JASON BECKFIELD
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Recent Publications
Forthcoming. "The Dual World Polity: Fragmentation and Integration in Intergovernmental Organizations." Social Problems.
Forthcoming. "How Development Matters: A Research Note on the Relationship between Development, Democracy, and Women's Political Representation." with Jocelyn Viterna and Kathleen Fallon. International Journal of Comparative Sociology.
2007. “Reassessing the Effect of Economic Growth on Well-Being in Less Developed Countries, 1980-2003.” with David Brady and Yunus Kaya. Studies in Comparative and International Development 42:1-35.
2007. “The Consequences of Economic Globalization for Advanced Democracies.” with David Brady and Wei Zhao. Annual Review of Sociology 33:313-34.
2006. “European Integration and Income Inequality.” American Sociological Review 71:964-85.
2006. “Whither the Parallel Paths? The Future of Scholarship on the World City System.” with Arthur S. Alderson. American Journal of Sociology 112:895-904.
2005. “Economic Globalization and the Welfare State in Affluent Democracies, 1975-1998.” with David Brady and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser. American Sociological Review 70:921-48.
2005. “Exactly How Has Income Inequality Changed? Patterns of Distributional Change in Core Societies.” with Arthur S. Alderson and Francois Nielsen. International Journal of Comparative Sociology 46:405-23.
2004. “Does Income Inequality Harm Health? New Cross-National Evidence.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 45:231-248.
2004. “Power and Position in the World City System.” with Arthur S. Alderson. American Journal of Sociology 109:811-851.
2003. “Inequality in the World Polity: The Structure of International Organization.” American Sociological Review 68:401-424.
Working Papers
"The Social Structure of the World Polity"
"Regionalization and Retrenchment: The Impact of European Integration on the Welfare State"
"The Socioeconomic Gradient in Health: A Cross-National Variable" with Sigrun Olafsdottir.
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