Choices and Historical Processes: Elisa Reis in Conversation with Luciana de Souza Leão

Authors

  • Luciana de Souza Leão Department of Sociology, University of Michigan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7528-4306
  • Elisa P. Reis Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Graduate Program of Sociology and Anthropology (UFRJ/PPGSA) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9752-8367

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/18075

Keywords:

Political Sociology, Elites, Inequality, Brazil, States

Abstract

In this interview with Luciana de Souza Leão, her former student, Elisa Reis discusses her intellectual trajectory and how it shaped her research projects and teaching in sociology. Specifically, they talk about Reis’ work in political sociology, sociological theory, elite’s perceptions of poverty and inequality, comparative methodologies, and the current politics of knowledge production in the Global South.

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Fleurbaey, M., Bouin, O., Salles-Djelic, M.-L., Kanbur, R., Nowotny, H., & Reis, E. (2018). A Manifesto for Social Progress: Ideas for a Better Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Moore, B.Jr. (1966). Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World. Boston: Beacon Press.

Reis, E.P., & Moore, M. (2005). Elite Perceptions of Poverty & Inequality. New York: Zed Books.

Reis, E.P. (1980). The Agrarian Roots of Authoritarian Modernization in Brazil, 1880–1930. PhD dissertation, Department of Political Science, MIT.

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Published

2023-12-12

How to Cite

de Souza Leão, L., & Reis, E. P. (2023). Choices and Historical Processes: Elisa Reis in Conversation with Luciana de Souza Leão. Sociologica, 17(2), 175–186. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1971-8853/18075

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Interviews