R Vargas
Biographic Data
| ID | 33667 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Vargas |
| GIVEN NAMES | R |
| FAMILY NAME | Vargas |
| SIGNATURE | VARGAS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4701-607X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Settler colonialism and community protection from redistricting
Checkerboard urbanization
Using digitized records from the U.S. General Land Office, we produce a time series map of land sales in early Chicago from 1810 to 1890. The graphic illuminates a checkerboard pattern of land sales adjacent to the Chicago River, which stemmed from a Congressional Act in 1827 funding the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Urban historians credit canal construction with positioning Chicago as a hub for global trade. Our graphic, based on historical geos…
The Political Economy of Policing
This article synthesizes emerging research on the political economy of policing, conceptualized through a Gramscian framework that examines policing as an interinstitutional structure shaped by economic, political, and ideological forces. We review research on relations between police and ( a ) social services, ( b ) private firms, ( c ) philanthropy, and ( d ) academia, highlighting how each sector plays a role in legitimating or sustaining poli…
Academic Copaganda
How does social science insulate police from social movements' demand for abolition? We explore this through a content analysis of policing social science research funded by Arnold Ventures, the MacArthur Foundation, and the National Institute of Justice published from 2011 to 2022 (N = 143 studies). Our mixed method content analysis revealed what we call "Academic Copaganda," or studies contesting social movement claims by authors (1) masking th…
Academic Copaganda - Corrigendum
The Social Structure of Private Donations to Police
How does private money flow to police departments, and what do these donations reveal about power and accountability in public safety? Although previous studies have focused on police foundations moving tens of millions of dollars, the authors' research uncovers a broader, more complex ecosystem of private police financial support. Using a unique data license from GuideStar Candid-all nonprofit organization tax returns from 2014 to 2019-the autho…
Postscript
Gangstering Grants
How do nonprofit organizations attempt to facilitate collective efficacy? Through an inductive ethnographic case study of efforts to reduce gang violence in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, this study shows the importance of power and funding competition. Specifically, nonprofits’ efforts to facilitate collective efficacy depended on (1) strategic actions to manage competitors, and (2) their position in the city political field. Based …
How health navigators legitimize the Affordable Care Act to the uninsured poor
Antidiarrhoeal activity of Waltheria americana, Commelina coelestis and Alternanthera repens
How health navigators legitimize the Affordable Care Act to the uninsured poor
Gangstering Grants
How do nonprofit organizations attempt to facilitate collective efficacy? Through an inductive ethnographic case study of efforts to reduce gang violence in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, this study shows the importance of power and funding competition. Specifically, nonprofits’ efforts to facilitate collective efficacy depended on (1) strategic actions to manage competitors, and (2) their position in the city political field. Based …
Postscript
Academic Copaganda
How does social science insulate police from social movements' demand for abolition? We explore this through a content analysis of policing social science research funded by Arnold Ventures, the MacArthur Foundation, and the National Institute of Justice published from 2011 to 2022 (N = 143 studies). Our mixed method content analysis revealed what we call "Academic Copaganda," or studies contesting social movement claims by authors (1) masking th…
The Social Structure of Private Donations to Police
How does private money flow to police departments, and what do these donations reveal about power and accountability in public safety? Although previous studies have focused on police foundations moving tens of millions of dollars, the authors' research uncovers a broader, more complex ecosystem of private police financial support. Using a unique data license from GuideStar Candid-all nonprofit organization tax returns from 2014 to 2019-the autho…
Antidiarrhoeal activity of Waltheria americana, Commelina coelestis and Alternanthera repens
How health navigators legitimize the Affordable Care Act to the uninsured poor
Gangstering Grants
How do nonprofit organizations attempt to facilitate collective efficacy? Through an inductive ethnographic case study of efforts to reduce gang violence in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, this study shows the importance of power and funding competition. Specifically, nonprofits’ efforts to facilitate collective efficacy depended on (1) strategic actions to manage competitors, and (2) their position in the city political field. Based …
Postscript
Checkerboard urbanization
Using digitized records from the U.S. General Land Office, we produce a time series map of land sales in early Chicago from 1810 to 1890. The graphic illuminates a checkerboard pattern of land sales adjacent to the Chicago River, which stemmed from a Congressional Act in 1827 funding the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Urban historians credit canal construction with positioning Chicago as a hub for global trade. Our graphic, based on historical geos…
The Political Economy of Policing
This article synthesizes emerging research on the political economy of policing, conceptualized through a Gramscian framework that examines policing as an interinstitutional structure shaped by economic, political, and ideological forces. We review research on relations between police and ( a ) social services, ( b ) private firms, ( c ) philanthropy, and ( d ) academia, highlighting how each sector plays a role in legitimating or sustaining poli…
Academic Copaganda
How does social science insulate police from social movements' demand for abolition? We explore this through a content analysis of policing social science research funded by Arnold Ventures, the MacArthur Foundation, and the National Institute of Justice published from 2011 to 2022 (N = 143 studies). Our mixed method content analysis revealed what we call "Academic Copaganda," or studies contesting social movement claims by authors (1) masking th…
Academic Copaganda - Corrigendum
The Social Structure of Private Donations to Police
How does private money flow to police departments, and what do these donations reveal about power and accountability in public safety? Although previous studies have focused on police foundations moving tens of millions of dollars, the authors' research uncovers a broader, more complex ecosystem of private police financial support. Using a unique data license from GuideStar Candid-all nonprofit organization tax returns from 2014 to 2019-the autho…
Settler colonialism and community protection from redistricting
Political science (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works)