Professor
Peter Evans
University of California, Berkeley
Sociologist; Educator
Area
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specialty
Sociology, Demography, and Geography
Elected
2001
Research has focused on the comparative political economy of development, especially the role of the state in industrial transformation in Latin American and Asia, offering theoretical conceptualizations, empirical studies of institutional change and quantitative analysis. More recent interests include state-society relations, urban environmental politics, global governance institutions and transnational social movements.
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