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Ali Kadivar

Assistant Professor

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Ali Kadivar

Ph.D.

Contact

McGuinn Hall 406

Telephone: 617-552-4134

Email: kadivarm@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A., Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
  • M.A., Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
  • M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research Interests

Politics, Comparative Historical Analysis, Social Movements, Global Sociology, Middle East, Iran

Curriculum Vitae

Biography

Mohammad Ali Kadivar is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Studies. His work contributes to political and comparative-historical sociology by exploring the interaction between protest movements and democratization.听His听work contributes to political and comparative-historical sociology by exploring the causes, dynamics, and consequences of protest movements.

This work grows out of his experience as a participant-observer of the pro-democracy movement in Iran, but his research agenda moves outward from this case to explore these issues on a global scale, using case studies, comparative-historical methods, and statistical analyses.

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