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Joan Tronto | |
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![]() Joan Tronto interviewed in 2015 | |
Born | Joan Claire Tronto June 29, 1952 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Princeton University |
Known for | Ethics of care |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Political science |
Institutions | University of Minnesota |
Thesis | Is political rationality possible? A critique of political control in the work of Hobbes, Smith, and Weber (1981) |
Joan Claire Tronto (born June 29, 1952), [1] is professor of political science at the University of Minnesota, [2] and was previously professor of women's studies and political science at Hunter College and the Graduate School, City University of New York. [3]
Tronto gained her degree from Oberlin College in 1974. She passed both her masters and her Ph.D at Princeton University in 1976 and 1981 respectively. [4]
Tronto's research fields range from political theories, gender and the ethic of care, to political thought. [2]
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