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As one of the world's most forward-thinking publishers, UC Press gives voice, reach, and impact to innovative research and exceptional scholarship.

As one of the world's most forward-thinking publishers, UC Press gives voice, reach, and impact to innovative research and exceptional scholarship.

At UC Press, open access—the free, immediate, unrestricted, online access to peer-reviewed research and scholarly work—is central to our mission to drive progressive change by seeking out and cultivating the brightest minds and giving them voice, reach, and impact.

Civic Sociology aims to be a forum for the cultivation of normative inquiry within the discipline, and to offer a space for the many conversations that different ethical turns have spurred.

As one of the world's most forward-thinking publishers, UC Press gives voice, reach, and impact to innovative research and exceptional scholarship.

Elisabeth Becker is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Religion & Its Publics project at the University of Virginia and the Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture, where her research focuses on Muslim migrant/post-migrant responses to exclusion in urban contexts. She is also Associate Editor of

Siobhan McAndrew is a lecturer with the University of Bristol’s School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, where her research interests focus on the social science of culture, religion and value change. She recently joined the editorial team of Civic Sociology, an open-access journal f

Rubén Flores is a sociologist at University College Dublin whose research has contributed to the sociology of compassion and care. He recently joined the editorial team of Civic Sociology, a new open-access journal from University of California Press. UC Press: Welcome to Civic Sociology! Rubé

Dr. Rhiannon Leebrick is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Wofford College. Her research interests include environmental sociology, political economy and globalization, and social theory. She recently joined the editorial team of Civic Sociology, an open-access journal from University of Californi