The next Sociology of Development section conference will be held October 18-20, 2024 at Johns Hopkins University with the theme “Solving Global Poverty.” The conference website is at the following link:https://socdev2024.weebly.com We invite abstracts for papers due April 2, 2024. While the theme is “Solving Global Poverty,” we welcome submissions on any topic relevant to …
Join us on Thursday, March 21 at 1pm EST for a webinar hosted by the Sociology of Development Section of the American Sociological Association. Panelists include Erin McDonnell, author of Patchwork Leviathan: Pockets of Bureaucratic Effectiveness in Developing States, Margaret Frye, author of "Moralizing the Production and Sale of Student Papers in Uganda", Luis Vilaça, …
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The latest edition of our section's newsletter, Sectors (Spring 2024), is now out! It is full of information about Sociology of Development events, publications, and people. It also includes symposia on Rethinking the Roll of States in Development. A big thank you to Grace Yuehan Wang, Noor Anwar Ali, and Tim Gorman, our exceptionally dedicated …
Dear Sociology of Development Section Members, We are thrilled to share the exciting news that the Sociology of Development section will be hosting its virtual book talk, featuring two distinguished members. Jennifer Keahey and Douglas L. Murray will provide brief introductions to their recently published or soon-to-be-published books, Decolonizing Development: Food, Heritage, and Trade in Post-Authoritarian …
Loss of paternal income keeps status conferring expenditures going, while maternal income loss translates more readily into reductions in discretionary expenses.
An analysis of the association between life satisfaction and heterosexual couples’ employment patterns. Men’s employment status, independently of income, is an important correlate of their subjective wellbeing.
Higher rural than urban maternal employment in India can be explained by the greater flexibility of rural employment in terms of both work time and work space, allowing for greater compatibility between women’s reproductive and productive lives.
Structural racism in the vulnerable environment of the delivery room leads to the potential mismeasurement, misinterpretation and mistreatment of labor pains in those pregnant individuals least able to advocate for themselves
A new Sociology of Development Policy Brief: The Firm Handshake: Training Begins Early in the Body language of Privilege
The latest Sociology of Development Policy Brief: Progressive School Spending is Efficient
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