ninabandelj.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine — economic sociology, culture, emotions, work & organizations, comparative political economy — new book, "Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Parening" (Princeton University Press, 2026)
👤 Joined on 15 November 2024
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@ninabandelj.bsky.socialSuper happy to have received this fellowship opportunity as I work through my data involving working-class political and cultural views and what such folks would like to see from government.
Show PostListen: @ninabandelj.bsky.social, author of Overinvested, spoke with the @reachoutandread.bsky.social podcast about when, why, and how we decided as a society to dedicate all our parenting resources to the “human capitalization of children":
Show PostThe pediatric-checkup-as-parenting-evaluation feeling is so real. Love the Reach Out and Read angle here: books as support for the relationship, not just another optimization task.
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