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Veronica Dujon, Associate Professor & Chair. Ph.D. University of Wisconsin -- Madison, 1995. |
Interests: 1) Environmental sociology; 2) sociology of globalization; 3) women in the global economy; 4) tensions between national development strategies and forces of globalization. Projects: 1) Water rights in the Klamath Basin: this study examines whether under conditions of diminishing supplies of water, a shared commitment to a sense of place and community among competing interest groups may be a major factor in the redefinition of the conflict over water rights in ways that override narrow sub-group interests. 2) Ecotourism as development strategy: as export crop economies fail in developing countries can ecotourism be a viable alternative to economic growth? 3) Social Sustainability: How should it be defined and what conditions promote it, with a focus on Third World Countries. 4) Government Distrust and Alienation Among Gillnetters and Trollers in Oregon: Overcoming Barriers to Cooperation in Resource-Based Coastal Communities. This research addresses the gap in our understanding of the causes of trust and distrust of government in general, and of management agencies in particular, among groups of community stakeholders whose cooperation is essential to the success of strategies for sustainable fisheries management. Joint project with José A. Padín |
