Faculty and Student Projects

The New Debt Peonage: Court-Ordered Community Service in LA County

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Each year Los Angeles County courts order over 50,000 (and likely…

Who Owes What to Whom? From For-Profit Colleges to Payday Lenders: Next Steps in the Debtors Movement

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Professor: Hannah Appel, Anthropology Project Description: The…

Land, Livelihoods and Displacement in Indonesia

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We are organizing a workshop,which promises to open up an innovative…

Our Hoods, Our Stories: Documenting Displacement in Boyle Heights and Chinatown

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The graduate student working group connected with community groups…

Political Sociology and the Global South Working Group

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With generous assistance from the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality…

Community Experiences on Million-Dollar Blocks in Los Angeles

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“At a cost quickly approaching $1 billion annually, more than…

Youth Justice in Four Countries: Defining Criminal Responsibility in Law and Practice

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Professor: Laura Abrams, Social Welfare Project Description: The…

Welfare Workings: Popular Politics and the Public in Contemporary India

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Our working group, titled ‘Welfare Workings: Popular Politics…

Political Sociology and the Global South Working Group

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With generous assistance from the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality…