George Yancey is Professor of Sociology at the University of North Texas. His books include What Motivates Cultural Progressives?: Understanding Opposition to the Political and Christian Right.
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List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 Historical and Social Bias within Academia 3 With Whom Do Sociologists Want to Work? 4 Qualitative Explorations of Biases among Sociologists 5 Tolerance and Bias in Other Academic Disciplines 6 Social Bias and the Nature of Scientific Inquiry 7 What Can Be Done to Deal with Social Bias in Academia Appendix Supplemental Material Notes Bibliography Index
Yancey issues a clarion call to those of us in higher education that we must do a better job practicing the political tolerance that we so vigorously preach. -- Marie A Eisenstein, author of "Religion & the Politics of Tolerance: How Christianity Builds Democracy" "Groundbreaking. This research brilliantly unmasks the subtle social, philosophical, and ideological forces behind the exclusion of conservatives and their viewpoints from the academic enterprise."? -- Louis Bolce, Associate Professor of Political Science at Baruch College, City University of New York