Jeffrey Broadbent

Jeffrey Praed Broadbent (born in 1944) is an emeritus professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota whose academic focus includes comparative sociology; environmental sociology; Japanese society; political networks; political sociology and social movements. ^[1] He is also a member of the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota. ^{[2] [ failed verification ]}

Education

Broadbent received a B.A. (1974) in religious studies-Buddhism at the University of California, Berkeley, an M.A. (1975) in Regional Studies—Japan at Harvard University, and a Ph.D. (1982) in sociology at Harvard University. ^{[3] [4]}

Academic career

From 1988 to 1989, Broadbent was a grantee of the Japan-United States Educational Commission (a Fulbright Program), and was a Fulbright-Hays scholar from 1989 to 1990. He received the Social Science Research Council's Abe Fellowship for 2005–6. Broadbent was awarded two academic prizes for his book, Environmental Politics in Japan: Networks of Power and Protest, the best book award from the Section on Environmental Sociology of the American Sociological Association (2000) ^[5] and the Masayoshi Ōhira Memorial Prize in Japan (2001) ^{[6] [7]} The book received positive reviews. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

Selected publications

• Broadbent, J. (2024). “Power and Theory: Toward a Multidimensional Explanation of the Dynamic Political Field.” Journal of Political Power (17) 3.
• Broadbent, J.; Brockman, V. (2011). East Asian Social Movements. New York: Springer. ^{[12] [13]}
• Broadbent, J. (1998). Environmental Politics in Japan: Networks of Power and Protest. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0521665744
• Knoke, David; Franz Pappi; Jeffrey Broadbent, Yutaka Tsujinaka (1996). Comparing Policy Networks: Labor Politics in the U.S., Germany, and Japan. ^{[14] [15]} Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0521499275

References

1. "University of Minnesota Asian Languages & Literatures". Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
2. "Institute for Global Studies, University of Minnesota" . Retrieved 10 May 2014.
3. "University of Minnesota Graduate Program, Asian Languages and Literatures". Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
4. "Harvard University Department of Sociology Doctorates in Sociology" (PDF). Retrieved 19 December 2024.
5. "Environmental Sociology Award Recipient History". American Sociological Association Environmental Sociology Award Recipient History. December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
6. "News" (PDF). Newsletter of the Comparative and Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. 13 (2): 1. Summer 2001. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
7. "Website of Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Foundation" . Retrieved 20 December 2024.
8. Schreurs, Miranda A. (1999), Review of Broadbent, Jeffrey, Environmental Politics in Japan: Networks of Power and Protest, H-Japan, H-Review, retrieved 2026-01-30
9. Gerbert, E. (2000-01-01). "Book Reviews : Jeffrey Broadbent. Environmental Politics in Japan: Networks of Power and Protest (Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 382 p., $59.95, hardback". Journal of Asian and African Studies. 35 (3): 360–362. doi:10.1177/002190960003500309. ISSN   0021-9096.
10. Milly, Deborah J. (2000). "Environmental Politics in Japan: Networks of Power and Protest. By Jeffrey Broadbent. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 440p. $64.95 cloth, $22.95 paper". American Political Science Review. 94 (4): 960–960. doi:10.2307/2586256. ISSN   0003-0554.
11. Oshio, Kazuto (1999-07-01). "Environmental Politics in Japan: Networks of Power and Protest. By Jeffrey Broadbent. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xviii + 418pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliographical references, index. Cloth $59.95". Environmental History. 4 (3): 438–439. doi:10.2307/3985139. ISSN   1084-5453.
12. Sinpeng, Aim (2012). "Review of East Asian Social Movements". Journal of East Asian Studies. 12 (3): 467–469. ISSN   1598-2408.
13. Chen, Yea-Wen (2013). "Jeffrey Broadbent and Vicky Brockman (eds): East Asian Social Movements: Power, Protest, and Change in a Dynamic Region, Springer, 2011, 516 pp., subject index, $169.00". Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 24 (1): 289–291. doi:10.1007/s11266-012-9320-y. ISSN   0957-8765.
14. Lewis, Matthew (1997). "Book Review: David Knoke, Franz Urban Pappi, Jeffrey Broadbent, and Yutaka Tsujinaka, Comparing Policy Networks: Labor Politics in the US, Germany and Japan (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, 288 pp., £ 13.95 pbk.)". Millennium: Journal of International Studies. 26 (3): 933–935. doi:10.1177/03058298970260030732. ISSN   0305-8298.
15. Gould, Roger V. (1997). "Comparing Policy Networks: Labor Politics in the U.S., Germany, and Japan by David Knoke, Franz Urban Pappi, Jeffrey Broadbent, and Yutaka Tsujinaka". American Journal of Sociology. 102 (6): 1745–1747. doi:10.1086/231143. ISSN   0002-9602.

External links

• Broadbent's research website