Sociology of Development Policy Brief: “Social Capital and Environmental Migration: Insights from the Brazilian Amazon and Implications for Climate Change”

A new Sociology of Development Policy Brief is out! Volume 4, Issue 4 (2019) is “Social Capital and Environmental Migration: Insights from the Brazilian Amazon and Implications for Climate Change” by Heather Randell (Penn State University). Also, here is a message from our Policy Brief editor Alaka Basu: The new series of Policy Briefs is …

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New Issue of Sociology of Development!

New Issue Alert! We are pleased to announce the new issue of Sociology of Development is now published and live (Vol. 5 No. 4, Winter 2019) and consists of five excellent articles. Link to issue: https://socdev.ucpress.edu/content/5/4 Table of Contents Women and Employment in Tunisia: Structures, Institutions, and Advocacy Valentine M. Moghadam (pp. 337-359) DOI: 10.1525/sod.2019.5.4.337 Building …

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Sociology of Development Policy Brief: “The Organized Hypocrisy of Development Funding: Maternal Mortality Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa”

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 …

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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!) …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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