Tribute to Alonso Aguilar Monteverde: Ten Key Policies for Understanding the Neoliberal Transformation of Mexican Capitalism This tribute to teacher and social activist, Alonso Aguilar Monteverde, outlines crucial aspects of the neoliberal transformation of the Mexican socioeconomic system. Among the changes are aspects of the operation of capitalism in Mexico the political synthesis between economic […]
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Christie D. Batson, Barbara G. Brents, Candace Griffith, and Robert Futrell
The Foreclosure Crisis and Neighborhood Sentiments: Learning from Las Vegas The economic crisis has brought new questions to our understanding of the relationship between urban disorder and residents’ connections to the neighborhoods in which they live. Our study examines neighborhood foreclosure rates with residents’ sentiments and evaluations of their neighborhood in Las Vegas, Nevada, one […]
Georg Rusche
Labor Market and Penal Sanction: Thoughts on the Sociology of Criminal Justice The English translation of Georg Rusche’s “Arbeitsmarkt und Strafvollzug” (1933) appeared in print for the first time in this journal. Originally submitted as a research proposal to the Frankfurt Institute of Social Research in 1931, Rusche’s article laid the foundation for the book, […]
Pablo Cuevas Valdés and Teresa Rojas Martini
The Neoliberal Chilean Process Four Decades after the Coup The authors argue that in Chile, the process of changing from an economic model based on industrial production to one oriented toward exports of specialized products ruptured the mechanisms of political legitimacy linked to the former. At first, this rupture took the form of violent authoritarianism […]
Vanesa Estrada Correa
Blueprint for the American Dream? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Presidential Remarks on Minority Homeownership This article examines presidential discourse on public policies affecting racial inequalities in homeownership from a critical race theory perspective. Using a critical discourse analysis framework to examine presidential remarks, press releases, and official reports, the author discusses how presidential discourse […]