Andrew G. Walder (born 1953) is an American political sociologist specializing in the study of Chinese society. He has taught at Harvard University and Stanford University, where he joined the faculty in 1997 and is the Denise O'Leary & Kent Thiry Professor of the School of Humanities and Sciences, and a Senior Fellow of the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.[1]
His research interests include Collective Action, Social Movements, Comparative and Historical Sociology, and Political Sociology. He has published extensively on the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Chinese industry and industrial reform, and Chinese society under Mao Zedong.[2]
Walder was born in 1953.[3] He received his PhD in sociology at the University of Michigan in 1981 and taught at Columbia University before moving to Harvard in 1987, where he headed the MA Program on Regional Studies-East Asia for several years. From 1995 to 1997, he headed the Division of Social Sciences at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He joined that Stanford Department of Sociology in 1997. From 1996 to 2006, as a member of the Hong Kong Government's Research Grants Council, he chaired its Panel on the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business Studies.[2]
Academic Dongping Han critiques Walder's claim that Mao's pronouncements during the Cultural Revolution were extremely ambiguous, particularly Walder's claim, "It takes an extraordinary amount of energy and imagination to figure out precisely what Mao really meant by such ideas as 'the restoration of capitalism' or 'newly arisen bourgeoise.'"[5] Han writes even illiterate Chinese did not find the terms hard to grasp, noting that in his fieldwork interviews in Jimo county farmers readily understood "restoration of capitalism" to mean loss of the gains from land reform and a return to old social ways and that they understood "newly arisen bourgeoisie" to mean party leaders who did not work.[5]
Selected publicationsedit
Andrew G. Walder, China Under Mao: A Revolution Derailed. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2015.
Fractured Rebellion: The Beijing Red Guard Movement. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2009.
Joseph W. Esherick, Paul G. Pickowicz, and Andrew G. Walder, eds., The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006.
Jean C. Oi and Andrew G. Walder, eds. Property Rights and Economic Reform in China. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999.
Andrew G. Walder, ed. Zouping in Transition: The Process of Reform in Rural North China. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1998.
Andrew G. Walder, ed., The Waning of the Communist State: Economic Origins of Political Decline in China and Hungary. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.
Andrew G. Walder, Communist Neo-Traditionalism: Work and Authority in Chinese Industry. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986.
^Andrew G. Walder John Simom Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
^ abHan, Dongping (2008). The unknown cultural revolution : life and change in a Chinese village. New York. p. 66. ISBN978-1-58367-180-1. OCLC 227930948.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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VITA Andrew G. Walder
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andrew, walder, born, 1953, american, political, sociologist, specializing, study, chinese, society, taught, harvard, university, stanford, university, where, joined, faculty, 1997, denise, leary, kent, thiry, professor, school, humanities, sciences, senior, f. Andrew G Walder born 1953 is an American political sociologist specializing in the study of Chinese society He has taught at Harvard University and Stanford University where he joined the faculty in 1997 and is the Denise O Leary amp Kent Thiry Professor of the School of Humanities and Sciences and a Senior Fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University 1 His research interests include Collective Action Social Movements Comparative and Historical Sociology and Political Sociology He has published extensively on the Chinese Cultural Revolution Chinese industry and industrial reform and Chinese society under Mao Zedong 2 Contents 1 Education and career 2 Reception and critique 3 Selected publications 4 References 5 External linksEducation and career editWalder was born in 1953 3 He received his PhD in sociology at the University of Michigan in 1981 and taught at Columbia University before moving to Harvard in 1987 where he headed the MA Program on Regional Studies East Asia for several years From 1995 to 1997 he headed the Division of Social Sciences at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology He joined that Stanford Department of Sociology in 1997 From 1996 to 2006 as a member of the Hong Kong Government s Research Grants Council he chaired its Panel on the Humanities Social Sciences and Business Studies 2 In 1985 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of sociology 4 Reception and critique editAcademic Dongping Han critiques Walder s claim that Mao s pronouncements during the Cultural Revolution were extremely ambiguous particularly Walder s claim It takes an extraordinary amount of energy and imagination to figure out precisely what Mao really meant by such ideas as the restoration of capitalism or newly arisen bourgeoise 5 Han writes even illiterate Chinese did not find the terms hard to grasp noting that in his fieldwork interviews in Jimo county farmers readily understood restoration of capitalism to mean loss of the gains from land reform and a return to old social ways and that they understood newly arisen bourgeoisie to mean party leaders who did not work 5 Selected publications editAndrew G Walder China Under Mao A Revolution Derailed Cambridge Mass Harvard University Press 2015 Walder Andrew G 2014 Rebellion and Repression in China 1966 1971 Social Science History Cambridge University Press 38 3 amp 4 513 539 doi 10 1017 ssh 2015 23 S2CID 143087356 Fractured Rebellion The Beijing Red Guard Movement Cambridge Mass Harvard University Press 2009 Joseph W Esherick Paul G Pickowicz and Andrew G Walder eds The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History Stanford Stanford University Press 2006 Jean C Oi and Andrew G Walder eds Property Rights and Economic Reform in China Stanford Stanford University Press 1999 Andrew G Walder ed Zouping in Transition The Process of Reform in Rural North China Cambridge Mass Harvard University Press 1998 Andrew G Walder ed China s Transitional Economy Oxford Oxford University Press 1996 Andrew G Walder ed The Waning of the Communist State Economic Origins of Political Decline in China and Hungary Berkeley University of California Press 1995 Andrew G Walder Communist Neo Traditionalism Work and Authority in Chinese Industry Berkeley University of California Press 1986 References edit Stanford Sociology 2019 Andrew G Walder a b Stanford Sociology 2019 Walder Andrew George WorldCat Identities Andrew G Walder John Simom Guggenheim Memorial Foundation a b Han Dongping 2008 The unknown cultural revolution life and change in a Chinese village New York p 66 ISBN 978 1 58367 180 1 OCLC 227930948 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link External links editVITA Andrew G Walder Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrew G Walder amp oldid 1147135050, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
