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Wilson Wins ARNOVA Book Award

John Wilson has been given the ARNOVA Best Book Award for 2009 for his book Volunteers: A Social Profile published by Indiana University Press. The ceremony took place at the annual conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. His co-author on the book was Marc Musick of the University of Texas-Austin.

Third edition of Bonilla-Silva's
Racism Without Racists
is Out!

In the third edition of his highly acclaimed book, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva continues to challenge color-blind thinking. In contrasts to those who believe the election of President Obama is a watershed moment, he suggests this development embodies the racial trends of the last 40 years including two he has addressed in this book: the rise of color-blind racism as the dominant racial ideology and the emergence of an apparently more flexible racial stratification system he characterizes as Latin America-like.

Keister 's New Book on China

Lisa Keister's new book "Work and Organizations in China After Thirty Years of Transition" has been published by Emerald Books. This volume brings together current research by many of the top scholars studying these issues and provides a glimpse into the state of thinking on organizations and work at the start of the fourth decade of transition. ...more

New Room Calendar

You can now view the availability of the McKinney and Thompson rooms. You can also send a request to book an open slot. This link will be available on the resource page. (click "continue to this webpage")

Graduate School Admission Deadlines

December 8 - Priority deadline for submission of Ph.D. applications for admission and award for the fall semester. Late applications may be considered for admission only if all spaces have not been filled, and for financial aid only if funds are still available.

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The Times of London Higher Education supplement features Brady's book as their "Book of the Week."

Dave Brady's book "Rich Democracies, Poor People: How Politics Explain Poverty" is the Times of London Higher Education "Book of the Week." David Brady sets out to investigate questions about poverty. He introduces his study with the observation that a large percentage of poverty literature is based on US data, even though America is an "outlier" with "anaemic Leftist politics and an unusually meagre welfare state". This, he believes, may explain why researchers examining poverty in the advanced economies have tended to ask the wrong questions and reach the wrong conclusions. ...more



The Blue House by Marc Chagall

The Blue House - 1917
Marc Chagall

   

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