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David Brooks Looks for a Few Good Sociologists

by Jerry A. Jacobs and David Brooks | January 10, 2008 | Winter 2008

While more conservative in his politics than many sociologists, Brooks often writes about topics of interest to the field and its practitioners while alternating between columns on Washington-based politics and essays on broad cultural and social issues.

Given Brooks’ interest in the social sciences in general and sociology in particular, former American Sociological Review editor Jerry A. Jacobs spoke with him about his work and how the field might facilitate more reporting on sociology.

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Jerry A. Jacobs is a professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is former editor of the American Sociological Review and is co-author of The Time Divide: Work, Family and Gender Inequality.

David Brooks writes a twice-weekly opinion column for the New York Times, is a regular weekly commentator on PBS's NewsHour, and often appears on news discussion shows such as Meet the Press.

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