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Neil Smelser | |
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Born | Neil Joseph Smelser July 22, 1930 |
Died | October 2, 2017[2] Berkeley, California, US | (aged 87)
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Academic advisors | Talcott Parsons |
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Academic work | |
Discipline | Sociology |
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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]