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A more up to date ASA job bank survey. http://www.asanet.org/documents/research/pdfs/2012_2013_ASA_Job_Bank_Survey.pdf "Politics and social change" is quite high in the rankings of job posting (6th). There is a small mismatch between job postings and student specializations in this field, but it's not as bad as other areas (e.g. social psych, stratification).

Your research interests sound cool and I'm sure you'd be fine in a sociology program. Although, I may be a bit biased since I am also interested in the persistence of free market (and alternative) development models, but in Latin America. Also, political economy is an inherently interdisciplinary field no matter what discipline one is in--sociology, political science, economics, or history. I actually find myself citing political scientists and economists as often as I cite sociologists. In my opinion, having a poli sci background and being quantitative would make you more marketable. You should be able to benefit from attending conferences and making connections in both fields (e.g. both ASA and APSA). What sociology program are you waitlisted for?

Officially committed to UCLA. This should be fun!! Others going to or considering saying yes to UCLA and who are interested in political economy and comparative historical sociology should know we're getting a new faculty member in the fall. http://kevanharris.princeton.edu/biocv

I can see why someone would say that. From what I heard while visiting UCLA and talking to UCI profs about UCLA is that the program is too big. It's not so much that they expect you to fail, but some students may feel neglected in the program. The extent to which this is a problem really depends on how independent one is and what kind of advising one needs. I'm most likely saying yes to UCLA.

I'm a current undergrad at Riverside (I've also been accepted here) and I know too much about this program. Message me any questions you have about the department--I'll try to be as honest as possible. I also know plenty of current grad students, so I generally know how they feel about the program.

I got in too. I'm a current undergrad here. I literally just have to walk across the street for visit day!

I'm a current undergrad at UC Riverside. As far as I know, decisions have been made, but they're waiting to get them through grad division first. I think they're trying to give funding details along with the accepts (not all programs do this). Ya'll can ask me questions if you like. Here or PM. I know some of the faculty personally and I've taken a couple of graduate courses.

You're a life saver. Thanks for the heads up!

I'm definitely going to the open house. Irvine is a great fit, so I'm really excited.

I was accepted to UC Irvine last week (2 February). Waiting on funding. You can PM me if you have any questions, but if they're relevant to others go ahead and ask them here. I'm guessing that you're in limbo. I don't want to kill your hopes, but I received an email on Sunday about open house. The email was sent out to me and more than twenty other people--I'm guessing all the persons accepted. You shouldn't take this as proof that they're no longer accepting anyone, but that's a pretty big group of people. EDIT: Looks like someone (asheleeyang) beat me to what I said.