ASA Political Sociology

Political Sociology Section Open Call Paper Session Session is open with regard to topics, methodologies, and theoretical orientation. We have ten open session slots this year and will strive to create paper panels that reflect existing and emerging debates and areas of inquiry within our sub-field. Session Participants: Session Organizers: Josh Pacewicz, Brown University; Mathieu H. Desan, University of Colorado-Boulder Religion and Populism (Co-sponsored by Sociology of Religion Section) Please note: This is a co-sponsored session. Submissions for this section will be made in the portal under the Sociology of Religion Section. With rising populism around the world, many people are hearkening back to a nostalgic, imagined past. Alongside this has been a resurgence of Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and other forms of religious nationalism. In this session, we invite papers that examine the relationships and overlaps between populism and religion and how it affects voting, policy, women’s and LGBTQ+ rights, the administrative state, and other political behavior, as well as imagined national pasts and futures. Session Participants: Session Organizer: Rhys H. Williams, Loyola University-Chicago Political Sociology Section Roundtables Session Participants: Session Organizers: Josh Pacewicz, Brown University; Mathieu H. Desan, University of Colorado-Boulder

Democratic Backsliding and the Erosion of Human Rights (Co-sponsored by Sociology of Human Rights Section) Please note: This is a co-sponsored session. Submissions for this section will be made in the portal under the Sociology of Human Rights Section. This open session co-sponsored by Political Sociology and Section on Human Rights will explore implications of democratic backsliding and rising authoritarianism on the erosion of human rights. Papers drawing from comparative and historical perspectives are encouraged. Session Participants: Session Organizers: Wesley Longhofer, Emory University; Josh Pacewicz, Brown University Democratic Institutions and the Law (Co-sponsored by Sociology of Law Section) Please note: This is a co-sponsored session. Submissions for this section will be made in the portal under the Political Sociology Section. Session Participants: Session Organizers: Josh Pacewicz, Brown University; Sarah Brayne, Stanford University Macro Determinants of Inequality: The Role of Politics, Policies, and Institutions (Co-sponsored by Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Section) Please note: This is a co-sponsored session. Submissions for this section will be made in the portal under the Political Sociology Section. Session Organizers: Josh Pacewicz, Brown University; Masoud Movahed, University of California – Santa Barbara Political, Social, and Welfare Consequences of Economic Inequality (Co-sponsored by Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Section) Please note: This is a co-sponsored session. Submissions for this section will be made in the portal under the Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Section. Session Participants: Session Organizer: Manuel Schechtl, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

🔔🔔 Check out the Political Sociology calls for @asanews.bsky.social 2026 & submit your work by Wednesday, 2/25!

Happening today at 1pm EST/10am PST!

Flyer for political sociology panel, “lessons from global resistance against authoritarian regimes.” Featuring Kim Sheppele (Princeton) Poulami Roychowdhury (Brown) Cihan Tugal (UC Berkeley) Ben Bradlow (Princeton). At Jan 21st @ 1pm EST.

Join us virtually on January 21st @ 1pm EST for the first Political Sociology panel of the year!

Register here: brown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Political sociology sessions kicking off at #ASA2025 with a conversation about political engagement!

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Political Sociology Reception starting in 15 (in West Tower Gold Level B Regency B)!!!

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What would Hemingway do? Give away free pol soc section memberships to @asanews.bsky.social grad student members! We're gifting FREE grad student political soc section memberships this weekend and at our reception! DM or email me for details. #ASA2025 Pls reskeet!
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Day one of my #ASA2025 journey at the climate preconference and it’s standing room only. Happy to get a seat next to my undergraduate advisor 😍

Something to discuss at #asa2025

That’s so difficult but your work will honor her memory ❤️

I think I can hear the person pee-ing in the room next door #asa2025

Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal

BIG: A new executive order changes fundamentally how the U.S. awards research grants, giving oversight to political appointees in coordination with OMB.

All new grant opportunities are paused until these appointees are in place.

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Session: Right-Wing Politics, Mobilities, and Immigrant Conservatism (co-sponsored by @asapolisoc.bsky.social & @asamigration.bsky.social).

Sat, Aug 9, 8:00 AM | Hyatt, Gold/Toronto

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#sociology @asanews.bsky.social #research #conference #Migration

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#ASA2025 starts with a bunch of mini conferences later this week so I hope you’re ready to Sociology Hard!

📢 There's so much political sociology at ASA this year, #checkitout 👀👇

Please join us for the following @asamigration.bsky.social events at #ASA2025 @asanews.bsky.social :

Sat, August 9th
1. Right-Wing Politics, Mobilities, and Immigrant Conservatism (co-sponsored w @asapolisoc.bsky.social ) 8:00 am to 9:30 am @sharonquinsaat.bsky.social & @thejesseyeh.bsky.social

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It's membership drive time! Sociology grad student ASA members who aren't pol soc members yet, Ziggy's looking at you! We're gifting FREE grad student political soc section memberships in return for cute pet pics. DM or email me for details. #ASA2025 Pls reskeet!
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It's Friday! Let's give away some @asapolisoc.bsky.social section memberships to grad students! How else can you get paid $5 for wasting time on Bluesky? DM or email me for details...

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The countdown to #ASA2025 is on! Stay tuned for details on the complete political sociology sessions

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How Trump Has Undermined U.S. Climate Policy (Gift Article) President Trump has quickly transformed America’s approach to the environment, withholding funds and stretching the limits of presidential power.

A climate denialism agenda is being pushed in the midst of wildfires in North & South Carolina, massive floods in Kentucky, and an exceptional drought in southwestern Texas. They’re really “owning the libs” as climate change bears down on Red and Blue states alike.

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Great looking pre-ASA mini-conference that will be of interest to many political sociologists who consider social movements and protest in their work.

Guys, WIRED has been scooping every other publication and has been bravely covering this assault on our government, our Constitution, and on the rule of law. They are worth your attention and support.

Graduate Fellowships The Foundation supports world-class graduate students through Jefferson Fellowships and National Fellowships.

Grad students in @asapolisoc.bsky.social or @asa-cbsm.bsky.social: Deadline for the Jefferson Scholars Natl Fellowship is Feb 3! www.jeffersonscholars.org/fellowships Great oppty for APD scholars writing dissertations in US politics, with an emphasis on historical/global/instl analyses

In honor of the Inauguration today, I'm going to share some toplines from our survey of participants at the People's March in DC (I did this after the big marches during Trump 1.0 to document the Resistance), so here goes: People came from all over the US to participate--81% lived outside DC.

Here we go again! I’ll be fielding a team of 8 researchers at the People’s March in DC tomorrow. If someone asks you to take our survey, please say yes 🙌 Remember it will help us understand who’s joining the Resistance 2.0 and why.

UPDATE: I am pulling out of this virtual mini-conference given how @asanews.bsky.social is shaking down members for MORE money. As universities face budget cuts, the idea that an association will add costs for members who are doing the work of providing the content is outrageous.

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For anyone who thought @asanews.bsky.social was providing members with more resources through its virtual mini-conference program, think again! Apparently, even those of us who are speaking (for FREE) and are members who pay hundreds a year to ASA are being asked to pay $100 to register to speak...!

Political Sociology in The Hill 👇👇

Our newest Newsletter is LIVE--check it out for information about submitting to ASA2025, recent awards, profiles of new councilmembers, our move to Bluesky, a letter from our chair (@fisherdanar.bsky.social), and so much MORE! asapoliticalsoc.org/wp-content/u...