Miles Simpson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3633094 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Miles Simpson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Miles |
| FAMILY NAME | Simpson |
| SIGNATURE | SIMPSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina Central University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 145 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Suicide and Religion: Did Durkheim Commit the Ecological Fallacy, or Did Van Poppel and Day Combine Apples and Oranges
Political Power versus Ecological Evolutionary Forces: What are the Proximal Sources of Income Distribution
Political Rights and Income Inequality: A Cross-National Test
Among contemporary nations, the relationship between income equality and national wealth exhibits an inverted-U shape low among the richest and poorest nations, and high for nations with intermediate wealth. To examine the reasons for this relationship, I hypothesize that both political democracy and educational enrollment are related in a similar way to income inequality. Two data sets are used in this analysis: modified version of Muller's set …
Socioeconomic Development, Suicide and Religion: A Test of Durkheim's Theory of Religion and Suicide
Journal Article Socioeconomic Development, Suicide and Religion: A Test of Durkheim's Theory of Religion and Suicide Get access Miles E. Simpson, Miles E. Simpson North Carolina Central University Direct correspondence to the authors, Department of Sociology, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar George H. Conklin George H. Conklin North Carolina Central Unive…
Aging and Old Age: A New Perspective
The Family, Socio-Economic Development and Suicide: A 52 Nation Comparative Study
Empirical studies of the family and suicide are few, while comparative studies of family structure and suicide are rare. Past cross-national comparative studies of suicide rates and family variables employ only a few independent variables and a limited number of countries. Using a sample as broadly comparative as possible, we examined Durkheim s theory of the family and suicide for 52 nations. Sixteen variables are analyzed. Family measures such …
Type A Behavior, Field Dependence, and Serum Lipids
Given evidence that individual differences on the cognitive style dimension of field dependence/independence are significantly related to sympathetically mediated cardiovascular functioning and lipid metabolism, a correlational study was designed to examine associations between Type A behavior, field dependence, and serum lipids. It was hypothesized that field dependent Type A individuals would exhibit higher levels of total cholesterol and trigl…
The Sociology of Cognitive Development
The rapid growth of the platform economy has provoked scholarly discussion of its consequences for the nature of work and employment. We identify four major themes in the literature on platform work and the underlying metaphors associated with each. ...Read More
The Consequences of Social Mobility: The Problem of Indicator Measurement Error
The comments printed in this section are limited to brief critiques of articles and reviews published in the AJS. These comments are expected to address specific errors or flaws. Comments on articles are not to exceed 1,500 words, those on reviews 750 words. Authors of articles and reviews are invited to reply to comments, subject to the same length limits. The AJS does not publish commenters' rebuttals to authors' replies. Longer or less narrowl…
A Cross-National Test of the Linkage Between Economic Inequality and Political Violence
This study brings together for empirical testing three theoretical perspectives on the relationship between economic inequality and political violence. Using newly-available cross-national data on personal income inequality, we discover a moderate linear relationship between inequality and violence; neither curvilinear perspective on the inequality-violence linkage (the and the inverse V-curve hypotheses) receives even moderate support. Introduci…
Authoritarianism and Education: A Comparative Approach
Previous studies of authoritarianism and education have produced a strong negative relationship. Here we examine the relationship in four societies: the United States, Finland, Costa Rica, and Mexico. As expected, in the United States, all levels of 'education' reduce authoritarianism. But in Costa Rica, 'education' reduces authoritarianism only after the eighth grade, and in Mexico, 'education' had little effect on authoritarianism. Here, we arg…
Social Mobility, Normlessness and Powerlessness in Two Cultural Contexts
This study examines the effects of occupational and educational mobility in two Latin American countries, Costa Rica and Mexico, and in the United States. We hypothesized that the mobile person in Costa Rica or Mexico will experience more normlessness (anomia) than nonmobile persons from his class of origin and his class of destination; but in the United States, where mobility is said to be more commonly expected, the socially mobile person will …
Political Rights and Income Inequality: A Cross-National Test
Among contemporary nations, the relationship between income equality and national wealth exhibits an inverted-U shape low among the richest and poorest nations, and high for nations with intermediate wealth. To examine the reasons for this relationship, I hypothesize that both political democracy and educational enrollment are related in a similar way to income inequality. Two data sets are used in this analysis: modified version of Muller's set …
A Cross-National Test of the Linkage Between Economic Inequality and Political Violence
This study brings together for empirical testing three theoretical perspectives on the relationship between economic inequality and political violence. Using newly-available cross-national data on personal income inequality, we discover a moderate linear relationship between inequality and violence; neither curvilinear perspective on the inequality-violence linkage (the and the inverse V-curve hypotheses) receives even moderate support. Introduci…
Social Mobility, Normlessness and Powerlessness in Two Cultural Contexts
This study examines the effects of occupational and educational mobility in two Latin American countries, Costa Rica and Mexico, and in the United States. We hypothesized that the mobile person in Costa Rica or Mexico will experience more normlessness (anomia) than nonmobile persons from his class of origin and his class of destination; but in the United States, where mobility is said to be more commonly expected, the socially mobile person will …
Authoritarianism and Education: A Comparative Approach
Previous studies of authoritarianism and education have produced a strong negative relationship. Here we examine the relationship in four societies: the United States, Finland, Costa Rica, and Mexico. As expected, in the United States, all levels of 'education' reduce authoritarianism. But in Costa Rica, 'education' reduces authoritarianism only after the eighth grade, and in Mexico, 'education' had little effect on authoritarianism. Here, we arg…
Suicide and Religion: Did Durkheim Commit the Ecological Fallacy, or Did Van Poppel and Day Combine Apples and Oranges
The Family, Socio-Economic Development and Suicide: A 52 Nation Comparative Study
Empirical studies of the family and suicide are few, while comparative studies of family structure and suicide are rare. Past cross-national comparative studies of suicide rates and family variables employ only a few independent variables and a limited number of countries. Using a sample as broadly comparative as possible, we examined Durkheim s theory of the family and suicide for 52 nations. Sixteen variables are analyzed. Family measures such …
The Consequences of Social Mobility: The Problem of Indicator Measurement Error
The comments printed in this section are limited to brief critiques of articles and reviews published in the AJS. These comments are expected to address specific errors or flaws. Comments on articles are not to exceed 1,500 words, those on reviews 750 words. Authors of articles and reviews are invited to reply to comments, subject to the same length limits. The AJS does not publish commenters' rebuttals to authors' replies. Longer or less narrowl…
Social Mobility, Normlessness and Powerlessness in Two Cultural Contexts
This study examines the effects of occupational and educational mobility in two Latin American countries, Costa Rica and Mexico, and in the United States. We hypothesized that the mobile person in Costa Rica or Mexico will experience more normlessness (anomia) than nonmobile persons from his class of origin and his class of destination; but in the United States, where mobility is said to be more commonly expected, the socially mobile person will …
Authoritarianism and Education: A Comparative Approach
Previous studies of authoritarianism and education have produced a strong negative relationship. Here we examine the relationship in four societies: the United States, Finland, Costa Rica, and Mexico. As expected, in the United States, all levels of 'education' reduce authoritarianism. But in Costa Rica, 'education' reduces authoritarianism only after the eighth grade, and in Mexico, 'education' had little effect on authoritarianism. Here, we arg…
A Cross-National Test of the Linkage Between Economic Inequality and Political Violence
This study brings together for empirical testing three theoretical perspectives on the relationship between economic inequality and political violence. Using newly-available cross-national data on personal income inequality, we discover a moderate linear relationship between inequality and violence; neither curvilinear perspective on the inequality-violence linkage (the and the inverse V-curve hypotheses) receives even moderate support. Introduci…
The Consequences of Social Mobility: The Problem of Indicator Measurement Error
The comments printed in this section are limited to brief critiques of articles and reviews published in the AJS. These comments are expected to address specific errors or flaws. Comments on articles are not to exceed 1,500 words, those on reviews 750 words. Authors of articles and reviews are invited to reply to comments, subject to the same length limits. The AJS does not publish commenters' rebuttals to authors' replies. Longer or less narrowl…
The Sociology of Cognitive Development
The rapid growth of the platform economy has provoked scholarly discussion of its consequences for the nature of work and employment. We identify four major themes in the literature on platform work and the underlying metaphors associated with each. ...Read More
Type A Behavior, Field Dependence, and Serum Lipids
Given evidence that individual differences on the cognitive style dimension of field dependence/independence are significantly related to sympathetically mediated cardiovascular functioning and lipid metabolism, a correlational study was designed to examine associations between Type A behavior, field dependence, and serum lipids. It was hypothesized that field dependent Type A individuals would exhibit higher levels of total cholesterol and trigl…
The Family, Socio-Economic Development and Suicide: A 52 Nation Comparative Study
Empirical studies of the family and suicide are few, while comparative studies of family structure and suicide are rare. Past cross-national comparative studies of suicide rates and family variables employ only a few independent variables and a limited number of countries. Using a sample as broadly comparative as possible, we examined Durkheim s theory of the family and suicide for 52 nations. Sixteen variables are analyzed. Family measures such …
Aging and Old Age: A New Perspective
Socioeconomic Development, Suicide and Religion: A Test of Durkheim's Theory of Religion and Suicide
Journal Article Socioeconomic Development, Suicide and Religion: A Test of Durkheim's Theory of Religion and Suicide Get access Miles E. Simpson, Miles E. Simpson North Carolina Central University Direct correspondence to the authors, Department of Sociology, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar George H. Conklin George H. Conklin North Carolina Central Unive…
Political Rights and Income Inequality: A Cross-National Test
Among contemporary nations, the relationship between income equality and national wealth exhibits an inverted-U shape low among the richest and poorest nations, and high for nations with intermediate wealth. To examine the reasons for this relationship, I hypothesize that both political democracy and educational enrollment are related in a similar way to income inequality. Two data sets are used in this analysis: modified version of Muller's set …
Political Power versus Ecological Evolutionary Forces: What are the Proximal Sources of Income Distribution
Suicide and Religion: Did Durkheim Commit the Ecological Fallacy, or Did Van Poppel and Day Combine Apples and Oranges
Sociology (9 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (3 works)