Randall Collins

Affiliations: 
Sociology University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States 
Area:
Sociological Theory, Macro-Historical, Sociology of Political and Economic Change, Micro-Sociology: Face-to-Face Interaction, Sociology of Intellectuals, Social Conflict (Especially Violent Conflict)
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Parents

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Martin Trow grad student 1969 UC Berkeley
 (Dissertation committee member)
Harold Wilensky grad student 1969 UC Berkeley
 (Dissertation chair)

Children

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Patricia A. Maloney grad student
David C Sorge grad student
Paul Attewell grad student 1978 UCSD
Erika Summers-Effler grad student 2004 Penn
Taryn Kudler grad student 2005 Penn
Mirella Landriscina grad student 2005 Penn
Bridget M. Costello grad student 2006 Penn
Danielle Kane grad student 2006 Penn
Jonathon E. Mote grad student 2008 Penn
Alessandro Pratesi grad student 2008 Penn
Meredith Rossner grad student 2008 Penn
Stefan Klusemann grad student 2010 Penn
Bridget R. Nolan grad student 2013 Penn
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Collins R. (2013) Ten Major Theory Books Since 2000 Contemporary Sociology. 42: 160-166
Collins R. (2012) Time-bubbles of nationalism: dynamics of solidarity ritual in lived time† Nations and Nationalism. 18: 383-397
Collins R. (2012) Tiny Publics - About Gary Alan Fine, Tiny Publics. A Theory of Group Action and Culture (New York, Russell Sage Foundation, 2012). Archives Europeennes De Sociologie. 53: 368-371
Collins R, Guillén MF. (2012) Mutual halo effects in cultural production: the case of modernist architecture Theory and Society. 41: 527-556
Collins R. (2011) Who has been a successful public intellectual European Journal of Social Theory. 14: 437-452
Collins R. (2011) Explaining the anti-Soviet revolutions by state breakdown theory and geopolitical theory International Politics. 48: 575-590
Collins R, Munro R. (2010) Exploring the sociological re‐imagining of politics: a conversation The Sociological Review. 58: 548-562
Collins R. (2009) A Dead End for a Trend Theory - Stephen Mennell, The American Civilizing Process (Cambridge, Polity Press, 2007). Archives Europeennes De Sociologie. 50: 431-441
Collins R. (2007) Turning Points, Bottlenecks, and the Fallacies of Counterfactual History Sociological Forum. 22: 247-269
Collins R. (2006) Freud and Interaction Ritual: A Response to Manning Symbolic Interaction. 29: 419-421
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