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Joseph Rogers Hollingsworth (July 26, 1932 – October 23, 2019) was an American historian and sociologist and emeritus professor of history and sociology at the University of Wisconsin, known for his work on the governance of capitalist economies, especially the American economy.
, 2008 After his graduation, he started his academic career at the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois. In 1964 he moved to the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he was appointed associate professor of history with tenure, full professor of history in 1969, and professor of sociology in 1985. He was visiting scholar at
J. Rogers Hollingsworth
University of Wisconsin-Madison {{DEFAULTSORT:Hollingsworth, J. Rogers 1932 births 2019 deaths 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers American sociologists American systems scientists University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty American male non-fiction writers
Joseph Rogers Hollingsworth (July 26, 1932 – October 23, 2019) was an American historian and sociologist and emeritus professor of history and sociology at the University of Wisconsin, known for his work on the governance of capitalist economies, especially the American economy.
Life and work
Hollingsworth was born on July 26, 1932, in Anniston, Alabama to Efford L.M. Hollingsworth and Ila Pearl Rogers. He graduated from Anniston High School and later obtained his MA at Emory University, and in 1960 his PhD in history at the University of Chicago.J. Rogers Hollingsworth - John Templeton Foundation, 2008 After his graduation, he started his academic career at the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois. In 1964 he moved to the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he was appointed associate professor of history with tenure, full professor of history in 1969, and professor of sociology in 1985. He was visiting scholar at
St. John’s College, Cambridge
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; Trinity College, Cambridge; and at the Institute for Nonlinear Science at the University of California, San Diego. At the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences he was Torgny Segerstedt Chair. On June 2, 1995 he received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Humanities at Uppsala University, Sweden
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He was appointed fellow at the American Philosophical Society, the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, and at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Hollingsworth's later research interests were described as "an attempt to explain the reasons for variation among countries, over time, and in different research organizations in the rate at which major discoveries in biomedical science occur. He is also engaged in a cross-national and historical research project that examines why countries varied in their capacity to be innovative in science-based industries during the twentieth century."
Selected publications
* Campbell, John L., J. Rogers Hollingsworth, and Leon N. Lindberg. ''Governance of the American economy.'' Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press, 1991. * Hollingsworth, J. Rogers,Philippe C. Schmitter
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Career
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, and Wolfgang Streeck. ''Governing capitalist economies: Performance and control of economic sectors.'' OUP, 1994.
* Hollingsworth, J. Rogers, and Robert Boyer. ''Contemporary capitalism: The embeddedness of institutions.'' Cambridge University Press, 1997.
* Hollingsworth, Joseph Rogers Karl H. Müller
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, Ellen Jane Hollingsworth (2005) ''Advancing Socio-Economics: An Institutionalist Perspective.''
Articles, a selection:
* Hollingsworth, J. Rogers. "Doing institutional analysis: implications for the study of innovations." Review of International Political Economy 7.4 (2000): 595-644.
* Hage, Jerald, and J. Rogers Hollingsworth. "A strategy for the analysis of idea innovation networks and institutions." ''Organization Studies'' 21.5 (2000): 971-1004.
References
External links
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