Margaret Somers
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| Margaret Somers | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Margaret R. Somers |
| Born | December 3rd, 1949 Princeton, New Jersey |
| Residence | U.S.A. |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Ph.D. Harvard University, 1986 |
| Influences | Karl Polanyi |
| Academic work | |
| Notable works | Genealogies of Citizenship: Markets, Statelessness, and the Right to Have Rights (Cambridge 2008) |
Margaret R. Somers is an American sociologist and Professor of Sociology and History at the University of Michigan She is the recipient of the Inaugural Lewis A. Coser Award for Innovation and Theoretical Agenda-Setting in Sociology, Somers' work specializes in historical, political, economic, and cultural sociology and social theory.
Biography
Somers receive a MA from Harvard University in Sociology in 1981, and a Ph.D from the same university in 1986.[1]
Work
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Publications
- Genealogies of Citizenship: Markets, Statelessness, and the Right to Have Rights (Cambridge 2008) won the 2009 APSA Giovanni Sartori Qualitative Methods Award. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 342 libraries[2] Reviewed in : Socio-Economic Review (2011) 9, 395–418;American Journal of Sociology Vol. 117, No. 3 (November 2011); Cultural Sociology, September 2011 vol. 5 no. 3.; Thesis Eleven: Journal of Critical and Historical Sociology May 2011 vol. 105 no. 1: 130-134; Contemporary Sociology May 2010 vol. 39 no. 3.
- Block, Fred L., and Margaret R. Somers. The Power of Market Fundamentalism: Karl Polanyi's Critique. 2014. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 264 libraries[3]
