The erosion of social capital has weakened some of America's most entrenched civic organizations and furthered a sense of individualism among its citizens.
Second generation South Asians in London are well on their way to becoming W.E.I.R.D.
Mad Men was always a sociological commentary on American culture.
The U.S. has red states and blue states. China has rice provinces and wheat provinces, and the profound differences between them provide evidence of how cultural assumptions arise.
Researchers report an increase in individualistic words and phrases in American books published over the past half-century.
Researchers argue the much-decried homogenization of America is, in part, a product of our residential mobility.
A survey of American social values over recent decades finds an increasing emphasis on self-respect, while security and a sense of belonging decline in importance.