A new Sociology of Development Policy Brief is out! Volume 4, Issue 3 (2019) is “The Organized Hypocrisy of Development Funding: Maternal Mortality Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa” by Jamie M. Sommer (University of South Florida), John M. Shandra (State University of New York at Stony Brook), Michael Restivo (State University of New York at Geneseo), …
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Sociology of Development Policy Brief: “The Varieties of Chinese Capital in the Developing World”
A new Sociology of Development Policy Brief is out! Volume 4, Issue 2 (2019) is “The Varieties of Chinese Capital in the Developing World” by Alvin Camba (Johns Hopkins University). Also, here is a message from our Policy Brief editor Alaka Basu: I welcome expressions of interest. While I am open to any ideas you …
Sociology of Development Policy Brief: “Broadband Internet, Fertility and Work from Home”
A new Sociology of Development Policy Brief is out! Volume 4, Issue 1 (2019) is “Broadband Internet, Fertility and Work from Home” by Francesco C. Billari (Universita’ Bocconi), Osea Giuntella (University of Pittsburgh), and Luca Stella (Universita’ Bocconi and IZA). Also, here is a message from our Policy Brief editor Alaka Basu: Here (at last!) …
New Issue of Sociology of Development
New Issue Alert! The Fall 2019 issue of Sociology of Development is published and live. This is a special issue on Developmental Idealism, guest edited by Arland Thornton and Keera Allendorf. Table of contents and link below. Sociology of Development, Table of Contents, Vol. 5 No. 3, Fall 2019 Link to issue: https://socdev.ucpress.edu/content/5/3 "New Research …
New Subsection: International Political Economy
Sociology of Development is pleased to announce the launch of a new subsection! International Political Economy The International Political Economy (IPE) subsection of the Sociology of Development seeks to bring together scholars who study the intersection of states and markets through a cross-national lens. IPE scholars recognize the centrality of the political economy for studying …
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New Issue of Sociology of Development!
New issue alert! The latest edition of Sociology of Development is out with four excellent papers! Please see below for the link to the issue. Sociology of Development, Table of Contents, Vol. 5 No. 2, Summer 2019 https://socdev.ucpress.edu/content/5/2 “Making Medicines in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda in the AIDS Era: Toward a Sociology of Developmental Foreign …
New Issue of Sociology of Development
We are very pleased to announce that the new issue of Sociology of Development is live. This is a special issue authored by four of the keynote speakers at last year’s 6th Annual Sociology of Development Conference at Wayne State University; Rina Agarwala, Arthur Alderson, Thomas Dietz, and Moshe Semyonov. These papers well reflect both the high …
Sociology of Development Vol 4. No. 2
Sociology of Development Table of Contents, Vol. 4 No. 2, Summer 2018 Link to issue: http://socdev.ucpress.edu/content/4/2?current-issue=y “It Takes a Village: Individual- and Community-Level Effects of Women's Education on Child Malnutrition in Nigeria” Rebekah Burroway, Andrew Hargrove (pp. 145-168) DOI: 10.1525/sod.2018.4.2.145 “Programmatic Configurations for the Twenty-First-Century Developmental State in Urban Brazil” Christopher L. Gibson (pp. 169-190) DOI: 10.1525/sod.2018.4.2.169 …
New Issue of Sociological Insights for Development Policy
Dear Development Sociology Colleagues, The Policy Brief Committee is pleased to announce the publication of another brief in our ''Sociological Insights for Development Policy'' series. This month our colleague Jennifer Keahey discusses the pros and cons of market-based sustainability using the example of Rooibos tea. Click HERE to access the policy brief, or click on …
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Spring Sectors Newsletter
Dear development sociologists, I am delighted to share with you the very substantial spring 2018 issue of Sectors, the Sociology of Development section newsletter. In it, you’ll find essays on the state of the field, interviews with section award winners, announcements, updates and reports of various kinds, and reminders of upcoming events of interest to …
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