When people talk about poverty in the United States, most talk about income. But income is just half of the story, says Christina Gibson-Davis, a professor of public policy and sociology at Duke's ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with sociologist Matthew Desmond about his new book, "Poverty, by America." He says poverty persists in the U.S. because the rest of our society benefits from it. Why does a ...

High school changes people. For me, I think high school made me grow up, even if just a little. Maybe walking through the halls, gazing at the homeless, or the parentless or just simply poor kids does ...

Shaefer is the Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor and Associate Dean at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Edin is the William Church Osbourne Professor of Sociology and ...

Readers on energy poverty this winter - YOUR VIEWS: Our community agreed that rising energy bills, poor insulation, and inefficient housing are forcing many families into dangerously cold homes ...

The specific objective of The Canadian Journal of Sociology/Cahiers canadiens de sociologie (CJS) is the dissemination of original and significant research and theory produced largely, but not ...

The American Journal of Economics and Sociology (AJES) was founded in 1941, with support from the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, to provide a forum for continuing discussion of issues emphasized by ...

“Broadly, relying on charity to solve poverty is never going to work because these kinds of biases against those most in need are likely to stand in the way of charity work.” Yet a new study in the ...

Rural poverty in Sri Lanka is frequently highlighted, yet remains unresolved. According to experts, a large portion of the ...

DR. HURRY has, in a previous volume, discussed the vicious ciccles of disease. He now enters the domains of sociology and economics and deals with poverty in a similar manner.“Poverty” he defines as ...

The accelerated degree program combines a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Sociology with a concentration in urban sociology (181 credits) and a Master of Science (MS) degree in Urban Strategy (48 ...