Jieli Li
Editor-in-Chief,
Education
Ph.D., University of California-Riverside, 1996
Research Specialization
Social Change, Theory, Comparative Institutions and Organizations, Sociology of Development, Globalization, Social Movement, Conflict and Resolution, Asia/China Studies
Courses Taught
- Soc 1000: Introduction to Sociology
- Soc 3000: Development of Sociological Theory
- Soc 3290: Race and Ethnic Relations
- Soc 4040/5040: Modern Sociological Theory
- Soc 4140/5140: Contemporary Social Movements
- Soc 4300/5300: Sociology of Organizations
- Soc 4650/5650: Social Change
- Soc 4950: Sociology of Globalization and Development
- Soc 6070: Seminar in Globalization
- Soc 6090: Seminar in Social Change and Development
- Soc 6160: Seminar in Sociological Theory
Selected Publications
2018. 鈥淭he Value of Jurisdiction by Justification of Behavioral Rationality 鈥 Rethinking of the Peng Yu Case鈥 Journal of Hubei University of Economics, Vol 16, No. 2 (March), 2018, PP 106-115 (with D. Pan).
2017. 鈥淓nvironmental Justice and Low-Carbon Economy: In Search of Social Governance for Sustainability,鈥 in S Guo and Y Zhou Eds. China鈥檚 Green Low Carbon Transition Development. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, 2017, pp. 36-43.
2017. 鈥淎nalysis of Social Protection Programs of Chinese Migrant Workers in the Process of Urbanization and Development,鈥 Contemporary Economics, Issue 19, No. 7, 2017, pp. 95-99 (with Dan Chen)
2016. 鈥淔ood Security in WTO multilateral Trade Negotiations 鈥 From the Perspective of the Bali Package,鈥 Wuhan University International Law Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp.186-203. (with Xiaojing Zhang).
2015. 鈥淐hina Emerging as a Game Changer in Contention for Global Energy Governance,鈥 Issues & Studies 鈥 A Social Science Quarterly on China, Taiwan, And East Asian Affairs, Vol. 51, No. 4 (December), Pp. 1-32.
2015. Nine Modern Cases of State Fragmentation from the American Revolution to Ukraine's Loss of Crimea: Sociology of Political History. Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press. 300pp.
2015. 鈥淪till 鈥楩amiliar鈥 but No Longer 鈥楽trangers鈥: Hui Muslims in Contemporary China,鈥 in X. Li and P. Shan (eds.) Ethnic China: Identity, Assimilation, and Resistance. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, pp 153-170. (With Lei Ji)
2014 (ed.) Environment and Sustainable Development in Asia. Volume 4 in a series of Globalization, Development and Security in Asia. Singapore and London: World Scientific Publishing. 276pp.
2014. 鈥淭hinking Globally and Acting Locally: Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Japan,鈥 in J. Li (ed.) Environment and Sustainable Development in Asia. Singapore and London: World Scientific Publishing. pp 245-260. (With Seiko Hanochi).
2013. 鈥淚n Transformation toward Socio-Legality with Chinese Characteristics: A Critical View,鈥 in X. Li and Q. Fang (eds.) Modern Chinese Legal Reform: New Perspectives. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky. Pp. 111-130.
2013. 鈥淐hina鈥檚 Evolving Civil Society and Grassroots Empowerment鈥 in X. Li and X, Tian (eds), Evolution of Power: China鈥檚 Struggle, Survival and Success. Lanham: Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 297-311
2013. 鈥淧erspectives on Sustainable Development of American Family Farms,鈥 World Agriculture, Issue 12, 2013. Pp. 134-138. (Chinese), (With Weimin Yang and Yigong Pu).
2012. 鈥淐hina鈥檚 Quest for Energy Security: A Geoeconomic Perspective鈥 in Mingjiang Li (ed.) China Joins Global Governance: Cooperation and Contentions, Lanham: Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 157-172.
2012. 鈥淧olitical Economy of Clean Energy: What China Can Learn from the U.S.,鈥 New Perspectives, No. 1, pp. 40-48. (Chinese), (With Lihua Yang).
2011. 鈥淐hina鈥檚 First Decade in the 21st Century: New Trends and Challenges鈥 in Shiping Hua and Sujian Guo (eds.) China in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Opportunities, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. 237- 252. (With Toby Li)
2010. Why Do States Fragment and Break Up? Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen. 280pp.
2010. 鈥淔ive Paradigm Shifts in International Development Studies,鈥 China Social Science Journal (4/13). (Chinese).
2010. 鈥淣ew Trends in Studies of Global Sustainable Development,鈥 China Social Science Journal (2/10). (Chinese).
2009. 鈥淐hina鈥檚 Evolving 鈥淒ouble-Track鈥 Socio-Legal System in Conflict Resolution.鈥 Peace and Conflict Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2, Pp. 1-16.
2009. 鈥淎n Institutional Transformation of Grassroots Mediation in Conflict Resolution: Where is China Headed?鈥 Sociological Focus, Vol. 42, No. 3, Pp. 246-253.
2008. "China's New Social Security System in the Making: Problems and Prospects" International Journal of Public Administration, 31(1), 5-23. (With Yi Feng and Ismene Gizelis).
2007 (ed.) Sociology in a series of Western Frontier Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Beijing, China Renmin University Press. 385pp. (Chinese).
2007. 鈥淣ew Trends and Contested Issues in Western Sociological Theory,鈥 in J. Li (ed.) Sociology in Series on Western Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing: China Renmin University Press, pp. 4-28.
2005. 鈥淒emocratic Development in Taiwan鈥 in China Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the People鈥檚 Republic, (ed. Luo Jing). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, pp. 601-604.
2004. 鈥淒emocratization vs. Taiwanization鈥 in Analyzing Taiwanese Society, eds. S. Lu and S. Tian (Taipei, Taiwan: Showei Publisher of Social Science Academic Series, 2004), Pp. 11-39. (Chinese).
2003. 鈥淒emocratic Transition in Taiwan: The Paradox of 鈥楾aiwanization鈥欌 in X. Li and Z. Pan (eds.) Taiwan in the Twenty-First Century. Washington, DC: American University Press, pp. 215-227.
2002. 鈥淪tate Fragmentation: Toward a Theoretical Understanding of Territorial Power of the State.鈥 Sociological Theory. 20(2):139-156.
2002. 鈥淔amily and Social Trends鈥 in G. Xu (ed.) World Eras Vol. 7: Imperial China: 617-1644. New York: Thomson/Gale, pp. 313-362.
2001. "Critical Theory," and "Racial Theories," Routledge Encyclopedia of International Political Economy, edited by R.J. Barry Jones, Vol. 1: Pp. 271-272, Vol. 2: Pp. 1296-1298. London: Routledge.
2000. 鈥淚nteraction Ritual as a Mobilizing Force of Collective Action: The Rise of the 1989 Chinese Student Movement,鈥 Southeast Sociological Review, 1: 32-45.
2000. "Macrosociology," Encyclopedia of Sociology, Second Edition, edited by Edgar F. Borgatta and Rhonda J.V. Montgomery, Pp. 1703-1712. New York: Macmillan. (With Tickamyer Ann)
2000. 鈥淭he Game of Three: Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Relations among China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.鈥 American Review of China Studies, 1(2) (winter): 91-103.
2000. 鈥淓xploring Asian Americans: The Myth of the 鈥楳odel Minority鈥 and the Reality of Their Lives,鈥 in Amanda Konradi and Martha Schmidt (eds.) Reading between the Lines: Toward an Understanding of Current Social Problems, (2nd edition). Mountain View, California: Mayfield Publishing Company.
1998. 鈥淕eopolitical Dynamics of State Change: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. Civil War and the Chinese Taiping Rebellion,鈥 Michigan Sociological Review, 12 (Fall): 24-49.
1997. 鈥淒omestic Constraints and International Competitiveness,鈥 Journal of Contemporary China, 6(15), 377-387. (With Yi Feng).
1996. "The Structural Strains of China's Socio-legal System: A Transition to Formal Legalism?" International Journal of the Sociology of Law 24: 41-59.
Jieli Li. 1993. "Geopolitics of the Chinese Communist Party in the Twentieth Century" Sociological Perspectives 36 (4): 3