2020-2023 / Edited by Abigail Moore, Anne Taylor & Vasfiye Toprak
Fall 2023 44(2) – Smith Tribute, Wilson Interview, Moral Minefields Review
December 2022 44(1) – Interview with Jordanna Matlon and Gurminder Bhambra, Book Symposium on Man Among Other Men, Emerging Social Theorists
Summer 2022 43(2) – Symposium on Latin America, State of the Canon
December 2021 43(1) – Erikson interview, civil sphere theory
July 2021 42(3) – Performance and Populism, Theory and Public Sociology, Pragmatist Semiotic Approach to Racist Interactions
December 2020 42(2) – Teaching theory symposium, decolonizing theory interview with Hammer
2017-2020 / Edited by Luis Flores, Dylan Nelson & Pinar Ustel
Spring/Summer 2020 42(1) – White on COVID and Theory, Virtual ASA and JTS Sessions, Previews of JTS Symposium.
Fall/Winter 2019 41(2) – Knight and Reed on mechanistic explanation; Soc-Fi; Berman, Mudge, Epstein, & Baiocchi on Eyal.
Spring/Summer 2019 41(1) – Magubane on Decolonizing the canon; Buccholz on Neoliberal Apartheid; Clarno reply.
Fall 2018 40(2) – Miller-Idriss on area studies and sociology; Kim on the transnational turn; Shiff on asylum adjudication.
Spring 2018 40(1) – Chen, Pacewicz, and Sobering on Organizations and Democracy; Shestakofsky on Ethnography and Theory; Award Winners and Dissertation Spotlight.
Fall 2017 39 (2) – Lichterman and Spillman on Social Theory Now; Abrutyn, Choo, and Decoteau on the Good Society; Award Winners Tavory and Sweet; Swedberg on Theoretical Contributions.
2014 – 2017 / Edited by Damon Mayrl & Erin Metz McDonnell
Spring 2017 39 (1) – Lizardo on Publishing Theory in ASR; Abrutyn on Durkheim; Lena & Wohl on Aesthetics & Community; Postcolonialism.
Dec 2016 38 (2) – Archer et. al on Critical Realism; Benzecry on Global Standards.
Spring 2016 38(1) – Mohr on Big Theory Part 2; McDonnell & Brundage on Theory and Public Sociology; Quantum Minds.
Dec 2015 37(2) – Mohr on Big Theory Part 1; Decoteau on Gut Bugs; Teaching Theory with Klett, Colom & McDonnell; Pragmatism.
Spring 2015 37(1) – Perrin on Disciplinary Diff in Theorizing; Borch & Christin on recovering classics; Swedberg on Pragmatism; Moodie on Folk Theory; Rose-Greenland on ISIS; Bakker on Weber’s Prebendalism.
Dec 2014 36(2) – Perrin on Theory -of -for and -from; Benzecry, Go, Frye, and Bargheer on Boundaries of Theory.
2011 – 2014 / Edited by Claire DeCoteau
May 2014 36(1) – Theorizing & Cognitive Science, Systemic Edges, Teaching Theorizing
May 2013 35(1) – Julian Go on postcoloial theory, interview with Robert Bellah, and review of a Mead conference.
Dec 2012 34(2) – Espleland on Theorizing, Martin/Frye Dialogue, Jr. Theorists Symposium
May 2012 34(1) – Replies to Gorski, Questions about Race and Reflexivity, and essays by Bakker and Smikun.
Nov 2011 33(2) – essays by Gorski and Alexander, a retrospective by Hogan, reviews of a new theory publication, and two theory conferences.
2010 – 2011 / Edited by Omar Lizardo & Erika Summers-Effler
May 2011 33(1) – Conferences, reviews, and events.
Nov 2010 32(2) – Swedberg on Theorizing, Ford on Order, Sonnett reviews Turner.
May 2010 32(1) – Zuckerman on Social Network Analysis, Roumbanis on Kierkegaard, and Bertilsson on Pierce
2006-2009 / Edited by Dustin Kidd, Omar Lizardo, & Erika Summers-Effler
Nov 2009 31(2) – Swedberg on Theorizing, Widick on Imaginaries, Strand on Martin, and a preview of the 2010 meetings.
May 2009 31(1) – Bergesen on Terrorism, McDonnell on Bureacracy, Bentel & Yoshida on Individualism, and details of Section activities at the 2009 ASA meetings.
Fall 2008 30(3) – Abrutyn on instutions, Mahler on social action, and Coller on Bourdieu and Simon.
Spring 2008 30(2) – Longest on identity, Reed on language, Ignatow on body, and details of Section activities at the 2008 ASA meetings.
October 2007 30(1) – Griffin, Kivisto, Hall, and Alexander comment on Jeffrey Alexander’s The Civil Sphere; Chair’s Corner on Theoretical Pragmatics and Cubist Art.
July 2007 29(2) – Bryson on Writing; Rojas on Black Studies; Pagis on Silence; Theory listings in the ASA program; Chair’s Corner; Message from the Editors; New Book Spotlight.
December 2006 29(1) – Dennis, Browser, and Monteiro on Du Bois; Chair’s Corner; Message from the New Editors; Section awards; Website Editor Sought.
2003-2006 / Edited by Neil Gross
August 2006 28(4) – Stryker on theory growth; Theory at the ASA meeting; Elias on DuBois; Go on the disobedient generation.
February 2006 28(3) – Replies to Sanderson by Adams, Perrin, Kidd, and Wilkes. Sanderson responds to his critics. Saioud and Blute on empirical trends in theory. NOTE: A lengthier version of the debate on Theoretical Work, Pluralism, and Sociological Theory is available as a pdf file.
August 2005 28(2) – Reforming Theoretical Work; Deciphering Goffman; Chomsky v. Mead.
March 2005 28(1) – Theory Surrounds Us; Europeans on US Theory; Mead v. Chomsky; Junior Theorists Symposium, with participants and abstracts of papers.
October 2004 27(4) – Unified Sociological Theory; Theory and Cognitive Science; The ASA and the Professional Group; Theory and International Relations; Section Awards.
July 2004 27(3) – Theoretical Growth; Feminisms; Grand Theory.
April 2004 27(2) – Theoretical Cultures; Grand Theory; Teaching Classical Theory; A French-Born Sociologist; Theory and Law and Society.
January 2004 27(1) – The Theory Section and Satellites; Cultural Studies; Theory and Ethnography; Hero Worship; Reflection on Lewis Coser.
October 2003 26(4) – Message from the Chair; The End of an Era: Becoming a Theorist.
2000-2003 / Edited by J. David Knottnerus & Jean Van Delinder
July 2003 26(3) – Critical Discourse; Post-Structuralism; Theory Development.
April 2003 26(2) – Unbounded Rationality; Postmodernism.
January 2003 26(1) – Empire of the Senses; Honor in Sociology; Postmodernism.
October 2002 25(4) – Value of Theory; Causal and Descriptive Theory; Weber.
July 2002 25(3) – Ideal Types; Scientific Sociology.
April 2002 25(2) – Space; Scientific Sociology; Marx on Globalization.
January 2002 25(1) – Scientific Sociology; Theory of Global Society.
October 2001 24(4) – Theory & Empirical Research & Philosophy; Theory Training.
July 2001 23(3) – Theory and the 1848 Revolutions; Theory and the Internet.
April 2001 23(2) – Human Nature; The Masters; Theory Training.
January 2001 23(1) – Protestant Ethic; Emotions; Sociological Imagination.
October 2000 22(4) – Neighboring Disciplines; Critical Realism; Economics.
1997(?)-2000 / Edited by Joseph Hopper
July 2000 22(3) – Theoretical Integration; Theory & Psychology.
April 2000 22(2) – Theory Textbooks; Evaluating Theory.
January 2000 22(1) – Textbooks; Dubois Ascendant.
October 1999 21(4) – Theory Growth in Sociology; Top Ten Debate.
July 1999 21(3) – Activist Editing; Theorists’ View of Theory.
April 1999 21(2) – Teaching Theory; Aphorisms.
January 1999 21(1) – Reading Theory; Theory Sans Frontieres.
October 1998 20(4) – Teaching to Non-Theorists; Graduate Theory Training.
July 1998 20(3) – Creating Theory; Essential Theory Texts.
April 1998 20(2) – Theory in the Curriculum; Theory as a Vocation.
Winter 1998 19(3) – The Media and Social Theory.
1996(?)-1997 / Edited by Chris Ingraham & Steven Seidman
Summer 1997 19(2) – Social Theory as a Vocation.
Summer 1996 18(3) – The Missing Feminist Revolution.
1992-1994 / Edited by Keith Doubt and Richard Moodey
May 1994 17(3) – ASA Meeting in Los Angeles.
April 1994 17(2) – Practicing Theory; News.
February 1994 17(1) – Theory in Australia; Theory Section News.
October 1993 16(4) – The Editors Talk; Theory Section News.
June 1993 16(3) – Creative Disorder.
March 1993 16(2) – Talmudic Exegesis.
January 1993 16(1) – A Case of Multiple Personality Disorder.
1989(?)-1992 / Edited by Chris Prendergast
April 1992 15(2) – Berger, Luckhman, McCarthy, Rogers, Eberle, Soeffner, Lemert, and Meyer on Social Construction of Reality…
1986-1989 / Edited by Charles Powers
July 1989 12(3) – Fundamental Theorizing; A Little Journal; Conference or Caucus.
April 1989 12(2) – Chaos; British Theory; Canadian Sociology; Simmel Studies.
January 1989 12(1) – Sociobiology; British Theory; Work in Progress.
October 1988 11(3) – Chair’s Message; Feminism; Meetings.
June 1988 11(2) – Looking Forward; Conferences.
March 1988 11(1) – Sociological Theorizing; Theory in Switzerland; Simmel Studies.
December 1987 10(4) – Seven Theses; Structuralist Theories; Work in Progress.
September 1987 10(3) – Chair’s Message; Practical Relevance of Theory.
June 1987 10(2) – Metatheory; Teaching Theory; Sociology in Poland.
March 1987 10(1) – Leading Edges; World-Systems Analysis; Current Perspectives.
Fall 1986 9(2) – Chair’s Message; The State of Theory; Mini-Conference; German Theory
