Christopher Chase-Dunn

Christopher Chase-Dunn

Christopher Chase-Dunn
Native name Christopher Chase-Dunn
Born (1944-01-10) January 10, 1944
Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.
Academic background
School or tradition World-systems
Academic work
Main interests Systems theory, world-systems, sociology
Notable works Global Formation: Structures of The World-Economy (1991)

Christopher K. Chase-Dunn (born January 10, 1944, Corvallis, Oregon) is an American sociologist best known for his contributions to world-systems theory.[1]

Education and career

Chase-Dunn earned his Ph.D. in 1975 at Stanford University[2] (studying under John W. Meyer) and has taught at The Johns Hopkins University (1975–2000) and at the University of California, Riverside (2000–present). He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and served as President (2002–06) of Research Committee 02 (Economy and Society) of the International Sociological Association from 2002–06. He was Chair of the Section on International Political Economy of the International Studies Association from 1984–86, and Chair of the Section on the Political Economy of the 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.

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.[3]

Bibliography

References

  1. "Christopher Chase-Dunn". Paradigm Publishers. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
  2. "Christopher Chase-Dunn". University of California-Riverside. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
  3. Chase-Dunn, Christopher (1991). Global Formation: Structures of the World-Economy. Blackwell Pub. ISBN 1557862737.

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