Professional Resources

• The two major American Sociological Association (ASA) Sections on these issues are:
  • Economic Sociology
  • Organizations, Occupations, and Work 
  • Section on Political Sociology
  • Environment and Technology
  • Economy of the World System
  • Journals include: Administrative Science Quarterly
  • Work and Occupations

Data Resources

• The Bureau of Labor Statistics 
  The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.
   
• The National Congregations Study 
  The National Congregations Study used the model of the NOS to generate a nationally representative sample of religious congregations. Congregations—the relatively small-scale, local collectivities and organizations in and through which people engage in religious activity—are a basic unit of American religious life.

Other Resources

• McDonaldization.com 
  McDonaldization.com—Exposing the Iron Cage! is a Web site whose purpose is to help spread the word about McDonaldization and explore the wide-ranging impact this process has on our society [self-characterization].
   
• To gain an appreciation of the scale and scope of major multinational corporations, visit the Web sites of some of the biggest:
  • McDonald’s
  • Coca-Cola
  • Microsoft
  • Walmart
     
• The financial infrastructure of global capitalism is promoted by:
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  • World Bank
  • WTO 
    The rules of trade between nations facilitated by the World Trade Organization (WTO).
• The Third World Traveler 
  For a criticism of the IMF, World Bank, and WTO—the “Three Stooges of Corporate Folly”—and transnational corporations and world trade generally, see The Third World Traveler.
   
• Catholic Relief Services 
  A religious perspective on the need for international debt relief and reform of international financial institutions can be found at the Web site of Catholic Relief Services.
   
• This Nation 
  This Nation: Institutions. If you are in need of a good online overview of basic U.S. governmental institutions, this is the place to go. The site also includes a discussion of the bureaucracy, with emphasis on the challenges of reform. Links to Web resources you can use to access government Web sites are also provided [self-characterization].