Sociology

The Sociology Department at Berkeley is reputed for studies of states, institutions, culture, gender, poverty, immigration, labor and women's movements, social mobility, development, affirmative action, schooling, working families, intellectuals, urban gangs, children, prisons, and churches. Faculty and graduate students specialize in research in all regions of the globe - from East Asia and South Asia to the former Soviet Union, Latin America, Europe, Africa as well as North America. Scholarship ranges from the latest statistical models to cutting-edge ethnographic research, from historical inquiry to survey analysis.

Research Tools
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Library Guides
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Sociology Guides and Topical Bibliographies, General Guides

About the Sociology Collection
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Related Pages
Sociology Department
Institute for the Study of Social Change
Institute of Governmental Studies
Institute of Industrial Relations
Survey Research Center

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