Neil Gong
Biographic Data
| ID | 116897 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neil Gong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neil |
| FAMILY NAME | Gong |
| SIGNATURE | GONG N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7851-7646 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Is the Ethnographic Fact Conquered or Co-Constructed
Beyond the Case
The social sciences have seen a substantial increase in comparative and multisited ethnographic projects over the last three decades, yet field research often remains associated with small-scale, in-depth, and singular case studies. The growth of comparative ethnography underscores the need to carefully consider the process, logics, and consequences of comparison. This need is intensified by the fact that ethnography has long encompassed a wide r…
Seeing like a state athletic commission
How can ethnographers access and assess macro-sociological influences on everyday life? This article extends Burawoy's multi-case solution, which illuminates structural forces through case comparison, by using then critiquing it. I compare non-sanctioned fight events in two US states and ask why one organizes combat with self-regulation while the other utilizes a rationalized rule set, initially theorizing state regulation as the driver of contra…
Between Tolerant Containment and Concerted Constraint
How do public safety net and elite private mental health providers cope with a key dilemma since psychiatric deinstitutionalization-managing madness when people have the right to refuse care? I observed two approaches to voluntary community-based services, one that tolerates "non-compliance" and deviant choices, and another that attempts to therapeutically discipline clientele. The puzzle, given theories of the paternalistic governance of poverty…
That proves you mad, because you know it not
Better Must Come
How do people leave homelessness in the global cities of Los Angeles and Tokyo? Sociologist Matthew Marr offers a “multi-level contextual theory of exiting homelessness,” eschewing either/or perspectives on the causal primacy of individual, local, or national factors for an integrative explanation of when and how various factors matter. Focusing on transitional housing, or programs that offer housing aid with time limits, it reveals both the stri…
How to Fight Without Rules
Journal Article How to Fight Without Rules: On Civilized Violence in "De-Civilized" Spaces Get access Neil Gong Neil Gong University of California, Los Angeles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Problems, Volume 62, Issue 4, November 2015, Pages 605–622, https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spv014 Published: 27 September 2015
Between Tolerant Containment and Concerted Constraint
How do public safety net and elite private mental health providers cope with a key dilemma since psychiatric deinstitutionalization-managing madness when people have the right to refuse care? I observed two approaches to voluntary community-based services, one that tolerates "non-compliance" and deviant choices, and another that attempts to therapeutically discipline clientele. The puzzle, given theories of the paternalistic governance of poverty…
That proves you mad, because you know it not
How to Fight Without Rules
Journal Article How to Fight Without Rules: On Civilized Violence in "De-Civilized" Spaces Get access Neil Gong Neil Gong University of California, Los Angeles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Problems, Volume 62, Issue 4, November 2015, Pages 605–622, https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spv014 Published: 27 September 2015
Is the Ethnographic Fact Conquered or Co-Constructed
Seeing like a state athletic commission
How can ethnographers access and assess macro-sociological influences on everyday life? This article extends Burawoy's multi-case solution, which illuminates structural forces through case comparison, by using then critiquing it. I compare non-sanctioned fight events in two US states and ask why one organizes combat with self-regulation while the other utilizes a rationalized rule set, initially theorizing state regulation as the driver of contra…
How to Fight Without Rules
Journal Article How to Fight Without Rules: On Civilized Violence in "De-Civilized" Spaces Get access Neil Gong Neil Gong University of California, Los Angeles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Problems, Volume 62, Issue 4, November 2015, Pages 605–622, https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spv014 Published: 27 September 2015
Better Must Come
How do people leave homelessness in the global cities of Los Angeles and Tokyo? Sociologist Matthew Marr offers a “multi-level contextual theory of exiting homelessness,” eschewing either/or perspectives on the causal primacy of individual, local, or national factors for an integrative explanation of when and how various factors matter. Focusing on transitional housing, or programs that offer housing aid with time limits, it reveals both the stri…
That proves you mad, because you know it not
Between Tolerant Containment and Concerted Constraint
How do public safety net and elite private mental health providers cope with a key dilemma since psychiatric deinstitutionalization-managing madness when people have the right to refuse care? I observed two approaches to voluntary community-based services, one that tolerates "non-compliance" and deviant choices, and another that attempts to therapeutically discipline clientele. The puzzle, given theories of the paternalistic governance of poverty…
Beyond the Case
The social sciences have seen a substantial increase in comparative and multisited ethnographic projects over the last three decades, yet field research often remains associated with small-scale, in-depth, and singular case studies. The growth of comparative ethnography underscores the need to carefully consider the process, logics, and consequences of comparison. This need is intensified by the fact that ethnography has long encompassed a wide r…
Seeing like a state athletic commission
How can ethnographers access and assess macro-sociological influences on everyday life? This article extends Burawoy's multi-case solution, which illuminates structural forces through case comparison, by using then critiquing it. I compare non-sanctioned fight events in two US states and ask why one organizes combat with self-regulation while the other utilizes a rationalized rule set, initially theorizing state regulation as the driver of contra…
Is the Ethnographic Fact Conquered or Co-Constructed
Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works)