Professor Department of Sociology University of California, Berkeley Personal Homepage(Department of Sociology) |
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Research Interests (研究テーマ) |
Labor, Social Movements, Inequality, Political Sociology, Historical Sociology |
Research Areas (研究地域・対象国) |
America (USA) |
Research in 50 Words (研究の紹介) |
My current research explores the contemporary immigrant rights movement, the dilemmas of neoliberalism for the U.S. labor movement, how the identities of white and Latino workers are being reshaped by immigration in California, and the shifting competitiveness of college admissions. |
Selected Works (主要論文・著書) |
• Voss, Kim and Irene Bloemraad (eds). 2011. Rallying for Immigrant Rights: the fight for inclusion in 21st century America. Berkeley: University of California Press. • Fantasia, Rick and Kim Voss. 2004. Hard Work: Remaking the America Labor Movement. Berkeley: University of California Press • Voss, Kim and Rachel Sherman. 2000. "Breaking the iron law of oligarchy: union revitalization in the American labor movement." American Journal of Sociology 106:303-349. • Voss, Kim. 1993. The Making of American Exceptionalism: The Knights of Labor and Class Formation in the Nineteenth Century. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. |
In Our Conference (この国際学術会議での発表) |
TBA |
In XVIII ISA World Congress (国際社会学会での報告) |
(1) Oral Presentation Session: Building Global Worker Communities among Migrant Worker Diasporas Date&Time: Tuesday, July 15, 2014: 10:30 AM-12:20 PM Location: Pacifico Yokohama Kim Voss. "What's the Best Way Forward for Immigrant Workers? the Dynamics & Efficacy of Building Unions and Building Social Movements" (2) Organizer Session: Labor Movements (host committee) Date&Time: Friday, July 18, 2014: 5:30 PM-7:20 PM Location: Pacifico Yokohama |