Faculty Profile

Milan Zafirovski

Title
Professor
Department
Sociology
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

Education

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

Current Scheduled Teaching*

SOCI 3330.900, Social Inequality and Stratification, Summer 2024
SOCI 6102.001, Seminar on Contemporary Sociological Theory, Spring 2024
SOCI 3330.900, Social Inequality and Stratification, Spring 2024 Syllabus

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching*

SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.001, Social Inequality and Stratification, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900, Social Inequality and Stratification, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5260.002, Topics in Sociology, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6101.001, Seminar on Classical Sociological Theory, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Summer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.001, Community Organization, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6102.001, Seminar on Contemporary Sociological Theory, Spring 2022 SPOT
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.950, Social Stratification, Fall 2021 SPOT
SOCI 5300.001, Social Stratification, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6501.001, Social Stratification, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Summer 5W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.001, Community Organization, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 1520.900, Contemporary Social Problems, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6101.001, Seminar on Classical Sociological Theory, Fall 2020 SPOT
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Summer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Spring 2020 Syllabus
SOCI 4350.950, Community Organization, Spring 2020
SOCI 5950.709, Master's Thesis, Spring 2020
SOCI 6102.001, Seminar on Contemporary Sociological Theory, Spring 2020
SOCI 1520.900, Contemporary Social Problems, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Summer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Summer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5300.001, Seminar on Social Stratification, Spring 2019 SPOT
SOCI 6501.001, Social Stratification, Spring 2019 SPOT
SOCI 5050.001, Classical Sociological Theory, Fall 2018 SPOT
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Fall 2018 SPOT
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Summer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Summer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5150.001, Contemporary Sociological Theory, Spring 2018 SPOT
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Spring 2018 SPOT
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Fall 2017 SPOT
SOCI 5050.001, The Development of Sociology., Fall 2017 SPOT
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Summer 5W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Summer 5W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5150.001, Contemporary Sociological Theory, Spring 2017 SPOT
SOCI 6500.001, Seminar on Social Organization and Disorganization, Spring 2017 SPOT
SOCI 6500.791, Seminar on Social Organization and Disorganization, Spring 2017 SPOT
SOCI 5300.001, Seminar on Social Stratification, Spring 2017 SPOT
SOCI 5300.791, Seminar on Social Stratification, Spring 2017 SPOT
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Spring 2017 SPOT
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Fall 2016 SPOT
SOCI 6100.791, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Fall 2016 SPOT
SOCI 5050.001, The Development of Sociology., Fall 2016 SPOT
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Summer 5W1 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Summer 5W1 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5150.001, Contemporary Sociological Theory, Spring 2016 SPOT
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.950, Social Stratification, Spring 2016 SPOT
SOCI 6900.713, Special Problems, Spring 2016
SOCI 1520.900, Contemporary Social Problems, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6900.712, Special Problems, Fall 2015
SOCI 5260.003, Topics in Sociology, Fall 2015 SPOT
SOCI 5260.793, Topics in Sociology, Fall 2015 SPOT
SOCI 1520.900, Contemporary Social Problems, Summer 5W1 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Summer 5W1 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.713, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2015
SOCI 5950.713, Master's Thesis, Spring 2015
SOCI 6500.002, Seminar on Social Organization and Disorganization, Spring 2015
SOCI 6500.792, Seminar on Social Organization and Disorganization, Spring 2015
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Spring 2015
SOCI 6100.791, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Spring 2015
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Fall 2014 Syllabus
SOCI 6950.711, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2014
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Fall 2014
SOCI 6100.791, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Fall 2014
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Fall 2014 Syllabus
SOCI 5900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2014
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Summer 5W1 2014 Syllabus
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Summer 5W1 2014 Syllabus
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Spring 2014 Syllabus
SOCI 5150.001, Contemporary Sociological Theory, Spring 2014
SOCI 5150.790, Contemporary Sociological Theory, Spring 2014
SOCI 6950.713, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2014
SOCI 6900.793, Special Problems, Spring 2014
SOCI 6950.713, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2013
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Fall 2013 Syllabus
SOCI 3330.950, Social Stratification, Fall 2013 Syllabus
SOCI 6900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2013
SOCI 5260.001, Topics in Sociology, Fall 2013
SOCI 5260.791, Topics in Sociology, Fall 2013
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Summer 5W1 2013 Syllabus
SOCI 3330.900, Social Stratification, Summer 5W1 2013 Syllabus
SOCI 6950.713, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2013
SOCI 6500.003, Seminar on Social Organization and Disorganization, Spring 2013
SOCI 6500.793, Seminar on Social Organization and Disorganization, Spring 2013
SOCI 5300.001, Seminar on Social Stratification, Spring 2013
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Spring 2013
SOCI 6100.791, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Spring 2013
SOCI 6950.713, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2012
SOCI 5950.713, Master's Thesis, Fall 2012
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Fall 2012
SOCI 6100.791, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Fall 2012
SOCI 3330.001, Social Stratification, Fall 2012 Syllabus
SOCI 4350.900, Community Organization, Summer 5W1 2012
SOCI 3330.001, Social Stratification, Summer 5W1 2012
SOCI 4350.001, Community Organization, Spring 2012 Syllabus
SOCI 5150.001, Contemporary Sociological Theory, Spring 2012
SOCI 5150.791, Contemporary Sociological Theory, Spring 2012
SOCI 6950.713, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2012
SOCI 5950.713, Master's Thesis, Spring 2012
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Spring 2012
SOCI 6100.791, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Spring 2012
SOCI 4350.001, Community Organization, Fall 2011 Syllabus
SOCI 4350.200, Community Organization, Fall 2011 Syllabus
SOCI 3330.002, Social Stratification, Fall 2011 Syllabus
SOCI 6900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2011
SOCI 5260.001, Topics in Sociology, Fall 2011
SOCI 5260.791, Topics in Sociology, Fall 2011
SOCI 4350.001, Community Organization, Summer 5W1 2011
SOCI 4350.200, Community Organization, Summer 5W1 2011
SOCI 3330.001, Social Stratification, Summer 5W1 2011
SOCI 4350.002, Community Organization, Spring 2011
SOCI 4350.200, Community Organization, Spring 2011
SOCI 6950.713, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2011
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Spring 2011
SOCI 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2010
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Fall 2010
SOCI 3330.002, Social Stratification, Fall 2010
SOCI 3330.003, Social Stratification, Fall 2010
SOCI 4350.002, Community Organization, Spring 2010
SOCI 4350.200, Community Organization, Spring 2010
SOCI 5150.001, Contemporary Sociological Theory, Spring 2010
SOCI 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2010
SOCI 6500.003, Seminar on Social Organization and Disorganization, Spring 2010
SOCI 5300.001, Seminar on Social Stratification, Spring 2010
SOCI 5300.791, Seminar on Social Stratification, Spring 2010
SOCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2010
SOCI 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2009
SOCI 3330.001, Social Stratification, Fall 2009
SOCI 5260.001, Topics in Sociology, Fall 2009
SOCI 5260.791, Topics in Sociology, Fall 2009
SOCI 4350.001, Community Organization, Spring 2009
SOCI 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2009
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Spring 2009
SOCI 6100.791, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Spring 2009
SOCI 6100.002, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Fall 2008
SOCI 6100.792, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Fall 2008
SOCI 3330.001, Social Stratification, Fall 2008
SOCI 4350.001, Community Organization, Spring 2008
SOCI 1520.003, Contemporary Social Problems, Spring 2008
SOCI 5150.001, Contemporary Sociological Theory, Spring 2008
SOCI 5150.791, Contemporary Sociological Theory, Spring 2008
SOCI 4900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2008
SOCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2008
SOCI 3330.001, Social Stratification, Fall 2007
SOCI 5260.001, Topics in Sociology, Fall 2007
SOCI 5260.791, Topics in Sociology, Fall 2007
SOCI 4350.001, Community Organization, Spring 2007
SOCI 1520.003, Contemporary Social Problems, Spring 2007
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Spring 2007
SOCI 6100.791, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Spring 2007
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Fall 2006
SOCI 6100.791, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Fall 2006
SOCI 3330.001, Social Stratification, Fall 2006
SOCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2006
SOCI 4350.001, Community Organization, Spring 2006
SOCI 1520.003, Contemporary Social Problems, Spring 2006
SOCI 5150.001, Contemporary Sociological Theory, Spring 2006
SOCI 5150.791, Contemporary Sociological Theory, Spring 2006
SOCI 5900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2006
SOCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2006
SOCI 3800.001, Sociology of Work, Fall 2005
SOCI 6900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2005
SOCI 5260.004, Topics in Sociology, Fall 2005
SOCI 5260.794, Topics in Sociology, Fall 2005
SOCI 4350.001, Community Organization, Spring 2005
SOCI 1510.007, Individuals in Society, Spring 2005
SOCI 5950.714, Master's Thesis, Spring 2005
SOCI 6100.001, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Spring 2005
SOCI 6100.791, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Spring 2005
SOCI 5950.714, Master's Thesis, Fall 2004
SOCI 6100.002, Seminar on Sociological Theory, Fall 2004
SOCI 3800.001, Sociology of Work, Fall 2004
SOCI 6900.691, Special Problems, Fall 2004

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Publications

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=
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2013). Modernity and Terrorism: From Anti-Modernity to Modern Terror. 393. BRILL. http://www.brill.com/
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (2007). The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Authoritarianism: Puritanism, Democracy and Society. 337. Springer. http://www.springer.com/us/
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2006). The International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology. 800. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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. 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
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2015). Markets (Economic and Sociological Dimensions). http://www.sociologyencyclopedia.com/public/
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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. (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
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2013). Beneath Rational Choice: Elements of "Irrational Choice Theory". Current Sociology. 61(1.780), 3–21. http://journals.sagepub.com/home/csi
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2011). Contemporary Conservatism and Medievalism: 'Nothing New Under the Sun?'. Social Science Information. 50(2), 1–28. http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ssi
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (2007). Is Income Distribution Independent of Stratification? Theoretical and Empirical Considerations. Theory & Science. 9(2), . http://theoryandscience.icaap.org/
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2007). Radical Puritanism "Rediscovered". Other. http://www.ideajournal.com/
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2007). The Most Cherished Myth: Puritanism and Liberty Reconsidered and Revised. American Sociologist. 38(1), 23‑59. http://link.springer.com/journal/12108
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (2005). Is Sociology the Science of the Irrational? Conceptions of Rationality in Sociological Theory. American Sociologist. http://link.springer.com/journal/12108
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2005). Social Exchange Theory Under Scrutiny: A Positive Critique of its Economic-Behaviorist Formulations.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2005). The Influence of Sociology on Economics: Selected Themes and Instances from Classical Sociological Theory.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2004).
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2004). Labor Markets' Institutional Properties and Distributive Justice in Modern Society: A Comparative Empirical Analysis.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2004). Paradigms for Analysis of Social Institutions: A Case for Sociological Institutionalism.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2004). Sociologics of Economy: The Social Nature, Structure and Dynamics of Economic Behavior.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2004). The Pareto Theorem Restated and Examined: Democracy and Imposition of Morality by Law.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2004). The Question of Mathematical Social Theory Revisited: Some Methodological Considerations.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2003). Conservatism, Democracy and Authoritarianism: Liberty, Social Control and Conservative Revolutions.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2003). Human Rational Behavior and Economic Rationality: Are They Equivalent?.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2003). Measuring and Making Sense of Labor Exploitation in Contemporary Society: A Comparative-Historical Analysis.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2003). Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in Analyzing Social Institutions: A Step Toward Rehabilitating Original Institutionalism.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2003). Some Amendments to Social Exchange Theory: A Sociological Perspective.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2003). The Rational Choice Approach to Human Studies: A Reexamination.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2003). Toward a Future of Social-Economic Thought and Methodology without Rules? Review Article.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2003). What is Rationality? Selected Conceptions from Social Theory.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (2002). Paths of the Max Weber-Austrian Interconnection. Review of Austrian Economics. 15(1), 35‑59. http://link.springer.com/journal/11138
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (2002). The Social Construction of Production: An Application of Economic Sociology. Other. 5(2), 147‑174. http://www.dmsp.dauphine.fr/Management/
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2001). Administration and Society: Beyond Public Choice?. Public Administration. 79(3), 665‑688. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9299
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2001). Conservatism Revisited: Between Anarchy in Economy and Leviathan in Society. Organdi Quarterly. 2, 1‑14. http://www.organdi.net/
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2001). From Catallaxy to Universal Social Theory. Theory & Science. 2(1), 1‑33. http://theoryandscience.icaap.org/
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (2001). Reexamining Economic Sociology: Beyond Rational Choice?. American Sociologist. 32(1), 85‑106. http://link.springer.com/journal/12108
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (2001). The Ontology and Epistemology of Rational Choice: Consequences for Human Freedom and Social Theory. Associations Journal. 2(1), 1‑34.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (2001). The Spectacle of American Conservatism: Quantum Leap into the Darkness of Authoritarianism?. Critical Sociology. http://journals.sagepub.com/home/crs
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (2000). Economic Distribution as a Social Process. The Social Science Journal. https://www.journals.elsevier.com/the-social-science-journal
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (1999). Economic Sociology in Retrospect and Prospect: In the Search of Identity within Economics and Sociology.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (1999). How New Is the New Political Economy in Relation to Political Sociology? Economic and Sociological Approaches to Politics Contrasted.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (1999). Political Behavior in the Social Milieu: Toward Rehabilitation of the Classical Tradition of Political Sociology.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (1999). Probing into the Social Layers of Entrepreneurship: Outlines of the Sociology of Enterprise.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (1999). Profit-Making as Social Action: An Alternative Social-Economic Perspective.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (1999). Public Choice Theory for Political Sociology.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (1999). Social Underpinnings of Economic Exchange: A Socio-economic Approach to Market Transactions.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (1999). The Rational Choice Perspective in Social Theory: An Empirical and Theoretical Appraisal.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (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, M. Z. (1999). Unification of Sociological Theory by the Rational Choice Model: Conceiving the Relationship between Economics and Sociology.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (1999). What is Really Rational Choice? Beyond the Utilitarian Conception of Rationality.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (1998). How Neo-Classical Is Neoclassical Economics? with Special Reference to Value Theory.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (1998). Revolutions in Eastern Europe in Retrospect: Theoretical and Empirical Reflections.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (1998). Socio-Economics andRational Choice Theory: Specification of Their Relations.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (1998). The Problem of General Social Theory: The Case of Rational Choice Theory.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (1998). Weberian Sociological Economics and Classical Economic Theory.
Zafirovski, M. Z. (1997). The Agenda of Economic Sociology Reformulated: The Interface Between Economics and Sociology.
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