Reza Hasmath

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 in 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, and has worked for think-tanks, consultancies, development agencies, and NGOs in USA, Canada, UK, Australia and China. He was formally trained in philosophy, public policy, international studies and diplomacy, and social and political sciences, as well as in 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, and can be summarized in fivefold:

1. Examining the life course experiences (e.g. from education to the labour market), and public management, of ethnic minorities in global contexts; 
2. 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; 
3. Assessing the evolving behaviour of policy actors and citizens, and their subsequent impact on advanced authoritarian regimes;
4. Evaluating global social and economic sustainability, and the development of environmental, social and corporate governance principles and practices; and,
5. Probing into the essentialist qualities of the self, community and state through their performative interplay in the public domain.

POL S 261 - International Relations

An introduction to contemporary international relations that attempts to develop an understanding of political events at the international level. The course covers the nature of foreign policy, the dynamics of interactions between states, the causes of war, imperialism and the role of non-state actors. Not to be taken by students with credit in POL S 260. Prerequisite: POL S 101 or consent of 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.

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