The third issue of 2020 for Sociology of Development is now published and live! The link to the issue and table of contents is below. Sociology of Development VOLUME 6 NUMBER 3 FALL 2020 Link to issue: https://online.ucpress.edu/socdev/issue/6/3 Production Globalization and the Segmentation of the Global Manufacturing Sector By MATTHEW MAHUTGA The Empowerment Paradox: Exploring …
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A new Sociology of Development Policy Brief is out! Volume 5, Issue 6 (2020) is: "Mass Incarceration as a Factor in the US Mortality Disadvantage" by Sebastian Daza (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Alberto Palloni (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Jerrett Jones (University of Wisconsin-Madison). Below is a message from our policy brief editor, Alaka M. Basu: Here …
Enrique Pumar is co-editing a special issue of the Delaware Review of Latin American Studies. He says: we would be delighted to receive papers from our development colleagues and their contacts. We are looking forward to publishing an inclusive and diverse issue with papers from different perspectives and disciplines. For more information, see the link below: …
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A new Sociology of Development Policy Brief is out! Volume 5, Issue 5 (2020) is: "Why is Women’s Labor Force Participation so Low in the Middle East and North Africa?" by Valentine M. Moghadam (Northeastern University) Here is the fifth of the 2020 series of Policy Briefs from the Sociology of Development section of ASA. The …
A new Sociology of Development Policy Brief is out! Volume 5, Issue 4 (2020) is: “Ease of Transportation and Women’s Employment in India” by Lei Lei (Rutgers University), Sonalde Desai (University of Maryland), and Reeve Vanneman (University of Maryland). Also, here is a message from our Policy Brief editor Alaka Basu: Here is the fourth …
The latest edition of our section's newsletter, Sectors (Spring 2020), is now out! Inside you will find a message from our chair, essays written by section members about the COVID-19 pandemic, and reflections on recent fieldwork in the section "Notes from the Field." The newsletter also contains a list of new member publications--including many great …
A new Sociology of Development Policy Brief is out! Volume 5, Issue 3 (2020) is: "The Revival of Population Control and Technocratic Family Planning in the 21st Century" by Daniel Bendix (Friedensau Adventist University) and Susanne Schultz (Goethe University Frankfurt). Also, here is a message from our Policy Brief editor Alaka Basu: Here is the …
The first issue of 2020 for Sociology of Development is now published and live! The link to the issue and table of contents is below. Sociology of Development VOLUME 6 NUMBER 1 SPRING 2020 Link to issue: https://socdev.ucpress.edu/content/6/1 Mining and Defensive Mobilization: Explaining Opposition to Extractive Industries in Chile By MARIA AKCHURIN Water Sovereignty in …
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A new Sociology of Development Policy Brief is out! Volume 5, Issue 2 (2020): "Stigma and Labour Market Outcomes: Sex Work and Domestic Work in India" by Neha Hui (University of Reading) and Uma Kambhampati (University of Reading). Also, here is a message from our Policy Brief editor Alaka Basu: Here is the second of …
A new Sociology of Development Policy Brief is out! Volume 5, Issue 1 (2020) is “Competing Priorities: How intrahousehold relationships affect women’s business management and investment decisions” by Sophia Friedson-Ridenour (The World Bank) and Rachael Pierotti (The World Bank). Also, here is a message from our Policy Brief editor Alaka Basu: Here is the first …
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