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| These days, his main areas of interest are: field theory, social structures and party formation. He has previously written on classical theory, historical changes in sexual decision making and the economy, the shaping of belief systems, the use of race as a conceptual category in American sociology, the relationship between interpersonal power and attributions of sexiness, methods for the analysis of qualitative data, political psychology, and the division of labor in Busytown. | These days, his main areas of interest are: field theory, social structures and party formation. He has previously written on classical theory, historical changes in sexual decision making and the economy, the shaping of belief systems, the use of race as a conceptual category in American sociology, the relationship between interpersonal power and attributions of sexiness, methods for the analysis of qualitative data, political psychology, and the division of labor in Busytown. | ||
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| Pizza. Turnip cake pad thai. Broccoli rabe. Rice cake. Poblano peppers. | |||
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| Most dead animals, or recognizable portions of the same (though little burnt up slivers add something to any vegetable dish). Especially steak and fish including all blobs with eyes and tentacles. No exceptions here. Cream sauces of all types. Sun dried tomatoes. Goat Cheese. Blue cheese. Gorgonzola. Walnuts and kin. Wine. Eggplant and squash and all their unpleasant kin. Mayonnaise. Sour cream. Cottage and cream cheese. Avocado. Cranberries. Any one of these is sufficient to ruin a decent meal. | |||
| ==Selected works== | ==Selected works== | ||
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John Levi Martin is an American sociologist; associate professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison since 2003
Areas of activity
These days, his main areas of interest are: field theory, social structures and party formation. He has previously written on classical theory, historical changes in sexual decision making and the economy, the shaping of belief systems, the use of race as a conceptual category in American sociology, the relationship between interpersonal power and attributions of sexiness, methods for the analysis of qualitative data, political psychology, and the division of labor in Busytown.
Likes
Pizza. Turnip cake pad thai. Broccoli rabe. Rice cake. Poblano peppers.
Hates
Most dead animals, or recognizable portions of the same (though little burnt up slivers add something to any vegetable dish). Especially steak and fish including all blobs with eyes and tentacles. No exceptions here. Cream sauces of all types. Sun dried tomatoes. Goat Cheese. Blue cheese. Gorgonzola. Walnuts and kin. Wine. Eggplant and squash and all their unpleasant kin. Mayonnaise. Sour cream. Cottage and cream cheese. Avocado. Cranberries. Any one of these is sufficient to ruin a decent meal.
Selected works
- (1998)“Structures of Power in Naturally Occurring Communities.” Social Networks
20:197-225.
- (1999)“Entropic Measures of Belief System Constraint.” Social Science Research
28:111-134.
- (1999) (With James Wiley:) “Algebraic Representations of Beliefs and Attitudes:
Partial Order Models for Item Responses.” Sociological Methodology 29:113- 146.
- (1999)“A General Permutation-Based QAP Analysis for Dyadic Data from Multiple
Groups.” Connections 22: 50-60.
- (2002)“Some Algebraic Structures for Diffusion in Social Networks.” Journal of
Mathematical Sociology 26: 123-146.
- (2003)“What is Field Theory?” American Journal of Sociology 109: 1-49
- forthcoming “The Objective and Subjective Rationalization of War.” Theory and Society.
- forthcoming “Is Power Sexy?” American Journal of Sociology.