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Bai Gao, Professor, Sociology

Office Location: | 341 Soc-Psych |
Office Phone: | (919) 660-5620 |
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Web Page: | http://www.soc.duke.edu/dept/faculty/bagao.html |
Teaching (Fall 2022):
- SOCIOL 344.01, TECH AND ORG ENVIRONMENTS
Synopsis
- Languages 211, MW 03:30 PM-04:45 PM
- Education:
Ph.D. Princeton University 1994 Sociology Princeton University 1994 Sociology Princeton University 1990 Comparative Higher Education Beijing University 1986 Japanese Language & Literature Beijing University 1983
- Specialties:
- Intellectual Interests
- Research Interests:
I received my B.A. in Japanese Language and Literature in 1983, and M.A. in Comparative Higher Education in 1986 from Beijing University. I received an M.A. in 1990 and a Ph.D in Sociology in January 1994 from Princeton University. Before entering the United States, I worked as a research fellow at Beijing University. I have worked as visiting scholar at the University of Tokyo, Hitotsubashi University, and the Yokohama National University. My major areas of research interest are economic sociology, organizational analysis, comparative historical sociology, political economy, Japanese society, Chinese society, and East Asian capitalism. I teach Comparative Sociology (SOC 110), Organizations and Their Environments (SOC 144), and The Digital Economy (First Year Seminar).
- Areas of Interest:
- Economic Sociology,
Comparative/Historical Sociology,
Comparative Political Economy
- Keywords:
- Asia • Japan • china • Economics • Sociology
- Current Ph.D. Students
- Qiushi Feng
- Li-Hsuan Cheng
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- Gao, B, INTRODUCTION The Social Construction of Competitive Advantage, China: an International Journal, vol. 14 no. 1 (February, 2016), pp. 3-18, NUS PRESS PTE LTD
- Gao, B, “The United States is Leading the Third Industrial Revolution” (in Chinese), The Phoenix Weekly, vol. 437 (June, 2012), pp. 76-78
- Gao, B, “The benefits of Non-separation of State-Corporate Governance.”, The Phoenix Weekly, vol. 430 (March, 2012), pp. p. 84-p. 84
- Gao, B, “International Monetary Regimes and Domestic Political Economies: The Origins of the Global Glut of Liquidity.”, in The Handbook of the Sociology of Finance., edited by Cetina, KK; Preda, A (2012), Oxford University Press
- al, BGE, High-Speed Rail and China’s Grand Strategy in the 21 Century (in Chinese) (2012), Social Science Literature Press, Beijing, China