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Socius
The Department of Sociology proudly houses Socius, the American Sociological Association’s only open access online journal that publishes peer-reviewed high-quality research of a wide range of topics as rapidly as possible.
Editorial team:
Editor: Tim F. Liao
Managing Editor: Gretchin Gifford
Editorial Associates: Ting-Syuan Lin, Alex Kaiser, & Quinesha Bentley
Recently published papers can be viewed on the Socius webpage.
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Asef Bayat is the Keynote Speaker at International Policy Research Conference
Dr. Asef Bayat will be the keynote speaker at this year's Youth Transitions Global Interdisciplinary Policy Research Conference and Network. The conference takes place in February 2020 at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference brings together academia, researchers and think tanks, from global North and South, working on youth policies across...
Publication Spotlight
Revolution without Revolutionaries Making Sense of the Arab Spring
by Asef Bayat
The revolutionary wave that swept the Middle East in 2011 was marked by spectacular mobilization, spreading within and between countries with extraordinary speed. Several years on, however, it has caused limited shifts in structures of power, leaving much of the old political and social order intact. In this book, noted author Asef Bayat—whose Life as Politicsanticipated the Arab Spring—uncovers why this occurred, and what made these uprisings so distinct from those that came before.
Revolution without Revolutionaries is both a history of the Arab...