Public Sociology
Research for Public Policy and Business

• The Center on Globalization, Governance and Competitivness
  Write up in the Spring 2006 Economic Sociology Newsletter of the American Sociological Association
• Gary Gereffi was invited to give the International Labor Organization's 7th Nobel Peace Prize Social Policy Lectures in Kingston, Jamaica on Dec. 5-7, 2005. The topic of the lectures was
  "The New Offshoring of Jobs and Global Development."
  The ILO will publish the three lectures as a book in Spring 2006.
• Gary Gereffi guides engineering report "Framing the Engineering Outsourcing
  Debate: Placing the United States on a Level Playing Field with China and India"
• Gary Gereffi speaks to N&O, WUNC, & Newsweek on the NC workplace
• Ken Land on Child Well-Being
• Duke Undergraduates study Globalization of North Carolina Industries
• Gary Gereffi Organizes Globalization, Employment, and Economic Development Workshop
• IS WAL-MART GOOD FOR AMERICA?
  PBS Frontline, Nov. 16 -- "Wal-Mart and China are a joint venture,"
  said Duke sociology professor Gary Gereffi, appearing on a documentary
  about the Wal-Mart model of competitiveness. (Link to transcript of full
  interview with Prof. Gereffi.) http://tinyurl.com/3oek9
  Also, Marketplace: Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
  http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2004/11/16/PM200411164.html

The 2004 ASA Conference focuses on Public Sociologies

ASA introduces new journal Context focusing on communicating sociological results