Dr. Michael Burton


Michael Burton has been a member of the Loyola Sociology Department since 1978, and has served two terms as its Chair (1982-86 & 1989-92). A native Texan, he received his undergraduate degree in sociology from the University of Houston and his MA and Ph.D. degrees sociology from the University of Texas at Austin. Courses he regularly teaches include: "Self and Society," "Societies and Institutions," "American Society," "Protest! Legacies of the Sixties," "Social Inequality," and "Global Sociology." Burton's main research interests are in the broad area of political sociology, and more specifically in national elites and the foundations of political stability and democracy. He has published a number of book chapters as well as articles in the American Sociological Review, Sociological Quarterly, Journal of Political and Military Sociology, International Politics and Government and Opposition.



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