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Michael Burawoy

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Michael Burawoy
Born(1947-06-15)15 June 1947
England, U.K.
Died3 February 2025(2025-02-03) (aged 77)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisMaking Out on the Shop Floor[1] (1976)
Doctoral advisorWilliam Julius Wilson[1]
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineSociology
Sub-discipline
School or traditionMarxism
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Doctoral students
Notable works
Notable ideas
InfluencedLuke Bretherton[8]
Websiteburawoy.berkeley.edu Edit this at Wikidata

Michael Burawoy (15 June 1947 – 3 February 2025) was a British sociologist. His works were about the Marxist social theory. He was best known for public sociology and for writing Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process Under Monopoly Capitalism.[9]

Burawoy was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.[10] He was president of the American Sociological Association in 2004. From 2006 to 2010, he was one of the vice-presidents for the Committee of National Associations of the International Sociological Association (ISA).[11]

Burawoy was killed after being hit by a car in Oakland, California on 3 February 2025 at the age of 77.[12]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Burawoy, Michael (December 1976). Making Out on the Shop Floor (PhD thesis). University of Chicago. pp. iii–iv. OCLC 4511385. ProQuest 302822488.
  2. Hollands, Robert; Stanley, Liz (2009). "Rethinking 'Current Crisis' Arguments: Gouldner and the Legacy of Critical Sociology" (PDF). Sociological Research Online. 14 (1). para. 2.7. doi:10.5153/sro.1839. ISSN 1360-7804. S2CID 73574883.
  3. Matić, Davorka (2017). "The Calling of Sociology: Beyond Value-Detached Professionalism and Partisan Activism". Revija za sociologiju. 47 (2): 179. doi:10.5613/rzs.47.2.3. ISSN 0350-154X.
  4. Aidnik, Martin (2015). "A Sociology for the 21st century? An Enquiry into Public Sociology Reading Zygmunt Bauman". Studies of Transition States and Societies. 7 (2): 9. ISSN 1736-8758. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Varela, Paula (2019). "Manufacturing Consent: A Concern that Lasted 40 Years; Interview with Michael Burawoy". New Proposals: Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary Inquiry. 10 (2): 28–29. hdl:11336/119533. ISSN 1715-6718. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. "ISA Past Presidents | Michael Burawoy". isa-sociology.org. International Sociological Association.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 "CURRICULUM VITAE" (PDF). MICHAEL BURAWOY. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  8. Seth, Dev (7 November 2019). "Luke Bretherton: Coming to Judgment in a World of Difference". University Scholars Program. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  9. Giddens, Anthony (1981). "Review of Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process Under Monopoly Capitalism". American Journal of Sociology. 87 (1): 192–194. doi:10.1086/227430. ISSN 0002-9602. JSTOR 2778550. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  10. Friedlander, Blaine (29 September 2003). "Michael Burawoy, sociologist who studies labor on shop floor, will give the 2003 Polson Memorial Lecture Oct. 3". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  11. "Past Executive Committees". International Sociological Association. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  12. Harris, Harry. "Oakland resident dead in hit-and-run crash at intersection". East Bay Times. (subscription required)