American Sociological Association
112th Annual Meetings 2017
Culture, Inequalities, and Social Inclusion across the Globe
112th ASA Annual Meeting
August 12-17th, 2017
Montreal, QC Canada
Rising inequality has brought the unequal distribution of material resources to the center of political debates in the United States and Europe. Social scientists routinely mobilize their deep knowledge of the structures of economic inequality to inform decision-making and conversations in the public sphere. Yet our understanding of the cultural dimensions of inequality lags far behind, despite the omnipresence and the urgency of cultural polarizations as manifested in anti-immigration rhetoric, international refugee crises, domestic racial confrontation, and increased class segregation.
The program committee invites sociologists to consider: 1) the role of cultural processes, such as stigmatization and racialization, in the production and legitimation of inequalities and social exclusion; 2) meaning-making in social processes typically associated with inequality, such as domination, discrimination, exploitation, and opportunity hoarding; 3) Cultures of inequality (e.g., occupational or class cultures) and the cultural differentiation of sexual, ethnoracial, gender, and religious groups; and 4) how political processes, institutions, and public discourses (at the local, national, and global levels) shape material and cultural inequalities.
Michèle Lamont, ASA President-elect and Chair of the 2017 Program Committee, Harvard University
112th ASA Annual Meeting
August 12-17th, 2017
Montreal, QC Canada
Rising inequality has brought the unequal distribution of material resources to the center of political debates in the United States and Europe. Social scientists routinely mobilize their deep knowledge of the structures of economic inequality to inform decision-making and conversations in the public sphere. Yet our understanding of the cultural dimensions of inequality lags far behind, despite the omnipresence and the urgency of cultural polarizations as manifested in anti-immigration rhetoric, international refugee crises, domestic racial confrontation, and increased class segregation.
The program committee invites sociologists to consider: 1) the role of cultural processes, such as stigmatization and racialization, in the production and legitimation of inequalities and social exclusion; 2) meaning-making in social processes typically associated with inequality, such as domination, discrimination, exploitation, and opportunity hoarding; 3) Cultures of inequality (e.g., occupational or class cultures) and the cultural differentiation of sexual, ethnoracial, gender, and religious groups; and 4) how political processes, institutions, and public discourses (at the local, national, and global levels) shape material and cultural inequalities.
Michèle Lamont, ASA President-elect and Chair of the 2017 Program Committee, Harvard University
SECTION PROGRAM – ASA ANNUAL MEETING, MONTRÉAL
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2017
183. Paper Session. Open Topic
Palais des congrès de Montréal, 514B, 8:30-10:10am
Session Organizer: Chris Rhomberg, Fordham University
Presider: Erin E. Hatton, State University of New York at Buffalo
Development and Its Discontents. Adaner Usmani, New York University
The White Working Class, Authoritarianism, and Union Membership. J. Gregg Robinson, Grossmont College
Collective Inaction and the Plight of the Public Sector Professional Union. Lauren Benditt, YouGov
Organizing Dixie: How Well Does the Justice for Janitors Model Travel? Erica Dobbs, Swarthmore College
221. Paper Session. Global Labor Protest
Palais des congrès de Montréal, 512H, 10:30am-12:10pm
Session Organizer: Chris Rhomberg, Fordham University
Presider: Joel P. Stillerman, Grand Valley State University
Declining Rural Safety Net, Perceptions of Political Risk and Selective Radicalization of Labor Contention in China. Zheng Fu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Development, Proletarianization and the Association of Workers in Garment Industry in China. Shuwan Zhang, CASS; Lulu Fan, Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences
The Antinomies of Successful Mobilization: Inclusion and Exclusion among Bogota's Newly Organized Recyclers. Manuel Zimbalist Rosaldo, University of California at Berkeley
Varieties of Dockworker Unionism in Latin America: National Context, Local Strategy and International Connections. Caitlin R. Fox-Hodess, University of California, Berkeley
259. Refereed Roundtable Session
Palais des congrès de Montréal, 516C, 12:30-1:30pm
Session Organizer: Chris Rhomberg, Fordham University
Table 01. Agricultural Industry and Work
Table Presider: Todd E. Vachon, University of Connecticut
Seeds, Serfs and Society: Farmers on Trial. Nathan Russell Collins, The University of Kansas
We’re Losing Time: Laboring and Waiting Among Borderlands Agricultural Workers. Kathleen Ann Griesbach, Columbia University
Table 02. Restructuring Work: Professionals and Labor Intermediaries
Table Presider: Louise Birdsell Bauer, University of Toronto
A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss? Restructuring in Corporate Law Associateships. Christine A Riordan, Institute for Work and Employment Research
Organizational Emergence and the Rise of Vendor Management Organizations. Laureen K. O'Brien, University of Arizona
Table 03. Manufacturing Workers in Comparative Perspective
Table Presider: Corey Pech
Workers’ Views on Plant Closures: The Global Context of Production. Norene Pupo, York University; Hart Walker
Rebuild Labor Associational Power in the Reactionary Structures. Changling Cai, Binghamton University; Ellen Friedman, National Education Association
Table 04. Wage and Income Policies
Table Presider: Erin Kelly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Is Universal Basic Income a Disincentive to Work? An Empirical Review. Sarah Reibstein, Princeton University
Minimum Wage Increases and Job Satisfaction Among Low-Wage Employees. Adam Storer; Adam D. Reich, Columbia University
Table 05. U.S. Unions and Tactical Diversity
Table Presider: Tom Juravich, University of Massachusetts
A Varied Repertoire: Tactical Diversity in Former Labor Strongholds. Amanda Pullum, California State University-Monterey Bay
The Labor Union Gap: The Fear Factor and Digital Spaces. Jen Schradie, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse
Table 06. Labor and Social Protection: The Case of Bangladesh
Table Presider: Chris Tilly, University of California Los Angeles
The Regulatory Experiment in Bangladesh: Legitimacy and Worker Safety in the Garment Industry. Youbin Kang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Organized Labor or Organized Donors: Who Shapes Social Welfare Programs in the Least Developed Nations? Md. Mahmudur Rahman Bhuiyan, Immigration Research West
Table 07. Resistance and Mobilization Across Race and Class
Table Presider: Eric S. Brown, University of Missouri
The Specter of the 'Black Scab': Strikebreaking and Racialized Class Politics in the Progressive Era. Amelia Fortunato, The Graduate Center, CUNY
The (Culinary) Arts of Resistance: Race and Labor Politics in a Food Service Training Program. Anna Wilcoxson, Loyola University Chicago; Kelly Moore, Loyola University Chicago
Table 08. Informal Labor Around the World
Table Presider: Lefeng Lin, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Organizing at Temp Agencies: The Case of Montréal's Immigrant Workers Centre. Loïc Malhaire, Université de Montréal; Yanick Noiseux, Université de Montréal
Informed but Insecure: Working Conditions and Social Security among Paid Domestic Workers in Ecuador. Erynn Masi de Casanova, University of Cincinnati
Table 09. Labor Mobilization in the Developing World
Table Presider: Kim Scipes, Purdue University Northwest
Opportunity without Organization: Labour Mobilization in Egypt after the 25th January Revolution. Christopher Barrie; Neil Ketchley, King's College London
Bringing Labor into Development Studies. Kim Scipes, Purdue University Northwest
Table 10. Temporary and Contingent Workers: Blue and White Collar
Table Presider: Chris Rhomberg, Fordham University
Intersecting Inequalities and Temporary Employment: Explaining Earnings Inequality Among Inland Southern California’s Blue Collar Warehouse Workers. Ellen R. Reese, Univ of California-Riverside; Jason Y. Struna, University of Puget Sound; Joel S. Herrera, University of California-Los Angeles; Juliann Allison, UC-Riverside
Wall to Wall: Industrial Unionism at the City University of New York, 1972-2017. Luke Elliott-Negri
Table 11. Historical Cases: New York City and Puerto Rico
Table Presider: Michael Franklin Thompson, University of North Texas
Case Study of the Labor and Social History of the Land Administration Independent Employee Union Research. Nelson Arnaldo Vera Hernandez, University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla Campus
1:30 pm Membership Meeting
Section on Labor and Labor Movements Business Meeting
Palais des congrès de Montréal, 516C, 1:30-2:10pm
299. Paper Session. Challenges Facing Canadian Labour
Palais des congrès de Montréal, 512H, 2:30-4:10pm
Session Organizer: Chris Rhomberg, Fordham University
Presider: Barry Eidlin, McGill University
Precarious Professionals: Gender Relations in the Academic Profession and the Feminization of Employment Norms. Louise Birdsell Bauer, University of Toronto
The Rise of Precarious Work in Northern Ontario’s Mines: A Challenge to Canadian Labour. Reuben N. Roth, Laurentian University; Mercedes Steedman, Laurentian University; Shelley Condratto, Laurentian University
Work and Workers' Movements in Canada After the Great Recession. Mark Preston Thomas, York University; Stephanie Ross, McMaster University
Local Labour Councils in Québec: A Comparative Approach. Thomas Collombat, Université du Québec en Outaouais; Sophie Potvin, Université du Québec en Outaouais
6:30 – 8:30 Section Reception
Immigrant Worker Center / Centre des Travail-leiuses et Travailleurs Immigrants (IWC/CTI)
4755 Van Horne, Office #110 (Metro Plamandon)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2017
183. Paper Session. Open Topic
Palais des congrès de Montréal, 514B, 8:30-10:10am
Session Organizer: Chris Rhomberg, Fordham University
Presider: Erin E. Hatton, State University of New York at Buffalo
Development and Its Discontents. Adaner Usmani, New York University
The White Working Class, Authoritarianism, and Union Membership. J. Gregg Robinson, Grossmont College
Collective Inaction and the Plight of the Public Sector Professional Union. Lauren Benditt, YouGov
Organizing Dixie: How Well Does the Justice for Janitors Model Travel? Erica Dobbs, Swarthmore College
221. Paper Session. Global Labor Protest
Palais des congrès de Montréal, 512H, 10:30am-12:10pm
Session Organizer: Chris Rhomberg, Fordham University
Presider: Joel P. Stillerman, Grand Valley State University
Declining Rural Safety Net, Perceptions of Political Risk and Selective Radicalization of Labor Contention in China. Zheng Fu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Development, Proletarianization and the Association of Workers in Garment Industry in China. Shuwan Zhang, CASS; Lulu Fan, Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences
The Antinomies of Successful Mobilization: Inclusion and Exclusion among Bogota's Newly Organized Recyclers. Manuel Zimbalist Rosaldo, University of California at Berkeley
Varieties of Dockworker Unionism in Latin America: National Context, Local Strategy and International Connections. Caitlin R. Fox-Hodess, University of California, Berkeley
259. Refereed Roundtable Session
Palais des congrès de Montréal, 516C, 12:30-1:30pm
Session Organizer: Chris Rhomberg, Fordham University
Table 01. Agricultural Industry and Work
Table Presider: Todd E. Vachon, University of Connecticut
Seeds, Serfs and Society: Farmers on Trial. Nathan Russell Collins, The University of Kansas
We’re Losing Time: Laboring and Waiting Among Borderlands Agricultural Workers. Kathleen Ann Griesbach, Columbia University
Table 02. Restructuring Work: Professionals and Labor Intermediaries
Table Presider: Louise Birdsell Bauer, University of Toronto
A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss? Restructuring in Corporate Law Associateships. Christine A Riordan, Institute for Work and Employment Research
Organizational Emergence and the Rise of Vendor Management Organizations. Laureen K. O'Brien, University of Arizona
Table 03. Manufacturing Workers in Comparative Perspective
Table Presider: Corey Pech
Workers’ Views on Plant Closures: The Global Context of Production. Norene Pupo, York University; Hart Walker
Rebuild Labor Associational Power in the Reactionary Structures. Changling Cai, Binghamton University; Ellen Friedman, National Education Association
Table 04. Wage and Income Policies
Table Presider: Erin Kelly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Is Universal Basic Income a Disincentive to Work? An Empirical Review. Sarah Reibstein, Princeton University
Minimum Wage Increases and Job Satisfaction Among Low-Wage Employees. Adam Storer; Adam D. Reich, Columbia University
Table 05. U.S. Unions and Tactical Diversity
Table Presider: Tom Juravich, University of Massachusetts
A Varied Repertoire: Tactical Diversity in Former Labor Strongholds. Amanda Pullum, California State University-Monterey Bay
The Labor Union Gap: The Fear Factor and Digital Spaces. Jen Schradie, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse
Table 06. Labor and Social Protection: The Case of Bangladesh
Table Presider: Chris Tilly, University of California Los Angeles
The Regulatory Experiment in Bangladesh: Legitimacy and Worker Safety in the Garment Industry. Youbin Kang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Organized Labor or Organized Donors: Who Shapes Social Welfare Programs in the Least Developed Nations? Md. Mahmudur Rahman Bhuiyan, Immigration Research West
Table 07. Resistance and Mobilization Across Race and Class
Table Presider: Eric S. Brown, University of Missouri
The Specter of the 'Black Scab': Strikebreaking and Racialized Class Politics in the Progressive Era. Amelia Fortunato, The Graduate Center, CUNY
The (Culinary) Arts of Resistance: Race and Labor Politics in a Food Service Training Program. Anna Wilcoxson, Loyola University Chicago; Kelly Moore, Loyola University Chicago
Table 08. Informal Labor Around the World
Table Presider: Lefeng Lin, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Organizing at Temp Agencies: The Case of Montréal's Immigrant Workers Centre. Loïc Malhaire, Université de Montréal; Yanick Noiseux, Université de Montréal
Informed but Insecure: Working Conditions and Social Security among Paid Domestic Workers in Ecuador. Erynn Masi de Casanova, University of Cincinnati
Table 09. Labor Mobilization in the Developing World
Table Presider: Kim Scipes, Purdue University Northwest
Opportunity without Organization: Labour Mobilization in Egypt after the 25th January Revolution. Christopher Barrie; Neil Ketchley, King's College London
Bringing Labor into Development Studies. Kim Scipes, Purdue University Northwest
Table 10. Temporary and Contingent Workers: Blue and White Collar
Table Presider: Chris Rhomberg, Fordham University
Intersecting Inequalities and Temporary Employment: Explaining Earnings Inequality Among Inland Southern California’s Blue Collar Warehouse Workers. Ellen R. Reese, Univ of California-Riverside; Jason Y. Struna, University of Puget Sound; Joel S. Herrera, University of California-Los Angeles; Juliann Allison, UC-Riverside
Wall to Wall: Industrial Unionism at the City University of New York, 1972-2017. Luke Elliott-Negri
Table 11. Historical Cases: New York City and Puerto Rico
Table Presider: Michael Franklin Thompson, University of North Texas
Case Study of the Labor and Social History of the Land Administration Independent Employee Union Research. Nelson Arnaldo Vera Hernandez, University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla Campus
1:30 pm Membership Meeting
Section on Labor and Labor Movements Business Meeting
Palais des congrès de Montréal, 516C, 1:30-2:10pm
299. Paper Session. Challenges Facing Canadian Labour
Palais des congrès de Montréal, 512H, 2:30-4:10pm
Session Organizer: Chris Rhomberg, Fordham University
Presider: Barry Eidlin, McGill University
Precarious Professionals: Gender Relations in the Academic Profession and the Feminization of Employment Norms. Louise Birdsell Bauer, University of Toronto
The Rise of Precarious Work in Northern Ontario’s Mines: A Challenge to Canadian Labour. Reuben N. Roth, Laurentian University; Mercedes Steedman, Laurentian University; Shelley Condratto, Laurentian University
Work and Workers' Movements in Canada After the Great Recession. Mark Preston Thomas, York University; Stephanie Ross, McMaster University
Local Labour Councils in Québec: A Comparative Approach. Thomas Collombat, Université du Québec en Outaouais; Sophie Potvin, Université du Québec en Outaouais
6:30 – 8:30 Section Reception
Immigrant Worker Center / Centre des Travail-leiuses et Travailleurs Immigrants (IWC/CTI)
4755 Van Horne, Office #110 (Metro Plamandon)
Labor and Labor Movements Program Committee
- Chris Rhomberg (chair)
- Sarah Swider (chair-elect)
- Erin Hatton
- Joel Stillerman
- Barry Eidlin