Education
Bailey studied at the University of Texas at Austin. In sociology in 1966 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology in 1968.
Bailey studied at the University of Texas at Austin. In sociology in 1966 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology in 1968.
He got there a Bachelor of Surgery in mathematics in 1963, a Master of Arts The last four years he got an North.D.E.A. Fellowships. Summer 1967 he participated in a shop in mathematical sociology at the Johns Hopkins University. Since 1968 he worked at the University of California, Los Angeles at the department of sociology as assistant Professor.
From 1971 to 1974 he worked there as director of a Population Research Program, a Survey Research Center at the University.
From 1974 to 1989 he was associate professor and since then professor In between he was a scholar and visiting associate professor at the department of sociology at the Tulane University from 1981 to 1983.
Since 1984 he is also a senior research fellow at the International Systems Science institute in Louisiana Jolla. Bailey participated in scientific reviews as American Sociological Review from 1974 to 1976, Systems Practice from 1987 to 1989, Behavioral Science from 1993 to 1997 and Systems Research and Behavioral Science since He also refereed in some dozen other magazines and books
Bailey is a member of the American Sociological Association, the International Society for the Systems Sciences, where he was president in 2003, and the International Sociological Association and the Society for the Study of Social Problems.