Reza Hasmath
Personal Website: https://www.rezahasmath.com
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Arts - Political Science Dept
- hasmath@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-0535
- Address
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10-10 Tory (H.M.) Building
11211 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2H4
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Chinese Politics Civil Society Race and Ethnicity International Development Social Policy
About
Reza Hasmath (Ph.D., Cambridge) is a Full Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta. He has previously held faculty positions in management, sociology, and political science at the Universities of Toronto, Melbourne, and Oxford. He has also worked for and advised global think tanks, consultancies, development agencies, and social organizations. He was formally trained in philosophy, public policy, international studies and diplomacy, social and political sciences, as well as various East Asian and European languages. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Civil Society, and is the Foundation Editor of the Routledge Research on the Politics and Sociology of China book series.
His award-winning research is supported by several multi-year grant schemes, which can be summarized in five major themes:
- Examining the life course experiences and public management of ethnic minorities in global contexts.
- Analyzing state-society relationships in China and how the activities of emerging state and non-state actors potentially affect salient theories, practices, and assumptions in international development and global affairs.
- Assessing the evolving behaviour of policy actors and citizens and their subsequent impact on advanced authoritarian regimes.
- Evaluating global social and economic sustainability and the development of environmental, social, and corporate governance principles and practices.
- Probing into the essential qualities of the self, community, and state through their performative interplay in the public domain.
Courses
POL S 328 - Managing Modern Government
Areas of focus include: organizational forms and managerial approaches for the public sector, fostering partnerships with the private/civil society sectors, and the behaviour of micro-level actors embedded in government. Prerequisite: Any 200-level POL S course or consent of the Department.
POL S 425 - Ethnicity, Immigration and Social Policy
Social policy theories and practices designed to integrate ethnic minorities and immigrant communities, in Canada and globally. Prerequisite: POL S 235 or 261 or consent of Department.
POL S 479 - NGO Governance and Management
Organizational features, actor/stakeholder relationships, and management challenges contemporary NGOs face. Prerequisite: POL S 235 or 261 or consent of Department.
POL S 525 - Ethnicity, Immigration and Social Policy
Social policy theories and practices designed to integrate ethnic minorities and immigrant communities, in Canada and globally.
POL S 579 - NGO Governance and Management
Organizational features, actor/stakeholder relationships, and management challenges contemporary NGOs face.
POL S 668 - Readings in International Studies
SOC 402 - Topics in Sociology
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or consent of the instructor. Note: Consult the Department for any additional prerequisites. Course may be taken more than once if topic(s) vary.
SOC 503 - Conference Course in Sociology for Graduate Students