Caleb Southworth

Associate Professor

Address: 720 PLC University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403	Phone:	(541) 346-5034
	Fax:	(541) 346-5026
	Email:	caleb@uoregon.edu

My research has been concentrated in two main areas: (1) investigations into social and economic change in post-socialist society; and (2) the historical role of U.S. labor unions in influencing political change, particularly with respect to elections and state policy. Broadly speaking, I am an economic sociologist interested in historical data on the societal transition from socialism to capitalism and on the development and functioning of political communities.

How labor markets work and under what conditions they change constitute a central reason for studying Russia, Ukraine, and Hungary . Using survey data and ethnographic methods I have shown that barter and in-kind payment of wages within Russian firms reduce the mobility of workers both geographically and within the labor market. This work uses multiple methods and includes quantitative, archival, and ethnographic data.

Another current project is longitudinal study of U.S. trade unions that examines the impact of organizational splits on the growth or decline of membership. Inspired by recent splits in the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, this work shows that competition has historically spurred membership gains among American unions.

Research Interests

post-Soviet societies
quantitative historical methods
economic sociology

Teaching Areas

economic sociology
historical-comparative methods
spatial data analysis

Courses Taught

SOC 204	Introduction to Sociology
SOC 312	Quantitative Methods
SOC 410	Economic Sociology

Selected Articles

Forthcoming Stepan-Norris, Judith and Caleb Southworth. “Churches as Organizational Resources: A Case Study in the Geography of Religion and Political Voting in Post-War Detroit.” Social Science History.

Forthcoming Balaev, Mikhail and Caleb Southworth. “How International Trade Ties Affect Democratization: The Case of Post-Soviet States.” In Bruno S. Sergi and William T. Bagatelas (eds.), Industries and Markets in Central and Eastern Europe. London: Ashgate.

2006 Southworth, Caleb. “The Dacha Debate: Household Agriculture and Labor Markets in Post-Soviet Russia.” Rural Sociology 71(3):451-78.

2006 Hormel, Leontina and Caleb Southworth. “Eastward Bound: A Case Study of Post-Soviet Labor Migration from a Rural Ukrainian Town.” Europe Asia Studies 58(4):603-23.

2004 Southworth, Caleb and Leontina Hormel. "Why work 'Off the Books?' Community, Household, and Individual Determinants of Informal Economic Activity in Post-Soviet Russia." in Leo McCann (editor) Russian Transformations: Challenging the Global Narrative. London: Routledge.

2004 Southworth, Caleb. "The Development of Post-Soviet Neo-Paternalism in Two Enterprises in Bashkortostan: How familial-type management moves firms and workers away from labor markets." in Leo McCann (editor) Russian Transformations: Challenging the Global Narrative. London: Routledge.

2003 Southworth, Caleb and Judith Stepan-Norris. "The Geography of Class: Connections between Workplace and Neighborhood Politics." Social Problems 50(3).

2002 Southworth, Caleb. "Aid to Sharecroppers: How Agrarian Class Structure and Tenant-Farmer Politics Influenced Federal Relief in the South, 1933-1935" Social Science History 26:37-74.

2001 Southworth, Caleb. "Implications of Russian Enterprises Reliance on Neo-Paternalism for Economic Development: Evidence from Six Factories in Russia." in R. T. Nasibullin, A. A. Baimbetov and F. G. Khairullin (eds.) Sotsiologiya v Menyaushchemsya Sotsiume [Sociology in a Changing Society]. Ufa, Russia: Ufa Aviation State Technical University.

1998 Böröcz, József and Caleb Southworth. "'Who you know' Earnings Effects of Formal and Informal Social Network Resources under Late State Socialism in Hungary, 1986-87." Journal of Socio-Economics 27:401-425.

1996 Böröcz, József and Caleb Southworth. "Decomposing the Intellectuals¥ Class Power: Conversion of Cultural Capital to Income, Hungary, 1986-87." Social Forces 74(3):797-821.

1995 Böröcz, József and Caleb Southworth. "Halozatok es jovedelem: Magyarorszag, 1986-87 [Networks and Income: Hungary, 1986-87]." Szociol¥giai Szemle.

Education

Ph.D. -- University of California, Los Angeles