George Thomas
Professor, School of Politics and Global Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Politics and Global Studies
Arizona State University
PO Box 873902
Tempe, AZ 85287
USA
Titles
- Professor, School of Politics and Global Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Biography
George Thomas's research and teaching focus on world cultural processes and their constitutive effects on authority, agency, and identity. Globalization is not merely greater interconnectedness and complexity worldwide; it also involves a consciousness and culture of the world as one place. In this view, culture is not synonymous with local, traditional practices and identities that are marginalized by technical, economic, material globalization. Global processes are thoroughly cultural and characterized by a hyper rationalism.
Education
- PhD, Sociology, Stanford University, 1979
- MA, Sociology, Stanford University, 1977
- BA, Sociology, Arizona State University, 1973
Expertise
Journal Articles
2008
Thomas, G., N. Chhetri and K. Hussaini. 2008. Legitimacy and the rise of NGOs: The global and local in south Asia. Journal of Civil Society 4(1):31-42. DOI: 10.1080/17448680802051139. (link )