William I. Robinson

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William I. Robinson (born March 28, 1959 ) is an American social and political scientist . He teaches and researches as professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara . Robinson is politically active and is considered a critic of US policy towards the “ Third World ”, especially in Latin America .

Life

Robinson studied in Huntington , Ibadan , Nairobi and Costa Rica from the 1970s and worked mainly as a journalist for a long time . He received his PhD from the University of New Mexico in 1994 and subsequently taught at the University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University and the University of Tennessee . Since 2001 he has been Professor of Sociology with a focus on Latin America at the University of California in Santa Barbara.

Robinson describes himself as a Marxist and is heavily influenced by Antonio Gramsci .

Quote

"How are we to understand our world? Our everyday experiences are played out in milieus. These milieus are linked to institutions that organize our lives and bind us to a great many people. Varied and encompassing combinations of institutions and their interrelations form social structures. History, or how social structures have changed over time, tells us where we came from, how we have arrived at the present, and where we are headed. To see our own personal existence as bound up with history and social structures is to acquire what the great modern sociologist C. Wright Mills called the sociological imagination, 'the most fruitful form of self consciousness.' Democracy, or the ability to exercise a measure of control over the vital affairs of our lives as they are played out in personal milieus connected to historical processes and social structures, is, I believe, the great problem of our age. "

Translation: “How do we have to understand our world? Our daily experiences take place in milieus. These milieus are linked to institutions that organize our lives and commit us to many people. Diverse and restrictive, interconnected institutions and their interrelationships form social structures. History, or how social structures have changed over time, tells us where we came from, how we became and where we are going. Recognizing our personal existence as linked to history and social structure is what the great modern sociologist C. Wright Mills called the sociological fantasy, 'the most fertile form of self-awareness'. Democracy or the ability to exercise adequate control over the important processes in our lives that are related in our personal milieu to historical processes and social structures - that is, I believe, the big problem of our age. "

Fonts

  • A Theory of Global Capitalism: Production, Class and State in a Transnational World . Johns Hopkins University Press , Baltimore 2004.
  • Transnational Conflicts: Central America, Social Change and Globalization . Verso, London 2003.
  • Promoting Polyarchy: Globalization, US Intervention, and Hegemony . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996.
  • A Faustian Bargain: US Intervention in the Nicaraguan Elections and American Foreign Policy In the Post Cold War Era . Westview Press, Boulder 1992.
  • David and Goliath: The US War Against Nicaragua . Monthly Review Press, New York 1987.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William I. Robinson: Promoting Polyarchy. Globalization, US Intervention, and Hegemony . Cambridge University Press 1996, pp. 13-14. google-book
personal data
SURNAME Robinson, William I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American social and political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1959