C. Wright Mills Award

Given by Society for the Study of Social Problems

74 Works 7,143 Books 47 Reviews 4.0
Consistent with Mills' dedication to a search for a sophisticated understanding of the individual and society, the award will be given for that book published in 2010 that most effectively:
1) mostrar mais critically addresses an issue of contemporary public importance,2) brings to the topic a fresh, imaginative perspective,3) advances social scientific understanding of the topic,4) displays a theoretically informed view and empirical orientation,5) evinces quality in style of writing,6) explicitly or implicitly contains implications for courses of action

List of Past Winners

LT is missing: The Working Class in Welfare Capitalism by Walter Korpi (1978) mostrar menos
Stages:
Todos, Winner (68), Finalist (6)
Years:
Todos, 2022 (5), 2021 (2), 2020 (1), 2019 (2), 2018 (1), 2017 (1), 2016 (1), 2015 (1), 2014 (1), 2013 (1), 2012 (1), 2011 (1), 2010 (1), 2009 (1), 2008 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (2), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (2), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (2), 1988 (2), 1987 (1), 1986 (3), 1985 (1), 1984 (2), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1), 1979 (1), 1978 (1), 1977 (1), 1976 (1), 1975 (1), 1974 (1), 1973 (2), 1972 (1), 1971 (1), 1970 (1), 1969 (1), 1968 (1), 1967 (2), 1966 (1), 1965 (1), 1964 (1)

Winner 68

ObraAno
Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail de Michael L. Walker2022
Getting Something to Eat in Jackson: Race, Class, and Food in the American South de Joseph C. Ewoodzie Jr.2021
Health Care Off the Books: Poverty, Illness, and Strategies for Survival in Urban America de Danielle T. Raudenbush2020
Flatlining: Race, Work, and Health Care in the New Economy de Adia Harvey Wingfield2019
The Making of a Teenage Service Class: Poverty and Mobility in an American City de Ranita Ray2018
Juárez girls rising : transformative education in times of dystopia de Claudia G. Cervantes-Soon2017
Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America de Roberto G. Gonzales2016
Unequal City: Race, Schools, and Perceptions of Injustice de Carla Shedd2015
Renegade Dreams: Living through Injury in Gangland Chicago de Laurence Ralph2014
The American Non-Dilemma: Racial Inequality Without Racism de Nancy DiTomaso2013
Three Worlds of Relief: Race, Immigration, and the American Welfare State from the Progressive Era to the New Deal de Cybelle Fox2012
Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul's School de Shamus Rahman Khan2011
Love in the Time of AIDS: Inequality, Gender, and Rights in South Africa de Mark Hunter2010
Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life de Mario Luis Small2009
Cracks in the Pavement: Social Change and Resilience in Poor Neighborhoods de Martín Sánchez-Jankowski2008
Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability, And Surv de Daniel Jaffee2007
Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor de Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh2006
Made in China: Women Factory Workers in a Global Workplace de Pun Ngai2005
Villa Victoria: The Transformation of Social Capital in a Boston Barrio de Mario Luis Small2004
Flat Broke with Children: Women in the Age of Welfare Reform de Sharon Hays2003
The Job Training Charade de Gordon Lafer2002
Garbage Wars: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago de David Naguib Pellow2002
Doméstica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of Affluence de Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo2001
The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class, and Immigration de Michèle Lamont2000
Sidewalk de Mitchell Duneier1999
The Making of the Unborn Patient: A Social Anatomy of Fetal Surgery de Monica J. Casper1998
Mean Streets: Youth Crime and Homelessness (Cambridge Studies in Criminology) de John Hagan1997
Impure Science de Steven Epstein1996
In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio de Philippe Bourgois1995
Black Wealth/ White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality de Melvin Oliver1995
What Machines Can't Do: Politics and Technology in the Industrial Enterprise de Robert J. Thomas1994
Checkerboard Square : culture and resistance in a homeless community de David Wagner1993
Life is Hard: Machismo, Danger, and the Intimacy of Power in Nicaragua (Centennial Book) de Roger N. Lancaster1992
Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disney World de Sharon Zukin1991
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment de Patricia Hill Collins1990
Freedom Summer de Doug McAdam1989
Whose Keeper? Social Science and Moral Obligation de Alan Wolfe1989
Stubborn Children: Controlling Delinquency in the United States, 1640-1981 (Medicine and Society) de John R. Sutton1988
Socialist Entrepreneurs. Embourgeoisement in Rural Hungary de Iván Szelényi1988
The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy de William Julius Wilson1987
The Cooperative Workplace: Potentials and Dilemmas of Organisational Democracy and Participation de Joyce Rothschild1986
The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women de Diana E. H. Russell1986
The Contentious French de Charles Tilly1986
Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children de Viviana A. Zelizer1985
Morality and Power in a Chinese Village de Richard Madsen1984
The Inner Circle: Large Corporations and the Rise of Business Political Activity in the U.S. and U.K. de Michael Useem1984
The City and the Grassroots: A Cross-Cultural Theory of Urban Social Movements de Manuel Castells1983
The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry de Paul Starr1982
Father-Daughter Incest de Judith Lewis Herman1981
Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Service, 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition de Michael Lipsky1980
States and Social Revolutions de Theda Skocpol1979
The working class in welfare capitalism : work, unions, and politics in Sweden de Walter Korpi1978
Men and Women of the Corporation de Rosabeth Moss Kanter1977
Myth of Marginality: Urban Poverty and Politics in Rio de Janeiro de Janice Perlman1976
Advocacy & Objectivity de Mary O. Furner1975
Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century de Harry Braverman1974
The Dialectics of Legal Repression: Black Rebels Before the American Criminal Courts (Law and society) de Isaac D. Balbus1973
Private Lives and Public Surveillance; Social Control in the Computer Age de James B. Rule1973
Theories of Poverty and Underemployment de David M. Gordon1972
Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare de Frances Fox Piven1971
Stations of the lost;: The treatment of skid row alcoholics de Jacqueline P. Wiseman1970
Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places de Laud Humphreys1969
The Social Order of the Slum: Ethnicity and Territory in the Inner City (Studies of Urban Society) de Gerald D. Suttles1968
Delinquency research : an appraisal of analytic methods de Travis Hirschi1967
Tally's Corner de Elliot Liebow1967
Justice Without Trial: Law Enforcement in Democratic Society de Jerome H. Skolnick1966
The new utopians, a study of system design and social change de Robert Boguslaw1965
Delinquency and Drift de David Matza1964

Finalist 6

ObraAno
Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want de Ruha Benjamin2022
Violent Utopia: Dispossession and Black Restoration in Tulsa de Jovan Scott Lewis2022
The Souls of White Jokes: How Racist Humor Fuels White Supremacy de Raúl Pérez2022
Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World de Dorothy Roberts2022
Suspended: Punishment, Violence, and the Failure of School Safety de Charles Bell2021
The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students de Anthony Abraham Jack2019

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