P Kivisto
Biographic Data
| ID | 21481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P Kivisto |
| GIVEN NAMES | P |
| FAMILY NAME | Kivisto |
| SIGNATURE | KIVISTO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Augustana College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3992-0659 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 172 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 271 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 171 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
The laws of war: Reflections on Alexander's understanding of the institutional requisites for creating a more peaceful world
In ‘The civil sphere in war and peace: From Athens to Kyiv’, offers a meditation framed by civil sphere theory to explore what is necessary for effectively combatting interstate war and related forms of violence, doing so by discussing both the historical origins of civil society and the matter of boundaries in limiting the exercise of civic power beyond a state's borders. Agreeing with Alexander's assessment, this reflection stresses the agonist…
Caught between worlds: Reflections on Undoing Nothing
Go, Went, Gone, Jenny Erpenbeck’s (2017) luminous novel of displacement, homelessness, and loss captures the plight of asylum-seekers in Europe, while offering a withering critique of the glaring f
La orquestación de la autocracia en democracias consolidadas
Basado explícita o implícitamente en la teoría de la esfera civil de Jeffrey C. Alexander, el propósito de este artículo es doble. En primer lugar, ofrece un relato sucinto de cómo Viktor Orbán socavó la democracia húngara. En segundo, examina las lecciones que de esta experiencia aprendieron los intelectuales de la derecha radical y los formuladores de políticas en Estados Unidos, mismos que planean aplicarlas en un contexto nacional sustancialm…
George Ritzer and theory's banquet years
During the 1970s and 1980s, much of George Ritzer's work focused on topics of interest to professional sociologists, but not to the public at large. His work on sociology as a multiple paradigm science, his engagement with what were then lively debates about the micro-macro linkage, and his development of the idea of metatheory are among the topics reviewed. Moreover, his ambitions for the future of sociological theory are compared with the conte…
Membership, migration, and inclusion in the civil sphere
In this article, we explore the intersection of migration, membership, and inclusion through Civil Sphere Theory (CST), the most powerful theory currently available for explaining social solidarity in modern, differentiated societies. While CST has amply proven its worth by deepening our understanding of social solidarity and civil repair within established polities, it has insufficiently addressed the boundaries that define inclusion and exclusi…
Research Handbook on the Sociology of Migration
Published online: 12 January 2024
Jeffrey Alexander and Cultural Sociology
Park on the social sciences and the consequences of war
Robert Park's response to the First World War can only be understood by considering his body of work extending from before the outbreak of that war to publications written near the end of his life. Park and his son Edward had contemplated writing a book on the nature of war, but it never came to fruition. His wrote sparingly and unsystematically-but insightfully-on the topic. His first publication on the topic appeared in a 1900 journalistic arti…
From Author to Network: The Coming of Age of Civil Sphere Theory
This article argues that Jeffrey Alexander’s The Civil Sphere constitutes the first sociological theory of civil society, a theory with its own developmental history. That history includes the trajectory of Alexander’s career prior to his simultaneous turn to cultural sociology and civil society. The former led him to develop what he calls a ‘strong program,’ while the use of the term ‘civil sphere’ serves to distinguish his approach to civil soc…
The meanings of the monarchy
Using two classic accounts of Elizabeth II's Coronation, this article explores the potential meanings of the monarchy in the 21st century
William H. Swatos, Jr
Obituary| August 01 2022 William H. Swatos, Jr.: 25 September, 1946 — 9 November, 2020 Kevin J. Christiano, Kevin J. Christiano University of Notre Dame Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Barbara Jones Denison, Barbara Jones Denison Shippensburg University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Peter Kivisto Peter Kivisto Augustana College Search for other works by this aut…
Martin Bulmer, Sociological fox
This symposium is a tribute to the distinguished career of Martin Bulmer upon his decision to retire from his editorial responsibilities at Ethnic and Racial Studies
The Enduring Impact of Hart‐Celler
Re-Reading Park and Burgess’s Landmark Textbook: An Unacknowledged Treatise on Democracy and Inclusion
A cultural sociology approach to the trauma of decolonialization
The cultural turn in late twentieth-century sociology took several forms, none more influential than the “strong programme in cultural theory” advanced by Jeffrey C. Alexander and associates (Alexa
The social question in neoliberal times
The paper examines the origins of the idea of “the social question” in the nineteenth century, the rise of the welfare state, the challenge of neoliberalism, and the new transnationalized social question
Blaming Immigrants: Nationalism and the Economics of Global Movement
Why the Jews are good to think: Reflections on Chad Alan Goldberg's Modernity and the Jews in Western Social Thought
This article offers a critical but appreciative reading of Chad Alan Goldberg's Modernity and the Jews in Western Social Thought. It frames that reading around the section of the book titled 'Why the Jews Are Good to Think,' a phrase that is a take on Claude Lévi-Strauss's claim that totemic emblems are chosen, 'not because they are 'good to eat' but because they are 'good to think'.' The article contends that the book is predicated on a view tha…
W irth, L ouis
Louis Wirth (1897–1952) was a member of the First Chicago School, primarily known for his work in urban sociology, race and ethnic relations, mass communication, the sociology of knowledge, and applied sociology. He combined a commitment to scholarship and social reform. He played a leadership role in the department during its last phase, a role cut short by his early death.
P ark, R obert
Robert E. Park advanced American sociology during its formative period and made lasting contributions to ethnic and racial studies and to urban sociology, while also writing about public opinion and collective behavior.
B urgess, E rnest
Ernest Burgess (1886–1966) is chiefly known for his collaboration with Robert E. Park, the latter being viewed as the “ideas” person and Burgess considered the “details” person. While partially true, this oversimplifies the prominent role Burgess played in the institutionalization of sociology in America, his promotion of interdisciplinary work, and his contributions to injecting sociology into policy circles.
Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity & the American Promise
In the hegemonic narrative of the history of religious pluralism in the United States—which received its canonical formulation in Will Herberg’s book of 1955, Protestant–Catholic–Jew: An Essay in A
Introduction: Ambivalence and the social processes of immigrant inclusion
Ambivalence as an interpretive tool in sociology refers to the social experience of any complex, cognitively confusing, or emotionally charged phenomenon that calls simultaneously for opposite reactions. Migrants’ life conditions, as this Special Issue illustrates, are particularly subject to ambivalence. This introduction reviews the predominant understandings of ambivalence as a sociological category, its specific relevance in migration studies…
The Politics of Cruelty
The authoritarian tendencies evident in the Trump campaign and administration are framed by the idea of a “politics of cruelty,“ drawing on Judith Shlkar’s idea of the ”liberalism of fear,” current research using authoritarianism theory, and arguments concerning the impact of the political theology of white Christian nationalism
Migration, Transnationalism, and Catholicism: Global Perspectives. Edited by Dominic Pasura and Marta Bivand Erdal
Transnationalism is a broad term stressing the border straddling practices of a variety of collective actors. While most of the attention since the early 1990s has focused on theoretical articulations and revisions of the concept as it pertains to immigration, and on the voluminous body of empirical research on the current wave of global mass immigration, the term has also been applied to capitalists, global nongovernmental organizations, think t…
Social spaces, transnational immigrant communities, and the politics of incorporation
Transnational social spaces exist both `from above' and, in the case of contemporary immigrants, `from below'. This article is intended to offer conceptual clarity to current research agendas concerned with transnational immigration in general and the establishment of transnational immigrant communities in particular. It does so by first exploring theoretical developments in the analysis of social space and connecting these developments to the id…
International Migration Research: Constructions, Omissions, and the Promises of Interdisciplinarity
Immigrant Ambivalence Toward the Homeland: The Case of Iraqis in Helsinki and Rome
This article seeks to contribute to our understanding of the social psychology of migrants by introducing the idea of ambivalence as a central feature of the migration experience. Building on the contribution of Neil Smelser, we follow his lead in linking the idea of ambivalence to Albert Hirschman's treatment of exit, loyalty, and voice. The data utilized herein derive from a larger study of Iraqi immigrants in Helsinki and Rome. We make use of …
The Sociologists of the Chair: A Radical Analysis of the Formative Years of North American Sociology (1883-1922)
Symbolic ethnicity and American Jews: The relationship of ethnic identity to behavior and group affiliation
Symbolic ethnicity is a variant of straight-line assimilation theory that predicts an attenuation of the connection between ethnic identity and both ethnic behavior and group affiliation, the result of persistent or heightened interest in the former and decline in the latter. This study utilizes survey data from a midwestern Jewish community to test this thesis. We do so in two stages. First, Cohen's typology of Jewish involvement is employed to …
Introduction: Ambivalence and the social processes of immigrant inclusion
Ambivalence as an interpretive tool in sociology refers to the social experience of any complex, cognitively confusing, or emotionally charged phenomenon that calls simultaneously for opposite reactions. Migrants’ life conditions, as this Special Issue illustrates, are particularly subject to ambivalence. This introduction reviews the predominant understandings of ambivalence as a sociological category, its specific relevance in migration studies…
Illuminating Social Life: Classical and Contemporary Theory Revisited
The sixth edition of Peter Kivisto's popular anthology, 'Illuminating Social Life', continues to demonstrate to students how social theories can help them make sense of the swirling events and perplexing phenomena that they encounter in their daily lives
What is the canonical theory of assimilation
Throughout the past century, assimilation has been the hegemonic theory of ethnic group relations in sociology, and Robert E. Park is generally considered to be the key figure associated with the articulation of assimilation's canonical formulation. Based on a careful reading of Park's main essays on assimilation, this article argues that those who associate his position with the melting pot (with its assumption of the eradication of ethnic trait…
The transplanted then and now: The reorientation of immigration studies from the Chicago School to the new social history1
This article argues that assimilationist theory (seen as a specific instance of process theory) had a profound impact on immigration studies in the United States from the 1920s into the 1960s, but that this mode of conceptualization has been subsequently challenged theoretically by developments in social history. Specifically, exegetical evidence is offered for viewing the challenge as hinging on a reconceptualization of the meaning of culture an…
We Really are all Multiculturalists Now
Treating multiculturalism as a social fact, this article develops the argument that it ought to be construed as a form of political claims-making advanced by spokespersons on behalf of what can be described as communities of fate. After brief examinations of the claims-makers and those groups that claims are made on behalf of, five types of claims are analyzed: (1) exemption, (2) accommodation, (3) preservation, (4) redress, and (5) inclusion. Th…
Max Weber as 'Christian Sociologist
This essay argues that Max Weber's life and work were significantly affected by his Christian faith tradition and world view, and that in this respect he is not to be differentiated from many early American sociologists. A significant point of differentiation occurs, however, in that Weber turned to the study of religion as a generic phenomenon, rather than simply writing about religious organizations or avoiding the topic altogether
Illuminating Social Life: Classical and Contemporary Theory Revisited
The Other Side of the Fence: American Migrants in Mexico
The Politics of Cruelty
The authoritarian tendencies evident in the Trump campaign and administration are framed by the idea of a “politics of cruelty,“ drawing on Judith Shlkar’s idea of the ”liberalism of fear,” current research using authoritarianism theory, and arguments concerning the impact of the political theology of white Christian nationalism
"The origins of "new assimilation theory
Boundaries play an important role in Richard Alba's articulation of new assimilation theory, as is evident in the major works he has produced during the past two decades. This article traces his interest in boundaries to "The Twilight of Ethnicity among Americans of European Ancestry: The Case of Italians", an article he published in ERS in 1985. It is in this article and a related book published the same year that one can begin to trace the evol…
Representing Race: Ongoing Uncertainties about Finnish American Racial Identity
IN 2007 ALEX ROSS, the music critic for The New Yorker magazine, published an appreciative article on the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, titled “Apparition in the Woods.” Sibelius was one of the regional composers—along with Grieg, Dvořak, and Nielsen—who came from Europe’s smaller nations. In one passage, Ross sought to indicate something of the remoteness of Sibelius’s origins when he wrote that “Finns are strangers to the European family. Des…
The Brief Career of Catholic Sociology
This article traces central elements in the three decade history of the American Catholic Sociological Society in order to determine the specific intentions of its creators and subsequent members as well as examining both those factors that underpinned the creation of the society and those that culminated in the redefinition of the organization's raison d'être in the late 1960s. Of particular interest is the issue of whether or not the purpose of…
Jeffrey Alexander and Cultural Sociology
Re-Reading Park and Burgess’s Landmark Textbook: An Unacknowledged Treatise on Democracy and Inclusion
Homing Desire at the Juncture of Place and Transnational Spaces: The Case of Young Kurds in Finland
Transnational connections and attachments fostered by migrants' offspring between different geographical localities have introduced new dynamics that must be considered in determining how identity formation relates to place. Raised in a transnational field, the way members of the generation-in-between develop a sense of belonging puts into question the centrality of territoriality in understanding the meanings of home and homeland. This paper exa…
The long goodbye
Additional informationNotes on contributorsPeter KivistoPETER KIVISTO is the Richard A. Swanson Professor of Social Thought at Augustana College and Recurring Visiting Professor at the University of Turku, Finland
The Changing Face of Home: The Transnational Lives of the Second Generation
Book Review| January 01 2004 The Changing Face of Home: The Transnational Lives of the Second Generation The Changing Face of Home: The Transnational Lives of the Second Generation, Peggy Levitt and Mary C. Waters. Peter Kivisto Peter Kivisto Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2004) 23 (2): 92–94. https://doi.org/10.2307/27501425 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn …
The view from America: Comments on Banton
This article reflects on Michael Banton's thought-provoking essay on the state of ethnic studies, both in terms of teaching and conducting research. By focusing on the US in contrast to Banton's British emphasis, it offers a comparative reference for exploring the central points Banton makes about the need for conceptual clarification, the challenges posed by fusing scholarship and partisanship, and the desirability of expanding cross-national co…
Teenagers, Pregnancy, and Childbearing in a Risk Society: How Do High-Risk Teens Differ From Their Age Peers
This article attempts to make a connection between two heretofore analytically distinct discourses on risk. On one hand, it refers to ways in which social work professionals and the like use the term to identify certain categories of teens as high, moderate, or low risk. On the other hand, it refers to the way theorists such as Anthony Giddens and Ulrich Beck described the advent of the risk society as a manifestation of a novel stage in the deve…
The Size of Others' Burdens: Barack Obama, Jane Addams, and the Politics of Helping Others
The Sociologists of the Chair: A Radical Analysis of the Formative Years of North American Sociology (1883-1922)
Social Analysis: A Marxist Critique and Alternative. V. L. Allen
Finnish Radicals and Religion in Midwestern Mining Town, 1865-1914
Minority-Dominant Relations: A Sociological Analysis
Beyond the Crisis
Labour and Racism
The Voice and the Eye: An Analysis of Social Movements
The Finnish-Language Press in Canada, 1901-1939.
Farm Workers, Agribusiness, and the State
The Decline of the Finnish American Left, 1925-1945
The Decline of the Finnish American Left 1925–1945
Finnish immigrants have frequently been cited as the most politically radical ethnic group in America during the first three decades of the twentieth century, as indicated by the support they provided to the major left-wing organizations of the time. However, by 1945 this tendency was dissipating. Although political repression and nativist asperity were significant factors in undermining the left, they do not fully account for the downfall of lef…
Social Science Information and Public Policy Making
Nations Before Nationalism
Psyche and Society: Explorations in Psychoanalytic Sociology
Ethnic Pluralism and Public Policy
Last May the Academy, in conjunction with two British organizations, the Commission for Racial Equality and the Policy Studies Institute, sponsored a conference in England comparing and evaluating United States and British efforts to eliminate discrimination and increase opportunitiesfor racial minorities. This study wasfunded by the Commission for Racial Equality, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.…
Ethnicity and Race in the U.S.A: Toward the Twenty-First Century
"What's New About the "New Social Movements: Continuities and Discontinuities with the Socialist Project
suggests, "compelling reasons for a renewed reflection on the significance and potentials of social movements." In no small part, this is because these movements served to dispel the conviction that advanced industrial societies had arrived at a stage that marked the "end of ideology," as they reflected instead conflictual tendencies in those societies. This paper explores questions concerning the relationship of these movements to socialism. It …
Immigrant Socialists in the United States. The Case of Finns and the Left
Immigrant Socialists in the United States: The Case of Finns and the Left
The first comprehensive sociohistorical account of the Finnich-American left, this book reports on a little-known ethnic group that contributed more heavily to political radicalism in the United States than any other ethnic group
Studies in the Theory of Ideology
Journal Article Studies in the Theory of Ideology, by John B. Thompson. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984, viii + 347 pp., $32.50; $12.95, paper Get access Peter Kivisto Peter Kivisto Augustana College, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 47, Issue 1, Spring 1986, Pages 81–83, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711284 Published: 01 March 1986
Symbols of Community: The Cultural System of a Swedish Church
The Soul of the Wobblies: The I.W.W., Religion, and American Culture in the Progressive Era, 1905-1917
Ethnic Groups in Conflict
Sociology as a Vocation: A Weberian Analysis of the Origins and Subsequent Development of American Sociology
Science and the Revenge of Nature: Marcuse & Habermas
Journal Article Science and the Revenge of Nature: Marcuse & Habermas , by C. Fred Alford. Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1985, ix + 226 pp. $24.50 Get access Peter Kivisto Peter Kivisto Augustana College , Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 48, Issue 2, Summer 1987, Pages 187–188, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711209 Published: 01 January 1987
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