Most social scientists would like to believe that their profession contributes to solving pressing global problems. There is today no…
Even as the president was signing the debt-limit bill designed to cut spending this week, he insisted on continuing "to keep making key…
This autobiographical essay reflects on my sociological career, highlighting
the integration of sociology with social policy. I discuss the…
The Wire is set in a modern American city shaped by economic restructuring
and fundamental demographic change that led to widespread job…
From 1973 to 2007, private sector union membership in the United States declined from 34 to 8 percent for men and from 16 to 6 percent for…
States have banned smoking in workplaces, restaurants, and bars. They have increased tobacco tax rates, extended “clean air” laws, and…
Technological changes and improved electronic communications seem, paradoxically, to be making cities more, rather than less, important.…
Book abstract: Although numerous studies of religious rituals have been conducted by religious studies scholars, anthropologists,…
Background: With the introduction of Part D drug benefits, Medicare began to collect information on diagnoses, treatments, and clinical…