Anthony Oberschall
Anthony Richard Oberschall (* 1936 in Budapest ) is an American sociologist and philanthropist who works primarily in the areas of social movements and the sociology of conflict .
Oberschall received his Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Harvard University in 1958 and his doctorate in sociology from Columbia University in 1962 with a thesis on the beginnings of German social research. His teaching career began that same year at the University of California at Los Angeles , where he spent four years as an assistant professor . From 1966 to 1973 taught at Yale University , where he was promoted to associate professor . In 1973 he published his Social Conflict and Social Movements (German: "Social conflict and social movements"), which is now considered a fundamental work in resource mobilization theory . In the same year he became a professor at Vanderbilt University , which he left in 1980 for a professorship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where he retired in 2002.
In addition to his academic career, he is also a political advisor. Alongside Yves Tomić, he is an expert witness on the indictment in the proceedings against Vojislav Šešelj before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia . Oberschall deals with the effects of nationalist propaganda for which Šešelj is held responsible.
Publications
- (1973): Social Conflict and Social Movements , Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- (1993) Social Movements: Interests, Ideologies and Identities , New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.
- (2000): "The Manipulation of Ethnicity: From Cooperation to Violence and War in Yugoslavia," Ethnic and Racial Studies 23 (6): 982-1001.
- (2000): "How to Prevent Genocide," Contemporary Sociology 29 (1): 1-12.
- (2007): Conflict and Peace Building in Divided Societies: Responses to Ethnic Violence , London & New York, NY: Routledge.
swell
- ^ Anthony Oberschall: Empirical Social Research in Germany 1848-1914 , Verlag Karl Alber, Freiburg / Munich 1997. ISBN 3-495-47852-3
- ↑ http://www.unc.edu/depts/europe/aboutus/faculty-bios.htm , last access: October 15, 2007.
Web links
- Literature by and about Anthony Oberschall in the catalog of the German National Library
- Site at the University of North Carolina ( Engl. )
- Hague as witness ( Engl. )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oberschall, Anthony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oberschall, Anthony Richard; Oberschall, Tony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |