Ann Swidler

15.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
54 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Ann Swidler is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Ann Swidler has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Education and 4 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Ann Swidler's work include Social and Cultural Dynamics (9 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (6 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (5 papers). Ann Swidler is often cited by papers focused on Social and Cultural Dynamics (9 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (6 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (5 papers). Ann Swidler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Ann Swidler's co-authors include Susan Watkins, Michèle Lamont, William M. Sullivan, Robert Ν. Bellah, Richard Madsen, Steven M. Tipton, E. Digby Baltzell, Betty Farrell, Iddo Tavory and Jorge Arditi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Ann Swidler

50 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies

1986 4.8k citations Ann Swidler profile →
Talk of Love

2001 759 citations Ann Swidler profile →
Habits of the Heart.

1986 501 citations E. Digby Baltzell, Robert Ν. Bellah et al. Social Forces profile →
Methodological Pluralism and the Possibilities and Limits of Interviewing

2014 427 citations Michèle Lamont, Ann Swidler Qualitative Sociology profile →

Peers

Ann Swidler

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Michèle Lamont United States

Luc Boltanski France

George L. Simpson United States

Richard K. Fenn United States

Charles W. Mills United States

Randall Collins United States

Émile Durkheim United States

Mustafa Emirbayer United States

Richard Sennett United States

Richard Nice United Kingdom

Michèle Lamont United States

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7.3k ×1.4

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1.8k ×1.5

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923 ×0.9

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704 ×0.8

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1.1k ×1.2

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Countries citing papers authored by Ann Swidler

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ann Swidler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ann Swidler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ann Swidler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ann Swidler based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ann Swidler. Ann Swidler is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Swidler, Ann & Susan Watkins. (2017). A Fraught Embrace. Princeton University Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations

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Lamont, Michèle & Ann Swidler. (2014). Methodological Pluralism and the Possibilities and Limits of Interviewing. Qualitative Sociology. 37(2). 153–171. 427 indexed citations breakdown →

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Swidler, Ann. (2013). African affirmations: The religion of modernity and the modernity of religion. International Sociology. 28(6). 680–696. 17 indexed citations

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Swidler, Ann. (2010). Goffman Was an Intense Perfectionist about His Writing, Putting Sheet after Sheet into the Typewriter and Then Throwing Each Away. Digital Scholarship - UNLV (University of Nevada Reno). 1. 2 indexed citations

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Watkins, Susan & Ann Swidler. (2009). Hearsay ethnography: Conversational journals as a method for studying culture in action. Poetics. 37(2). 162–184. 59 indexed citations

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Swidler, Ann. (2008). Comment on Stephen Vaisey’s “Socrates, Skinner, and Aristotle: Three Ways of Thinking About Culture in Action”. Sociological Forum. 23(3). 614–618. 60 indexed citations

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Swidler, Ann & Susan Watkins. (2007). Ties of Dependence: AIDS and Transactional Sex in Rural Malawi. Studies in Family Planning. 38(3). 147–162. 19 indexed citations

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Watkins, Susan & Ann Swidler. (2006). Hearsay Ethnography: Capturing Culture in Action. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

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Watkins, Susan & Ann Swidler. (2006). Conversations Into Texts: A Method for Studying Public Culture. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 3 indexed citations

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Swidler, Ann. (2001). Talk of Love. 759 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fischer, Claude S., et al.. (1998). Response to Nielsen's Review of Inequality by Design.. Social Forces. 76(4). 1539–1539. 1 indexed citations

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Swidler, Ann & Clifford Geertz. (1996). Geertz's Ambiguous Legacy. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 25(3). 299–299. 6 indexed citations

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DiMaggio, Paul & Ann Swidler. (1996). Organization Without Authority: Dilemmas of Social control in Free Schools.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 25(4). 446–446. 5 indexed citations

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Swidler, Ann & Judith Stacey. (1991). Postmodern, Postfeminist, Postfamily?. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 20(5). 664–664. 1 indexed citations

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Higham, John, Robert Ν. Bellah, Richard Madsen, et al.. (1986). Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life. Journal of American History. 73(1). 168–168. 259 indexed citations

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Baltzell, E. Digby, Robert Ν. Bellah, Richard Madsen, et al.. (1986). Habits of the Heart.. Social Forces. 64(3). 802–802. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fenn, Richard K., Barbara Hargrove, Dean R. Hoge, et al.. (1986). Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life. Sociological Analysis. 47(2). 169–169. 72 indexed citations

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Carrier, James G. & Ann Swidler. (1981). Organization without Authority: Dilemmas of Social Control in Free Schools. British Journal of Sociology. 32(2). 286–286. 1 indexed citations

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Swidler, Ann. (1979). Organization Without Authority. Harvard University Press eBooks. 101 indexed citations

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Swidler, Ann. (1976). What Free Schools Teach. Social Problems. 24(2). 214–227. 3 indexed citations

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