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Milan Z. Zafirovski

Title: Professor

Department: Sociology

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, Florida International University, 1999
    Major: Comparative Sociology
    Specialization: Social Change and Development and Cultural Analysis
    Dissertation: Exchange, Action and Structure
  • PhD, University of Saint Cyril and Methodius, 1990
    Major: Economics
    Specialization: Market Organization and Sociology of Markets
    Dissertation: Market Structures and their Socioeconomic Determinants
  • MS, University of Saint Cyril and Methodius, 1983
    Major: Sociology
    Specialization: Sociology of Culture
    Dissertation: Sociological Analysis of Leisure
  • BA, University of Saint Cyril and Methodius, 1980
    Major: Economics
    Specialization: Marketing
    Dissertation: NA

Current Scheduled Teaching

SOCI 3330.400Social Inequality and StratificationSummer 5W1 2025
SOCI 4350.001Community OrganizationSpring 2025 Syllabus
SOCI 3330.400Social Inequality and StratificationSpring 2025 Syllabus

Previous Scheduled Teaching

SOCI 4350.400Community OrganizationFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6101.001Seminar on Classical Sociological TheoryFall 2024 SPOT
SOCI 3330.900Social Inequality and StratificationSummer 5W1 2024 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6102.001Seminar on Contemporary Sociological TheorySpring 2024 SPOT
SOCI 3330.900Social Inequality and StratificationSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.001Social Inequality and StratificationFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900Social Inequality and StratificationSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5260.002Topics in SociologySpring 2023 SPOT
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6101.001Seminar on Classical Sociological TheoryFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationSummer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.001Community OrganizationSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6102.001Seminar on Contemporary Sociological TheorySpring 2022 SPOT
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.950Social StratificationFall 2021 SPOT
SOCI 5300.001Social StratificationFall 2021 SPOT
SOCI 6501.001Social StratificationFall 2021 SPOT
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationSummer 5W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.001Community OrganizationSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 1520.900Contemporary Social ProblemsFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6101.001Seminar on Classical Sociological TheoryFall 2020 SPOT
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationSummer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationSpring 2020 Syllabus
SOCI 4350.950Community OrganizationSpring 2020
SOCI 5950.709Master's ThesisSpring 2020
SOCI 6102.001Seminar on Contemporary Sociological TheorySpring 2020
SOCI 1520.900Contemporary Social ProblemsFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationSummer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationSummer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5300.001Seminar on Social StratificationSpring 2019 SPOT
SOCI 6501.001Social StratificationSpring 2019 SPOT
SOCI 5050.001Classical Sociological TheoryFall 2018 SPOT
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheoryFall 2018 SPOT
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationSummer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationSummer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5150.001Contemporary Sociological TheorySpring 2018 SPOT
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheorySpring 2018 SPOT
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheoryFall 2017 SPOT
SOCI 5050.001The Development of Sociology.Fall 2017 SPOT
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationSummer 5W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationSummer 5W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5150.001Contemporary Sociological TheorySpring 2017 SPOT
SOCI 6500.001Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationSpring 2017 SPOT
SOCI 6500.791Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationSpring 2017 SPOT
SOCI 5300.001Seminar on Social StratificationSpring 2017 SPOT
SOCI 5300.791Seminar on Social StratificationSpring 2017 SPOT
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheorySpring 2017 SPOT
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheoryFall 2016 SPOT
SOCI 6100.791Seminar on Sociological TheoryFall 2016 SPOT
SOCI 5050.001The Development of Sociology.Fall 2016 SPOT
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationSummer 5W1 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationSummer 5W1 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5150.001Contemporary Sociological TheorySpring 2016 SPOT
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.950Social StratificationSpring 2016 SPOT
SOCI 6900.713Special ProblemsSpring 2016
SOCI 1520.900Contemporary Social ProblemsFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6900.712Special ProblemsFall 2015
SOCI 5260.003Topics in SociologyFall 2015 SPOT
SOCI 5260.793Topics in SociologyFall 2015 SPOT
SOCI 1520.900Contemporary Social ProblemsSummer 5W1 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationSummer 5W1 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.713Doctoral DissertationSpring 2015
SOCI 5950.713Master's ThesisSpring 2015
SOCI 6500.002Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationSpring 2015
SOCI 6500.792Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationSpring 2015
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheorySpring 2015
SOCI 6100.791Seminar on Sociological TheorySpring 2015
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationFall 2014 Syllabus
SOCI 6950.711Doctoral DissertationFall 2014
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheoryFall 2014
SOCI 6100.791Seminar on Sociological TheoryFall 2014
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationFall 2014 Syllabus
SOCI 5900.713Special ProblemsFall 2014
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationSummer 5W1 2014 Syllabus
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationSummer 5W1 2014 Syllabus
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationSpring 2014 Syllabus
SOCI 5150.001Contemporary Sociological TheorySpring 2014
SOCI 5150.790Contemporary Sociological TheorySpring 2014
SOCI 6950.713Doctoral DissertationSpring 2014
SOCI 6900.793Special ProblemsSpring 2014
SOCI 6950.713Doctoral DissertationFall 2013
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationFall 2013 Syllabus
SOCI 3330.950Social StratificationFall 2013 Syllabus
SOCI 6900.713Special ProblemsFall 2013
SOCI 5260.001Topics in SociologyFall 2013
SOCI 5260.791Topics in SociologyFall 2013
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationSummer 5W1 2013 Syllabus
SOCI 3330.900Social StratificationSummer 5W1 2013 Syllabus
SOCI 6950.713Doctoral DissertationSpring 2013
SOCI 6500.003Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationSpring 2013
SOCI 6500.793Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationSpring 2013
SOCI 5300.001Seminar on Social StratificationSpring 2013
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheorySpring 2013
SOCI 6100.791Seminar on Sociological TheorySpring 2013
SOCI 6950.713Doctoral DissertationFall 2012
SOCI 5950.713Master's ThesisFall 2012
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheoryFall 2012
SOCI 6100.791Seminar on Sociological TheoryFall 2012
SOCI 3330.001Social StratificationFall 2012 Syllabus
SOCI 4350.900Community OrganizationSummer 5W1 2012
SOCI 3330.001Social StratificationSummer 5W1 2012
SOCI 4350.001Community OrganizationSpring 2012 Syllabus
SOCI 5150.001Contemporary Sociological TheorySpring 2012
SOCI 5150.791Contemporary Sociological TheorySpring 2012
SOCI 6950.713Doctoral DissertationSpring 2012
SOCI 5950.713Master's ThesisSpring 2012
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheorySpring 2012
SOCI 6100.791Seminar on Sociological TheorySpring 2012
SOCI 4350.001Community OrganizationFall 2011 Syllabus
SOCI 4350.200Community OrganizationFall 2011 Syllabus
SOCI 3330.002Social StratificationFall 2011 Syllabus
SOCI 6900.713Special ProblemsFall 2011
SOCI 5260.001Topics in SociologyFall 2011
SOCI 5260.791Topics in SociologyFall 2011
SOCI 4350.001Community OrganizationSummer 5W1 2011
SOCI 4350.200Community OrganizationSummer 5W1 2011
SOCI 3330.001Social StratificationSummer 5W1 2011
SOCI 4350.002Community OrganizationSpring 2011
SOCI 4350.200Community OrganizationSpring 2011
SOCI 6950.713Doctoral DissertationSpring 2011
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheorySpring 2011
SOCI 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2010
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheoryFall 2010
SOCI 3330.002Social StratificationFall 2010
SOCI 3330.003Social StratificationFall 2010
SOCI 4350.002Community OrganizationSpring 2010
SOCI 4350.200Community OrganizationSpring 2010
SOCI 5150.001Contemporary Sociological TheorySpring 2010
SOCI 6950.714Doctoral DissertationSpring 2010
SOCI 6500.003Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationSpring 2010
SOCI 5300.001Seminar on Social StratificationSpring 2010
SOCI 5300.791Seminar on Social StratificationSpring 2010
SOCI 6900.714Special ProblemsSpring 2010
SOCI 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2009
SOCI 3330.001Social StratificationFall 2009
SOCI 5260.001Topics in SociologyFall 2009
SOCI 5260.791Topics in SociologyFall 2009
SOCI 4350.001Community OrganizationSpring 2009
SOCI 6950.714Doctoral DissertationSpring 2009
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheorySpring 2009
SOCI 6100.791Seminar on Sociological TheorySpring 2009
SOCI 6100.002Seminar on Sociological TheoryFall 2008
SOCI 6100.792Seminar on Sociological TheoryFall 2008
SOCI 3330.001Social StratificationFall 2008
SOCI 4350.001Community OrganizationSpring 2008
SOCI 1520.003Contemporary Social ProblemsSpring 2008
SOCI 5150.001Contemporary Sociological TheorySpring 2008
SOCI 5150.791Contemporary Sociological TheorySpring 2008
SOCI 4900.714Special ProblemsSpring 2008
SOCI 6900.714Special ProblemsSpring 2008
SOCI 3330.001Social StratificationFall 2007
SOCI 5260.001Topics in SociologyFall 2007
SOCI 5260.791Topics in SociologyFall 2007
SOCI 4350.001Community OrganizationSpring 2007
SOCI 1520.003Contemporary Social ProblemsSpring 2007
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheorySpring 2007
SOCI 6100.791Seminar on Sociological TheorySpring 2007
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheoryFall 2006
SOCI 6100.791Seminar on Sociological TheoryFall 2006
SOCI 3330.001Social StratificationFall 2006
SOCI 6900.714Special ProblemsFall 2006
SOCI 4350.001Community OrganizationSpring 2006
SOCI 1520.003Contemporary Social ProblemsSpring 2006
SOCI 5150.001Contemporary Sociological TheorySpring 2006
SOCI 5150.791Contemporary Sociological TheorySpring 2006
SOCI 5900.714Special ProblemsSpring 2006
SOCI 6900.714Special ProblemsSpring 2006
SOCI 3800.001Sociology of WorkFall 2005
SOCI 6900.714Special ProblemsFall 2005
SOCI 5260.004Topics in SociologyFall 2005
SOCI 5260.794Topics in SociologyFall 2005
SOCI 4350.001Community OrganizationSpring 2005
SOCI 1510.007Individuals in SocietySpring 2005
SOCI 5950.714Master's ThesisSpring 2005
SOCI 6100.001Seminar on Sociological TheorySpring 2005
SOCI 6100.791Seminar on Sociological TheorySpring 2005
SOCI 5950.714Master's ThesisFall 2004
SOCI 6100.002Seminar on Sociological TheoryFall 2004
SOCI 3800.001Sociology of WorkFall 2004
SOCI 6900.691Special ProblemsFall 2004

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2023). It Did Happen Here: The Rise of Fascism in Contemporary Society. 533. JC Leiden, Brill. https://brill.com/display/title/64094
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2023). The Routledge International Handbook of Economic Sociology. 634. London, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-International-Handbook-of-Economic-Sociology/Zafirovski/p/book/9780367419936#top
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2021). Capitalist Dictatorship: A Study of Its Social Systems, Dimensions, Forms and Indicators. Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume: 187. 421. JC Leiden, Brill. https://brill.com/view/title/59874
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2021). A Modern Guide to Economic Sociology. 358. London, Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781789901306/9781789901306.xml
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2017). Identifying A Free Society: Conditions and Indicators. NA. 107 (NA) 474. Boston, Brill. https://brill.com/
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2015). Curse in the ‘Promised Land’? The ‘Iron Cage’ Of Capitalist Dictatorship, Theocracy, Moral Fascism, And New Dark Ages in The ‘New World’. NA. 318. Berlin, Logos-Verlag Berlin. https://www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/engtransid?page=englisch/engstartseite.html&lng=eng&id=
  • Milan Zafirovski, Daniel G. Rodeheaver. (2013). Modernity and Terrorism: From Anti-Modernity to Modern Terror. 393. BRILL. http://www.brill.com/
  • Milan Zafirovski. (2011). The Enlightenment and its Effects on Modern Society. 367. Springer. http://www.springer.com/us/
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2009). Zafirovski, Milan. The "Destiny" of Modern Societies: The Calvinist "Predestination" of A New Society .. 621. BRILL. http://www.brill.com/
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2008). Democracy, Economy and Conservatism. 448. Rowman & Littlefield. https://rowman.com/RLPublishers
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2007). Liberal Modernity and its Adversaries. 579. BRILL. http://www.brill.com/
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2007). Modern Free Society and Its Nemesis. 319. Rowman & Littlefield. https://rowman.com/RLPublishers
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2007). The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Authoritarianism: Puritanism, Democracy and Society. 337. Springer. http://www.springer.com/us/
  • Beckert, Jens and Zafirovski Milan. (2006). The International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology. 800. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2003). Market and Society: Two Theoretical Frameworks.
  • ZAFIROVSKI, M. (2002). A Primer On Economic Sociology: The Duality of Structure in Markets. NA. 359. New York, NOVA Science Publishers. https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/index.php
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2001). Exchange, Action and Social Structure: Elements of Economic Sociology. 281. Greenwood Press. http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOGreenwood.aspx
  • Book Chapter

  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2023). Introduction to the Routledge International Handbook of Economic Sociology. The Routledge International Handbook of Economic Sociology. 1-54. London, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-International-Handbook-of-Economic-Sociology/Zafirovski/p/book/9780367419936#top
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2023). Sociological Economics: Its Elements in Economics and its Convergence with Economic Sociology. The Routledge International Handbook of Economic Sociology. 127-169. London, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-International-Handbook-of-Economic-Sociology/Zafirovski/p/book/9780367419936#top
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2021). Introduction to a Modern Guide to Economic Sociology. A Modern Guide to Economic Sociology. 1-31. London, https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/a-modern-guide-to-economic-sociology-9781789901306.html
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2021). Parsons and Sociological Economics. International Handbook of Talcott Parsons Studies. 157-167. Routledge, https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429321139-15/parsons-sociological-economics-milan-zafirovski
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2021). The Joyous Birth and Sad Story of the Death of Homo Economicus: A Perspective from and Implications for Economic Sociology. A Modern Guide to Economic Sociology. 287-337. London, Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/a-modern-guide-to-economic-sociology-9781789901306.html
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2017). Social Economics. Encyclopedia Of Social Theory. 10. London, Wiley. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118430873
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2017). Wealth. Encyclopedia Of Social Theory. 19. London, Wiley. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118430873
  • Milan Zafirovski. (2015). Markets (Economic and Sociological Dimensions). http://www.sociologyencyclopedia.com/public/
  • Milan Zafirovski. (2015). Social System. 23 (2nd Edition) 15418–15423. Elsevier. https://www.elsevier.com/books/international-encyclopedia-of-the-social-andampamp-behavioral-sciences/wright/978-0-08-097086-8
  • Zafirovski, Milan-S. K. Chakraborty and Pradip Bhattacharya. (2001). The Nature and Operation of Power in Society and Organizations: An Interdisciplinary, Neo-Weberian and Ethical Perspective. Oxford University Press. https://india.oup.com/
  • Encyclopedia Article

  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2017). Adam Smith. Encyclopedia Of Social Theory. 6. London, Wiley. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118430873
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2017). Kondratieff Waves. Encyclopedia Of Social Theory. 2. London, Wiley. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118430873
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2017). Leon Walras. Encyclopedia Of Social Theory. 6. London, Wiley. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118430873
  • Journal Article

  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2025). Déjà Vu All Over Again? A Model and Indexes Of Proto-Fascism For Western And Comparable Societies. Comparative European Politics. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41295-025-00408-9
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2024). Keynes’ Diagnosis Extended: Is the Neoclassical Theory of Value Based on Marginal Postulates Effectively Without Discussion?. The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 28. London, Taylor & Francis. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/AAVX5DGACISKNCGQAXNR/full?target=10.1080/09672567.2024.2444927
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2024). How Strong Is the Democratic Defense Of ‘Defense Spending’? The Consequence of Military Expenditure for Democracy in Western and Comparable Societies. International Social Science Journal. 1-34. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://authorservices.wiley.com/api/pdf/fullArticle/100020242
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2024). Culture and Ascetic Protestantism: Sociocultural Conditions Impacting Calvinism’s Development. Journal for the Academic Study of Religion. 37 (2) 1–28. Equinox Publishing Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.24900
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2024). From Antagonism to Fusion: Military and Industrial Society Fused in Militarist Capitalism. Sociological Focus. 295–350. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380237.2024.2366278
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2024). Contradictions of the Marginal Utility Theory of Value? Identifying Some Logical Errors. 1 (1) 53-98. https://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/articolo/75752
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2023). Distributive Justice in a Comparative Setting: The Fairness of Wages in OECD Countries. SN Business & Economics. 46. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://www.springernature.com/gp
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2023). Conservatism and Capitalist Dictatorship: The Impact of Conservative Ideology and Politics on Capitalism and Democracy. The Journal of Ideology. 42 (1) 1-77. Lancaster South Carolina, University of South Carolina. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ji/vol42/iss1/3
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2023). Protestantism and Capitalism before Weber: Proto- and Counter-Weberian Hypotheses. Essays in Economic & Business History. 41 (1) 80-108. The Economic and Business History Society. https://www.ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/414
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2022). The Social Current Of Capitalist Dictatorship? Neoclassical Economic And Non-Marxist Sociological Conceptualization. Journal of Ideology. 41 (1) 43. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ji/vol41/iss1/2/
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2022). Social Stratification and Economics: Classical-Neoclassical Economists’ Thought on Class Structure and Related Phenomena. The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 30 (2) 50. London, Taylor & Francis Online. https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rejh20/current
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2022). Toward A New Political Democracy Index: Construction, Specification, Validation And Calculation For Individual Societies And Types Of Society. Politics and Policy. 50 (4) 663–699. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/polp.12488
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2022). Consequences of Income Concentration for Democracy In Contemporary Western And Comparable Societies: Evidence for OECD Countries, 2017-2019. International Sociology. 37 (4) 515–541. https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809221109041
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2021). Saints and Soviets Again: Inventing the ‘New Man’ By American Capitalism and Soviet Communism Revisited. Journal of Russian American Studies. 5 (2) 113-83.. University of Kansas, https://journals.ku.edu/jras
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2021). The Residue of Theocracy In Contemporary Democracies: A Comparative Study. International Social Science Journal. 71 (241-242) 35. John Wiley & Sons. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/issj.12293
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2021). The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Political Power: Sociopolitical Conditions Underlying the Development of Calvinism. Journal for the Academic Study of Religion. 34 (2) 131–154. Sheffield,, Equinox Publishing. https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JASR/article/view/19196
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2020). Reopening The Black Box Of Capitalist Dictatorship—Indicators and Aggregate Indexes for OECD Countries. Social Indicators Research. 151 (3) 943–979. Springer Nature. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-020-02407-7#citeas
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2020). The Happiness of Nations: A Comparative Analysis. Comparative Sociology. 19 (2) 176-236. https://brill.com/view/journals/coso/19/2/article-p176_2.xml
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2020). The ‘First Shall Remain the First’—Social Stratification and Calvinism. Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion. 16 (1) 49. https://www.religjournal.com/articles/article_view.php?id=148
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2020). Economics in Sociology? Original Economic Theories, Concepts And Approaches in Classical Sociologists, Review of Social Economy. Review of Social Economy. 55. Taylor & Francis. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00346764.2019.1709985?scroll=top&needAccess=true
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2019). Some Dilemmas of Economic Democracy—Indicators And Empirical Analysis. Other. NA. London, SAGE. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/eid
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2019). Collective-Unconscious Apologetics Of Plutocracy and Oligarchy—Chicago Economics’ Ideological Preferences Revealed by the Sociology of Knowledge. NA. 49 (4) 499-518. London, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14685914
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2019). Societal Coercion and Path-Dependence—Punishment and Puritanism in Contemporary Societies. International Sociology. NA. 34 (6) 716–738. London, Sage.
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2019). Economics and Apologetics—The Ideology/Utopia of Laissez-Faire and its Discontents. Journal of Economic Issues. NA. 53 (3) 647-676. London, Taylor & Francis.
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2019). Indicators of Militarism and Democracy in Comparative Context: How Militaristic Tendencies Impact Democratic Processes in OECD Countries. Social Indicators Research. NA. 144 (1) 44. Springer Netherlands.
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2019). The Dark Side of Capitalism--In Orthodox Economics?. NA. 25 (5) 52. London, Taylor & Francis.
  • ZAFIROVSKI, M.Z. (2019). Always Rational Choice Theory? Lessons from Conventional Economics and their Relevance and Potential Benefits for Contemporary Sociologists. The American Sociologist. NA. 50 (4) 509–547. Springer US,
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2019). A Neglected Gap in the Weber Thesis: The Long Economic Lag of Capitalism from Protestantism. Social Science Information. NA. 58 (1) 3-56. London, SAGE.
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2018). Calvinist Predestination and the Spirit of Capitalism: The Religious Argument of the Weber Thesis Reexamined. Human Studies. 1-38. New York, Springer. https://link.springer.com/journal/10746
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2018). Exploitation in Contemporary Societies: An Exploratory Comparative Analysis. The Social Science Journal. 56 (4) 565-587. Amsterdam, Elsevier B.V.. https://www.journals.elsevier.com/the-social-science-journal
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2018). Rational Choice Theory or Pretense? The Claims, Equivalences, and Analogies of the ‘Economic Approach to Human Behavior’. Sociological Spectrum. NA. 38 (3) 194–222. Philadelphia PA, Taylor & Francis. https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/usls20/current
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2018). The Generalized Low-Quality Syndrome, Its Indicators and Societal Conditions—The Quality Of Products and The Quality Of Economy, Society, and Life in Comparative Sociological Perspective. Comparative Sociology. NA. 17 (3) 557-611. Leiden, BRILL. http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/15691330
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2017). Economics as a Multi-Paradigmatic Science: The ‘Best Kept Secret’ of Irrational Choice. The American Sociologist. NA. 48 (2) 1-27. New York, NY, Springer. https://www.springer.com/social+sciences/sociology/journal/12108
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2017). Society and ‘Heaven and Hell’—The Interplay Between Social Structure and Theological Tradition During Early Calvinism. NA. 18 (3) 282-308. London, Taylor & Francis. https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ftmp21
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2017). The Ancien Regime and Calvinism: Religious, Ideological and Political Conditions of its Genesis and Development. NA. 13 (1) 36. Waco TX, Institute for Studies of Religion. http://www.religjournal.com/
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2017). The Sociology Of Theology Revisited and Applied: Social Origins Of Main Calvinist Theological Doctrines. 46 (1) 75–114. SAGE, http://journals.sagepub.com/home/sir
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2016). Any Proofs for the Calvinism-Capitalism Thesis? The Exemplars of the ‘Rule’ Reexamined. 16 (4) 339-369. http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ftmp21
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2016). Rational Choice Theory at the Origin: Forms and Social Factors of Irrational Choice. Social Epistemology. 30 (2) 1-36. London, Taylor & Francis. http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=tsep20
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2016). The Point of Origin before Destination--The Sociology of Religion and Knowledge Applied to Calvinism. 15 (3) 372– 411. Leiden, BRILL. http://www.brill.com/comparative-sociology
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2016). The Weber Thesis of Calvinism and Capitalism: The Various Versions and their ‘Fate’ in Social Science. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 52 (1) 41–58. London, Wiley Periodicals. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15206696
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2016). Toward Economic Sociology/Socio-Economics? Sociological Components in Contemporary Economics. American Sociologist. 47 (1) 56–80. New York, NY, Springer. https://link.springer.com/journal/12108
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2014). (Pre-)Capitalism and the Spirit of Calvinism: The Max Weber Reverse Thesis. Social Epistemology. 28 (1) 1-41. http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=tsep20
  • Milan Zafirovski. (2014). Rational Choice Requiem: The Decline of An Economic Paradigm and Its Implications for Sociology. American Sociologist. 45 (4) 432-452. http://http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/650/art%253A10.1007%252Fs12108-014-9230-0.pdf?auth66=1409865640_55b56a5e9b54c80d4dd1bede64fde76d&ext=.pdf
  • Milan Zafirovski. (2014). Sociological Dimensions in Economics: Conceptions of Social Economics and Economic Sociology. Social Science Information. 53 (1) 76–118. http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ssi
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2014). The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Democracy: What Is the Democratic Effect of Calvinism?. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IJSSP-05-2013-0055
  • Milan Zafirovski. (2014). ‘Forgotten and Forgiven’? Calvinism and French Society. International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology. 6 (2) 70-91. http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/IJSA/about
  • Milan Zafirovski. (2013). 'As French as Wine'--Sociological Indicators of Original Calvinism. http://www.lsus.edu/Documents/Offices%20and%20Services/CommunityOutreach/JournalOfIdeology/as%20french%20as%20wine_milan%20zafirovski_022013.pdf
  • Milan Zafirovski. (2013). Beneath Rational Choice: Elements of "Irrational Choice Theory". Current Sociology. 61 (1.780) 3–21. http://journals.sagepub.com/home/csi
  • Milan Zafirovski. (2013). The Sociological Core vs. the Historical Component of the Weber Thesis: Some Deviant Cases Revisited. Current Perspectives in Social Theory. 31 75-128. http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/books/series.htm?id=0278-1204
  • Milan Zafirovski. (2012). What is the Main Significance of Conventional Economic Theory for Sociological Theory? Market Economics, the Rational Choice Model, and Social Economics. American Sociologist. 44 (2) 177-197. http://link.springer.com/journal/12108
  • Milan Zafirovski. (2011). 'Libertarianism' and the Social Ideal of Liberty: Neo-Conservatism's 'Libertarian' Claims Reconsidered. Social Epistemology: A Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Policy. 25 (1) 67–93. http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tsep20
  • Milan Zafirovski. (2011). Contemporary Conservatism and Medievalism: 'Nothing New Under the Sun?'. Social Science Information. 50 (2) 1–28. http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ssi
  • Milan Zafirovski Daniel G. Rodeheaver. (2011). Puritanism and Democracy in Comparative-Historical Perspective: Puritan Sociopolitical Institutions and Legacies from the 17th to the 21st Century. Beliefs and Values: Understanding the Global Implications of Human Nature. 3 (1) 77. Journal ceased publication
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2010). Zafirovski, Milan. All in the (Extended) Family": The Pandora Box of Conservatism and Fascism Reopened, International Review of Sociology 20, 2, 189-213.. International Review of Sociology. 20 (2) 189-213. http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cirs20
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2010). Zafirovski, Milan. Protestantism and Authoritarianism: Max Weber's Neglected Problem. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 40, 2, 162-189.. Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-5914
  • Zafirovski, M.Z. (2010). Zafirovski, Milan. The Merton Theorem Revisited and Restated: Conservatism and Fascism as Functional Analogues. The American Sociologist 41, 2, 142-173.. American Sociologist. 41 (2) 142–173. http://link.springer.com/journal/12108
  • Milan Zafirovski. (2010). Zafirovski, Milan. Weber's Sociological Elements in Mises' Economics of Human Action, Social Epistemology 24, 2, 75-98.. Social Epistemology: A Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Policy. 24 (2) 75-98. http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tsep20
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2009). From the 'Most Fateful' to the 'Most Fatal' Social Force?. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 29 (7/8) 330-357. http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ijssp
  • Zafirovski, Milan and Daniel Rodeheaver. (2009). The Mannheim Problem Revisited: Conservatism versus the Principle of Liberty and Liberal Modernity. Journal of Classical Sociology. 9 (3) 319–335. http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jcs
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2008). Classical and Neoclassical Economic and Sociological Conceptions of Rationality: Findings of a n Exploratory Survey. Journal of Socio-Economics. 37 (2) 789‑820. https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-socio-economics/
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2007). "Neo-Feudalism" in America? Conservatism in Relation to European Feudalism. International Review of Sociology. 17 (3) 393-427. http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cirs20
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2007). Convergent Origins, Divergent Destinations: Sociology's Contributions and Connections to Economics in a Historical and Interdisciplinary Framework. Social Science Information. 46 (2) 305‑354. http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ssi
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2007). Is Income Distribution Independent of Stratification? Theoretical and Empirical Considerations. Theory & Science. 9 (2) http://theoryandscience.icaap.org/
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2007). Radical Puritanism "Rediscovered". Other. http://www.ideajournal.com/
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2007). The Most Cherished Myth: Puritanism and Liberty Reconsidered and Revised. American Sociologist. 38 (1) 23‑59. http://link.springer.com/journal/12108
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2006). Parsonian Economic Sociology: Bridges to Contemporary Economics. American Journal of Economics and Sociology. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1536-7150
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2006). Toward "Friendly Fascism"? American Conservatism in the 21st Century. Other. 29 (1/2) 1-29. http://www.lsus.edu/offices-and-services/community-outreach/the-journal-of-ideology/archives
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2005). Comparative-Historical Social Systems and Conservatism: An Attempt at Conceptualization and Classification. International Review of Sociology. `15 (3) 423-469. http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cirs20
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2005). Effects of Power, Status and Class on "Who Gets What" Income?. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ijssp
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2005). Is Sociology the Science of the Irrational? Conceptions of Rationality in Sociological Theory. American Sociologist. http://link.springer.com/journal/12108
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2005). Social Exchange Theory Under Scrutiny: A Positive Critique of its Economic-Behaviorist Formulations.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2005). The Influence of Sociology on Economics: Selected Themes and Instances from Classical Sociological Theory.
  • Milan Zafirovski. (2004).
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2004). Labor Markets' Institutional Properties and Distributive Justice in Modern Society: A Comparative Empirical Analysis.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2004). Paradigms for Analysis of Social Institutions: A Case for Sociological Institutionalism.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2004). Sociologics of Economy: The Social Nature, Structure and Dynamics of Economic Behavior.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2004). The Pareto Theorem Restated and Examined: Democracy and Imposition of Morality by Law.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2004). The Question of Mathematical Social Theory Revisited: Some Methodological Considerations.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2003). Conservatism, Democracy and Authoritarianism: Liberty, Social Control and Conservative Revolutions.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2003). Human Rational Behavior and Economic Rationality: Are They Equivalent?.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2003). Measuring and Making Sense of Labor Exploitation in Contemporary Society: A Comparative-Historical Analysis.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2003). Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in Analyzing Social Institutions: A Step Toward Rehabilitating Original Institutionalism.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2003). Some Amendments to Social Exchange Theory: A Sociological Perspective.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2003). The Rational Choice Approach to Human Studies: A Reexamination.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2003). Toward a Future of Social-Economic Thought and Methodology without Rules? Review Article.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2003). What is Rationality? Selected Conceptions from Social Theory.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2002). From Economic to Sociological Theory and Back: Max Weber and the Austrians. Storia del Pensiero Economico. 43 257‑285. http://www.aispe.eu/en/het-journals/
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2002). Inequality and Social Institutions: Beyond the Kuznets Curve and Economic Determinism. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 22 (11) 89-131. http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ijssp
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2002). Paths of the Max Weber-Austrian Interconnection. Review of Austrian Economics. 15 (1) 35‑59. http://link.springer.com/journal/11138
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2002). Reconsidering Economic Equilibrium: A Sociological Perspective. Journal of Socio-Economics. 31 (5) 559–579. https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-socio-economics/
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2002). Sociology of Economics or Sociology of Economy? Theoretical-Methodological Arguments for Sociological Economics. Forum for Social Economics. 31 (1) 27‑58. http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rfse20
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2002). The Social Construction of Production: An Application of Economic Sociology. Other. 5 (2) 147‑174. http://www.dmsp.dauphine.fr/Management/
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2001). Administration and Society: Beyond Public Choice?. Public Administration. 79 (3) 665‑688. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9299
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2001). Conservatism Revisited: Between Anarchy in Economy and Leviathan in Society. Organdi Quarterly. 2 1‑14. http://www.organdi.net/
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2001). From Catallaxy to Universal Social Theory. Theory & Science. 2 (1) 1‑33. http://theoryandscience.icaap.org/
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2001). Max Weber's Analysis of Marginal Utility Theory and Psychology Revisited: Latent Propositions in Economic Sociology and Sociology of Economics. History of Political Economy. 33 (3) 437‑457. http://hope.dukejournals.org/
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2001). Parsons and Sorokin: A Comparison of the Founding of American Sociological Theory Schools. Journal of Classical Sociology. 1 (2) 227-256. http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jcs
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2001). Reexamining Economic Sociology: Beyond Rational Choice?. American Sociologist. 32 (1) 85‑106. http://link.springer.com/journal/12108
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2001). The Classical Neoclassical Fallacy of the Absolute in the Theory of Value. International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics. http://www.drkps.com/about/international-journal-of-applied-economics-and-econometrics/intro.html
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2001). The Economic Approach To Human Behaviour Under Scrutiny: An Overview Of Arguments For The Autonomy of Social Action. Social Science Information. http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ssi
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2001). The Ontology and Epistemology of Rational Choice: Consequences for Human Freedom and Social Theory. Associations Journal. 2 (1) 1‑34.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2001). The Spectacle of American Conservatism: Quantum Leap into the Darkness of Authoritarianism?. Critical Sociology. http://journals.sagepub.com/home/crs
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2000). An Alternative Sociological Perspective on Economic Value: Price Formation as a Social Process. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society. 14 (2) 265-295. http://link.springer.com/journal/10767
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2000). Economic and Sociological Approaches to Institutions: Economy, Society and Law. European Journal of Law and Economics. 10 (11) 7-30. http://link.springer.com/journal/10657
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2000). Economic Distribution as a Social Process. The Social Science Journal. https://www.journals.elsevier.com/the-social-science-journal
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2000). Extending the Rational Choice Model from Economy to Society: Reasons for Caution. Economy and Society. 29 (2) 181‑206. http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/reso20
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2000). Latent Theoretical Convergence upon a Pluralist Conception of Economic Action? Adam Smith and Max Weber. Constitutional Political Economy. 11 (2) 119-145. http://link.springer.com/journal/10602
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2000). Ontological (Empirical) Foundations of Economic Sociology: Paths of the Social Co-Determination of the Economy. International Journal of Social Economics. 27 (11) 1042-1062. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journal/ijse
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2000). Some Continuities between Adam Smith's Political Economy and Max Weber's Social Economics. Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/series/rhet
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2000). Spencer Is Dead, Long Live Spencer: Individualism, Holism, and the Problem of Norms. The British Journal of Sociology. 51 (3) 553‑579. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-4446
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (2000). The Rational Choice Generalization of Neoclassical Economics Reconsidered: Any Theoretical Legitimation for Economic Imperialism?. Sociological Theory. 18 (3) 448‑471. http://journals.sagepub.com/home/stx
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (1999). Economic Sociology in Retrospect and Prospect: In the Search of Identity within Economics and Sociology.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (1999). How New Is the New Political Economy in Relation to Political Sociology? Economic and Sociological Approaches to Politics Contrasted.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (1999). Political Behavior in the Social Milieu: Toward Rehabilitation of the Classical Tradition of Political Sociology.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (1999). Probing into the Social Layers of Entrepreneurship: Outlines of the Sociology of Enterprise.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (1999). Profit-Making as Social Action: An Alternative Social-Economic Perspective.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (1999). Public Choice Theory for Political Sociology.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (1999). Social Underpinnings of Economic Exchange: A Socio-economic Approach to Market Transactions.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (1999). The Rational Choice Perspective in Social Theory: An Empirical and Theoretical Appraisal.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (1999). The Unbearable Lightness of an Economic Approach to Economic Behavior in a Social Context: Applying Rational Action Theory to Sociology of the Economy.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (1999). Unification of Sociological Theory by the Rational Choice Model: Conceiving the Relationship between Economics and Sociology.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (1999). What is Really Rational Choice? Beyond the Utilitarian Conception of Rationality.
  • Milan Zafirovski. (1998). How Neo-Classical Is Neoclassical Economics? with Special Reference to Value Theory.
  • Zafirovski, Milan. (1998). Revolutions in Eastern Europe in Retrospect: Theoretical and Empirical Reflections.
  • Milan Zafirovski. (1998). Socio-Economics andRational Choice Theory: Specification of Their Relations.
  • Milan Zafirovski. (1998). The Problem of General Social Theory: The Case of Rational Choice Theory.
  • Milan Zafirovski. (1998). Weberian Sociological Economics and Classical Economic Theory.
  • Zafirovski, Milan and Barry Levine.. (1997). The Agenda of Economic Sociology Reformulated: The Interface Between Economics and Sociology.
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