Articles
People, Place, And Time: How Structural Fieldwork Helps World-Systems Analysis (with Paul K. Gellert), Journal of World Systems Research (2009)
Some of the most insightful work in the political economy of the world-system area has...
Rethinking Civil Society in the Age of NAFTA: The Case of Mexico, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2007)
This article offers an analysis and critique of the concept of civil society and its...
Sponsored Social Change in a Public Housing Project (with P. Denise Cobb and Beth A. Rubin), Qualitative Sociology (2006)
Federal and local pressures have given rise to a hybrid organization that brings together disparate...
Hierarchy and Partnership in New Orleans (with Denise Cobb), Qualitative Sociology (2002)
Recently, increasing numbers of partnerships have emerged in which universities work to address economic, social,...
Austerity and Neighborhood Politics in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sociological Inquiry (2000)
The literature on the politics of the urban poor in Latin America is largely bifurcated...
Pre - and Post-Disaster Instability and Contentious Supporters: A Case Study of Political Ferment, International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters (1999)
Sponsors and the Urban Poor: Resources or Restrictions?, Social Problems (1999)
Recent studies have discussed changes within the politics of the urban poor in Latin America....