Jeffrey Broadbent

Jeffrey Praed Broadbent (born in 1944) is an emeritus professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota whose academic focus includes comparative sociology; environmental sociology; Japanese society; political networks; political sociology and social movements.[1] He is also a member of the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota.[2]

Education

Broadbent received a B.A. (1974) in religious studies-Buddhism at the University of California, Berkeley, an M.A. (1975) in Regional Studies—Japan at Harvard University, and a Ph.D. (1982) in sociology at Harvard University. [3][4]

Academic career

From 1988 to 1989, Broadbent was a grantee of the Japan-United States Educational Commission (a Fulbright Program), and was a Fulbright-Hays scholar from 1989 to 1990. He received the Social Science Research Council's Abe Fellowship for 2005–6. Broadbent was awarded two academic prizes for his book, Environmental Politics in Japan: Networks of Power and Protest, the best book award from the Section on Environmental Sociology of the American Sociological Association (2000)[5] and the Masayoshi Ōhira Memorial Prize in Japan (2001)[6][7] The book received positive reviews.[8][9][10][11]

Selected publications

  • Broadbent, J. (2024). “Power and Theory: Toward a Multidimensional Explanation of the Dynamic Political Field.” Journal of Political Power (17) 3.
  • Broadbent, J.; Brockman, V. (2011). East Asian Social Movements. New York: Springer.[12][13]
  • Broadbent, J. (1998). Environmental Politics in Japan: Networks of Power and Protest. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521665744
  • Knoke, David; Franz Pappi; Jeffrey Broadbent, Yutaka Tsujinaka (1996). Comparing Policy Networks: Labor Politics in the U.S., Germany, and Japan.[14][15] Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521499275

References

  1. ^ "University of Minnesota Asian Languages & Literatures". Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Institute for Global Studies, University of Minnesota". Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  3. ^ "University of Minnesota Graduate Program, Asian Languages and Literatures". Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Harvard University Department of Sociology Doctorates in Sociology" (PDF). Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Environmental Sociology Award Recipient History". American Sociological Association Environmental Sociology Award Recipient History. December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  6. ^ "News" (PDF). Newsletter of the Comparative and Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. 13 (2): 1. Summer 2001. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Website of Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Foundation". Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  8. ^ Schreurs, Miranda A. (1999), Review of Broadbent, Jeffrey, Environmental Politics in Japan: Networks of Power and Protest, H-Japan, H-Review, retrieved 2026-01-30
  9. ^ Gerbert, E. (2000-01-01). "Book Reviews : Jeffrey Broadbent. Environmental Politics in Japan: Networks of Power and Protest (Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 382 p., $59.95, hardback". Journal of Asian and African Studies. 35 (3): 360–362. doi:10.1177/002190960003500309. ISSN 0021-9096.
  10. ^ Milly, Deborah J. (2000). "Environmental Politics in Japan: Networks of Power and Protest. By Jeffrey Broadbent. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 440p. $64.95 cloth, $22.95 paper". American Political Science Review. 94 (4): 960–960. doi:10.2307/2586256. ISSN 0003-0554.
  11. ^ Oshio, Kazuto (1999-07-01). "Environmental Politics in Japan: Networks of Power and Protest. By Jeffrey Broadbent. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xviii + 418pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliographical references, index. Cloth $59.95". Environmental History. 4 (3): 438–439. doi:10.2307/3985139. ISSN 1084-5453.
  12. ^ Sinpeng, Aim (2012). "Review of East Asian Social Movements". Journal of East Asian Studies. 12 (3): 467–469. ISSN 1598-2408.
  13. ^ Chen, Yea-Wen (2013). "Jeffrey Broadbent and Vicky Brockman (eds): East Asian Social Movements: Power, Protest, and Change in a Dynamic Region, Springer, 2011, 516 pp., subject index, $169.00". Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 24 (1): 289–291. doi:10.1007/s11266-012-9320-y. ISSN 0957-8765.
  14. ^ Lewis, Matthew (1997). "Book Review: David Knoke, Franz Urban Pappi, Jeffrey Broadbent, and Yutaka Tsujinaka, Comparing Policy Networks: Labor Politics in the US, Germany and Japan (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, 288 pp., £ 13.95 pbk.)". Millennium: Journal of International Studies. 26 (3): 933–935. doi:10.1177/03058298970260030732. ISSN 0305-8298.
  15. ^ Gould, Roger V. (1997). "Comparing Policy Networks: Labor Politics in the U.S., Germany, and Japan by David Knoke, Franz Urban Pappi, Jeffrey Broadbent, and Yutaka Tsujinaka". American Journal of Sociology. 102 (6): 1745–1747. doi:10.1086/231143. ISSN 0002-9602.
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