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Neil Smelser
Born
Neil Joseph Smelser
(1930-07-22)July 22, 1930
Kahoka, Missouri, US
Died
October 2, 2017(2017-10-02) (aged 87)[2]
Berkeley, California, US
Academic background
Alma mater
Harvard University
Magdalen College, Oxford
Academic advisors
Talcott Parsons
Influences
Émile Durkheim[1]
Max Weber[1]
Academic work
Discipline
Sociology
Sub-discipline
Economic sociology
political sociology
Institutions
University of California, Berkeley
Neil Joseph Smelser (1930–2017) was an American sociologist who served as professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was an active researcher from 1958 to 1994. His research was on collective behavior, sociological theory, economic sociology, sociology of education, social change, and comparative methods.[3] Among many lifetime achievements, Smelser "laid the foundations for economic sociology."[4]
^ abWuthnow, Robert (2004). "Trust as an Aspect of Social Structure". In Alexander, Jeffrey C.; Marx, Gary T.; Williams, Christine L. (eds.). Self, Social Structure, and Beliefs: Explorations in Sociology. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. pp. 145–146. ISBN 978-0-520-24137-4.
^"In Memoriam: Neil Smelser passed away on October 2, 2017". UC Berkeley Sociology Department. University of California - Berkeley. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
^"Neil J. Smelser". sociology.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on 28 August 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^"Smelser, the golden era of sociology, and what we forget". 18 September 2013.
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