The American Journal of Sociology (AJS) presents pathbreaking work from all areas of sociology, with an emphasis on theory building and innovative methods

The Historical Racial Regime and Racial Inequality in Poverty in the American South / Regina S. Baker

The Cumulative Discretion of Police over Community Complaints / Tony Cheng

Inclusion Work: Children of Immigrants Claiming Membership in Everyday Life / Hyeyoung Kwon

Legitimizing Tactics: Hasidic Schools, Noncompliance, and the Politics of Deservingness / Matty Lichtenstein

The Great Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority, and the Expanding American Mainstream by Richard D. Alba / Eric Kaufmann

Love across Borders: Asian Americans, Race, and the Politics of Intermarriage and Family-Making by Kelly H. Chong / Philip Q. Yang

Unequal Partners: In Search of Transnational Catholic Sisterhood by Casey Ritchie Clevenger / Tricia C. Bruce

Sweetness in the Blood: Race, Risk, and Type 2 Diabetes by James Doucet-Battle / Josh Seim

From the Inside Out: The Fight for Environmental Justice within Government Agencies by Jill Lindsey Harrison / Erik W. Johnson

Restitching Identities in Rural Sri Lanka: Gender, Neoliberalism, and the Politics of Contentment by Sandya Hewamanne / Rajni Palriwala

Empires: A Historical and Political Sociology by Krishan Kumar / Siniša Malešević

Health Care off the Books: Poverty, Illness, and Strategies for Survival in Urban America by Danielle T. Raudenbush / Kathryn Freeman Anderso

Capable Women, Incapable States: Negotiating Violence and Rights in India by Poulami Roychowdhury / Joya Misra

Knowing about Genocide: Armenian Suffering and Epistemic Struggles by Joachim J. Savelsberg / Paul Joseph

Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender by stef m. shuster / Danya Lagos

Credible Threat: Attacks against Women Online and the Future of Democracy by Sarah Sobieraj / Jennifer Earl

Dying to Count: Post-Abortion Care and Global Reproductive Health Politics in Senegal by Siri Suh / Joseph A. Harris

Policing Iraq: Legitimacy, Democracy, and Empire in a Developing State by Jessie S. G. Wozniak / Danny Singh

Jim Crow Sociology: The Black and Southern Roots of American Sociology by Earl Wright / Mary Romero