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St. Cloud State University

St. Cloud State University

Sociology ProgramDepartment of Sociaology and Anthropology
Sociology Program

Sociology Faculty:Stephen Philion

Stephen Philion

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Email: sephilion@stcloudstate.edu

Phone: 320-308-5497

Ph.D  (University of Hawaii)

Stephen Philion

Stephen Philion completed his dissertation in 2004 at the University of Hawaii on  The Discourse of Workers Democracy as a Terrain of Ideological Struggle in the Moment of Transition from State Socialism in China.

He has recently finished writing a book titled Workers' Democracy in China's Transition from Socialism published in 2009 by Routledge.

He lived for a period of 5 years in Taiwan and almost 2 years in Mainland China researching the impact of privatization (and more broadly globalization) on workers across the Taiwan Straits. He has spent much time interviewing laid-off workers and labor movement organizers-supporters throughout Mainland China.

Classes he teaches include Social Theory, Race and Ethnic Relations, Sociology of Religion, Global and Racial Inequalities, and China and Globalization to undergraduate and graduate students. 

He has published articles on topics including:

Chinese Workers' Protests against Privatization,

Fieldwork Encounters with Chinese Workers,

Against Smorgasbord Approaches to Teaching Race , [with Lindah Mhando], and  

Theorising Class and Social Movements

His paper "Is Race REALLY Controversial in the University Classroom?" has recently been accepted for publication in the April 2009 edition of The Journal for Critical Education Policy.

Email Steve for a copy if you wish to read it.

Steve published a web interview with Jerry Lembcke critiquing the role of conspiracy theory in today's anti-war movments

All his publications, teaching syllabi, and other information on Stephen Philion can be found at his webpage at

http://stephenphilion.efoliomn2.com/