Polillo

Simone Polillo

Associate Professor of Sociology

University of Virginia Sociology Department
Randall 204
P.O. Box 400766
Charlottesville, VA 22904

Office Hours:
Wednesdays 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm and Tuesdays by appointment
(434) 924-6519
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Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests:

Economic Sociology, Network Theory, Comparative-Historical Sociology, Sociology of Ideas

Simone Polillo is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia.

He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008, and obtained an International Baccalaureate from the United World College of the Atlantic (UK), and a B.A. in Economics and Social Theory from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. His interests include economic and political sociology, social theory, world-system theory and comparative historical sociology, and the sociology of the self.

Selected Publications

Books

Representative Publications:

Polillo, Simone. 2011. “Money, Moral Authority, and the Politics of Creditworthiness.” American Sociological Review 76(3):437 –464.

Polillo, Simone. 2012. “Globalization: Civilizing or Destructive? An Empirical Test of the International Determinants of Generalized Trust.” International Journal of Comparative Sociology 53(1):45–65.

To Fix Or To Heal

Gender and Development: The Economic Basis of Women's Power, Co-edited with Samuel Coh

Social Theory Now - Spanish Translation

Chemically Imbalanced

Understanding the Sacred: Sociological Theology for Contemporary People
Science and the Good

Science and the Good: The Tragic Quest for the Foundations of Morality
Unequal Family Lives

Unequal Family Lives: Causes and Consequences in Europe and the Americas
Feminist Reception

Feminist Reception Studies in a Post-Audience Age: Returning to Audiences and Everyday Life
Visions of Empire

Visions of Empire: How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped The World
Media and Class

Media and Class: TV, Film and DIgital Culture
The Sins of the Fathers

The Sins of the Fathers: Germany, Memory, Method
Freaks Geeks and Cool Kids

Freaks, Geeks and Cool Kids: Teenagers in an Era of Consumerism, Standardized Tests, and Social Media
Soul Mates

Soul Mates: Religion, Sex, Love, and Marriage among African Americans and Latinos
Improving Quality in American Higher Education

Improving Quality in American Higher Education: Learning Outcomes and Assessments for the 21st Century

Development in Crisis

Development in Crisis: Threats to human well-being in the Global South and Global North
Elites

Elites: A General Model
The Tumbleweed Society

The Tumbleweed Society: Working and Caring in an Insecure Age
The Idea of Englishness

The Idea of Englishness
Aspiring Adults Adrift

Aspiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates
Whither the Child

Whither the Child? Causes and Consequences of Low Fertility
The Problem of Post-Racialism

The Problem of Post-Racialism
Conservatives vs. Wildcats

Conservatives vs. Wildcats: A Sociology of Financial Conflict
Beyond Liquidity

Beyond Liquidity
Gender and Parenthood

Gender and Parenthood: Biological and Social Scientific Perspectives
Academically Adrift

Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses
The Collective Memory Reader

The Collective Memory Reader
Thrift and Thriving in America

Thrift and Thriving in America: Capitalism and Moral Order from the Puritans to the Present
Moral Time

Moral Time
Group Experiment and Other Writings

Group Experiment and Other Writings: The Frankfurt School on Public Opinion in Postwar Germany
THe New Media Environment

The New Media Environment: An Introduction
To Change the World

To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World
The Behavior of Law

The Behavior of Law, special edition
Guilt and Defense

Guilt and Defense: On the Legacies of National Socialism in Postwar Germany
Longing and Belonging

Longing and Belonging: Parents, Children and Consumer Culture
The Politics of Regret

The Politics of Regret: On Collective Memory and Historical Responsibility
Accounts of Innocence

Accounts of Innocence: Sexual Abuse, Trauma, and the Self

In the House of the Hangman

In the House of the Hangman: The Agonies of German Defeat,1943-1949
Soft Patriarchs and New Men

Soft Patriarchs and New Men: How Christianity Shapes Fathers and Husbands
Freaks Geeks and Cool Kids American

Freaks, Geeks, and Cool Kids: American Teenagers, Schools, and the Culture of Consumption
From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society

From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society: New Theories of the Contemporary World
States of Memory

States of Memory: Continuities, Conflicts, and Transformations in National Retrospection
The Making of English National Identity

The Making of English National Identity
Stories of Change

Stories of Change: Narrative and Social Movements
1989

1989: Revolutionary Ideas and Ideals
Against Essentialism

Against Essentialism: A Theory of Culture and Society
The Death of Character

The Death of Character
Identity and Social Change

Identity and Social Change
The Classless Society

The Classless Society
Crosscurrents

Crosscurrents: West Indian Immigrants and Race
Speaking of Abortion

Speaking of Abortion: Television and Authority in the Lives of Women
Nationalism and Literature

Nationalism and Literature: The Politics of Culture in Canada and the United States
Public and Private in Thought and Practice

Public and Private in Thought and Practice
Engendering Wealth and Well-Being

Engendering Wealth and Well-Being
Status and Sacredness

Status and Sacredness: A General Theory of Status Relations and an Analysis of Indian Culture
Before the Shooting Begins

Before the Shooting Begins: Searching for Democracy in America's Culture War
The Social Structure of Right and Wrong

The Social Structure of Right and Wrong
Utopias and the Millennium

Utopias and the Millennium
Utopianism

Utopianism
Women Watching Television

Women Watching Television: Gender, Class, and Generation in the American Television Experience
Gender, Family, and Economy

Gender, Family, and Economy: The Triple Overlap
Culture Wars

Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America
The Sociology of Public Issues

The Sociology of Public Issues
Articles of Faith - Articles of Peace

Articles of Faith - Articles of Peace: The First Amendment Religion Clauses and the American Public Philosophy
The High Status Track

The High Status Track: Studies of Elite Schools and Stratification
Sociological Justice

Sociological Justice
The Rise of Modern Society

The Rise of Modern Society: Aspects of the Social and Political Development of the West
Evangelicalism

Evangelicalism: The Coming Generation
Utopia and Anti-Utopia in Modern Times

Utopia and Anti-Utopia in Modern Times
Making Sense of Modern Times

Making Sense of Modern Times: Peter L. Berger and the Vision of Interpretive Sociology
The Wages of Writing

The Wages of Writing: Per Word, Per Piece, or Perhaps
Cultural Analysis

Cultural Analysis: The Work of Peter Berger, Mary Douglas, Michel Foucault, and Jurgen Habermans
American Evangelicalism

American Evangelicalism: Conservative Religion and the Quandary of Modernity
Maternity Policies and Working Women

Maternity Policies and Working Women
Dilemmas of Liberal Democracies

Dilemmas of Liberal Democracies: Studies in Fred Hirsch's Social Limits to Growth
Unequal Care

Unequal Care: A Case Study of Interorganizational Relations in Health Care
The Manners and Customs of the Police

The Manners and Customs of the Police
Toward A General Theory of Social Control

Toward A General Theory of Social Control: Volume 1 - Fundamentals
Toward A General Theory of Social Control

Toward A General Theory of Social Control: Volume 2 - Selected Problems
Machine Politics

Machine Politics in Transition: Party and Community in Chicago
Stratification

Stratification: Socioeconomic and Sexual Inequality
Prophecy and Progress

Prophecy and Progress: The Sociology of Industrial and Post-Industrial
Familial Organization Quest

Familial Organization: A Quest for Determinants
The Behavior of Law

The Behavior of Law
The Social Organization of Law

The Social Organization of Law
The Illusion of Equality

The Illusion of Equality: The Effects of Educational Opportunity on Inequality and Conflict
Revolution

Revolution: The Theory and Practice of a European Idea
Police on Campus

Police on Campus

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