The abolition of slavery in the British Empire demanded a complete transformation of the
global legal and political order. Focusing on British India, this chapter argues that this …

Abstract Goffman's (1961) work on total institutions has been relatively neglected in the
fields of organizational research. This paper compares the conceptions of obedience to …

Ocean-going merchant ships provide a unique context to examine race, place and
migration: ships are globally mobile total institutions, a transnational setting with a multi …

This chapter focuses on Goffman's notion of total institutions, starting with a brief description
of the context in which it was developed. The remainder of the chapter is divided into four …

Abstract The Chicago School of Sociology heralded a new age: that of the rise and
establishment of sociology as an academic discipline in the US. It also spurred on an …

This is a book about the tensions between Christian ideals of love and the concrete realities
of everyday monastic life. Based on a study of Cistercian monasteries in France, it develops …

Social science has not kept up with globalization. While the scale and scope of global
interactions have increased exponentially (literally), the unit of analysis for much of social …

Dünya ticaretinin yaklaşık% 90'ı diğer taşımacılık türlerine kıyasla maliyet etkin olduğu için
uluslararası deniz taşımacılığı ile yapılmaktadır. Deniz taşımacılığının başlıca unsurları …

Studies of racism against migrants have recently attempted to move away from the
presumed dichotomy between 'white'and 'Others', yet the focus of much research remains …

This dissertation examines the governance of labor after the abolition of slavery in British
India (1843-1947). I focus on Sindh in the Bombay Presidency, locating the dynamics …