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21
Aug

Farewell, ASA!

Thanks to everyone who came to see us at ASA’s annual meeting in San Francisco, Hard Times. For our parting shot, here’s Executive Editor Naomi Schneider with some of our illustrious authors: Till …

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18
Aug

Live from ASA

UC Press staff and editors are having a great time at the American Sociological Association (ASA)’s annual meeting, Hard Times: The Impact of Economic Inequality on Families and Individuals. Here are some of …

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15
Aug

Anxious Times in an American Suburb

by Rachel Heiman One afternoon, while working as an “ethnographic babysitter” during fieldwork on middle class anxieties amid the lead up to the economic crisis, I was driving 11-year old Doug to …

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13
Aug

Trust Funds of Competitive Kid Capital

by Hilary Levey Friedman Lois was one of the most involved moms I have ever met. She gave up her professional career to manage the childhood careers of her daughters, which involved …

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12
Aug

Local Food and Local Inequality

by Margaret Gray The burgeoning local food movement comes with a promotional promise: buying direct from the farmer seals a bond of intimacy, offers fresher and tastier products, and is more wholesome …

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11
Aug

The Hidden Costs of Going to Court

by Ken Kolb “I want a restraining order against him right now.” The first time I heard a client say this during my research, I was surprised by the response she received. …

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