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 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 …
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 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 …
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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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 …
Dear development sociologists, I am delighted to share our latest Policy Brief, Sociological Insights for Development Policy. This issue is devoted to the very timely topic of the industrial sector. Specifically, Roshan Pandian (our section's 2016 Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award recipient) discusses the declining developmental impact of manufacturing employment for less developed countries. Thanks …
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In the newest policy brief, our colleague, Professor Maryann Bylander extends our understanding of the potential harms of microcredit. Drawing on her extensive research in Cambodia, she argues that microcredit can compel unwanted migration. The combination of indebtedness and migration can exacerbate individuals' vulnerability, causing them to move into potentially exploitative work. She recommends that …
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Volume 3, Issue 1 of Sociological Insights for Development Policy is now available HERE or by clicking on the Policy Brief tab of the Section Website. In this issue, Professor Victoria Reyes provides a fascinating discussion of the impacts of ships on host communities, and makes recommendations to address the social problems that ships create …
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The fall 2017 issue of Sectors, the Sociology of Development section newsletter, is hot off the presses! Please click HERE to access this and other issues or click on the Sectors Newsletters tab on this website. Thank you to newsletter editors, Victoria Reyes and Kelly Birch Maginot, for their work in putting together this terrific …
