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| − | Jeff Weintraub is a visiting | + | Jeff Weintraub is a social and political theorist, political sociologist, and democratic socialist who has been a visiting lecturer at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] since 2005. "He is also an Affiliated Professor with the [[University of Haifa]] in Israel and an opponent of academic blacklists."<ref name="Weintraub">University of Pennsylvania, [http://upenn.academia.edu/JeffWeintraub/About About Jeff Weintraub], accessed 30 March 2011 </ref> |
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| + | ==Education and Career== | ||
| + | Weintraub's web profile states that: | ||
| + | :He received his M.Sc. from the [[London School of Economics]] and his Ph.D. (in Sociology) from Berkeley. Since 1979 he has taught at [[Harvard University]] (with a joint appointment in Sociology and in the interdisciplinary Social Studies program), the [[University of California]] in San Diego (UCSD), Williams College (in Political Science), Bryn Mawr & Haverford Colleges, and the University of Pennsylvania (in Political Science, Sociology, and the interdisciplinary program in Philosophy, Politics, & Economics). | ||
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| + | :At various times he has also been a Visiting Scholar in the Political Science Department at UCSD, a Jean Monnet Fellow at the [[European University Institute]] in Florence (Italy), co-director of a Summer Humanities Institute (on privacy) at [[Dartmouth College]], and a Visiting Associate Professor in Sociology and in the International Studies Program at UCSD.<ref name="Weintraub"/> | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
*[[Euston Manifesto]] - Signatory. | *[[Euston Manifesto]] - Signatory. | ||
*[[Engage]] - He has written for it. | *[[Engage]] - He has written for it. | ||
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| + | ==Publications== | ||
| + | *Co-editor (with [[Krishan Kumar]]) of a collection entitled ''Public and Private in Thought and Practice: Perspectives on a Grand Dichotomy'' (University of Chicago Press, 1997), which opens with Weintrab's essay on "The Theory and Politics of the Public/Private Distinction." | ||
| + | *"Democracy and the Market: A Marriage of Inconvenience" (included in [[Margaret Nugent]], ed., ''From Leninism to Freedom: The Challenges of Democratization''), | ||
| + | *"Varieties and Vicissitudes of Public Space" (in Philip Kasinitz, ed., ''Metropolis: Center and Symbol of our Times'') | ||
| + | *"''Gender Differences and Symbolic Imagination in the Stories of Four-Year-Olds''" (co-authored with [[Ageliki Nicolopoulou]] & [[Barbara Scales]]) | ||
| + | *“''Individual and Collective Representations in Social Context: A Modest Contribution to Resuming the Interrupted Project of a Sociocultural Developmental Psychology''” (co-authored with Ageliki Nicolopoulou). | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | * Blog: Jeff Weintraub - Commentaries and Controversies: http://jeffweintraub.blogspot.com/ | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 12:19, 30 March 2011
Jeff Weintraub is a social and political theorist, political sociologist, and democratic socialist who has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania since 2005. "He is also an Affiliated Professor with the University of Haifa in Israel and an opponent of academic blacklists."[1]
Education and Career
Weintraub's web profile states that:
- He received his M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and his Ph.D. (in Sociology) from Berkeley. Since 1979 he has taught at Harvard University (with a joint appointment in Sociology and in the interdisciplinary Social Studies program), the University of California in San Diego (UCSD), Williams College (in Political Science), Bryn Mawr & Haverford Colleges, and the University of Pennsylvania (in Political Science, Sociology, and the interdisciplinary program in Philosophy, Politics, & Economics).
- At various times he has also been a Visiting Scholar in the Political Science Department at UCSD, a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy), co-director of a Summer Humanities Institute (on privacy) at Dartmouth College, and a Visiting Associate Professor in Sociology and in the International Studies Program at UCSD.[1]
Affiliations
- Euston Manifesto - Signatory.
- Engage - He has written for it.
Publications
- Co-editor (with Krishan Kumar) of a collection entitled Public and Private in Thought and Practice: Perspectives on a Grand Dichotomy (University of Chicago Press, 1997), which opens with Weintrab's essay on "The Theory and Politics of the Public/Private Distinction."
- "Democracy and the Market: A Marriage of Inconvenience" (included in Margaret Nugent, ed., From Leninism to Freedom: The Challenges of Democratization),
- "Varieties and Vicissitudes of Public Space" (in Philip Kasinitz, ed., Metropolis: Center and Symbol of our Times)
- "Gender Differences and Symbolic Imagination in the Stories of Four-Year-Olds" (co-authored with Ageliki Nicolopoulou & Barbara Scales)
- “Individual and Collective Representations in Social Context: A Modest Contribution to Resuming the Interrupted Project of a Sociocultural Developmental Psychology” (co-authored with Ageliki Nicolopoulou).
External links
- Blog: Jeff Weintraub - Commentaries and Controversies: http://jeffweintraub.blogspot.com/
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 University of Pennsylvania, About Jeff Weintraub, accessed 30 March 2011
