Is the new U.K. prime minister a paragon of immigrant success?Rishi Sunak credits his hard-working family for the foundations of his career. But government policies may play a bigger role […]

Describe your primary research or scholarship, and tell us what is most exciting about your current project.One major focus of my research has been how the rise of China reshapes […]

Assistant Professor Christy Thornton published an op-ed in today’s New York Times arguing that the Biden administration’s domestic changes in drug policy won’t work in the absence of changes to […]

Christy Thornton’s first book, Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy (University of California Press, 2021) was recognized with two commendations at the 2022 American Sociological […]

“We’re in a very precarious moment, where the cost of living is going up so quickly — through the price of gas and food and rent — that more people […]

Samantha was selected to receive a fellowship from the American Institute of Indian Studies for 2022-2023.  The Selection Committee reviewed an extremely competitive field of proposals and was only able […]

Christy Thornton’s Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy has won the 2022 Luciano Tomassini Latin American International Relations Book Award from the Latin American Studies […]

Assistant Professor Christy Thornton’s recent book Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy(University of California Press, 2021) was selected as Best Scholarly Book of 2021 by […]

Ho-Fung Hung, Henry M. and Elizabeth P. Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy & Chair, on How China Uses Economic Coercion to Silence Critics and Achieve its Political Aims Globally.

Assistant Professor of Sociology Christy Thornton has received a grant of $111,000 from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Economy and Society Program for a new scholarly initiative, the History […]