The conventions ethnographers follow to gather, write about, and store their data are
increasingly out of sync with contemporary research expectations and social life. Despite …

Zoning determines what can be built where, and is ubiquitous in the United States. Low-
density residential zoning predominates in US cities far more than in other countries, limiting …

From two experts in the field comes an accessible, how-to guide that will help researchers
think more productively about the relation between theory and data at every stage of their …

This article examines an important and thorny problem in interview research: How to assess
whether what people say motivated their actions actually did so? We ask three questions …

Basic oppositions between economic growth and environmental protection are well
understood by sociologists, but the state's role in environmental protection and regulation is …

This article introduces the concept of “noxious deindustrialization”—employment
deindustrialization in areas where significantly noxious industries are still operating—and …

From the earliest studies examining the impacts of the coal-powered Industrial Revolution,
the field of sociology has possessed an intimate, if often implicit, interest in the …

Despite years of debate, hydraulic fracturing (HF) remains controversial. While the balance
of perceived economic benefits and environmental costs of “fracking” has generated much …

How should migration scholars navigate tensions between our ethical responsibilities to
research participants and growing “open science” calls for data transparency, replication …

This article provides an explanation for how increased public participation can paradoxically
translate into limited democratic decision-making in urban settings. Recent sociological …