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Michael Burawoy (15 June 1947 – 3 February 2025) was a British sociologist who worked within Marxist social theory, best known as the leading proponent of public sociology and the author of Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process Under Monopoly Capitalism—a study on the sociology of industry [12] that has been translated into a number of languages.
Michael Hughes is a sociologist and academic. He is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Virginia Tech. [1]Hughes' research focuses on mental health and race, exploring the relation between social factors, individual experiences, racial attitudes, and cultural influences.
Michael Alan Messner (born 1952) is an American sociologist. His main areas of research are gender (especially men's studies ) and the sociology of sports . He is the author of several books, he gives public speeches and teaches on issues of gender-based violence , the lives of men and boys, and gender and sports.
In The Status Syndrome: How your social standing directly affects your health and life expectancy, he argues that socio-economic position is an important determinant for health outcomes. This result holds even if we control for the effects of income, education and risk factors (such as smoking) on health.
Michael Frederick Hauben (May 1, 1973 – June 27, 2001) was an American Internet theorist and author. He pioneered the study of the social impact of the Internet. Based on his interactive online research, in 1993 he coined the term and developed the concept of Netizen to describe an Internet user who actively contributes towards the development of the Net and acts as a citizen of the Net and ...
Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.
Mann received a B.A. in modern history in 1963 and a D.Phil. in sociology in 1971 from the University of Oxford. [4] Mann was lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex from 1971 to 1977. He then became reader in Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, from 1977 to 1987. Mann has been a professor of Sociology at ...
Michael Hechter is an American sociologist and Foundation Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University. [1] He is also Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington. [2] Hechter first became known for his research in comparative-historical analysis.