Theodor Shanin was for many years a Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester

University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...

. He is noted for his research on the informal economy, the Russian Revolution, African development, and perhaps most notably peasant studies.

Selected publications

Alavi, Hamza

Hamza Alavi

Hamza Alavi was an academic sociologist and activist with adherence to Marxism. He was born in Bohra community in Karachi, the then British India which now constitutes Pakistan and eventually migrated to London. The focus of his academic work was nationality, gender, fundamentalism and the...

& Shanin, Teodor (2003) Introduction to the Sociology of "Developing Societies", Monthly Review Press