Timothy McDaniel, Professor
Ph.D. - UC Berkeley, 1979

Areas of Specialization: Political Sociology, Comparative-Historical Sociology, Revolutions, Soviet Society, Religion, Social Change

Email Address:   tmcdaniel@ucsd.edu
Phone number:    858-534-5290
Office location:  462 Social Science Building

Office Hours

Biography:

Tim McDaniel received his B.A. from UC Santa Cruz and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. He has lived in and conducted research on Latin America and the Soviet Union. His major area of interest is culture and social change, especially with respect to religion. His new book is called The Agony of the Russian Idea, an interpretation of the long-term dilemmas of Russian society. He is currently working on a book on religion and social change.

Classes to be taught in 2007/08:

Spring 2008
SOCB 111B - Human Rights: Practices and Cases
SOCC 156 - Sociology of Religion

Books:

*McDaniel, T.: The Agony of the Russian Idea, Princeton University Press, 1996.

*McDaniel, T.: Autocracy, Modernization and Revolution in Russia and Iran, Princeton University Press, 1991.

*McDaniel, T: Autocracy, Capitalism and Revolution in Russia, UC Press, 1988.

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