Associate Professor Salvatore Babones
Associate Professor
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Biographical details
A/Prof Babones (巴博斯) is the author or editor of ten books and more than two dozen academic research articles. His two main areas of academic research are the political economy of the greater China region and the methodology of quantitative modeling in the social sciences. He also publishes extensively on American social and foreign policy.
Research interests
Salvatore Babones is interested in understanding the structure of the Chinese, Asian, and global economies. He is currently studying how China's New Silk Road policies fit into the geoeconomics of the larger world-system. He maintains a strong second research stream on quantitative methodology for the social sciences.
Teaching and supervision
- SCLG2000 - Global Social Problems
- SCLG2616 - Understanding Globalisation
- SCLG2632 - Quantitative Methods
Current projects
- The American Tianxia -- the application of classical Chinese social systems concepts to the contemporary world
- The Economics of Empire -- a study of the economic and political implications of American global dominance
- How Countries Grow -- an integrative study of historical and contemporary patterns of economic growth
Associations
- 2019-[current]: Member, National Committee on United States-China Relations
- 2015-[current]: Associate Fellow, Centre for International Relations, Warsaw
- 2012-2014: Chair-Elect, Chair, Past-Chair, Section on Political Economy of the World-System, American Sociological Association (three-year cycle)
- 2012-2014: Associate Fellow, Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Riga
- 2011-2016: Associate Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington
- 2011-2014: Vice President, Research Committee 02 - Economy and Society, International Sociological Association
- 2007-2009: Secretary-Treasurer, Section on Political Economy of the World-System, American Sociological Association
- 2007-2010: Board Member, Research Committee 02 - Economy and Society, International Sociological Association
PhD and master's project opportunities
A/Prof Babones is soliciting PhD, Honours, and other research students to work on projects under the rubric of "Emerging Market Societies" to study the societies of economically important developing countries and regions. A/Prof Babones is particularly interested in supervising studies of economic growth and economic inequality in the greater China region. Students are especially encouraged who would like to learn how to use quantitative methods to study official statistical data produced by government agencies. No prior mathematical or statistical training is required, but potential students should be curious about quantitative methods and eager to expand their knowledge.
Selected grants
2015
- Emerging Market Societies – Focus on Greater China; Babones S; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan)/Taiwan Fellowship.
2013
- The Operationalization of Monetary Poverty in High-Income Countries; Babones S; Swiss National Science Foundation/Research Support.
2010
- Globalisation and the Global Income Distribution in Times of Stability and in Times of Crisis; Babones S; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP).
2006
- Globalization and the World-Economy; Babones S; US National Science Foundation/Sociology Program.
2003
- Spatial Probability Mapping from Behavioral Objective Functions; Babones S; US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command/Research Funding.
1999
- Economic Development in the Liberal State; Babones S; US National Science Foundation Sociology Program/Dissertation Fellowship.
Selected publications
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The New Authoritarianism: Trump, Populism and the Tyranny of Experts (Polity Press, 2018)
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American Tianxia: Chinese money, American power, and the end of history (Policy Press, 2017)
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Latent Variables and Factor Analysis (Sage Publications, 2015)
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Sixteen for '16: A progressive Agenda for a Better America (Policy Press, 2015)
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Methods for Quantitative Macro-Comparative Research (Sage Publications, 2014)
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Applied Statistical Modeling (Sage Publications, 2013)
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Fundamentals of Regression Modeling (Sage Publications, 2013)
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The Future of Development: A radical manifesto (Policy Press, 2013)
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Routledge Handbook of World-Systems Analysis (Routledge, 2012)
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Social Inequality and Public Health (Policy Press, 2009)
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The International Structure of Income: Its Implications for Economic Growth (VDM Verlag Dr Muller , 2009)
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Global Social Change: Historical and Comparative Perspectives (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006)
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