Sociology
Castells, Emanuel
Submitted by cmjones on March 16, 2007 - 12:44pm.Name of Person:
Emanuel Castells
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Department:
Sociology, Professor Emeritus
Research Interests:
Manuel Castells' current research focuses on the social and economic implications of Internet. He is also currently interested in the debate on new development strategies appropriate for the Information Age.
Achievements:
Manuel Castells was one of the intellectual founders of what came to be known as the New Urban Sociology. His main publications in this field are The City and the Grassroots, a comparative study of urban social movements and community organizations based on his field work in France, Spain, Latin America, and California, that received the C.Wright Mills Award in 1983, and The Informational City (Blackwell, 1989), an analysis of the urban and regional changes brought about by information technology and economic restructuring in the United States. In 1983 Castells undertook the study of economic and social transformations associated with the information technology revolution. The results of this work were published in his trilogy The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture (Blackwell): 1st volume, The Rise of the Network Society (1996, revised edition 2000); 2nd volume, The Power of Identity (1997); 3rd volume, End of Millennium (1998, revised edition 2000). The trilogy is translated into Spanish, French, Swedish, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Croatian, Bulgarian, Turkish, and German. In 1998, Manuel Castells received the Robert and Helen Lynd Award from the American Sociological Association for his lifelong contribution in the field of community and urban sociology.
Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Equity, and the Environment
Submitted by cmjones on March 12, 2007 - 2:27pm.Department:
SOCIOL
Course Number:
128AC
Course Title:
Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Equity, and the Environment
Instructor:
O'Rourke
Description:
Overview of the field of environmental justice, analyzing
the implications of race, class, labor, and equity on environmental degradation and
regulation. Environmental
justice movements and struggles within poor communities and communities of
color in the U.S., including African Americans, Latino Americans, and Native
American Indians. Frameworks and methods for analyzing race, class, and
labor. Cases of environmental injustice, community, and government responses, and future
strategies for achieving environmental and labor justice.
Units:
4
Offered:
Fall
Course Type:
Undergraduate
Society and the Environment
Submitted by cmjones on March 12, 2007 - 2:25pm.Department:
SOCIOL
Course Number:
128
Course Title:
Society and the Environment
Description:
Living in an urban area at the
end of the 20th century, it is easy to forget how germane the biophysical
world is to our lives. This course seeks to explore the relationships between
society and the environment
as they have varied over time and across societies. The approach taken will
be broadly historical and multicultural and will include readings on the
social construction of nature, early industrialization and natural resource
use, social movements and the environment, and the environmental impacts of late capitalism.
Units:
4
Course Type:
Undergraduate
Evans, Peter
Submitted by cmjones on February 27, 2007 - 12:45pm.Name of Person:
Peter Evans
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Department:
Sociology, Professor
Research Interests:
The comparative political economy of national development in the Global South (a.k.a. “developing countries"). Currently, he is trying to understand how changes in the way in which the global political economy itself is organized and controlled might better promote the well-being of ordinary citizens (especially in the Global South). This interest is reflected in his ongoing research on the global labor movement.
Achievements:
Peter Evans is well known for his work examining the role of the state in industrialization in the global South. Key works on this topic include Embedded Autonomy: States and Industrial Transformation (Princeton University Press, 1995), and his collection of papers on State-Society Synergy in which he describes the dependencies between state, private, and public agents and the criteria for successful development states. Evans also explores the possibilities for synergy in urban environmental issues in his book Livable Cities: Urban Struggles for Livelihood and Sustainability (University of California Press, 2002). This acclaimed work deftly identifies “agents” of urban livability i.e. individuals, institutions, and organizations that have strived to improve environmental conditions in Asia and Latin America. Evans is also co-chair of the new Global Metropolitan Studies Center (2006). The center will investigate questions about the drivers of metropolitan growth and change, the role of the global economy and global consumer culture in shaping metropolitan development, which institutions most effectively meet the needs and preferences of urban populations, how global metropolitan change increases political, economic and spatial segregation, what infrastructure is most efficient and equitable at the metropolitan scale and most responsive to environmental problems, and metropolitan growth impacts on long-term health for people and the natural environment.
Castells, Emanuel
Submitted by cmjones on February 27, 2007 - 12:42pm.Name of Person:
Emanuel Castells
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Department:
City and Regional Planning, Professor Emeritus
Research Interests:
Manuel Castells' current research focuses on the social and economic implications of Internet. He is also currently interested in the debate on new development strategies appropriate for the Information Age.
Achievements:
Manuel Castells was one of the intellectual founders of what came to be known as the New Urban Sociology. His main publications in this field are The City and the Grassroots, a comparative study of urban social movements and community organizations based on his field work in France, Spain, Latin America, and California, that received the C.Wright Mills Award in 1983, and The Informational City (Blackwell, 1989), an analysis of the urban and regional changes brought about by information technology and economic restructuring in the United States. In 1983 Castells undertook the study of economic and social transformations associated with the information technology revolution. The results of this work were published in his trilogy The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture (Blackwell): 1st volume, The Rise of the Network Society (1996, revised edition 2000); 2nd volume, The Power of Identity (1997); 3rd volume, End of Millennium (1998, revised edition 2000). The trilogy is translated into Spanish, French, Swedish, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Croatian, Bulgarian, Turkish, and German. In 1998, Manuel Castells received the Robert and Helen Lynd Award from the American Sociological Association for his lifelong contribution in the field of community and urban sociology.
