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Monica Prasad

 

Monica Prasad

Associate Professor
Department of Sociology

Areas of Interest:
Political Sociology; Economic Sociology; Comparative Historical Analysis

 

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Assistant Professor; Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2000. Monica Prasad studies how societies create and regulate markets, from the state regulations of the Progressive era to the fair trade labeling and carbon taxes of today.  In her book The Politics of Free Markets (winner of the 2007 Barrington Moore Award) she investigates why the movement to minimize government regulation of markets--"neoliberalism"--was so much stronger in the U.S. and Britain than in France and West Germany.

Prasad is currently studying attempts to use taxation as a regulatory tool. Current projects include an edited volume on the sociology of taxation (with Isaac Martin and Ajay Mehrotra); research on the origins of progressive taxation in America (with Kimberly Morgan); a comparative study of tax progressivity (with Yingying Deng); and a comparative historical investigation of carbon taxes.



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1812 Chicago Ave., Room 327
Evanston, Illinois 60208-1330
Phone: (847) 491-3899
Fax: (847) 491-9907


Office Hours: Wednesday 2:00 - 5:00

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Courses Taught
Soc 302-0: Complex Organizations
Soc 303-0: Analysis of Social Data
Soc 309-0: Political Sociology
Soc 476-0 Special Topics:
Political Sociology

 


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