Popular Sociology

Frederic C. Deyo

Professor (Director of Undergrad. Studies)

Office: LT 417
Office hours as posted or by appointment.
Phone: ext. 7-2385
Email: fdeyo@binghamton.edu

CURRICULUM VITAE

Professor Deyo's research has focused on economy and society in Asia: including studies of economic development and reform, economic governance and institutions, corporate strategies, employment, labor markets, and labor movements. He is currently researching the implications of economic reform and restructuring for the employment and social livelihood of workers in Thailand, China, and South Korea.

In addition to his Asian research, Professor Deyo maintains active teaching interests at both undergraduate and graduate levels in global and U.S. economic and employment change over the past 40 years.

Recent Courses:

Comparative Social Development
After the Washington Consensus

Recent Publications:

"Reforming Labor, Belaboring Reform: Structural Adjustment in Thailand and East Asia." In Yoichiro Sato, Growth and Governance in Asia. Honolulu: Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, 2004.

"Markets, Workers, and Economic Reform: Reconstructing East Asian Labor Systems." (With Agartan Kaan.) Journal of International Affairs, 57, 1 (Fall 2003). (Special Issue on 'Governance: The Balance Between Development and Stability').

"The New Developmentalism in Post-Crisis Asia: The Case of Thailand’s SME Sector." In Yeung Yue-man, ed., New Challenges for Development and Modernization. Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002.

Economic Governance and the Challenge of Flexibility in East Asia. (With Richard Doner and Eric Hershberg. New York: Rowman and Littlefield and Social Science Research Council, 2001. My contributions: Analytical Introduction and Conclusion; A substantive chapter: "Dynamic Flexibility and Sectoral Governance in the Thai Auto Industry."

"Labour and Industrial Restructuring in Southeast Asia." In Garry Rodan, Kevin Hewison, and Richard Robison, eds. The Political Economy of Southeast Asia. Oxford University Press, 2001. Revised/rewritten version for Third Edition of this volume: 'Southeast Asian Labour: Structural Demobilization and Political Transformation'.

"Reform, Globalization, and Crisis: Reconstructing Thai Labour." Journal of Industrial Relations (Australia) 42, 2 (June 2000).

(With Richard Doner). "Networks and Technology Development: A Case Study of a Thai Autoparts Manufacturer." The Journal of Asian Business, June, 2000.

"Reform, Globalization, and Crisis: Reconstructing Thai Labor." Auckland Working Papers in Development Studies. No. 2 (September, 1999).

"The Politics of Crisis Management: Thailand's SME Sector," Auckland Working Papers in Development Studies, No. 3 (September, 1999).

"Democratisation and Labour in East Asian Development." In Hing A.Y., Chang C.T., and R. Lansbury, eds, Work, Organization, and Industry: The Asian Experience. Singapore: Armour Publishing Pte Ltd, 1998.

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