John Foran (born 1955) is an American sociologist with research interests in global

climate justice Climate justice is a concept that addresses the just division, fair sharing, and equitable distribution of the burdens of climate change and its mitigation and responsibilities to deal with climate change. "Justice", "fairness", and "equity" ar ...

revolutions In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

, and radical social change;

Third World The term "Third World" arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Warsaw Pact. The United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Western European nations and their allies represented the "First W ...

cultural studies Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the political dynamics of contemporary culture (including popular culture) and its historical foundations. Cultural studies researchers generally investigate how cultural practices r ...

; and

Latin American Latin Americans ( es, Latinoamericanos; pt, Latino-americanos; ) are the citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America). Latin American countries and their diasporas are multi-eth ...

and

Middle Eastern The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Province), East Thrace (European ...

studies. He has a PhD from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant univ ...

and is a

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of Sociology at the

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Selected publications

* On the Edges of Development: Cultural Interventions (coeditor, Routledge, 2009) * Revolution in the Making of the Modern World: Social Identities, Globalization, and Modernity (coeditor, Routledge, 2008) * Taking Power: On the Origins of Third World Revolutions (Cambridge University Press, 2005) * Feminist Futures: Re-imagining Women, Culture and Development (coeditor, Zed Press, 2003); * The Future of Revolutions: Re-thinking Radical Change in the Age of Globalization (ed., Zed Press, 2003); * Theorizing Revolutions (ed., Routledge, 1997); * Fragile Resistance: Social Transformation in Iran From 1500 to the Revolution (Westview Press, 1993).

External links

Homepage at UCSB
(this includes a link to his website on the case method of teaching in global and international studies, as well as a free e-book version of Fragile Resistance) American sociologists Revolution theorists Living people 1955 births {{US-sociologist-stub