Claudio Benzecry

Archival Work as Qualitative Sociology

Qualitative Sociology · 2020 · 36 citations

The Perfect Fit

2022 · 11 citations

How do you know? Seven theses on qualitative sociology as theory and method

International Sociology · 2022 · 6 citations

In its seven theses, this article discusses: (a) how different qualitative sociology is from other approaches; (b) the role of ‘casing’ in generating both units of analysis and settings; (c) the theoretical and empirical work of adjudicating what some emergent phenomena is a case of; (d) the ‘modelization’ through writing of our case as a research object; (e) the rhetorical construction of causality and the central role of ‘puzzles’ on it; (f) the reflexive epistemological vigilance about the ro…

For a Strabismic Sociology: A View from the Southern Cone

Sociological Theory · 2025-10-18 · 1 citations

This article, adapted from the 19th Lewis A. Coser lecture delivered in 2024 at the American Sociological Association Meetings, presents three intertwined and sometimes overlapping arguments. First, I examine the limitations of the category “Global South” for studying Latin America. Second, I develop this critique by proposing a perspective distinct from both Northern theory and Global South approaches—what I call a “strabismic” standpoint. Third, I demonstrate this perspective in situ through t…

I wonder if this is like a saxophone: An Interview with Howard Becker

Qualitative Sociology · 2023-05-10 · 1 citations