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David Brady, Associate Professor

David Brady

 

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David Brady
Associate Professor

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Office: 337 Soc/Psych Building
Phone: 919-660-5760
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Fax: 919-660-5623
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Curriculum Vita
 
Areas of Interest: 
Poverty and Inequality,
Political Sociology,
Globalization,
Comparative/ Historical,
Work and Labor,
Research Methods
 
My research focuses on two broad themes: (1) the nature and sources of poverty and inequality; and (2) the relationships between institutions and economic globalization. These themes illustrate the three-way intersections between inequality/stratification research, economic sociology and political sociology. By demonstrating the interplay between these well-established areas of inquiry within sociology, I aim to contribute to theoretical debates within sociology and across the social sciences. In addition to these themes, I am broadly interested in stratification, political and economic sociology, comparative/historical sociology, and research methods. My research utilizes both macro- and individual-levels of analyses, and examines both the U.S. and comparative-historical cases. Many of my studies have compared the affluent democracies of Western Europe and North America; including topics like globalization, welfare states, labor unions, deindustrialization and inequality. Increasingly, I am studying less developed countries in order to understand issues of development, deprivation, democratization and social change. Last, I am always interested in hearing about new ideas from students across a host of different sociological subjects. 
 

Selected Publications/Recent Research:

 
Recent Publications   (More Publications)

    2008     Nearly Universal, But Somewhat Distinct: The Feminization of Poverty in Affluent Western Democracies, 1969-2000 Brady, David and Denise Kall. Social Science Research , Vol. Forthcoming,2008. http://www.soc.duke.edu/~brady/web/SSR07.pdf

    2008     Party to Inequality: Right Party Power and Income Inequality in Rich Western Democracies Brady, David and Kevin Leicht. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility , Vol. 26,2008. , 77-106 http://www.soc.duke.edu/~brady/web/rssm08.pdf

    2007     The Consequences of Economic Globalization for Affluent Democracies Brady, David, Jason Beckfield and Wei Zhao. Annual Review of Sociology , Vol. 33,2007. , 313-334 http://www.soc.duke.edu/~brady/web/ARS07.pdf

    2007     Reassessing the Effect of Economic Growth on Well-Being in Less Developed Countries, 1980-2003 Brady, David, Yunus Kaya, and Jason Beckfield. Studies in Comparative International Development , Vol. 42,2007. , 1-35 http://www.soc.duke.edu/~brady/web/SCIDFinal.pdf

    2007     Workers of the Less Developed World Unite? A Multi-Level Analysis of Unionization in Less Developed Countries Martin, Nathan and David Brady. American Sociological Review , Vol. 72,2007. , 562-584 http://www.soc.duke.edu/~brady/web/martinbrady.pdf

 

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