Jack Barbalet is an Australian sociologist. Since 2017 he has been professor of sociology at the

Australian Catholic University Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a public university in Australia. It has seven Australian campuses and also maintains a campus in Rome. History Australian Catholic University was opened on 1 January 1991 following the amalgamatio ...

. He was previously Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology at

Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a publicly funded tertiary liberal arts education, liberal arts institution with a Christian ethics, Christian education heritage. It was established as Hong Kong Baptist College with the support of Ame ...

. He has held appointments at the

University of Papua New Guinea The University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) is a university located in Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea. It was established by ordinance of the Australian administration in 1965. This followed the Currie Commission which had enquired ...

, the

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...

, and the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

. He was professor of sociology at the

University of Leicester , mottoeng = So that they may have life , established = , type = public research university , endowment = £20.0 million , budget = £326 million , chancellor = David Willetts , vice_chancellor = Nishan Canagarajah , head_labe ...

, where he was head of department, and subsequently professorial fellow in the Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy at the

University of Western Sydney Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, Australia. The university in its current form was founded in 1989 as a federated network u ...

Education

Barbalet completed undergraduate studies at the

Flinders University Flinders University is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across 11 locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of British navigator ...

of South Australia and was awarded a first class honours degree by Adelaide University, where he completed a PhD.

Research

Barbalet’s research interests include

sociological theory A sociological theory is a that intends to consider, analyze, and/or explain objects of social reality from a sociological perspective,Macionis, John and Linda M. Gerber. 2010. ''Sociology'' (7th Canadian ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson E ...

economic sociology Economic sociology is the study of the social cause and effect of various economic phenomena. The field can be broadly divided into a classical period and a contemporary one, known as "new economic sociology". The classical period was concerned ...

and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

studies. He was an early contributor to citizenship studies. Barbalet was a leader in the development of the

sociology of emotions The sociology of emotion applies sociological theorems and techniques to the study of human emotions. As sociology emerged primarily as a reaction to the negative effects of modernity, many normative theories deal in some sense with emotion wit ...

, not only intellectually but also organizationally through the establishment of the Sociology of Emotions Research Network of the

European Sociological Association The European Sociological Association (ESA) is an academic association of European sociologists with over 2800 members. It is a member of the Initiative for Science in Europe and the International Sociological Association. History ESA was establi ...

. Barbalet’s research includes the critical evaluation of Max Weber's sociology; his recent contributions have been to the sociological study of contemporary China.

Selected publications

* Jack Barbalet. ''The Theory of Guanxi and Chinese Society''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. * Jack Barbalet. ''Confucianism and the Chinese Self: Re-examining Weber's China ''. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. * Jack Barbalet, Adam Possamai and Bryan Turner (editors). ''Religion and the State: A Comparative Sociology''. London: Anthem Press, 2011. * Jack Barbalet. ''Weber, Passion and Profits: ‘The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism’ in Context''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008/2011. * Jack Barbalet (editor). ''Emotions and Sociology''. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing (Sociological Review Monograph Series), 2002. * Jack Barbalet. ''Emotion, Social Theory, and Social Structure: A Macrosociological Approach''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. * Jack Barbalet. ''Citizenship: Rights, Struggle and Class Inequality''. London: Open University Press, 1988. * Jack Barbalet. ''Marx's Construction of Social Theory''. London: Routledge, 2015.

References

External links

Jack Barbalet
bio at the

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