceration. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Tawnya J. Adkins Covert and Philo C. Wasburn. Media Bias? A Comparative Study of Time, Newsweek, The National Review and The Progressive Coverage of Domestic Social Issues, 1975-2000. Lexington Books, 2009.
Recent grants:
Rachel L. Einwohner, P.I. "Explaining Collective Action under Extreme Circumstances." National Science Foundation ($123,260). September 1, 2008 - August 31, 2009.
Mangala Subramaniam (Co-PI). "Social Movements and Water." Collaborative Project funded by International Water Management Institute. SOPPECOM (India) is coordinating agency (Indian Rupees 995,000 approximately). August 1, 2007-December 31, 2009
Mangala Subramaniam (PI) & Beth Williford (Co-PI). "Globalization, Local Movement, and Transnational Networks." NSF Dissertation Grant ($7,500). August 2007-July 2008.
Current and recent graduate student projects:
Sarah H. Collins, 2008. "'(They'll) imagine that your I.Q is somewhere between Styrofoam and yogurt': An Examination of Framing and Stigma Management in the Quiverfull Movement." MS thesis.
Kirstin Eismin (American Studies & Sociology), 2007. "Mobilizing through the Internet: A Case Study of Indiana NOW." MS thesis.
Karan Hustedt-Warren, 2007. "Opposing Movements and the State: A Look at Framing and Counterframing of Immigration Issues in Arizona." MS thesis.
Christopher Malackany, 2009. "A Selective Imperialist Model for the U.S. State in the Global Political Economy." MS thesis.
Beth Williford, 2004. "Political Activism and the Social Structure of Memory." MS thesis.
Beth Williford, 2009. "Globalization, Local Movement and Transnational Networks." PhD dissertation. (currently Assistant Professor, Manhattanville College, NY)
Current Faculty Members:
Einwohner, Rachel L.
Feld, Scott
Hogan, Richard
Perrucci, Robert
Stahura, John
Subramaniam, Mangala
Useem, Bert
Wasburn, Philo
