Christopher Chase-Dunn

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Christopher Chase-Dunn
Christopher Chase-Dunn
Born (1944-01-10) January 10, 1944 (age 80)
Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.
Academic work
School or traditionWorld-systems
Main interestsSystems theory, world-systems, sociology
Notable worksGlobal Formation: Structures of The World-Economy (1991)

Christopher K. Chase-Dunn (born January 10, 1944,

sociologist best known for his contributions to world-systems theory.[1]

Education and career

Chase-Dunn earned his PhD in 1975 at

World-System of the American Sociological Association in 1982. He founded the Institute for Research on World-Systems at the University of California, Riverside. He is founding editor of the Journal of World-Systems Research, which is the official journal of the Political Economy of the World-System section of the American Sociological Association.[3][4]

Publications

Chase-Dunn is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of over a dozen books, including most notably Global Formation: Structures of The World-Economy, a major theoretical synthesis and restatement of the world-systems approach to the study of social change.[5]

Bibliography

  • Unity on the Global Left: Critical reflections on Samir Amin's call for a New International. London: Routledge, 2021.
  • Global Struggle and Social Change Movements: From Prehistory to World Revolution in the 21st Century (with Paul Almeida). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
  • Social change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the present (with B. Lerro). London: Routledge, 2016.
  • Global Social Change. Historical and Comparative Perspectives (with S. B. Babones). Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
  • Global Formation: Structures of the World Economy. London, Oxford and New York: Basil Blackwell, 1999.
  • Rise and Demise. Comparing World Systems (with Th. D. Hall). Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1997.
  • Socialist States in the World System (ed.) Beverly Hills and London: Sage, 1982.

References

  1. ^ "Christopher Chase-Dunn". Paradigm Publishers. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
  2. ^ "Christopher Chase-Dunn". University of California-Riverside. Archived from the original on July 17, 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
  3. ^ Journal of World-Systems Research. (2017). Journal History. Retrieved from http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/about/history
  4. ^ American Sociological Association. (2017). Journals. Retrieved from http://www.asanet.org/research-and-publications/journals
  5. ISBN 1557862737
    .

External links
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christopher_Chase-Dunn&oldid=1188772495"