Marc Dixon
Professor
Appointments
Professor of Sociology
Area of Expertise
Collective Behavior and Social Movements,
Sociology of Work and Labor,
Political Sociology,
Historical Sociology
Biography
I write on unions, social movements, and their impact on corporate and governmental policy. My book Heartland Blues explores contestation over labor rights in the post-WWII U.S. Currently I am researching other non-state attempts to regulate and improve corporate labor and environmental standards.
Education
B.A. University of Vermont
M.A. Ohio State University
Ph.D. Ohio State University
Taught Courses
Publications
Dixon, Marc. 2020. Heartland Blues: Labor Rights in the Industrial Midwest. New York: Oxford University Press.
Yona, L, Dixon, MD, Howarth, RB, Kapuscinski, AR and Virginia, RA. 2020. "Applying a leverage points framework to the United Nations climate negotiations: The (dis)empowerment of youth participants." Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 8: 36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.433
DiGrazia, Joe and Marc Dixon. "The Conservative Upsurge and Labor Policy in the States." Work and Occupations https://doi.org/10.1177/0730888419876970.
Martin, Andrew W. and Marc Dixon. "The Institutionalization of Anti-Business Protest, 1960-1995." The Sociological Quarterly https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2019.1625734.
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