History of the Section
Classic sociological thinkers were keenly interested in the relationship between the economy and the society, but as a distinctive specialty, economic sociology only began crystallizing in the 1980s, and only began serious self-organization in the 1990s. As one result, the Economic Sociology Section-in-Formation was created in August 2000. Chaired by Wayne Baker, the section’s organizing committee—Nicole Biggart, Neil Fligstein, Mark Granovetter, Brian Uzzi, Fernanda Wanderley, and Harrison White—worked hard and effectively to set up the necessary section structure and recruit a significant number of members. As a Section-in-Formation, the section hosted five regular sessions at the 2000 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC: Business Networks, Global Markets and Globalization, and Transitional Economies, Banking and Finance, and Asian Economies (all organized by Wayne Baker).
Economic Sociology became a permanent Section in January 2001. The first issue of the section’s newsletter Accounts: A Newsletter of Economic Sociology, edited by Joan E. Manley and Sarah Busse appeared in the Fall of 2000. The first sessions as a permanent section were organized at the 2001 Annual Meetings of the ASA in Anaheim, California. Two sessions (“The Evolving Field of Economic Sociology,” and “Global Financial Markets”), and roundtables (“Culture and Economy”) organized by Brian Uzzi were tremendously successful, drawing large audiences. In its annual rankings of sociology departments, U.S. News and World Report includes a section on Economic Sociology.
- Also see Wayne Baker’s account of the formation of the Section published in Volume 1, Issue 1 of Economic Sociology_The European Electronic Newsletter in 1999.
Annual Reports
2021-2022 Emily Erickson
2020-2021 Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Prepared by Donald Tomaskovic-Devey
2019-2020 Emily Barman, Prepared by Emily Barman
2018-2019 Sarah Louise Babb, Prepared by Sarah Louise Babb
2017-2018 Frederick Wherry
2016-2017 Nancy DiTomaso, Prepared by Nancy DiTomaso, Sumbitted on October 12, 2016
2015-2016 Alya Guseva, Prepared by Alya Guesva, Submitted on October 10, 2015
2014-2015 Greta Krippner, Prepared by Greta Krippner, Submitted on October 15th, 2015
2013-2014 Nina Bandelj, Prepared by Nina Bandelj, Submitted on October 15th, 2014
2012-2013 Vicki Smith, Prepared by Vicki Smith, Submitted on October 15th, 2013
2011-2012 Walter Powell, Prepared by Walter Powell, Submitted on October 15th, 2012
2010-2011 Alejandro Portes, Prepared by Alejandro Portes, Submitted on September 26th, 2011
2009-2010 Frank Dobbin, ASA” altered procedures, requiring the out-going chair to prepare the annual report, rather than the incoming chair.
2008-2009 Mark Mizruchi, Prepared by Frank Dobbin, Submitted on October 10th, 2009
2007-2008 Lisa Keister, Prepared by Mark Mizruchi, Submitted on November 6th, 2008
2006-2007 Bruce Carruthers, Prepared by Lisa Keister, Submitted on October 13th, 2007
2005-2006 Richard Swedberg, Prepared by Bruce Carruthers, Submitted on October 13th, 2006
2004-2005 Nicole Biggart, Prepared by Richard Swedberg, Submitted on October 11th, 2005
2003-2004 Neil Fligstein
2002-2003 Harrison White, Prepared by Neil Fligstein, Submitted on October 1st, 2003
2001-2002 Viviana Zelizer, Prepared by Viviana Zelizer, Submitted on October 19th, 2002
2000-2001 Wayne Baker, Prepared by Viviana Zelizer, Submitted on September 25th, 2001
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