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FAILURE / Vol. 83, No. 3 (Fall 2016)
Arjun Appadurai, Guest Editor Arien Mack, Journal Editor The most important thing about failure is that it is not a fact but a human...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Nov 30, 20166 min read
BORDERS AND THE POLITICS OF MOURNING / Vol. 83, No. 2 (Summer 2016)
Alexandra Délano Alonso and Benjamin Nienass, Guest Editors Arien Mack, Journal Editor Contributors to this special issue explore a...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Oct 1, 20166 min read
THE FEAR OF ART / Vol. 83, No. 1 (Spring 2016)
Arien Mack, Editor Freedom of expression remains under threat in both totalitarian and democratic states. Artists continue to be...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
May 1, 201610 min read
PURSE POWER: Economic Weapons for Political and Social Change / Vol. 82, No. 4 (Winter 2015)
Arien Mack, Editor This issue explores the use of economic power as a political weapon to effect political or policy changes, primarily...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Dec 31, 20154 min read
CLIMATE CHANGE DEMANDS WE CHANGE. WHY AREN'T WE? / Vol. 82, No. 3 (Fall 2015)
Arien Mack, Editor There is no issue more urgent than climate change, yet government, corporations and the public are reluctant to...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Oct 1, 20159 min read
FROM BURMA TO MYANMAR: Critical Transitions / Vol. 82, No. 2 (Summer 2015)
Arien Mack, Editor This issue in the Transitions Series examines the nature of the changes taking place in Burma/Myanmar, questions...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Jul 1, 20156 min read
SOCIAL RESEARCH AT 80 / Vol. 82, No. 1 (Spring 2015)
Ira Katznelson, Guest Editor Arien Mack, Journal Editor This eightieth anniversary issue of Social Research looks back at the most...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Apr 1, 20159 min read
HORRORS / Vol. 81, No. 4 (Winter 2014)
Arien Mack, Editor How have conceptions of horror changed over time, particularly since 9/11 or Hiroshima? How does horror figure in...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Jan 1, 20155 min read
GERMAN PERSPECTIVES ON THE SOCIAL SCIENCES / Vol. 81, No. 3 (Fall 2014)
Arien Mack, Editor This issue marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Heuss Professorship at the New School for Social Research. Named for...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Oct 1, 20146 min read
FOOD AND IMMIGRANT LIFE / Vol. 81, No. 2 (Summer 2014)
Arien Mack, Editor This issue is based on conference presentations given at our twenty-ninth Social Research conference which addressed...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Jul 1, 20147 min read
MACHIAVELLI'S THE PRINCE: 500 YEARS LATER / Vol. 81, No. 1 (Spring 2014)
John P. McCormick, Guest Editor Arien Mack, Journal Editor This issue marks the five hundredth anniversary of Machiavelli's The Prince....
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Apr 1, 20145 min read
CORRUPTION, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY / Vol. 80, No. 4 (Winter 2013)
Arien Mack, Editor Corruption is both a pressing contemporary issue that characterizes aspects of our social and political world and an...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Jan 1, 20147 min read
AUSTERITY: Failed Economics but Persistent Policy / Vol. 80, No. 3 (Fall 2013)
Teresa Ghilarducci and Rick McGahey, Guest Editors Arien Mack, Journal Editor This issue features the discussion of economists on the...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Oct 1, 20139 min read
GIVING: Caring for the Needs of Strangers / Vol. 80, No. 2 (Summer 2013)
Arien Mack, Editor This issue, following our conference on Giving, is intended as an avenue toward deepening our understanding of why we...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Jul 1, 20139 min read
POLITICAL THEOLOGY: Vol. 80, No. 1 (Spring 2013)
Richard J. Bernstein, Guest Editor Arien Mack, Journal Editor During the past few decades there has been an explosion of interest in the...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Mar 1, 20137 min read
HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY / Vol. 79, No. 4 (Winter 2012)
Nehal Bhuta, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, and Miriam Ticktin, Guest Editors Arien Mack, Journal Editor This issue contains the proceedings of the...
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Jan 1, 20137 min read
THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION / Vol. 79, No. 3 (Fall 2012)
Arien Mack, Editor This special issue brings together scholars and university leaders and education experts from around the world to...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Oct 1, 20126 min read
EGYPT IN TRANSITION / Vol. 79, No. 2 (Summer 2012)
Talal Asad, Guest Coeditor Arien Mack, Editor This special issue aims to shed light on the origins of the events in Tahrir Square, the...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Jul 1, 20127 min read
POLITICS AND COMEDY / Vol. 79, No. 1 (Spring 2012)
Arien Mack, Editor This special issue seeks to explore the many ways in which comedy figures into political life, where it can serve as a...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Apr 1, 20126 min read
THE IMAGE / Vol. 78, No. 4 (Winter 2011)
Arien Mack, Editor Since becoming a folk term for Americans in the 1950s the category of the "image" has had multiple careers,...
Social Research An Int'l Quarterly
Jan 1, 20128 min read
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