J A Hall

Biographic Data

ID29197
NAMEJ A Hall
GIVEN NAMESJ A
FAMILY NAMEHall
SIGNATUREHALL J A
AFFILIATIONSMcGill University
ORCID0000-0001-8739-947X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS45
TOTAL CITATIONS88
AUTHOR COUNT45
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1952
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX6

  • The return of geoeconomics: How scared should we be?

    Open AccessJ A HallARTICLEThesis Eleven2026

    Geoeconomic competition has returned to the world polity. This paper compares the situation before the world wars to that of the contemporary world. The paper argues that war is not likely to result from geoeconomic competition—though war may well result from more traditional reasons.

  • A Major Treatise on the National Question

    Open AccessJ A HallARTICLEThe American Sociologist2026

  • Danish-Jewish dilemmas of belonging

    Alex Grøn Johnsen, J A HallARTICLEJournal of Jewish Studies2025

    The French Revolution's ideals of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity sent shock waves through Europe, which for European Jews meant the opportunity to finally abandon centuries of isolation and join the surrounding society as citizens. However, those who sought assimilation found themselves in a dilemma of belonging, where they experienced dual alienation from both traditional Jewish and Christian societies. This article focuses on the Danish-Jewis…

  • Joshua Cherniss’s Liberalism in Dark Times: On the Need for Foundations

    J A Hall, John HallARTICLEHistory of European Ideas2023

  • Adam Smith and Sociology

    Open AccessJ A HallARTICLEEuropean Journal of Sociology2023References: 20

    The central core of the work of Adam Smith is identified here, with particular reference to his own words. His argumentation is full of surprises and paradoxes, and it offers key insights for sociology, especially as it allows us to better understand key features of the modern world

  • The grammar of social theory, or, negotiations in hell

    Open AccessJ A HallARTICLEIrish Journal of Sociology2020

    This paper makes two claims about the grammar of social theory. The first claim is that there are three—and only three—fundamental positions in modern social theory, named here ‘enlightenment’, ‘belonging’ and ‘lower depths’. The second claim is that no position is complete, thereby allowing each position of expose the weaknesses of its rivals

  • The follies of cultural elites Why Borders Matter: Why Humanity Must Reclaim the Art of Drawing Boundaries by Frank Furedi

    J A HallARTICLEGlobal Discourse2020Cited by: 1References: 2

  • On the Stability of Reported Pregnancy Intentions from Pregnancy to 1 Year Postnatally: Impact of Choice of Measure, Timing of Assessment, Women’s Characteristics and Outcome of Pregnancy

    Open AccessJ A Hall, Jennifer Hall et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2019

    The LMUP is a more reliable measure of pregnancy intention than the DHS in the first postnatal year and does not vary by maternal characteristics or pregnancy outcome. The LMUP should become the gold-standard for measuring pregnancy intention and should be collected in pregnancy or at the first postnatal opportunity

  • The Art and Science of Sociology: Essays in Honor of Edward A. Tiryakian

    Open AccessJ A HallARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2018

  • Introduction: Jewish Conditions, Theories of Nationalism

    Open AccessShana Cohen, J A HallARTICLEInternational Journal of Politics…2017Cited by: 1References: 4

  • Popitz, Heinrich, Phenomena of Power: Authority, Domination, and Violence

    Open AccessJ A HallARTICLEThe Canadian Journal of Sociology2017

  • Towards an intellectual history of evolutionary economics: Competition and struggle versus cooperation and mutual aid

    Open AccessJ A Hall, John Hall et al.ARTICLEBrazilian Journal of Political…2017References: 3

    Our inquiry considers the origins of Evolutionary Economics by reintroducing a debate that took place in Russia in the 19th and early 20th century. Responses to Charles Darwin’s The origin of Species are considered, especially critiques stressing Darwin’s emphasis upon competition and struggle in natural selection, that can be traced directly to Thomas Robert Malthus. Considering challenging contributions made by several Russian scholars, we plac…

  • Nation-State Size, Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance in the Advanced Capitalist Countries

    Natalka Patsiurko, John L Campbell et al.ARTICLENew Political Economy2013Cited by: 3References: 18

    This paper examines the proposition that the economic performance of advanced capitalist countries depends on their size and ethnic composition. As such it blends insights from two important literatures in comparative political economy. One is exemplified by the work of Peter Katzenstein, who wrote the classic treatise on the relationship between nation-state size and economic performance. Another is illustrated by the work of Ernest Gellner, who…

  • International Relations Theory and Regional Transformation

    Open AccessBarry Buzan, Dale C Copeland et al.BOOKInternational Relations Theory…2012

    Regional transformation has emerged as a major topic of research during the past few decades, much of it seeking to understand how a region changes into a zone of conflict or cooperation and how and why some regions remain in perpetual conflict. Although the leading theoretical paradigms of international relations have something to say about regional order, a comprehensive treatment of this subject is missing from the literature. This book sugges…

  • Universal Empire: A Comparative Approach to Imperial Culture and Representation in Eurasian History

    Open AccessDimiter Angelov, Gojko Barjamovic et al.BOOKUniversal Empire2012

    The claim by certain rulers to universal empire has a long history stretching as far back as the Assyrian and Achaemenid Empires. This book traces its various manifestations in classical antiquity, the Islamic world, Asia and Central America as well as considering seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European discussions of international order. As such it is an exercise in comparative world history combining a multiplicity of approaches, from anci…

  • How can we be sure

    J A HallARTICLEJournal of Political Power2012References: 2

  • Two Cheers for Modernity

    Open AccessJ A HallARTICLEHistory Compass2012

    Michael McKeon’s great The Secret History of Domesticity has at its core a powerful, well‐articulated view of the nature of modernity. This paper engages with that view. The argument of this essay is simple: McKeon does not give sufficient attention to alternative views of modernity – or, if you like, to tensions with modernity. This matters: his view of modernity is slightly too optimistic – as indeed a closer reading of Smith and Hume proposed …

  • British Sociology: Gains and Losses

    Open AccessJ A Hall, John HallARTICLESociological Research Online2011

    [No abstract]

  • National identity and the political economy of small states

    John L Campbell, J A HallARTICLEReview of International Political…2009Cited by: 19References: 25

    Building on insights from Katzenstein and Gellner, the authors theorize that small, culturally homogeneous countries with a strong national identity have institutional advantages that tend to enhance their long-term socioeconomic performance. They can coordinate policy in ways that help them respond successfully to external vulnerabilities by building institutional capacities for cooperation, sacrifice, flexible maneuvering, and concerted state a…

  • The Eastern Origins of Western Civilization

    J A HallARTICLEThe English Historical Review2007Cited by: 6

    THIS is a no-holds-barred assault on the idea of ‘eurocentrism’; that is, the view that the modern world was created in the West several centuries ago, essentially as the result of endogenous processes probably indebted to a favourable political environment. The author is prepared to admit that the West gained ascendancy after 1800, but it did so only as a late developer, both through borrowing most of its ideas and practices from the East and th…

  • Historical Methods in the Social Sciences

    J A Hall, John Hall et al.BOOKHistorical Methods in the Social…2005Cited by: 2

  • Nationalism: Theory, Ideology, History

    Open AccessJ A Hall, Anthony Smith D SmithREVIEWThe Canadian Journal of Sociology2004

    Preface. Introduction. 1. Concepts. 2. Ideologies. 3. Paradigms. 4. Theories. 5. Histories. 6. Prospects. Notes. Bibliography. Index

  • Politics in the Vernacular: Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Citizenship

    Open AccessJ A Hall, Will Kymlicka et al.ARTICLEThe Canadian Journal of Sociology2004Cited by: 2

  • A Perpetual and Restless Desire of Power after Power

    Open AccessJ A Hall, John Mearsheimer et al.ARTICLEThe Canadian Journal of Sociology2003

    John Mearsheimer, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. New York: Norton, 2001 John Mearsheimer, perhaps the most hard-boiled of American theorists of international relations, has written a book of major importance which sociologists would be foolish to ignore. (1) Very great pleasure is to be derived from the tightness and coherence of the argument, and from the author's insistence on facing its consequence head on. Something of the flavor of the…

  • Iowa Case Management: Innovative Social Casework

    J A Hall, James Hall et al.ARTICLESocial Work2002Cited by: 9

    This article describes the development of an innovative approach to case management for rural clients in drug abuse treatment. This innovative approach is discussed in the context of the broader field of case management-including social casework, public health, nursing, modern case management, and managed care. Because case management has been defined in many different ways, making comparisons of programs and models is difficult. The article pres…