Jeff Manza is an American sociologist and professor of sociology at New York University. He is a political sociologist, known for his work on voting behavior, public opinion, and felony disenfranchisement in the United States (with Christopher Uggen).[1][2][3] He has also researched the relationship between support for government programs and economic downturns.[4] He created The Sociology Project, a series of introductory sociology textbooks written by himself and NYU colleagues that aim to reorient the presentation of sociological ideas to beginning students.
Jeff Manza | |
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| Born | Jeff Manza |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1984; M.A., 1989; Ph.D., 1995) |
| Known for | Social inequality political sociology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociology |
| Institutions | New York University Northwestern University |
| Thesis | Policy experts and political change in the new deal (1995) |
References
edit- ^ Sengupta, Somini (3 November 2000). "Felony Costs Voting Rights for a Lifetime in 9 States". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Kozlowska, Hanna (6 October 2016). "What would happen if felons could vote in the US?". Quartz. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ McElwee, Sean (2 April 2017). "The voting rights issue no one talks about: Ending the disenfranchisement of felons will strengthen democracy". Salon. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Franke-Ruta, Garance (2 October 2013). "It's Not Just Obamacare: The Real, Spectacular Rise in Opposition to Government Programs". The Atlantic. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- Jeff Manza and Clem Brooks, Social Cleavages and Political Change, Oxford University Press 1999
- Jeff Manza, Fay Lomax Cook, and Benjamin Page, Navigating Public Opinion, Oxford University Press 2002
- Jeff Manza and Christopher Uggen, Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States Oxford University Press 2006
- Clem Brooks and Jeff Manza, Why Welfare State Persist University of Chicago Press 2007
- Clem Brooks and Jeff Manza, Whose Rights? Counterterrorism and the Dark Side of U.S. Public Opinion Russell Sage Foundation Press 2013
External links
edit- Faculty page
- Jeff Manza publications indexed by Google Scholar
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