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Contact Information:
Brown University
Department of Sociology
Box 1916
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: (401) 863-3459
Fax: (401) 863-3213
Amy_Kracker@brown.edu

Year of Entry: 2006

Previous Degrees:
M.S. in Applied Sociology, Clemson University, 2004
B.A. in International Studies, SUNY Buffalo, 2002

Areas of Interest:
Civil Society, Political Sociology, Spatial Social Science

My work examines how interactions between local governments and civil society can facilitate development. Specifically, I look at the configurations of civil society actors, state officials, and businesses in creating different types of urban governance regimes in South Africa. I then examine how variations in these regime configurations relate to differential abilities to address the spatial inequalities in service provision inherited from apartheid.

Curriculum Vitae

Affiliations:

Brown University Graduate Program in Development, Fellow

Brown University Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences, Senior Fellow