Michael Burawoy

Michael Burawoy
Michael Burawoy
Born	15 June 1947; England
Died	3 February 2025 (aged 77); Oakland, California, U.S.
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge; University of Zambia; University of Chicago;
Thesis	Making Out on the Shop Floor (1976)
Doctoral advisor	William Julius Wilson
Influences	Alvin Gouldner; Antonio Gramsci; Imre Lakatos; Adam Przeworski; Jaap van Velsen;
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology
Sub-discipline	Industrial sociology; public sociology; social theory;
School or tradition	Marxism
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral students	Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo; Ruth Milkman; Robyn Rodriguez; Rachel Sherman; Ronald Weitzer;
Notable works	Manufacturing Consent (1979); "For Public Sociology" (2004); The Extended Case Method (2009);
Notable ideas	Extended case method; public sociology; policy sociology;
Influenced	Luke Bretherton
Website	burawoy.berkeley.edu

Michael Burawoy (15 June 1947 – 3 February 2025) was a British sociologist who worked within Marxist social theory, best known as the leading proponent of public sociology and the author of Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process Under Monopoly Capitalism—a study on the sociology of industry^[12] that has been translated into a number of languages.

Burawoy was a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.^[13]^[10] He was president of the American Sociological Association in 2004.^[14] In 2006–2010, he was one of the vice-presidents for the Committee of National Associations of the International Sociological Association (ISA).^[15] In the XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology he was elected the 17th President of the International Sociological Association (ISA) for the period 2010–2014.^[16]

^ ^a ^b Burawoy, Michael (December 1976). Making Out on the Shop Floor (PhD thesis). University of Chicago. pp. iii–iv. OCLC 4511385. ProQuest 302822488.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "ISA Past Presidents | Michael Burawoy". isa-sociology.org. International Sociological Association.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "CURRICULUM VITAE" (PDF). MICHAEL BURAWOY. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ Cite error: The named reference milkdiss was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference sherdiss was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Burawoy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Cite error: The named reference Presidential was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Past Executive Committees". International Sociological Association. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "ISA Presidents". International Sociological Association. Retrieved 25 July 2012.

[diss-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.

[Varela-5] 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.

[ISA_Past_Presidents-6] "ISA Past Presidents | Michael Burawoy". isa-sociology.org. International Sociological Association.

[CV-7] "CURRICULUM VITAE" (PDF). MICHAEL BURAWOY. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[milkdiss-8] Cite error: The named reference milkdiss was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[sherdiss-9] Cite error: The named reference sherdiss was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Burawoy-10] Cite error: The named reference Burawoy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[11] 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.

[Giddens-12] 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.

[Friedlander-13] 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.

[Presidential-14] Cite error: The named reference Presidential was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[15] "Past Executive Committees". International Sociological Association. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[presidents-16] "ISA Presidents". International Sociological Association. Retrieved 25 July 2012.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

Michael Burawoy

Born	(1947-06-15)15 June 1947 England
Died	3 February 2025(2025-02-03) (aged 77) Oakland, California, U.S.

Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge University of Zambia University of Chicago
Thesis	Making Out on the Shop Floor^[1] (1976)
Doctoral advisor	William Julius Wilson^[1]
Influences	Alvin Gouldner^[2]^[3] Antonio Gramsci^[4] Imre Lakatos^[5] Adam Przeworski^[5] Jaap van Velsen^[6]
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology
Sub-discipline	Industrial sociology public sociology social theory
School or tradition	Marxism
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral students	Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo^[7] Ruth Milkman^[7]^[8] Robyn Rodriguez^[7] Rachel Sherman^[7]^[9] Ronald Weitzer^[7]
Notable works	Manufacturing Consent (1979) "For Public Sociology" (2004) The Extended Case Method (2009)
Notable ideas	Extended case method^[10] public sociology policy sociology
Influenced	Luke Bretherton^[11]

Website	burawoy.berkeley.edu