History

Last Updated: August 5, 2013

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).

 

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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.

 

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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