New Geographies, New Pedagogies: Institute of International Studies; UC Berkeley
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Bio-Bibs: Phase I (Crossing Borders)
Bio-Bibs: Phase II (New Geographies, New Pedagogies)
The following individuals have been centrally involved in Phase I of the Crossing Borders initiative:
Manuel Castells: Sociology and City and Regional Planning. Internationally renowned figure for ground breaking publications in numerous contemporary fields, and most recently on processes of globalization in a three volume series, The Network Society. (Blackwell, 1997)
Nezar Alsayyad: Architect and Architectural History, Chair of the Center for Middle East Studies, and the founder and editor of Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. A widely published authority on housing, historical and contemporary urban issues, and the effects of globalization on city life.
Nancy Peluso: Rural Sociologist in the Program on Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. An expert on political ecology in Indonesia, and Southeast Asia generally, and co-convener of the phase I project on Transnational Environmentalism. Rich Forests, Poor People (UC Press, 1992).
Robert Reed: Geography, Chair of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Asian Studies teaching program, and co-convener of the phase I project on Transnational Environmentalism. He is an expert on economic geography, religious movements, and the transformation of urban environments in Southeast Asia.
Gillian Hart: An Economist in Geography, Chair of the Center for African Studies, and co convener of the phase I project on Multiple Capitalisms in Africa. Following intensive field research on agrarian issues in Southeast Asia she is currently completing a major project on foreign investment and global forces operating in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. Land, Labor and Livelihood (UC Press, 1989).
Donald Moore: Anthropology and co-convener of the phase I project on Multiple Capitalisms in Africa. Extensive field research in Zimbabwe on agrarian and environmental politics, and the interaction of global and popular culture.
Louise Fortmann: A Rural Sociologist in Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management, and co-convener of the phase I Multiple Capitalisms project. She has extensive field research and publications on international environmental and development programs in Southern Africa, and a leading figure in fostering comparative studies of environmental issues and movements in California and Africa.
Harley Shaiken: A Labor Economist in Social and Cultural Studies and Chair of the Center for Latin American Studies. Analytically and politically engaged in the regional trade debates (NAFTA, Fast Track), cross border industrial and labor issues, as well as formulations of alternative social policies for the Americas. Mexico in the Global Economy (UC Mexus, 1989).
Peter Evans: Sociologist, Chair of the Department of Sociology, widely published on state society relations, industrial development in Brazil, and Latin America, civil society, and international development issues. Author of widely quoted Embedded Autonomy (Princeton, 1995)
Beatrice Manz: Geographer and professor of Ethnic Studies, until recently Chair of the Center for Latin American Studies, and co-convener of the phase I project on African American Diaspora and Pan-Indian Movements. She has conducted extensive research on foreign investment in Chile and rural development and local and international NGO activity in Central America.
Percy Hintzen: Sociologist and Chair of Africa-American and Diaspora Studies, and co-convener of the phase I project on Africa-American Diaspora and Pan-Indian Movements. An authority on Caribbean and its historical and contemporary links to Africa, Latin America, and North America
Thomas Barnes: Professor of Law, Co-Chair of Canadian Studies, and convener of the phase I project on Federalism and Sovereignty. He is an authority on the political dynamics of federal systems and economic integration in North America and Europe.
Michael Burawoy: Sociologist, until recently Chair of the Department of Sociology, and co-convener of the phase I "Traveling Theory" project. An expert on Eastern Europe and contemporary Russia noted for combining sophisticated theoretical skills with intense ethnographic field research. Widely known for Ethnography Unbound (UC Press, 1995)
Victoria Bonnell: Sociologist, Chair of the Center for Slavic and East European Studies, and co-convener of the Phase I Traveling theory project. She is a specialist on the contemporary social, economic and political transformations of Eastern Europe.
The following are key faculty from each of the area studies program who have committed to participation in Phase II of the Crossing Borders project:
Nancy Scheper-Hughes: Medical Anthropology. An authority of medical anthropology she has done research in and written on Ireland, Brazil and South Africa. Currently working on the trade in body parts and violence in southern Africa. Death Without Weeping (UC Press, 1995).
Candace Slater: Spanish and Portuguese Language. A major voice in the community of scholars working on representations of nature. Slater has written on the historical semiotics of the Brazilian rainforest. Dance of the Dolphin (Chicago, 1995)
David Collier: Political Science, and president of the Comparative Politics section of the APSA. Has written extensive on political processes in Latin America and conceptual and methodological issues in comparative and international and area studies. Labor Regimes in Latin America (Princeton, 1995).
Paul Rabinow: Anthropology. A cultural anthropologist who is currently engaged in the social study of science, focusing particularly n the Human Genome Project. Essays on the Anthropology of Reason (Princeton, 1996).
Peter Zinoman: History, and Chair of the UC Berkeley Indochina Center. A specialist on culture and politics in colonial and contemporary Vietnam, and the Vietnamese diaspora
Kiren Chaudhry: Political Science. A political economist of the Middle east who has explored the relations between neo-liberalism and regime change in oil producing and remittance economies. Currently comparing identity politics and globalization in Algeria and India. The Price of Wealth (Cornell, 1997).
Pranab Bardhan: Economics. A major figure in institutional economics. He has written extensively on agrarian change and political economy in India, on common property resources, and more recently on questions of governance and economic development. Economic Development and Governance (OECD, 1997). Canadian Studies
Nelson Graeburn: Anthropology, and co-Chair of the Canadian Studies. Widely published on the evolution of Eskimo societies and cultures as they have interacted with political and economic forces in Canada and the United States.
Ken Jowitt: Political Scientist. He is a major theorist of post-socialist transformation with particular interest in Romania and Eastern Europe.
George Breslauer: Political Scientist, until recently Chair of the Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, and incoming dean of Social Sciences. A specialist in Soviet and Russian politics, he is currently completing a major political biography of President Yeltsin. African Studies
Tabitha Kanogo: An historian who teaches and writes extensively on social and cultural issues and the political dynamics of colonial and contemporary East Africa. Rethinking Mau Mau (Heinemann, 1990).
John Zysman: Political Science. He is Director of the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy and a leading theorist on the political economy of various capitalist regimes. Working on industrial reorganization, governance and globalization, especially in Western Europe. Manufacturing Matters (Norton, 1990).
Barry Eichengreen: Economics. Leading theorist of financial integration and the Asian economic crisis. Has written extensively on the Great Depression, the European Union and the multilateral institutions. Globalizing Capital (Princeton, 1997)
Richard Buxbaum: Professor of International Law and until recently Dean of International and Area Studies. Editor of the International Journal of International Law and expect in international trade, commerce, and diplomacy with extensive research and teaching experience throughout Europe and Indonesia.
Margaret Weir: Sociology. Formerly of the Brooking Institutions, Dr. Weir is a major policy analyst and theoretician of welfare policies in the advanced capitalist states. The Politics of Social Policy in the United States (Princeton, 1988).
Ahiwa Ong: Anthropology. A leading figure in studies of gender and industrialization in southeast Asia. Currently exploring the Chinese diaspora and questions of flexible citizenship in light of globalization and identity formation. Spirits of Resistance (SUNY Press, 1987).
Lydia Liu: Comparative Literature. A scholar of the globalization of key texts with a specific focus on China and its incorporation into the global system. Currently working on the translation and movement of key Western legal texts into China in the last two centuries.
Gerald Feldman: History. One of the world's leading historians of modern Germany and of the politics of business and finance in particular.
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