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Philadelphia City Council President Anna Verna introduces her plan to restore a section of Southwest Philly as part of the City's Anit Blight Program
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Rosario Espinal
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| Phone: 1-215-204-7713 |
| E-mail: rosario.espinal@temple.edu |
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I studied sociology because I believe in the power of ideas to change the world we live in. My main sociological interest is in the study of politics: how political regimes are established, how and why they change, how governments rule, and how social change shapes the political process. Sociology gave me the analytical tools and insight to study these issues and the practical skills to participate in the solution of social problems. I regularly teach courses in political sociology, comparative sociology, and on Latin America.
Areas of Interests:
Political Sociology
Social Movements
Sociology of Development
Latin American politics and society
Education:
1985 Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis
1983 M.A., Washington University, St. Louis
1978 M.S.W., Washington University, St. Louis
1976 B.A., Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, Dominican Republic
Selected Publications:
Books:
La República Dominicana en el Umbral del Siglo XXI: Cultura, Política y Cambio Social (with R. Brea y F. Valerio-Holguin). PUCMM, Santo Domingo, 1999.
Autoritarismo y Democracia en la Politica Dominicana, IIDH/CAPEL, San José Costa Rica, 1987; Editorial Argumentos, Santo Domingo, 1994.
Articles in English:
"Observing Elections in the Dominican Republic." T.S. Montgomery (ed.), Peacemaking and Democratization in the Western Hemisphere. North-South Center Press, University of Miami, Miami, 2000.
"Market Success or Female Autonomy? Income, Ideology and Empowerment among Microentrepreneurs in the Dominican Republic" (with S. Grasmuck). Gender & Society, Vol.14, No.2, 2000.
"Dominican Republic: The Long and Difficult Struggle for Democracy in the Dominican Republic" (with J. Hartlyn). L. Diamond, J. Hartlyn, J. Linz and S.M. Lipset (eds.), Democracy in Developing Countries (second edition), Lynne Rienner, Boulder, 1999.
"Business and Politics in the Dominican Republic." F. Durand and E. Silva (eds.), Organized Business, Economic Change, and Democracy in Latin America. North-South Center Press, University of Miami, Miami, 1998.
"Gender, Household, and Informal Entrepreneurship in the Dominican Republic" (with Sherri Grasmuck), Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 28, No. I, 1997.
"Economic Restructuring, Social Protest and Democratization in the Dominican Republic," Latin American Perspectives, Vol. 22, No. 3, 1995.
"Development, Neoliberalism and Electoral Politics in Latin America," Development and Change, Vol. 23, No. 4, 1992.
"Unlikely Transitions to Uncertain Regimes: Democracy Without Compromise in the Dominican Republic and Ecuador" (with Catherine Conaghan), Journal of Latin American Studies, Vol. 22, Part 3, 1990. |
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