Below is a full list of books published in the ASA Rose Series in Sociology. Books are listed by year published. Click the title for more information, including where to purchase a copy of the book.
Dreams Achieved and Denied: Mexican Intergenerational Mobility (2024) by Robert Courtney Smith
Overcoming the Odds: The Benefits of Completing College for Unlikely Graduates (2023) by Jennie E. Brand
Collateral Damages: Landlords and the Urban Housing Crisis (2022) by Meredith Greif
The Company We Keep: Interracial Friendships and Romantic Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood (2019) by Grace Kao, Kara Joyner, and Kelly Stamper Balistreri
Golden Years? Social Inequality in Later Life (2019) by Deborah Carr
Sites Unseen: Uncovering Hidden Hazards in American Cities (2018) by Scott Frickel and James R. Elliott
A Pound of Flesh: Monetary Sanctions as Punishment for the Poor (2016) by Alexes Harris
The Long Shadow (2014) by Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle, and Linda Olson
Family Consequences of Children’s Disabilities (2012) by Dennis Hogan
Nurturing Dads: Social Initiatives for Contemporary Fatherhood (2012) by William Marsiglio and Kevin Roy
Social Movements in the World System: The Politics of Crisis and Transformation (2012) by Jackie Smith and Dawn Wiest
American Memories: Atrocities and the Law (2011) by Joachim J. Savelsberg and Ryan D. King
Good Jobs, Bad Jobs: The Rise of Polarized and Precarious Employment Systems in the United States, 1970s to 2000s (2011) by Arne L. Kalleberg
They Say Cut Back, We Say Fight Back? Welfare Activism in an Era of Retrenchment (2011) by Ellen Reese
Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans’ Definitions of Family (2010) by Brian Powell, Catherine Bolzendahl, Claudia Geist, and Lala Carr Steelman
Divergent Social Worlds: Neighborhood Crime and the Racial Spatial Divide (2010) by Ruth D. Peterson and Lauren J. Krivo
Passing the Torch: Does Higher Education for the Disadvantaged Pay Off Across the Generation? (2009) by Paul Attewell, David Lavin, Thurston Domina, and Tania Levey
Beyond The Boycott: Labor Rights, Human Rights, and Transnational Activism (2007) by Gay W. Seidman
Market Friendly or Family Friendly? The State and Gender Inequality in Old Age (2007) Madonna Harrington Meyer and Pamela Herd
Pension Puzzles: Social Security and the Great Debate (2007) by Melissa Hardy and Lawrence Hazelrigg
Changing Rhythms of American Family Life (2006) by Suzanne M. Bianchi, John P. Robinson, and Melissa A. Milkie
Ethnic Origins: The Adaptation of Cambodian and Hmong Refugees in Four American Cities (2006) by Jeremy Hein
Egalitarian Capitalism: Jobs, Incomes, and Growth in Affluent Countries (2004) by Lane Kenworthy
America’s Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity (2003) by Frank D Bean and Gillian Stevens
Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for Improvement (2002) by Anthony Bryk and Barbara Schneider
Beyond College for All: Career Paths for the Forgotten Half (2001) by James Rosenbaum
Making Hate a Crime: From Social Movement to Law Enforcement (2001) Valerie Jenness and Ryken Grattet
Educating for Freedom: The Paradox of Pedagogy (1995) by Donald L. Finkle and William Ray Arney
Gender Differences in Science Careers: The Project Access Study (1995) by Gerhard Sonnert and Gerald Holton
Identity Designs: The Sights and Sounds of a Nation (1995) by Karen A. Cerulo
Macrodynamics: Toward a Theory on the Organization of Human Populations (1995) by Jonathan H. Turner
Organizing for Equality: The Evolution of Women’s and Racial-Ethnic Organizations in America, 1955-1985 (1995) by Debra C. Minkoff
Relations into Rhetorics: Local Elite Structure in Norfolk, England, 1540-1640 (1995) by Peter S. Bearman
Buying for Armageddon: Society, Economy, and the State Since the Cuban Missile Crisis (1994) by John L. Boise
Flesh Peddlers and Warm Bodies: The Temporary Help Industry and Its Workers (1994) by Robert E. Parker
The Social Control of Religious Zeal: A Study of Organizational Contradictions (1994) by Jon Miller
A Weberian Theory of Human Society: Structure and Evolution (1994) by Walter L. Wallace
Supermarkets Transformed (1993) by John P. Walsh
Theory of Societal Constitutionalism: Foundations of a Non-Marxist Critical Theory (1992) by David Sciulli
Charisma and Control in Rajneeshpuram: The Role of Shared Values in the Creation of a Community (1990) by Lewis F. Carter
Historical Role Analysis in the Study of Religious Change: Mass Educational Development in Norway, 1740-1891 (1990) by John T. Flint
The Methodology of Herbert Blumer (1990) by Kenneth Baugh, Jr.
Undocumented Mexicans in the United States (1990) by David M. Heer
Age, Class, Politics, and the Welfare State (1989) by Fred C. Pampel and John B. Williamson
The Cost of Regime Survival: Racial Mobilization, Elite Domination, and Control of the State in Guyana and Trinidad (1989) by Perry C. Hintzen
Different Worlds: A Sociological Study of Taste, Choice, and Success in Art (1989) by Liah Greenfeld
The Meaning of General Theoretical Sociology: Tradition and Formalization (1989) by Thomas J. Fararo
The Shape of Culture (1989) by Judith R. Blau
Situations and Strategies in American Land-Use Planning (1989) by Thomas K. Rudel
Ego Defenses and the Legitimation of Behavior (1988) by Guy E. Swanson
The Field of Social Investment (1987) by Severyn T. Bruyn
The Cooperative Workplace: Potentials and Dilemmas of Organizational Democracy and Participation (1986) by Joyce Rothschild, J. Allen Whitt
Pathways in the Workplace: The Effects of Race and Gender on Access to Organizational Resources (1986) by Jon Miller
Society and Identity: Toward a Sociological Psychology (1986) by Andrew J. Weigert, J. Smith Teitge, Dennis W. Teitge
The Strategy and Tactics of Dynamic Functionalism (1986) by Michael Faia
We Shall Live Again: The 1870 and 1890 Ghost Dance Movements in Demographic Revitalization (1989) by Russell Thornton
Sociology, Ethnomethodology, and Experience (1983) by Mary K. Rogers
Trafficking in Drug Users (1983) by James R. Beniger
Paradoxical Harvest (1982) by Richard Adams
Protest and Participation: The New Working Class in Italy (1982) by John R. Low-Beer
Manufacturing Green Gold (1981) by William H. Friedland Amy E. Barton, Robert J. Thomas
Religion and Fertility (1981) by Joseph Chamie
Sociological Explanation as Translation (1980) by Stephen Turner
From Student to Nurse: A Longitudinal Study of Socialization (1979) by Ida Harper Simpson
Juvenile Delinquency and Its Origins (1979) by Richard E. Johnson
Tasks and Social Relationships in Classrooms (1979) by Stephen T. Bossert
Understanding Events: Affect and the Construction of Social Action (1979) by David R. Heise
Cities with Little Crime: The Case of Switzerland (1978) by Marshall B. Clinard
Continuity and Change: A Study of Two Ethnic Communities (1978) by Rita J. Simon
Education, Employment, and Migration: Israel in Comparative Perspective (1978) by Paul Ritterband
Opening and Closing: Strategies of Information Adaptation in Society (1978) by Orrin E. Klapp
Class, Race, and Worker Insurgency: The League of Revolutionary Black Workers (1977) by James A. Geschwender
Middle Start: An Experiment in the Educational Enrichment of Young Adolescents (1977) by J. Milton Yinger, Kiyoshi Ikeda, Frank Laycock, and Stephen J. Cutler
Ethnic and Social Stratification in Penisular Malaysia (1975) by Charles Hirschman
Patterns of Scientific Research: A Comparative Analysis of Research in Three Scientific Fields (1975) by Lowell Hargens
Ambition and Attainment: A Study of Four Samples of American Boys (1974) by Alan C. Kerckhoff
The Greek Peasant (1974) by Scott McNall
Interorganizational Activation in Urban Communities: Deductions from the Concept of System (1973) by Herman Turk
The Study of Political Commitment (1973) by John DeLamater
Attitudes and Facilitation in the Attainment of Status (1972) by Ruth M. Gasson, Archibald O. Haller, and William Sewell
Black and White Self-Esteem: The Urban School Child (1972) by Morris Rosenberg and Roberta G. Simmons
Black Students in Protest: A Study of the Origins of the Black Student Movement (1972) by Anthony M. Orum
Looking Ahead: Self-Conceptions, Race and Family as Determinants of Adolescent Orientation to Achievement (1972) by Chad Gordon
Patterns of Contact with Relatives (1972) by Sheila R. Klatzky
Socioeconomic Background and Educational Performance (1972) by Robert M. Hauser
Deviance, Selves and Others (1971) by Michael Schwartz and Sheldon Stryker
