Robert Schaeffer
Professor
Contact Information
- E-mail: rschaeff@calpoly.edu
Education
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B.A. in Sociology, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1975
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M.A. in Sociology, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1977
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Ph.D. in Sociology, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1984
Teaching
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San Jose State University, 1990-2000
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Kansas State University, 2000-2014
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Cal Poly, 2014-present
Courses taught
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Comparative Societies
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International Political Economy
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World-System and Its Problems
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Social Movements
Awards
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William L. Stamey College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award, Kansas State University, 2012
Selected Publications
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Warpaths: The Politics of Partition, 1990
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War in the World-System, 1990
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Power to the People: Democratization Around the World, 1997
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Understanding Globalization: The Social Consequences of Political, Economic and Environmental Change, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2016
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Severed States: Dilemmas of Democracy in a Divided World
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Fast Forward: Work, Gender, and Protest in a Changing World, 2001
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Transformations: Feminist Pathways to Global Change, 2008
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Red Inc.: Dictatorship and the Development of Capitalism in China, 1948 to the Present, 2012
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Social Movements and Global Social Change: The Rising Tide, 2016
Professional Memberships
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American Sociological Society
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Political Economy of the World-System