Entrepreneurs and the Search for the American Dream explores several "myths" associated with American entrepreneurship: the idea that small business owners are "job creators"; that entrepreneurs are the "backbone" or "engine" of the economy; that...
Paul Almeida presented the Spanish translation of Waves of Protest to the History and Sociology Departments at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH). Link to Full Story
Professor Dodson’s research on gender and protest activity was recently published in Social Currents. In the article, he shows how shared beliefs about gender influence the kinds of protest in which men and women participate. In contexts where the public holds more traditional...
Paul Almeida and Allen Cordero presented their recently published edited volume the Handbook of Social Movements across Latin America (2015) at the Latin American Sociological Association Meetings on November 30 in Costa Rica.
The Economic Policy Institute hosted an event to present a new book on deportations which explores how they have become a tool in a broader strategy to police immigrant workers and keep them exploited in the name of global capitalism. Dr. Tanya Golash-Boza, the author of Deported: Policing...
The Spanish translation of Paul Almeida's book, Olas de Movilizacion Popular, was listed as a top 10 Best Seller in El Salvador. The study focuses on the rise and fall of waves of popular mobilization and social change in El Salvador between 1925 and 2010. A national radio show dedicated to the...
Professor Dodson’s article on the importance of economic threat for protest participation was recently accepted for publication at Sociological Perspectives. The articles demonstrates that the mobilizing influence of economic threat (in this case, rising unemployment) is strongest when...
Scholars and educators alike believe raising expectations leads to higher achievement and self esteem among adolescents. But new research from the University of California, Merced, shows that when a young woman’s achievement level doesn’t live up to those expectations, the result can be an increase...
Current and prospective graduate students have new degree options at UC Merced, which recently received approval from the UC system and the WASC Senior College and University Commission for both master’s and doctoral degrees in sociology.
Sociology students at UC Merced previously could only obtain...
Current and prospective graduate students have new degree options at UC Merced, which recently received approval from the UC system and the WASC Senior College and University Commission for both master’s and doctoral degrees in sociology.
Sociology students at UC Merced previously...
