The latest edition of our section’s newsletter, Sectors (Fall 2019), is now out! Inside you will find a message from our chair, statements from new council members, and Q&As with 2019 award winners about their research and sources of inspiration. The newsletter also contains a recap of the very successful sociology of development conference, essays written by section members, a list of new member publications, … Continue reading Fall 2019 Edition of Sectors Newsletter

When a manuscript is submitted to Academy of Management Journal (AMJ), editors and reviewers frequently ask: Does the study define a new conversation (theory/lens/paradigm) or divert an existing conversation into a meaningfully different area? Conversations about management and organizations are regularly taking place outside the field of management and its journals as well. Those outside of our field and academic halls may conceptualize organizations and … Continue reading Call for Papers, Special Research Forum: “Joining Conversations in the Society on Management and Organizations”

A new Sociology of Development Policy Brief is out! Volume 4, Issue 4 (2019) is “Social Capital and Environmental Migration: Insights from the Brazilian Amazon and Implications for Climate Change” by Heather Randell (Penn State University). Also, here is a message from our Policy Brief editor Alaka Basu: The new series of Policy Briefs is being edited by me for the Sociology of Development section … Continue reading Sociology of Development Policy Brief: “Social Capital and Environmental Migration: Insights from the Brazilian Amazon and Implications for Climate Change”

New Issue Alert! We are pleased to announce the new issue of Sociology of Development is now published and live (Vol. 5 No. 4, Winter 2019) and consists of five excellent articles. Link to issue: https://socdev.ucpress.edu/content/5/4 Table of Contents Women and Employment in Tunisia: Structures, Institutions, and Advocacy Valentine M. Moghadam (pp. 337-359) DOI: 10.1525/sod.2019.5.4.337 Building Empowerment, Resisting Patriarchy: Understanding Intervention against Domestic Violence among Grassroots … Continue reading New Issue of Sociology of Development!