Most cited papers in Sociology and Norbert Elias

Sociology and Norbert Elias

What are the most cited papers in Sociology and Norbert Elias?

The most cited paper in Sociology and Norbert Elias is "ARE EMOTIONS A KIND OF PRACTICE (AND IS THAT WHAT MAKES THEM HAVE A HISTORY)? A BOURDIEUIAN APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING EMOTION" (Monique Scheer, 2012), with 1,164 citations. Next come "“New” and “Old” Civil Wars: A Valid Distinction?" (644) and "Ethnic and Nationalist Violence" (628).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 71 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	ARE EMOTIONS A KIND OF PRACTICE (AND IS THAT WHAT MAKES THEM HAVE A HISTORY)? A BOURDIEUIAN APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING EMOTION Monique Scheer · History and Theory	May 2012	1,164
2	“New” and “Old” Civil Wars: A Valid Distinction? Stathis N. Kalyvas · World Politics	Oct 2001	644
3	Ethnic and Nationalist Violence Rogers Brubaker, David D. Laitin · Annual Review of Sociology Review	Aug 1998	628
4	Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory Randall Collins · Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University)	2008	580
5	Notes on the Sociology of Deviance Kai T. Erikson · Social Problems	Apr 1962	547
6	Paradox and Counterparadox Albert E. Scheflen · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease	Jun 1979	520
7	Guns, Germs, and Steel. The Fate of Human Societies Christopher Miller · Economic Botany	Apr 2002	468
8	Violence: A Micro-Sociological Theory Alice Goffman · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews	Mar 2009	451
9	The Return of The Repressed: The Fall and Rise of Emotions in Social Movement Theory Jeff Goodwin, James M. Jasper, Francesca Polletta · Mobilization An International Quarterly	Mar 2000	407
10	Troubled times: Violence and warfare in the past George R. Milner · American Journal of Physical Anthropology	2000	392
11	Historical Sociology and Time Ronald Aminzade · Sociological Methods & Research	May 1992	367
12	The Meaning Structure of Social Networks Jan Fuhse · Sociological Theory	13 Feb 2009	360
13	Social Problems Theory: The Constructionist View Joseph W. Schneider · Annual Review of Sociology	Aug 1985	356
14	A Structural Theory of Aggression Johan Galtung · Journal of Peace Research	Jun 1964	351
15	The Micro-Politics of Trouble Robert M. Emerson, Sheldon L. Messinger · Social Problems	Dec 1977	336
16	Moral Deskilling and Upskilling in a New Machine Age: Reflections on the Ambiguous Future of Character Shannon Vallor · Philosophy & Technology	20 Feb 2014	331
17	Populism, Persistent Republicanism and Declinism: An Empirical Analysis of Populism as a Thin Ideology Mark Elchardus, Bram Spruyt · Government and Opposition Open access	30 Sep 2014	324
18	The Driver-car Tim Dant · Theory Culture & Society Open access	Oct 2004	322
19	Carnal Connections: On Embodiment, Apprenticeship, and Membership Loic J. D. Wacquant · Qualitative Sociology	Dec 2005	268
20	The Micro Potential for Social Change: Emotion, Consciousness, and Social Movement Formation Erika Summers‐Effler · Sociological Theory	Mar 2002	236
21	The Dynamics of Power Ronald Lippitt, Norman A. Polansky, Sidney Rosen · Human Relations	Feb 1952	236
22	Collective violence as social control Roberta Senechal de la Roche · Sociological Forum	Mar 1996	229
23	The Zurich study Margarete Erika Vollrath, Werner Wicki, Jules Angst · European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience	Mar 1989	197
24	A teoria do habitus em Pierre Bourdieu: uma leitura contemporânea Maria da Graça Jacintho Setton · Revista Brasileira de Educação Open access	Aug 2002	187
25	Organized crime: A social network approach Jeffrey McIllwain · Crime Law and Social Change	Dec 1999	173
26	Decorative Sociology: Towards a Critique of the Cultural Turn Chris Rojek, Bryan Stanley Turner · The Sociological Review	Nov 2000	169
27	Interviewing an Ultra-Elite Harriet Zuckerman · Public Opinion Quarterly	1972	168
28	Triathlon, suffering and exciting significance MICHAEL M. ATKINSON · Leisure Studies	Apr 2008	162
29	The Violences of Men Nic Groombridge · Crime Prevention and Community Safety	Apr 2001	159
30	„Krise und Routine“ als analytisches Paradigma in den Sozialwissenschaften Ulrich Oevermann Book chapter	2016	158
31	Towards a Sociological Understanding of Football Hooliganism as a World Phenomenon Eric Dunning · European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research	Jun 2000	154
32	The primitives of temporal relations Hamida Demirdache, Myriam Uribe‐Etxebarria · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Book chapter	2000	153
33	Theorizing socialism: a prologue to the “transition” Katherine Verdery · American Ethnologist	Aug 1991	152
34	Sozialfiguren – zwischen gesellschaftlicher Erfahrung und soziologischer Diagnose Sebastian J. Moser, Tobias Schlechtriemen · Zeitschrift für Soziologie	20 Jun 2018	148
35	The Uses of Theory, Concepts and Comparison in Historical Sociology Victoria E. Bonnell · Comparative Studies in Society and History Open access	Apr 1980	148
36	Emotions, affects and the production of social life Nick J. Fox · British Journal of Sociology	18 Mar 2015	148
37	Strikes as Forest Fires: Chicago and Paris in the Late Nineteenth Century Michael Biggs · American Journal of Sociology	May 2005	146
38	Emotive and Ostentatious Punishment John D. Pratt · Punishment & Society	Oct 2000	145
39	Holidays and homosexual identity Howard L. Hughes · Tourism Management	Feb 1997	141
40	C-Escalation and D-Escalation Randall Collins · American Sociological Review	25 Jan 2012	138
41	Anal Intercourse and Power in Sex Between Men Susan C. Kippax, Gary H. Smith · Sexualities	Nov 2001	132
42	Relational Persons and Relational Processes: Developing the Notion of Relationality for the Sociology of Personal Life Sasha Roseneil, Kaisa Ketokivi · Sociology Open access	6 Feb 2015	131
43	The micro‐sociology of violence Randall Collins · British Journal of Sociology	24 Aug 2009	130
44	Heads and Tails Richard J. Goss · Elsevier eBooks Book chapter	1969	126
45	Creating the New Ecological Order? Elias and Actor-Network Theory Tim Newton · Academy of Management Review	Oct 2002	123
46	The Sensorium at Work: The Sensory Phenomenology of the Working Body John Hockey, Jacquelyn Allen‐Collinson · The Sociological Review Open access	28 Apr 2009	121
47	Europe’s perennial ‘outsiders’: A processual approach to Roma stigmatization and ghettoization Ryan Powell, John Lever · Current Sociology Open access	27 Jul 2015	119
48	What Kind of Combat Sport Is Sociology? Mitchell Duneier · American Journal of Sociology	May 2002	117
49	Killing Kings: Patterns of Regicide in Europe, AD 600-1800 Manuel Eisner · The British Journal of Criminology	31 Jan 2011	117
50	The ‘Essence’ of securitization: Theory, ideal type, and a sociological science of security Thierry Balzacq · International Relations	Mar 2015	114

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