Michael Herman Schwartz (born May 9, 1942) is an American
sociologist and prominent critic of the
Iraq war
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. He is a Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the
State University of New York at Stony Brook
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in
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, where he also serves as faculty director of the Undergraduate College of Global Studies and Chair of the Sociology Department. Schwartz has written extensively in the areas of
economic sociology
Economic sociology is the study of the social cause and effect of various economic phenomena. The field can be broadly divided into a classical period and a contemporary one, known as "new economic sociology".
The classical period was concerned ...
and
social movements
A social movement is a loosely organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a Social issue, social or political one. This may be to carry out a social change, or to resist or undo one. It is a type of Group ...
.
Career
Schwartz received his doctorate from the Department of Social Relations,
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
, where he was a student of
Harrison White
Harrison Colyar White (born March 21, 1930) is the emeritus Giddings Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. White played an influential role in the “Harvard Revolution” in social networks and the New York School of relational sociol ...
and
Charles Tilly
Charles Tilly (May 27, 1929 – April 29, 2008) was an American sociologist, political scientist, and historian who wrote on the relationship between politics and society. He was a professor of history, sociology, and social science at the Univ ...
. His writings on Iraq have appeared in ''TomDispatch'', ''
Asia Times
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'', ''
Mother Jones
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'', and ''
Contexts
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''. In ''Radical Protest and Social Structure'', Schwartz develops the concept of "structural ignorance" to refer to how individuals make choices and decisions in regard to collective action based on their position in the social structure, which constrains their access to relevant information.
Books
Solely authored books
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Co-authored books
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Edited books
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Articles
*Takuyoshi Takada, Beth Mintz, and Michael Schwartz (eds.) Corporate Control, Capital Institute of Business Research. Tokyo: Chuo University Press, 1996.
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See also
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Social Movement Theories
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Opposition to the Iraq War
Significant opposition to the Iraq War occurred worldwide, both before and during the initial 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition, and throughout the subsequent occupation. People and groups opposing the war include the gove ...
References
*Wrecked Iraq: What the Good News from Iraq Really Means
*War Without End: The Iraq War in Contex
1942 births
Living people
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
American sociologists
Stony Brook University faculty
20th-century American non-fiction writers
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
21st-century American male writers
American male non-fiction writers
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