Bai Gao, Professor

Contact Info:

Office Location:	276 Soc-Psych
Office Phone:	(919) 660-5620
Email Address:

Teaching (Fall 2009):

• SOCIOL 144.01, TECH AND ORG ENVIRONMENTS Synopsis

  Gray 228, MW 11:40 AM-12:55 PM

• SOCIOL 290S.01, GLOBAL RESPONSES RISE OF CHINA Synopsis

  Soc/Psych 329, M 04:25 PM-06:55 PM

• Sociology Princeton University 1994
• Sociology Princeton University 1990
• Comparative Higher Education Beijing University 1986
• Japanese Language & Literature Beijing University 1983

Research Interests:

Current projects: the institutional origins of the global financial crisis,, the industrial clusters and specialized markets in China,, the industrial upgrading strategies of Chinese companies in responding to the challenge of globalization

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,
Globalization,
Comparative/Historical Sociology,
Comparative and International Political Economy

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. The Dollar Standard and the Monetary Risks: The Chinese Situation Seen from the Japanese Experience, The 21st Century Economic Report (February 20th, 2006) .
2. Bai Gao, Neo-developmentalism Versus Classical Developmentalism: The Chinese Model and the Japanese Model in Comparison, Sociological Studies no. 1 (January, 2006) .
3. Globalization and the Structural Risks in the Chinese Model of Economic Development, Sociological Studies no. 1 (August, 2005) .
4. “The Possibility for A Major Change in International Economic Order, China Reform (April, 2005) .
5. Institutionalism in Economic Sociology and Several Theoretical Issues Related to China's Response to the Challenge of Globalization, Sociological Studies (Accepted, 2005) .