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Fuck Nuance by Healy, Kieran

“…Nuance is not a virtue of good sociological theory. Although often demanded and superficially attractive, nuance inhibits the abstraction on which good theory…”
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Seeing like a market by Fourcade, Marion, Healy, Kieran

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Classification situations: Life-chances in the neoliberal era by Fourcade, Marion, Healy, Kieran

“…This article examines the stratifying effects of economic classifications. We argue that in the neoliberal era market institutions increasingly use actuarial…”
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Classification Situations: Life-Chances in the Neoliberal Era by Fourcade, Marion, Healy, Kieran

“…»Klassifikations-Lagen. Lebenschancen in der neoliberalen Ära«. This article examines the stratifying effects of economic classifications. We argue that in the…”
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CUSTOM, CONTRACT, AND KIDNEY EXCHANGE by Healy, Kieran, Krawiec, Kimberly D.

“…In this Essay, we examine a case in which the organizational and logistical demands of a novel form of organ exchange (the nonsimultaneous, extended,…”
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Moral Views of Market Society by Fourcade, Marion, Healy, Kieran

“…Upon what kind of moral order does capitalism rest? Conversely, does the market give rise to a distinctive set of beliefs, habits, and social bonds? These…”
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Data Visualization in Sociology by Healy, Kieran, Moody, James

“…Visualizing data is central to social scientific work. Despite a promising early beginning, sociology has lagged in the use of visual tools. We review the…”
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Public Sociology in the Age of Social Media by Healy, Kieran

“…I informally examine how the idea of public sociology has been affected by the rise of social media. New social media platforms disintermediate communication,…”
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The Performativity of Networks by Healy, Kieran

“…The “performativity thesis” is the claim that parts of contemporary economics and finance, when carried out into the world by professionals and popularizers,…”
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Contact with Child Protective Services is pervasive but unequally distributed by race and ethnicity in large US counties by Edwards, Frank, Wakefield, Sara, Healy, Kieran, Wildeman, Christopher

“…This article provides county-level estimates of the cumulative prevalence of four levels of Child Protective Services (CPS) contact using administrative data…”
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Last best gifts: altruism and the market for human blood and organs. by Healy, Kieran

“…More than any other altruistic gesture, blood and organ donation exemplifies the true spirit of self-sacrifice. Donors literally give of themselves for no…”
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Categories All the Way Down by Fourcade, Marion, Healy, Kieran

“…»Kategorien auf der ganzen Linie«. Scores and classifications are dual to one another. Cardinal and ordinal measures are repeatedly used to produce nominal…”
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By the Numbers - Wendy Espeland and Michael Sauder, Engines of Anxiety: Academic Rankings, Reputation, and Accountability (New York, Russell Sage, 2016) by Healy, Kieran

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REPLY TO PUTNAM-HORNSTEIN ET AL: On honest mistakes and raceless children by Edwards, Frank, Wakefield, Sara, Healy, Kieran, Wildeman, Christopher

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Visualizing the Baby Boom by Healy, Kieran

“…I provide a tiled visualization of average monthly birth rates between 1938 and 1991 for the United States and England and Wales. Ideas about demographic…”
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Altruism as an Organizational Problem: The Case of Organ Procurement by Healy, Kieran

“…This article presents a social-organizational approach to explaining empirical variation in rates of altruism. The efforts of organizations are mostly…”
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Repugnance Management and Transactions in the Body by Healy, Kieran, Krawiec, Kimberly D.

“…Researchers have made progress in understanding the role of repugnance in transactions involving the human body. Yet, often, the focus remains on exchange…”
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Embedded altruism : Blood collection regimes and the European Union's donor population by HEALY, K

“…Blood donation is often cited as a perfect example of altruism. But blood must be collected as well as donated, and the organizational basis of the blood…”
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Pop Finance: Investment Clubs and the New Investor Populism . By Brooke  Harrington. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2008. Pp. 256. $32.95 by Healy, Kieran

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Concluding Statement - Categories All the Way Down by Fourcade, Marion, Healy, Kieran

“…Scores and classifications are dual to one another. Cardinal and ordinal measures are repeatedly used to produce nominal classifications of essential worth…”
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