Jeffrey P. Broadbent
Associate Professor
Ph.D. 1982 Harvard University
Room 1026 Social Sciences
tel.: 612-624-1828
email: broad001@umn.edu
Comparing Climate Change Policy (COMPON)
Interest Areas
Political Sociology; Network Analysis; Institutions and Culture; Social Movements; Japan; East Asia; Cross-national Comparison; Environmental Politics.
Current Research
- COMPON - Comparing Climate Change Policy Networks - comparative study with teams in 17 countries collecting matched network survey data. Effect of participatory venues and advocacy coalitions on the use of scientific predictions about climate change as a basis for national policy.
- Effects of network infrastructures on power relations in formal democracies: reciprocity networks in Japan, in the U.S. and Germany.
- Effects of international networks on the participation of environmental NGOs in government policy formation: the case of Japanese climate change policy.
- Social movements in East Asia – an edited book with chapters by 18 East Asian social scientists.
- Environmental movements/NGOs and the state in China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan: Selective Permission and Mobilization Opportunities.
Recent Publications
East Asian Social Movements: Challenging the Developmental State, edited with Vicky Brockman. Forthcoming 2007. New York: Springer.
"Foreword to Japan Chapter–Environmental Values and Developmental Priorities in Japan." 2006. 'Dancing Cats' and 'Factory Ships': Justice, Livelihood and Contest Environments, Joanne Bauer, ed. Armonk, NY: ME Sharpe.
"Social Movements and the Environment," with Brendan Barrett. 2005. Chapter in Ecological Modernisation in Japan, B. Barrett and Dana Fisher, eds. New York: Routledge.
"Japan’s Environmental Politics: Recognition and Response Processes." 2005. Environmental Management in Japan, Hidefumi Imura and Miranda Schreurs, eds. New York: The World Bank and Elsevier Press.
"Identity Dynamics: Movement Mobilization in the U.S. and Japan." 2005. Economic and Political in Comparative Perspective, Charles Tilly and Maria Kousis, eds. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.
"Movement in Context: Thick Social Networks and Environmental Mobilization in Japan." 2003. Social Movements and Networks: Relational Approaches to Collective Action, M. Diani and D. McAdam, eds. New York: Oxford University Press.