Neil J. Smelser
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Neil J. Smelser was an influential American sociologist known for his work on social theory, economic sociology, and collective behavior.
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| Neil J. Smelser canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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sociologist ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | sociology ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
United States
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international sociology community ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| coEditorOf | The Handbook of Economic Sociology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Talcott Parsons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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London School of Economics ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| familyName | Smelser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
collective behavior
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comparative sociology ⓘ economic sociology ⓘ social change ⓘ social theory ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| genre | academic writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Neil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicRank | emeritus professor ⓘ |
| influenced |
economic sociology
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modernization theory ⓘ the study of collective behavior ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Talcott Parsons
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Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to economic sociology
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development of value-added theory of collective behavior ⓘ work on social change and modernization ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Neil J. Smelser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Social Change in the Industrial Revolution
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Sociology ⓘ The Handbook of Economic Sociology NERFINISHED ⓘ The Social Edges of Psychoanalysis NERFINISHED ⓘ Theory of Collective Behavior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
sociologist
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
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president of the American Sociological Association ⓘ professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| theoreticalOrientation | structural functionalism ⓘ |
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