To cover a wide range of material in half a semester, the readings have been divided into two groups. Each week students are expected to do the common readings and come prepared to discuss them. Over ...

Menger's more detailed criticism of the historical school, Schmoller's reply, and Menger's rejoinder are epitomized as evidences that conflicts of views about procedure in social science were ...

Julia Adams has been appointed the Margaret H. Marshall Professor of Sociology, effective immediately. Her ground-breaking scholarship has shown how familial structures fundamentally transformed early ...

Two sections of the American Sociological Association presented book awards, virtually, to UC Davis faculty members Saturday and Monday (Aug. 8 and 10). The presentations took place during section ...

THIS contribution to the “Descriptive Sociology“planned by Herbert Spencer, and continued by his Trustees, is the third volume of the new octavo series, and a welcome contrast to the earlier folios.

Jeff Carter reviews Does War Make States? Investigations of Charles Tilly's Historical Sociology, edited by Lars Bo Kaspersen and Jeppe Strandsbjerg Please wait while we verify your account can view ...

In this article, I use the case of the Bendel State of Nigeria to argue that the collaboration of historians and sociologists is vital in a full analysis and in the understanding of any society. The ...

Sociology is the scientific study of societies. It's a tool for explaining the complexities of human behavior, exploring the forces of social change, and bringing facts and reason to public policy ...