Dr. Berch Berberoglu is Foundation Professor of Sociology
and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Sociology at the University
of Nevada, Reno. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 1977.
He has been teaching and conducting research at the University of Nevada, Reno
for the past 34 years.
Dr. Berberoglu has written and edited 28 books and many
articles. His most recent books include Labor and Capital in the Age of Globalization
(2002), Globalization of Capital and the Nation-State (2003), Nationalism
and Ethnic Conflict: Class, State, and Nation in the Age of Globalization (2004),
Globalization and Change: The Transformation of Global Capitalism (2005),
The State and Revolution in the Twentieth Century: Major Social Transformations
of Our Time (2007), Class and Class Conflict in the Age of Globalization
(2009); Globalization in the 21st Century: Labor, Capital, and the State on a World Scale (2010); and Beyond the Global Capitalist Crisis: The World Economy in Transition (Ashgate, 2012).
Dr. Berberoglu's latest book is Political Sociology in a Global Era: An Introduction to the State and Society (Paradigm, 2013). He is currently working on a new book titled America Beyond Empire: The Promise and the Vision for a New America in the 21st Century, which will be
published by Paradigm Publishers in 2014. His areas of specialization include political
economy, globalization, development, class analysis, political sociology, nationalism
and ethnonational conflict, class/race/gender, and comparative-historical sociology.
Dr. Berberoglu is Series Editor for Palgrave Macmillan
for the book series "Social Movements and Transformation" and is Series Editor for Ashgate Publishing for the book series "Globalization, Crises,
and Change."