Christopher Gibson, Simon Fraser University

Research

development inequality social movements political sociology political institutions global sociology political economy comparative-historical sociology

Latest funding

State development projects and social Inequality in urban Brazil
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$303,322

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State development projects and social Inequality in urban Brazil

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gibson, Christopher L.

Keywords: development; inequality; social movements; political sociology; political institutions; global sociology; political economy; comparative-historical sociology; comparative politics

$303,322

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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