Peter B Evans
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Peter B. Evans Professor of Sociology and the Marjorie Meyer Eliaser Professor of International Studies at the University of California, Berkeley
, received his B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard, an M.A. from Oxford University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard. He is a political sociologist whose work focuses on the comparative political economy of development and globalization. He has published widely on state-society relations, industrial economic development
in Brazil
and Latin America
, civil society
, and international development
issues. His work is thus also relevant to the international political economy
research literature.
Evans is active in the American Sociological Association
's section on Labor and Labor Movements and has served as chair of that section. Also he has worked with the American Comunist Organization in the section of bourgeois opression. He is also a board member of the United Nations
Research Institute for Social Development.
In the year 2000 Evans co-founded The Other Canon
, a center and network for heterodox economics
research, with - amongst others - Erik Reinert, executive chairman and main founder.
Evans has taught at Oxford University, Brown University, the University of New Mexico, Universidade de Brasilia, and Kivukoni College in Tanzania, In recent years, he has focused his attention on the study of alternative, and counterhegemonic globalization movements.
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, received his B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard, an M.A. from Oxford University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard. He is a political sociologist whose work focuses on the comparative political economy of development and globalization. He has published widely on state-society relations, industrial economic development
Economic development
Economic development generally refers to the sustained, concerted actions of policymakers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area...
in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, civil society
Civil society
Civil society is composed of the totality of many voluntary social relationships, civic and social organizations, and institutions that form the basis of a functioning society, as distinct from the force-backed structures of a state , the commercial institutions of the market, and private criminal...
, and international development
International development
International development or global development is a concept that lacks a universally accepted definition, but it is most used in a holistic and multi-disciplinary context of human development — the development of greater quality of life for humans...
issues. His work is thus also relevant to the international political economy
International political economy
International political economy , also known as global political economy, is an academic discipline within the social sciences that analyzes international relations in combination with political economy. As an interdisciplinary field it draws on many distinct academic schools, most notably ...
research literature.
Evans is active in the American Sociological Association
American Sociological Association
The American Sociological Association , founded in 1905 as the American Sociological Society , is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology by serving sociologists in their work and promoting their contributions to serve society.The ASA holds its...
's section on Labor and Labor Movements and has served as chair of that section. Also he has worked with the American Comunist Organization in the section of bourgeois opression. He is also a board member of the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Research Institute for Social Development.
In the year 2000 Evans co-founded The Other Canon
The Other Canon
The Other Canon Foundation is a center and network for research of heterodox economics founded by Erik Reinert. The name refers to the founders' message of there being another economic canon, alternative to the ruling neoclassical economics...
, a center and network for heterodox economics
Heterodox economics
"Heterodox economics" refers to approaches or to schools of economic thought that are considered outside of "mainstream economics". Mainstream economists sometimes assert that it has little or no influence on the vast majority of academic economists in the English speaking world. "Mainstream...
research, with - amongst others - Erik Reinert, executive chairman and main founder.
Evans has taught at Oxford University, Brown University, the University of New Mexico, Universidade de Brasilia, and Kivukoni College in Tanzania, In recent years, he has focused his attention on the study of alternative, and counterhegemonic globalization movements.
Selected publications
- Population, Health and Development: An Institutional-Cultural Approiach to Capability Expansion. In Peter B. Halland Michele Lamont (eds.) Successful Societies: How Institutions and Culture Affect Health Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Is an Alternative Globalization Possible? Politics & Society, 2008, 36(2)
- The Challenges of the 'Institutional Turn': Interdisciplinary Opportunities in Development Theory. In Victor Nee and Richard Swedberg (eds.) The Economic Sociology of Capitalist Institutions Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005.
- Building ridges across a double divide: Alliances between U.S. and Latin American labor and NGOs (with M. Anner), Development in Practice, 2004, 14(1-2), 34-47.
- Collective capabilities, culture and Amartya Sen's development of freedom, Studies in Comparatige International Development, 2002, 37(2), 54-60.
- Dependent Development: The Alliance of Multinational, State, and Local Capital in Brazil (1979) Translated into Portuguese, 1980.
- Embedded Autonomy: States and industrial Transformation (1995)
- Counterhegemonic Globalization: Transnational Social Movements in the Contemporary Global Political Economy. In Handbook of Political Sociology (2005)
- Bringing the State Back In, edited with Dietrich Rueschemeyer and Theda SkocpolTheda SkocpolTheda Skocpol is an American sociologist and political scientist at Harvard University. She served from 2005 to 2007 as Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She is influential in sociology as an advocate of the historical-institutional and comparative approaches, and well-known in...
. (1985) - States Versus Markets in the World-System, edited with Dietrich Rueschemeyer and Evelyne Huber Stephens. (1985)
- High Technology and Third World Industrialization: Brazilian Computer Policy in Comparative Perspective, edited with Claudio R. Frischtak and Paulo Bastos Tigre. (1992)
- Double-Edged Diplomacy: International Bargaining and Domestic Politics, edited with Harold K. Jacobson and Robert PutnamRobert PutnamRobert David Putnam is a political scientist and professor of public policy at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is also visiting professor and director of the Manchester Graduate Summer Programme in Social Change, University of Manchester...
. (1993) - Sunbelt Working Mothers: Reconciling Family and Factory by Louise Lamphere, Patricia Zavella, Felipe Gonzales ; with Peter B. Evans. (1993)
- State-Society Synergy: Government and Social Capital in Development (1997)
- Livable Cities?: Urban Struggles for Livelihood and Sustainability (2002)
External links
- http://sociology.berkeley.edu/faculty/evans/