Teodor Shanin

Teodor Shanin
Born 1930
Nationality British
Occupation Sociologist

Teodor Shanin OBE, born 1930 in Vilnius, Lithuania (then in possession of Polish Republic) is a British sociologist who was for many years a Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. He did extensive research on the informal economy, the Russian Revolution, African development, and peasant studies.[1][2][3][4]

Born in Polish Republic, raised in the Soviet Union, immigrant to Israel, Shanin made his career in the United Kingdom until he went to Russia to found the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences.

Selected publications

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

References

  1. ↑ Karen Gold (2002-09-10). "Peasants' professor | Education". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  2. ↑ 23 March 1998 (1998-03-20). "An exchange of peasantries | General". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  3. ↑ Мюрюкхъ Делхмю (1999-04-20). "Teodor Shanin". Eng.yabloko.ru. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  4. ↑ "Teodor Shanin (Author of Late Marx and the Russian Road)". Goodreads.com. 1930-01-01. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
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