Jeffrey D. Kentor Professor Chair Editor,  International Journal of Comparative Sociology 301 BEH S 581-6153 jeffrey.kentor@soc.utah.edu VITA

Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 1998

Research Overview

Taken as a whole, my work is located within the broad area of macro-level social change, and is informed by contemporary sociologists such as C.W. Mills, Charles Tilly, John Meyer, William Domhoff, and Peter Evans. It is research aimed at uncovering the basis of long-term social change and social order, paying a great deal of attention to relations of power and inequality. To be more specific, my work focuses on the long-term processes and structures of the world economy, frequently referred to as "globalization", and their impacts on relationships among countries, economic development, income inequality, social welfare, urbanization, and the environment. This research is quantitative and comparative, international in scope, and cross-national in design.

Sanderson, Matthew and Jeffrey Kentor. Forthcoming. "Globalization, Development, and International Migration: A Cross-National Analysis of Less Developed Countries, 1970-2000." Social Forces.

Kentor, Jeffrey and Edward Kick. 2008. "Bringing the Military Back In: Military
Expenditures and Economic Growth 1990-2003." Journal of World Systems Research 14:2.

Kentor, Jeffrey and Eric Mielants. 2007. "Connecting the Global and the Local: The Impact of Globalization on Civil Society," in Mark Herkenrath (ed.), Civil Society: Local and Regional Responses to Global Challenges. Muenster Germany: LIT Verlag.

Kentor, Jeffrey and Peter Grimes. 2006. "Foreign Investment Dependence and the Environment: A Global Perspective", in Edward Kick and Andrew Jorgenson, (eds.),
Globalization and the Environment. Leiden and Boston: Brill.

Kentor, Jeffrey. 2005. "The Growth of Transnational Corporate Networks 1962-1998." Journal of World Systems Research 11:2: 263-286.

Kentor, Jeffrey and Yong Suk Jang. 2004. "Yes, There is a (Growing) International Business Community." International Sociology: 19:3: 355-368.

Kentor, Jeffrey and Terry Boswell. 2003. "Foreign Capital Dependence and Development: A New Direction." American Sociological Review:68: 2:301-313.

Kentor, Jeffrey. 2001. "The Long Term Effects of Globalization on Population Growth, Inequality, and Economic Development." Social Problems:48,4:435-456.

Kentor, Jeffrey. 2000. Capital and Coercion: The Role of Economic and Military Power in the World-Economy 1800-1990. New York. Routledge.

Kentor, Jeffrey. 1998. "The Long Term Effects of Foreign Capital Penetration on Economic Growth 1940-1990." American Journal of Sociology: 103:4:1024-1046.