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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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The population prevalence of solitary confinement
(American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2021-11-26)Solitary confinement is a severe form of incarceration closely associated with long-lasting psychological harm and poor post-release outcomes. Estimating the population prevalence, we find that 11% of all black men in ... -
Allyship in the time of aggrievement: the case of Black Feminism and the New Black masculinities
(Routledge, 2021)In 2019, Vox reporter Jane Coaston announced that intersectionality—or the idea of mutually reinforcing systems of oppression—might be most hated word in American conservatism. Even self-identified liberals have made their ... -
Inequality Is a problem of inference: how people solve the social puzzle of unequal outcomes
(MDPI AG, 2018-08-07)A new wave of scholarship recognizes the importance of people’s understanding of inequality that underlies their political convictions, civic values, and policy views. Much less is known, however, about the sources of ... -
Neoliberalism and symbolic boundaries in Europe
(SAGE Publications, 2016-01-01)Studies suggest that the rise of neoliberalism accompanies a foregrounding of individual responsibility and a weakening of community. The authors provide a theoretical agenda for studying the interactions between the global ... -
Is America coming apart? Socioeconomic segregation in neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, and social networks, 1970–2020
(Wiley, 2021-04-07)As income inequality in the United States has reached an all-time high, commentators from across the political spectrum warn about the social implications of these economic changes. America, they fear, is “coming apart” ... -
Meritocracy, elitism and inequality
(Wiley, 2020-04)The appeal of meritocracy is plain to see, because it appears to promote equality of opportunity. However, in this paper we argue that meritocracy is also a deeply elitist project. Firstly, we place Michael Young in context ... -
Visualizing belief in meritocracy, 1930–2010
(SAGE Publications, 2018-01)In this figure I describe the long trend in popular belief in meritocracy across the Western world between 1930 and 2010. Studying trends in attitudes is limited by the paucity of survey data that can be compared across ... -
How information about inequality impacts belief in meritocracy: evidence from a randomized survey experiment in Australia, Indonesia and Mexico
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021-01-13)Most people misperceive economic inequality. Learning about actual levels of inequality and social mobility, research suggests, heightens concerns but may push people’s policy preferences in any number of directions. This ... -
Review of values at the end of life: the logic of palliative care, by Roi Livne
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Other statistical lives
(2021-10-01)While recent scholarship has considered how algorithmic risk assessment is both shaped by and impacts social inequity, public health has not adequately considered the ways that statistical risk functions in the social ...
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