Comparative Research Workshop
Fall 2003

October 1
Christy Glasss
"Christy Glass: Destination Unknown: Work and Gender During Post-State Socialism"    Job Loss Models

October 8
Katarzyna Wilk

October 15
We will be reading and discussing the debate on "historical sociology and rational choice theory" in the American Journal of Sociology (104 [3] 1998). The authors are:

Somers: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9602%28199811%29104%3A3%3C722%3A%22NARRC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X

Kiser and Hechter: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9602%28199811%29104%3A3%3C785%3ATDOHSR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-J

Boudon: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9602%28199811%29104%3A3%3C817%3ALORCT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-O

Goldstone: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9602%28199811%29104%3A3%3C829%3AICGLPD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D

Calhoun: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9602%28199811%29104%3A3%3C846%3AEIHSNG%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4

The debate is in many ways a product of an earlier article by Kiser and Hechter, "The Role of General Theory in Comparative Historical Sociology" (AJS 97 [1] 1991).

October 22
Alexandre Sampaio Ferraz:
"The influence of unions upon privatization policy and their impact on industrial relations in the telecommunication sector"

October 29
Kelley Newlin (MSN, APRN - Yale University School of Nursing)
"Social Welfare Policy on the National Agenda: Bush Administration Advances Faith-Based Initiatives"

November 12
Molly Martinez
Paper

December 3
Matthias Pollmann-schult
"Unemployment benefits, unemployment duration and subsequent job quality - Evidence from West Germany"