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Reza Hasmath Author of Evaluating Organization Development
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Reza Hasmath

Professor in Political Science
University of Alberta

Professor Hasmath’s award-winning research looks at: (1) the life course experiences of global ethnic minorities; (2) state-society relationships in China, and how emerging actors affect salient theories, practices and assumptions in international development and global affairs; (3) the behaviour of policy actors and citizens in authoritarian regimes; (4) global sustainability and ESG principles/practices; and, (5) the essentialist qualities of the self, community and state.

Subjects: Political Science, Sociology & Social Policy

Biography

Reza Hasmath is a Full Professor in Political Science at the University of Alberta. He has previously held faculty positions in management, sociology and political science at the Universities of Toronto, Melbourne and Oxford, and has worked for think-tanks, consultancies, development agencies, and NGOs in USA, Canada, UK, Australia and China. He was formally trained in philosophy, public policy, international studies and diplomacy, and social and political sciences, as well as in various East Asian and European languages. His award-winning research is supported by several multi-year grant schemes, notably from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation.

Education

    Ph.D., Cambridge

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

    • Authoritarian regimes
    • Civic participation, philanthropy and volunteerism
    • Contemporary China (politics, economics and sociology)
    • Environmental, social and corporate governance
    • Ethics (individual, community and state)
    • Ethnic minorities in global contexts (life course experiences and integration models)
    • Immigration and migration
    • Institutional diversity (corporate and non-profit)      
    • International development theory and practice
    • NGO governance and management
    • Norms in international affairs
    • Organizational behaviour
    • Political philosophy
    • Political sociology
    • Public policy formation and innovation
    • Social and welfare policy
    • Social theory (classical and contemporary)
    • The state's role in the economy
    • Work and the labour market

Websites

Books

Ethnicity and Inequality in China - 1st Edition book cover
NGO Governance and Management in China - Hasmath - 1st Edition book cover
Inclusive Growth, Development and Welfare Policy (Hasmath) - 1st Edition book cover
Chinese Corporatist State - Hasmath - 1st Edition book cover
Featured Title
Featured Title - The Ethnic Penalty - 1st Edition book cover
Managing Ethnic Diversity - 1st Edition book cover