Most cited papers in Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology

Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology

What are the most cited papers in Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology?

The most cited paper in Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology is "Beck's Sociology of Risk: A Critical Assessment" (Anthony Elliott, 2002), with 265 citations. Next come "The future of career" (237) and "Social Issues of Law and Order" (197).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 15 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	Beck's Sociology of Risk: A Critical Assessment Anthony Elliott · Sociology	May 2002	265
2	The future of career Audrey Collin, Richard A. Young · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	10 Aug 2000	237
3	Social Issues of Law and Order Zygmunt Bauman · The British Journal of Criminology	Mar 2000	197
4	The dangerousness of youth-at-risk: the possibilities of surveillance and intervention in uncertain times Peter Kelly · Journal of Adolescence	Aug 2000	177
5	Why There Are No People Peter Unger · Midwest Studies in Philosophy	1979	160
6	Choosing Not To Be Old? Masks, Bodies and Identity Management in Later Life Simon G. Biggs · Ageing and Society	Sep 1997	145
7	Class and occupation Erik Olín Wright · Theory and Society	1980	137
8	The Tourist Syndrome Adrian Franklin · Tourist Studies	Aug 2003	136
9	Behind the Screens: Examining Constructions of Deviance and Informal Practices among CCTV Control Room Operators in the UK Gavin J. D. Smith · Surveillance & Society Open access	Sep 2002	134
10	Media, the political order and national identity Philip R. Schlesinger · Media Culture & Society	Jul 1991	134
11	Liquid Surveillance: The Contribution of Zygmunt Bauman to Surveillance Studies1 David A. Lyon · International Political Sociology	Dec 2010	114
12	Border work: surveillant assemblages, virtual fences, and tactical counter-media Tamara Vukov, Mimí Sheller · Social Semiotics	Apr 2013	111
13	Managing Old Age: The Disciplinary Web of Power, Surveillance and Normalization Jason L. Powell, Simon G. Biggs · Journal of Aging and Identity	Mar 2000	93
14	Liquid modernity and power: A dialogue with Zygmunt Bauman1 Zygmunt Bauman, Mark Haugaard · Journal of Power	30 Jul 2008	79
15	Intimate Talk between Parents and their Teenage Children Yvette Solomon, Jo Warin, Charlie N. Lewis et al. · Sociology	Nov 2002	77
16	Dare we de-centre Birmingham? Handel Kashope Wright · European Journal of Cultural Studies	1998	74
17	Bauman, Liquid Modernity and Dilemmas of Development Raymond L. M. Lee · Thesis Eleven	26 Oct 2005	71
18	The proportion of veterans among homeless men: a decade later Gail Gamache, Robert Alan Rosenheck, Richard C. Tessler · Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology	Oct 2001	70
19	Zygmunt Bauman. Individual and society in the liquid modernity Emma Palese · SpringerPlus Open access	29 Apr 2013	66
20	A Truant Proximity: Presence and Absence in the Space of Modernity Rob Shields · Environment and Planning D Society and Space	Apr 1992	65
21	Racism, Muslims and the National Imagination Christopher Kyriakides, Satnam Virdee, Tariq Modood · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies	9 Jan 2009	61
22	Ethics, morality and the subject: the contribution of Zygmunt Bauman and Michel Foucault to `postmodern’ business ethics Mihaela Kelemen, Tuomo Peltonen · Scandinavian Journal of Management	Jun 2001	61
23	The Consumerist Syndrome in Contemporary Society Chris Rojek · Journal of Consumer Culture	26 Oct 2004	58
24	Urban Design and Dilemmas of Space Ali Madanipour · Environment and Planning D Society and Space	Jun 1996	57
25	Security Assemblages: Airport Security, Flexible Work, and Liberal Governance Randy K. Lippert, Daniel M. O’Connor · Alternatives Global Local Political	Jun 2003	56
26	The Distribution and Resolution of the Ambiguities of Technology, or Why Bobby Can't Spray Brian Rappert · Social Studies of Science	Aug 2001	54
27	Death and dying. A sociological introduction Lindsay Prior · Mortality	Nov 2007	53
28	The Cauldron of Ethnicity in the Modern World Judith A. Nagata · Pacific Affairs	Dec 1989	52
29	The ‘Older Worker’ and the ‘Ideal Worker’: A Critical Examination of Concepts and Categorisations in the Rhetoric of Extending Working Lives Clary Krekula, Sarah A. Vickerstaff Book chapterOpen access	2020	51
30	Freedom and Consumerism: A Critique of Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology Eugene Halton · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews	Sep 2009	49
31	Helping Older People in Residential Care Remain Full Citizens Peter Scourfield · The British Journal of Social Work	22 Aug 2006	48
32	Re-moralising ‘Vulnerability’ Kate Walker Brown · People Place and Policy Online Open access	30 Mar 2012	47
33	Good or bad for the Jews? moving beyond the continuity debate Shelly Tenenbaum · Contemporary Jewry	2000	47
34	Zygmunt Bauman: Order, Strangerhood and Freedom Vince Marotta · Thesis Eleven	Aug 2002	46
35	A modern calamity – Robert Musil on stupidity Bo Isenberg · Journal of Classical Sociology	29 Jun 2017	44
36	Nursing in a postemotional society Elizabeth A. Herdman · Nursing Philosophy	3 Jun 2004	44
37	The Personal is Social Robert M. Milardo, Barry Wellman · Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	Aug 1992	44
38	Bauman's Metaphors Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Sophia Marshman · Current Sociology	Sep 2008	43
39	Liquidity Crisis: Zygmunt Bauman and the Incredible Lightness of Modernity Martin Jay · Theory Culture & Society	Nov 2010	43
40	Interiors, Intentions, and the "Spirituality" of Islamic Ritual Practice P. R. Powers · Journal of the American Academy of Religion	Jun 2004	41
41	IDENTIDADE: Entrevista a Benedetto Vecchi – Zygmunt Bauman Rafael de Souza Velasco, Raquel Fensterseifer Weissheimer · Cadernos Zygmunt Bauman Open access	Sep 2020	40
42	How Religious Organizations Influence Chinese Conversion to Evangelical Protestantism in the United States X. Zhang · Sociology of Religion	Jun 2006	39
43	Liberty and discipline: Making sense of postmodernity, or, once again, toward a sociohistorical understanding of modernity Péter Wagner · Theory and Society	Aug 1992	38
44	Three Types of Liquid Religion C.N. de Groot · Implicit Religion Open access	26 Feb 2009	36
45	The Role of the Intellectual in Liquid Modernity: An Interview with Zygmunt Bauman Simon Dawes · Theory Culture & Society	May 2011	35
46	Modernity, Solidity and Agency: Liquidity Reconsidered Raymond L. M. Lee · Sociology	Aug 2011	35
47	Psychoanalysis at Its Limits: Navigating the Postmodern Turn Anthony Elliott, Charles J. Spezzano · The Psychoanalytic Quarterly	1996	34
48	Understanding Collective Hatred Niza Yanay · Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy	Dec 2002	34
49	Labour Dilemmas and Labour Futures Ronaldo P. Munck · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks Book chapter	1999	33
50	Asian American Women and Suicide Eliza Noh · Women & Therapy	25 Jun 2007	32

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