David L. Swartz

David L. Swartz, retired from teaching, is now visiting researcher at Boston University. He is author of Symbolic Power, Politics, and Intellectuals: The Political Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu (2013), co-winner of the 2014 American Sociological Association History of Sociology Section Best Book Award. He is also author of the widely cited Culture and Power: The Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu (1997). He is one of the founders of the political sociology standing group of

the European Consortium for Political Research. His research interests include social theory, education, culture, stratification, and political sociology.