# Jeff Manza

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'''Jeff Manza''' is an American sociologist and professor of sociology at [New York University](/source/New_York_University). He is a political sociologist, known for his work on [voting behavior](/source/voting_behavior), [public opinion](/source/public_opinion), and [felony disenfranchisement in the United States](/source/felony_disenfranchisement_in_the_United_States) (with [Christopher Uggen](/source/Christopher_Uggen)).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/03/us/felony-costs-voting-rights-for-a-lifetime-in-9-states.html | title=Felony Costs Voting Rights for a Lifetime in 9 States | work=The New York Times | date=3 November 2000 | accessdate=19 June 2017 | author=Sengupta, Somini}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://qz.com/784503/what-would-happen-if-felons-could-vote/ | title=What would happen if felons could vote in the US? | work=Quartz | date=6 October 2016 | accessdate=19 June 2017 | author=Kozlowska, Hanna}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.salon.com/2017/04/02/the-voting-rights-issue-no-one-talks-about-ending-the-disenfranchisement-of-felons-will-strengthen-democracy/ | title=The voting rights issue no one talks about: Ending the disenfranchisement of felons will strengthen democracy | work=Salon | date=2 April 2017 | accessdate=19 June 2017 | author=McElwee, Sean}}</ref> He has also researched the relationship between support for government programs and economic downturns.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/10/its-not-just-obamacare-the-real-spectacular-rise-in-opposition-to-government-programs/280017/ | title=It's Not Just Obamacare: The Real, Spectacular Rise in Opposition to Government Programs | work=The Atlantic | date=2 October 2013 | accessdate=19 June 2017 | author=Franke-Ruta, Garance}}</ref> He created The Sociology Project, a series of introductory sociology textbooks written by himself and NYU colleagues that aim to reorient the presentation of sociological ideas to beginning students.

==References==
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*[Jeff Manza and Clem Brooks, Social Cleavages and Political Change, Oxford University Press 1999](/source/Jeff_Manza_and_Clem_Brooks%2C_Social_Cleavages_and_Political_Change%2C_Oxford_University_Press_1999)
*[Jeff Manza, Fay Lomax Cook, and Benjamin Page, Navigating Public Opinion, Oxford University Press 2002](/source/Jeff_Manza%2C_Fay_Lomax_Cook%2C_and_Benjamin_Page%2C_Navigating_Public_Opinion%2C_Oxford_University_Press_2002)
*[Jeff Manza and Christopher Uggen, Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States Oxford University Press 2006](/source/Jeff_Manza_and_Christopher_Uggen%2C_Locked_Out%3A_Felon_Disenfranchisement_in_the_United_States_Oxford_University_Press_2006)
*[Clem Brooks and Jeff Manza, Why Welfare State Persist University of Chicago Press 2007](/source/Clem_Brooks_and_Jeff_Manza%2C_Why_Welfare_State_Persist_University_of_Chicago_Press_2007)
*[Clem Brooks and Jeff Manza, Whose Rights? Counterterrorism and the Dark Side of U.S. Public Opinion Russell Sage Foundation Press 2013](/source/Clem_Brooks_and_Jeff_Manza%2C_Whose_Rights%3F_Counterterrorism_and_the_Dark_Side_of_U.S._Public_Opinion_Russell_Sage_Foundation_Press_2013)

==External links==
*[http://as.nyu.edu/faculty/jeff-manza.html Faculty page]
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