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Jeffrey D. Kentor Associate Professor |
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University,
1998
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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.
2005 Kentor, Jeffrey. "The Growth of Transnational Corporate Networks 1962-1998."
Journal of World Systems Research . Forthcoming.
2004 Kentor, Jeffrey and Yong Suk Jang. "Yes, There is a (Growing) International
Business Community." International Sociology. 19:3: 355-368.
2003: Kentor, Jeffrey and Terry Boswell. "Foreign Capital Dependence and
Development: A New Direction." American Sociological Review : 68: 2:
301-313.
2001: Kentor, Jeffrey. "The Long Term Effects of Globalization on Population
Growth, Inequality, and Economic Development." Social Problems : 48, 4:
435-456
2000: Kentor, Jeffrey. Capital and Coercion: The Role of Economic and Military
Power in the World-Economy 1800-1990 . New York and London : Garland
Press.
1998: Kentor, Jeffrey: "The Long Term Effects of Foreign Capital Penetration on
Economic Growth 1940-1990." American Journal of Sociology : 103:4:
1024-1046.