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Russia: The Challenges of Transformation

2011. Piotr Dutkiewicz (Editor); Dmitri Trenin (Editor)

In Russia, a group of leading Russian intellectuals and social scientists join with top researchers from around the world to examine the social, political, and economic transformation in Russia.

Aftermath: A New Global Economic Order?

2011. Craig Calhoun (Editor); Georgi Derluguian (Editor)

The global financial crisis revealed deep problems with mainstream economic predictions, as well as the vulnerability of the world's richest countries and the enormous potential of some poorer ones.

The Deepening Crisis: Governance Challenges after Neoliberalism

2011. Craig Calhoun (Editor); Georgi Derluguian (Editor)

Focusing on the political and social dimensions of the global financial crisis, contributors examine changes in relationships between the world's richer and poorer countries, efforts to strengthen global institutions, and difficulties facing states trying to create stability for their citizens.

Business As Usual: The Roots of the Global Financial Meltdown

2011. Craig Calhoun (Editor); Georgi Derluguian (Editor)

Much more basic than the result of a few financial traders cheating the system, Business As Usual shows how the current financial crisis was made possible by both neoliberal financial reforms and a massive turning away from manufacturing things of value to make profits from trading financial assets.

Media Piracy in Emerging Economies

March 2011. Joe Karaganis (Editor)

Media Piracy in Emerging Economies is the first independent, large-scale study of music, film and software piracy in emerging economies, with a focus on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia.

Robert K. Merton: Sociology of Science and Sociology as Science

2011. Craig Calhoun (Editor)

Gathering together twelve major sociologists, Craig Calhoun launches a thorough reconsideration of Merton's achievements and inspires a renewed engagement with sociological theory.

Politics and Partnerships: The Role of Voluntary Associations in America's Political Past and Present

2011. Elisabeth Clemens (Editor); Douglas Guthrie (Editor)

Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses

January 2011. Richard Arum ; Josipa Roksa

Academically Adrift holds sobering lessons for students, faculty, administrators, policy makers, and parents—all of whom are implicated in promoting or at least ignoring contemporary campus culture.

Knowledge Matters: The Public Mission of the Research University

January 2011. Craig Calhoun (Editor); Diana R. Rhoten (Editor)

In this collection, international scholars confront the realities of higher education and the future of its public and private agenda. Their perspectives illuminate the trajectory of education in the twenty-first century and the continuing importance of the university's public mission.

The Measure of America 2010–2011: Mapping Risks and Resilience

2010. Kristen Lewis ; Sarah Burd-Sharps

About the SSRC

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