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Good points. I was using Putnam and Huntington as examples, and I am very aware tha Soc is different from PS, with the exception of immigration and collective movements, which can often be in the latter. East-West: I am fascinated by the differences in government's and the role it plays (centralized vs allowing a strong free market) and it's corresponding impact on human relations, social trust, ethnic/racial tension ect. I have followed examples in US, Canada, India and Singapore and am very interested in seeing how the decisions at a top-level affect individuals on a day-to-day level. "Choice" tends to be a micro-level belief that vastly differs between the East and the West. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks.

I appreciate your good sense of humor, and understand why I would be maligned, but please let me allow to elaborate on my reasoning: 1) Research: If anything, I have research too much and have gotten in a place where I am overwhelmed, leading to a state of paralysis (my main focus is Sociology, but some of my interests go outside in PoliSci, and I can see myself in these departments). I have browsed these forums for over a year, and appreciate the good insight that many young scholars can offer, often providing names for academics that I might not have come across (1 post informed me about a scholar at Brown University which I wasn't aware of). 2) Top 10-15: This will look because of prestige, but more so because of practicality. My goal is to attain a TT in Canada, which tends to be much more selective in the urban cities because of the location and lack of private colleges. Example: McGill, UBC and the University of Toronto essentially only hire from top departments. With this reasoning, I would greatly appreciate your support and advice, and prefer if you could keep the negative comments aside. Thanks for your time.

I was hoping people could provide more advice on this area. Thanks!

1) East-West: I have always loved this topic and want to examine the difference between Eastern and Western nations, Huntington etc 2) Studying Community: In the spirit of Rober D Putnam, the evolving notion of community over time and how it affects societies - social trust etc Would appreciate your help and detailed advice, along with Professors. Looking for top 10-15 programs.

Hi, I will be applying to 2 PhD Programs within 1 school. What is the process on this? Anyone have past experience or advice? The programs aren’t in the same department (i.e Sociology is in Arts, the other isn’t). I expect to do this for several schools Please let me know if this could be a red flag. Thanks.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could resume your conversations through private messages. I came onto this board looking for support and advice and would appreciate your most insightful comments. Please stop hijacking this thread.

Thanks for your replies, but I wanted to clarify something. My query did not revolve around whether I should undertake a PhD or not - I know exactly what I'm getting into and have thought about it on-and-off for 5 years, seriously for one year. My question, as you can see, was are there top 15 programs in Sociology where you can combine Public Policy and Organizational Behavior in Sociology? Are there programs that tend to be more interdisciplinary?

Hi all, I will be applying for my PhD this year in Sociology to top 15 schools, though I need your best advice as this problem has been concerning me for many months. I would like to combine Sociology with another field for personal, but primarily, career reasons (academia is my top choice but one day I can see myself without it). Sociology is often combined with Public Policy, though often Organizational Behaviour. I have a very strong interest in the public sector (I’m a politics junkie, enjoy reading policy reports time-to-time, and have been involved in community my whole life). I have a little interest in business, though tends to focus on business processes such as strategic thinking and organizational behavior; I don’t really like the “business culture” of networking etc. Problem: My personality and skill-set is strongly geared towards business (more variety; forward-thinking; excellent communicator and charismatic; I cannot sit in front of a computer the whole day doing ‘policy’ and struggle in bureaucracies), though my interests are towards public sector. At the heart of the issue, I am a people-person that is a macro-level, deep thinker. Is there a way of combining Public Policy and Organizational Behavior in Sociology? Are there programs that tend to be more interdisciplinary? (I have interests in Social Psychology and Political Science, particularly Political Philosophy). Thanks!

Thanks for the reply jacib. I have wide-ranging interests and would like to focus on sociology, but would like to draw in on ideas from anthropology. Can you elaborate more on the sociology of globalization. My interests are: immigration/migration/diaspora/culture, identity (where would I best study this), through the context of sport. Thanks!

Hi, I am very interested in studying Post-colonialism and the battle of the east-west in sociology. Can anyone give some tips on this arena? Thanks

Hi, I know this is an old thread but there is some good information and I wanted to get an update on the area. Does anyone know Sociologia's information?