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Monica Prasad
Associate Professor - On Leave
1812 Chicago Avenue
Room 327
Phone: (847) 491-3899
m-prasad@northwestern.edu
Office Hours: On Leave
Areas of Interest
Political Sociology
Economic Sociology
Comparative Historical Analysis
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Biography
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.
Courses Taught
SOCIOL 376: Special Topics: Global Capitalism Syllabus
SOCIOL 476: Special Topics: Global Capitalism Syllabus
Books
The Politics of Free Markets: The Rise of Neoliberal Economic Policies in Britain, France, Germany,
and the United States
University of Chicago Press, 2006
The New Fiscal Sociology: Taxation in Comparative and Historical Perspective
Co-edited with Isaac Martin and Ajay Mehrotra; Cambridge University Press, 2009
Publications
Taxation as a Regulatory Tool
Government and Markets (Chapter 11)
Edward J. Balleisen and David A. Moss; Cambridge University Press, 2010
The Origins of Tax Systems
With Kimberly J. Morgan; American Journal of Sociology, 2009
Three Theories of the Crisis
Accounts (ASA) (Essay); Economic Sociology Newsletter, 2009
Symposium on the Politics of Free Markets
ASA Political Sociology, 2007
Why Is France So French?
American Journal of Sociology, 2005
William Henry Exum Award
The intent of this prize is to honor the memory of William Henry Exum, a member of the Department of Sociology and the African American Studies Department, who died in 1986 at the age of 37. Exum was concerned with the quality of writing and research analysis in student papers. He was also interested in racial problems facing minority youths in higher education. This award was established as a means of continuing his goals of breaking barriers for all minorities.
The award submission deadline is April 27, 2012. All interested students should submit a 15-20 page paper, typed and double-spaced, on a topic dealing with race and ethnicity. Students are not limited to a sociological approach in preparing their submissions, nor is the award limited to sociology or social science majors.
The paper should include a cover sheet with the student's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, year in school, and major.
Three copies of the essay must be submitted by the announced deadline to the Exum Award - Department of Sociology, 1810 Chicago Ave., Evanston Campus or one copy by email to sociol@northwestern.edu.
This award is open to all undergraduate students from all disciplines.
Upcoming Events
COLLOQUIUM: Aldon Morris, Sociology, Northwestern University
May 24, 2012 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
