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Bruce Carruthers

 

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Department of Sociology

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Areas of Interest: Comparative/Historical Sociology, Economy and Society, Political Sociology

 


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Ph.D. University of Chicago 1991. Areas of interest include historical and comparative sociology, economic sociology, sociology of law and sociology of organizations. Carruthers has written three books, City of Capital: Politics and Markets in the English Financial Revolution (Princeton University, 1996), Rescuing Business: The Making of Corporate Bankruptcy Law in England and the United States (Oxford, 1998), and Economy/Society: Markets, Meanings and Social Structure (Pine Forge Press, 2000). His current research projects are on the evolution of credit decision-making as a problem in the sociology of trust, and worldwide changes in bankruptcy law in the era of a globalized world economy. He has had visiting fellowships at the Russell Sage Foundation and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.  He is methodologically agnostic, and does not believe that the qualitative/quantitative distinction is worth fighting over. Northwestern is Carruthers' first teaching position.


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1808 Chicago Av Room 203
Evanston, Illinois 60208-1330
Phone: (847) 467-1251
Fax: (847) 491-9907


Office Hours: By appointment only.

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Current Courses: Fall Quarter 2009

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Courses Taught
Soc 215-0:
Economy and Society
Soc 302-0:
Sociology of Complex Organizations
Soc 331-0:
Markets, Hierarchies, and Democracies

Soc 376-0: Special Topics

Law, Markets, & Global Economy

Soc 437-0:
Economic Sociology

Soc 439-0:

Comparative & Historical Sociology

Soc 476-0: Special Topics

Law, Markets and Globalization


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