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Overview

Jeff Manza is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Education, Development, and Finance.

The main topics addressed in Manza's work include:

  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences
  • Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
  • Evaluation of Teaching Practices
  • International Development and Aid

Manza has published research articles in several academic venues, including:

  • Sociological Quarterly
  • Annual Review of Sociology
  • Theory and Society

Recent papers authored by Manza cover a range of social science issues:

  • "Mobility Optimism in an Age of Rising Inequality" (2020), published in Sociological Quarterly
  • "Sociology for Beginners" (2023), published in Annual Review of Sociology
  • "If universal basic income is the answer, what is the question?" (2022), published in Theory and Society

These publications reflect interests in social mobility, educational and economic inequality, and policy discussions such as universal basic income.

Collaborations are part of Manza's research activities, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Clem Brooks
  • Bart Bonikowski
  • Sobha Gadi

The interdisciplinary nature of Manza's work engages political science, sociology, and education research, often addressing how social policies intersect with inequality and political participation. Their work contributes to ongoing discussions on social reform and the practical implications of sociological theories in contemporary contexts.

Best Publications

  • Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy

    Jeffrey Manza;Christopher Uggen

  • Democratic contraction? Political consequences of felon disenfranchisement in the United States

    Christopher Uggen;Jeff Manza

  • Why Welfare States Persist: The Importance of Public Opinion in Democracies

    Clem Brooks;Jeff Manza

  • Citizenship, democracy, and the civic reintegration of criminal offenders

    Christopher Uggen;Jeff Manza;Melissa Thompson

  • ‘Less than the average citizen’: stigma, role transition and the civic reintegration of convicted felons

    Christopher Uggen;Jeffrey Manza;Angela Behrens

  • Social policy responsiveness in developed democracies

    Clem Brooks;Jeff Manza

  • THE PERSISTENCE OF CLASSES IN POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES:

    Mike Hout;Clem Brooks;Jeff Manza

  • The democratic class struggle in the United States, 1948-1992

    Michael Hout;Clem Brooks;Jeff Manza

  • Ballot Manipulation and the "Menace of Negro Domination": Racial Threat and Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States, 1850-2002

    Angela Behrens;Christopher Uggen;Jeff Manza

  • Class Voting in Capitalist Democracies Since World War II: Dealignment, Realignment, or Trendless Fluctuation?

    Jeff Manza;Michael Hout;Clem Brooks

  • Cleavage-based voting behavior in cross-national perspective: evidence from six postwar democracies

    Clem Brooks;Paul Nieuwbeerta;Jeff Manza

  • Why Do Welfare States Persist

    Clem Brooks;Jeff Manza

  • A Democratic Polity?: Three Views of Policy Responsiveness to Public Opinion in the United States

    Jeff Manza;Fay Lomax Cook

  • The Gender Gap in U.S. Presidential Elections: When? Why? Implications?

    Jeff Manza;Clem Brooks

  • The Religious Factor in U.S. Presidential Elections, 1960–1992

    Jeff Manza;Clem Brooks

  • Social cleavages and political change : voter alignments and U.S. party coalitions

    Jeffrey Manza;Clem Brooks

  • Public Attitudes Toward Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States

    Jeff Manza;Clem Brooks;Christopher Uggen

  • Social cleavages and political alignments: U.S. presidential elections, 1960 to 1992

    Clem Brooks;Jeff Manza

  • A Broken Public? Americans’ Responses to the Great Recession

    Clem Brooks;Jeff Manza

  • Social cleavages and political change

    Jeff Manza

  • Punishment and Democracy: Disenfranchisement of Nonincarcerated Felons in the United States

    Jeffrey Manza;Christopher Uggen

  • The Sociological Imagination

    Lynne Haney;Jeffrey Manza;Richard Arum

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Uggen
Christopher Uggen University of Minnesota
Michael Hout
Michael Hout New York University
Paul Nieuwbeerta
Paul Nieuwbeerta Leiden University
Bruce Western
Bruce Western Columbia University

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