2008
- Abram de Swaan (2008), ‘Constraints and challenges in building hospitals: The sociological view ‘ in: Cor Wagenaar (red.), Abram de Swaan, Stephen Verderber, Charles Jencks, Aaron Betsky, Roger Ulrich e.a., The Architecture of Hospitals, NAI publishers, Rotterdam, 2008.
2005
- Mutual Funds: then and here, now and there. Informal savings and insurance funds in the nineteenth century West and the present non-western world. In: Abram de Swaan & Marcel van der Linden (Eds): Mutualist Microfinance. Informal Savings Funds from the Global Periphery to the Core? Amsterdam: Aksant, 2005, p. 11-30.
- Elite Perceptions of the Poor: reflections on a comparative research project. In: Elisa P. Reis & Mick Moore (Eds): Elite Perceptions of poverty and inequality. London/New York: ZED Books, 2005. Pp. 182-194.
- Sociogenesi e psicogenesi dellódio: riflessioni sul caso del Ruanda. In: D. Mezzana & G. Quaranta: Società Africane. L’Africa sub-sahariana tra immagine e realtà. Milano: Zelig Edition, 2005. pp. 271-294.
- The European Void: the democratic deficit as a cultural deficiency. In: E. Busek (Ed.): Grenzen und Grenzüberschreitungen. Europäisch Forum Alpbach 2004. Wien: Verlag Österreich, 2005. pp. 379-387.
2004
- About the misconception that the Dutch don’t have an identity of their own. De Gids, 167, nr. 4/5, Mai-June 2004, pp. 117-118. Special issue: Misunderstanding the Netherlands.
- Endangered Languages. Sociolinguistic sentimentalism. European Review, Fall 2004.
