R. Scott Frey
Encyclopedia
R. Scott Frey is a sociologist at the University of Tennessee
. He specialises in the interrelated areas of public policy
, environment
, and social change
and social development. His recent work centers on risk
and globalization
issues.
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
. He specialises in the interrelated areas of public policy
Public policy
Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
, environment
Natural environment
The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species....
, and social change
Social change
Social change refers to an alteration in the social order of a society. It may refer to the notion of social progress or sociocultural evolution, the philosophical idea that society moves forward by dialectical or evolutionary means. It may refer to a paradigmatic change in the socio-economic...
and social development. His recent work centers on risk
Risk
Risk is the potential that a chosen action or activity will lead to a loss . The notion implies that a choice having an influence on the outcome exists . Potential losses themselves may also be called "risks"...
and globalization
Globalization
Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Most often, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import...
issues.
Publications
- R. Scott Frey. Forthcoming. 2005. Chapter in Globalization and the Environment, edited by Andrew Jorgenson and Ed Kick. Lei den, The Netherlands: Brill Academic Press.
- R. Scott Frey. Forthcoming. 2004. "Ecological Modernization and the Transfer of Hazards to the Periphery." Third World Quarterly.
- R. Scott Frey. 2003. "The Transfer of Core-Based Hazardous Production Processes to the Export Processing Zones of the Periphery: The Maquiladora Centers of Northern Mexico."Journal of World-Systems Research 9:317-354.
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, R. Scott Frey, and Eugene Rosa. 2002. "Technology, Risk, and Society."Pp. 329-369 in Handbook of Environmental Sociology, edited by Riley Dunlap and William Michelson. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. - R. Scott Frey, editor. 2001. The Environment and Society Reader. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
- R. Scott Frey. 2001. ¡°Environmental Problems.¡± Pp. 3-25 in The Environment and Society Reader, edited by R. Scott Frey. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
- R. Scott Frey and Carolyn Field. 2000. ¡°The Determinants of Infant Mortality in the Less Developed Countries: A Cross-National Test of Five Theories.¡± Social Indicators Research 52:215-234.