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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/906
The Department of Sociology at Boston University fosters teaching and research that expand knowledge of human social behavior. By introducing students to the art and science of sociology, including its theories and methods, the Department contributes to the education of active, critically informed and globally-aware citizens, as well as to the training of the next generation of teachers, policy makers, and scholars. Learn more about our Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Ph.D. degrees.
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Department chair: Dr. Nazli Kibria
Campus address: 96-100 Cummington Street
Phone: 617-353-2591
Fax: 617-353-4837
Website: www.bu.edu/sociology
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Autonomy as empowerment, or how gendered power manifests itself in contemporary Russian families
(Springer, Cham, 2020-11-01)What constitutes power in the household, and how much power do contemporary Russian women have vis-à-vis their husbands? Research on intrahousehold gendered power has typically focused on three contexts: employment and ... -
Science and democracy reconsidered
(Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), 2020-01-08)To what extent is the normative commitment of STS to the democratization of science a product of the democratic contexts where it is most often produced? STS scholars have historically offered a powerful critical lens ... -
Out-of-control criminal justice: the systems improvement solution for more safety, justice, accountability, and efficiency
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Solitary confinement and the U.S. prison boom
(SAGE Publications, 2019-12-29)Solitary confinement is a harsh form custody involving isolation from the general prison population and highly restricted access to visitation and programs. Using detailed prison records covering 30 years of practices in ... -
The ecology of race and punishment across cities
(Wiley, 2020-03)In an era of mass incarceration in the United States, neighborhood context plays a significant role in demographic patterns of imprisonment. This paper examines the preprison neighborhood environment of racial and ethnic ... -
Drug use in the year after prison
(Elsevier BV, 2019-08)With poor health and widespread drug problems in the U.S. prison population, post-prison drug use provides an important measure of both public health and social integration following incarceration. We study the correlates ... -
Consumer credit surveillance
(Oxford University Press, 2019-12-01)This chapter reviews the development of consumer credit surveillance in the United States from the nineteenth century, as the original problem of information asymmetry in consumer lending gave rise to consumer data registries, ... -
Moral-ethical and legal aspects of surrogate motherhood: origins, international experience, problems
(MedMedia, 2017-12-27)The article traces first commercial surrogacy contracts to the late 1970s Michigan, USA, and examines the most common moral objections to the practice of surrogacy. It familiarizes the readers with several recent sociological ... -
Consumer credit in comparative perspective
(Annual Reviews, 2018-07-01)We review the literature in sociology and related fields on the fast global growth of consumer credit and debt and the possible explanations for this expansion. We describe the ways people interact with the strongly segmented ... -
Creditworthy: A History of Consumer Surveillance and Financial Identity in America
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2019-03-01)
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