The purpose of the Section on Political Sociology is to promote the scholarly research and professional activities of those concerned with a sociological understanding of political phenomena. The phrase "sociological understanding" is interpreted to encompass the wide variety of theoretical and associated methodological approaches with which sociologists attempt to describe and explain social phenomena. The phrase "political phenomena" is interpreted to encompass the wide variety of topics that sociologists investigate, including social and cultural bases of power and authority.

Section Officers, 2004-2005

Chair: Fred Block, University of California, Davis
E-mail: flblock@ucdavis.edu.

Chair-Elect: Elisabeth S. Clemens, University of Chicago
E-mail: clemens@uchicago.edu.

Past Chair: G. William Domhoff, University of California, Santa Cruz
E-mail: domhoff@cats.ucsc.edu.

Secretary-Treasurer: Kim Voss, University of California, Berkeley
E-mail: kimvoss@socrates.berkeley.edu.

Newsletter Editor: Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Department of Sociology, c/o SADRI, 240 Hicks Way, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01050. E-mail: baiocchi@soc.umass.edu.

Website Editor: John Dale, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, and the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, 4400 University Drive, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030. E-mail: jgdale@earthlink.net.

Section Council

Barbara G. Brents, Department of Sociology, 4505 Maryland Parkway, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154. E-mail: brents@unlv.nevada.edu.
Term Ends 2007

Donald W. Light, Department of Sociology, Wallace Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544. E-mail: dlight@princeton.edu.
Term Ends 2007

Marion Fourcade-Gourinchas, Department of Sociology, Barrows Hall 410, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720. E-mail: fourcade@uclink.berkeley.edu.
Term Ends 2006

Joya Misra, Department of Sociology and Public Policy, SADRI, Machmer Hall, University of Massachusetts, 240 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003. E-mail: misra@soc.umass.edu.
Term Ends 2006

Nina Eliasoph , Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706. E-mail: eliasoph@usc.edu.
Term Ends 2005

Jeff Goodwin , Department of Sociology, New York University, 269 Mercer Street, Eoom 446, New York, NY 10003. E-mail: jeff.goodwin@nyu.edu.
Term Ends 2005

Section Homepage

The URL of the homepage is:

http://www.asanet.org/sectionpolitic