Voluntarism in the United States: Testing a Social Bond

Introduction

Reference Point—Contextual Data on the United States

Considering the Social Bond in the United States

Counterpoint—Empowering Citizens: Making Volunteers. Civic Life after Welfare’s End by Nina Eliasoph: A Commentary

Policies in the Fight against Poverty in the United States

Focus—Robert Sampson and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect

The American Healthcare System and Reforms under Obama

Viewpoint—Considering the Structure of Inequalities (Sex, Class, Race)

Counterpoint—The American Urban Question: The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs: A Commentary

Death or Metamorphosis: The Legal Destiny of Affirmative Action

The Citizen Is Sovereign, Not the State

How Denaturalization Revolutionized American Citizenship

Reactions to Racial Discrimination and Social Resiliency in the Neoliberal Context of the United States

Counterpoint—Sociology in America: La sociologie aux États-Unis aujourd’hui by Angèle Christin and Étienne Ollion: A Commentary

The Mass Incarceration and Political Demobilization of African Americans

Counterpoint—The Blues: Putting Social Matters into Words: Fonctions sociales du blues by Robert Springer: A Commentary

Mexican-Americans and Internal Diversity Dynamics

Counterpoint—America on the Rise: “The Making of an American Aristocracy. An Interview with Shamus Khan” by Pauline Peretz: A Commentary

Focus—Toward a Post-Ethnic Perspective

Sociology of the Family and Moral Conservatism in the United States

Focus—Moral Conservatism and Black American Families

Focus—Same-Sex Marriage: Changes in Representations and Competing Ways of Expressing the Will of the People

A “War on Women”? It’s Not That Simple

Birth Control and American Politics

Focus—The Exception and the Rule: Welfare Reforms and the Recognition of Domestic Violence

Public Policies for Balancing Work and Family Life

Focus—Early Childcare in the United States: A Liberal Approach Mitigated by State Intervention

Counterpoint—Americans at Work: “Les femmes sur le marché du travail aux États-Unis,” a Study by Hélène Périvier: A Commentary

In Memoriam: Robert Castel

Research on Social Issues