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Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 31 Citations 6,813 120 World Ranking 5623 National Ranking 2783

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Awards & Achievements

2013 - Public Understanding of Sociology Award, American Sociological Association

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • World War II
  • Law
  • Capitalism

Her main research concerns Gender studies, Immigration, Politics, Tertiary sector of the economy and Public administration. Her Gender studies research incorporates elements of Movement, Set, Demographic economics and World War II. Her Set research focuses on Social movement and how it relates to Theory of generations and Management.

Her studies deal with areas such as Economic growth, Quarter and Environmental protection as well as Immigration. While the research belongs to areas of Tertiary sector of the economy, she spends her time largely on the problem of Economic Justice, intersecting her research to questions surrounding Negotiation, Value and Political economy. Her studies in Public administration integrate themes in fields like Work systems, Development economics and Relevance.

Her most cited work include:

  • The New American Workplace: Transforming Work Systems in the United States. (463 citations)
  • Gender at Work: The Dynamics of Job Segregation by Sex during World War II (234 citations)
  • L.A. Story: Immigrant Workers and the Future of the U.S. Labor Movement (133 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Ruth Milkman spends much of her time researching Labour economics, Gender studies, Immigration, Demographic economics and Politics. Her research on Labour economics often connects related topics like Family Leave. Her Gender studies study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Labor history and World War II.

In her study, State is strongly linked to Economic growth, which falls under the umbrella field of Immigration. Her Politics study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Tertiary sector of the economy and Political economy. Economic Justice connects with themes related to Public administration in her study.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Labour economics (20.59%)
  • Gender studies (17.65%)
  • Immigration (13.24%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Gender studies (17.65%)
  • Demographic economics (11.03%)
  • Immigration (13.24%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Ruth Milkman mainly focuses on Gender studies, Demographic economics, Immigration, Labour economics and Precariat. Her work deals with themes such as Theory of generations, Social movement and Set, which intersect with Gender studies. The concepts of her Demographic economics study are interwoven with issues in Collective action, Workforce and Family Leave.

Her study in Immigration is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Low wage and Individualism. Ruth Milkman combines topics linked to State with her work on Labour economics. Her research in Precariat intersects with topics in Precarious work and Age discrimination.

Between 2016 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • A New Political Generation: Millennials and the Post-2008 Wave of Protest: (96 citations)
  • Working for justice : the L.A. model of organizing and advocacy (65 citations)
  • Algorithmic Control in Platform Food Delivery Work (13 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • World War II
  • Law
  • Capitalism

Ruth Milkman mainly investigates Gender studies, Precariat, Positive economics, Perspective and Justice. Her Gender studies study combines topics in areas such as Theory of generations, Social movement, Politics and Set. Ruth Milkman has researched Precariat in several fields, including Precarious work and Age discrimination.

The Justice study combines topics in areas such as Public relations and Public administration.

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Best Publications

Gender at Work: The Dynamics of Job Segregation by Sex during World War II

Ruth Milkman.
(1987)

1057 Citations

The New American Workplace: Transforming Work Systems in the United States.

Ruth Milkman;Eileen Appelbaum;Rosemary Batt.
(1994)

708 Citations

Farewell to the Factory: Auto Workers in the Late Twentieth Century

Ruth Milkman.
(1997)

409 Citations

DIVIDED WE STAND

Ruth Milkman.
New Labor Forum (2006)

385 Citations

Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers: Violations of Employment and Labor Laws in America's Cities

Annette Bernhardt;Ruth Milkman;Nik Theodore;Douglas D. Heckathorn.
(2009)

364 Citations

Women's Work and Economic Crisis: Some Lessons of the Great Depression

Ruth Milkman.
Review of Radical Political Economics (1976)

341 Citations

Helots No More: A Case Study of the Justice for Janitors Campaign in Los Angeles

Roger D Waldinger;Chris Erickson;Ruth Milkman;Daniel Mitchell.
The Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies (1996)

286 Citations

A New Political Generation: Millennials and the Post-2008 Wave of Protest:

Ruth Milkman.
American Sociological Review (2017)

284 Citations

Women, Work and Protest: A Century of U.S. Women's Labor History

Ruth Milkman.
(1990)

272 Citations

Leaves That Pay: Employer and Worker Experiences with Paid Family Leave in California

Eileen Appelbaum;Ruth Milkman.
EPRN (2011)

241 Citations

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