Full name Christopher Chase-Dunn | Name Christopher Chase-Dunn | |
Major works Global Formation: Structures of The World-Economy (1991) Main interests Systems theory, World-systems theory, Sociology Books Rise and demise, Global formation, The Spiral of Capitalis, Social Change: Globaliza, Global Democracy and the | ||
School or tradition World-systems | ||
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Christopher K. Chase-Dunn (born January 10, 1944, Corvallis, Oregon) is an American sociologist best known for his contributions to world-systems theory.
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- Education and career
- Publications
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Education and career
Chase-Dunn earned his Ph.D. in 1975 at Stanford University (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.