Discussant: Charles Kurzman, University of North Carolina

4:30pm

439. Regular Session. Political Sociology

Session Organizer: Rebecca R. Scott, University of Missouri-Columbia

Presider: Rebecca R. Scott, University of Missouri-Columbia

Capital Strikes as a Corporate Political Strategy: The Structural Power of Business in the Obama Era. Tarun David Banerjee, University of Pittsburgh; Kevin Young, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Michael Schwartz, Stony Brook State University

Environmental Protection through Political Participation: The Activation and Effects of Popular Consultations in Latin America. Diana Rodriguez-Franco, Northwestern University