Many of the social outcomes and patterns located at the very center of sociological inquiry are grounded in interaction ritual dynamics. Yet, while broadly used...

Abstract. This article focuses on a key concept in the sociologies of justification and engagement: “the situation.” We argue that despite the centrality of “the disposition of the situation” in such ...

Elites and higher-class people often downplay – even conceal – their status when interacting with people of lower class/status than themselves. This finding has...