Barry Bluestone
Position: Russell B. and Andree B. Stearns Trustee Professor of Political Economy, Director, Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Degree(s): B.A. (1966), Ph.D. (1974) (Economics), University of Michigan
Areas of Research/Interest: Urban Development, Labor Market Analysis, Public Policy, Political Economy, Poverty and Income Distribution
Selected Publications: The Deindustrialization of America, (New York: Basic Books, 1982) (with Bennett Harrison) (Also Japanese edition, 1984).
The Great U-Turn: Corporate Restructuring and the Polarizing of America, (New York): Basic Books, 1988), with Bennett Harrison. Paperback edition with New Preface, April, 1990. (Japanese edition: Kiko Shobo Ltd., 1990).
Negotiating the Future: A Labor Perspective on American Business, (New York: Basic Books, 1992) with Irving Bluestone. (Korean edition, 1995; Spanish edition, 1996; Japanese edition, 1997).
Growing Prosperity: The Battle for Growth and Equity in the Twenty-first Century, (New York: Houghton-Mifflin & The Century Foundation, 2000) with Bennett Harrison. (German ed. Geteilter Wohlstand: Wirtschaftliches Wachstum und Sozialer Ausgleich in 21. Jahrhundert (Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, 2002) (Italian ed. Einaudi; forthcoming 2002). (Paperback edition, University of California Press, Spring 2001).
The Boston Renaissance: Race, Space, and Economic Change in an American Metropolis, (New York: Russell Sage Books, 2000) with Mary Huff Stevenson.
External Affiliations: Member, External Review Committee, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Harvard University (2005)
Member, Board of Directors, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (2004)
Member, Editorial Board, Labor History Journal (2003)
Coordinator, Bellagio Conference on Constructing a New Labor Market Statistics Architecture, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Conference Center, Italy (2002)
Chair, Boston Host Committee, Urban Affairs Association Convention (2001-2002)
Member, Board of Directors, National Labor Management Conference, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (2001-2003)
Member, Editorial Board, Northeastern University Press (2002-2004)
Founding Member, Board of Directors, Economic Policy Institute (1985-)
Member, Executive Committee, Economic Policy Institute (1999-)
Coordinator, Bellagio Conference on Comparative Unemployment Indicators, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Conference Center, Italy (1999)
Member, Scientific Committee, Center for International Social Studies (CISS), Rome, Italy (1997-)
Faculty member, Harvard Trade Union Program, Harvard University (1987-)
Member, Board of Advisors, Civic Initiative for a Livable New England, Boston Society of Architects (2000-)
Research Associate, The Jerome Levy Economics Institute, Bard College (1997-)
Senior Fellow, Gorbachev Foundation (1998-)
Partner, Nommos Consulting Group (1995-)
Faculty Member, UAW-General Motors Paid Education Leave Program (1985-)
Courses Taught Undergraduate:
- SOC 1160/PS 1413 Political Economy Description | Syllabus
- SOC U358/POLI SCI U358 Current Issues in Cities and Suburbs Description | Syllabus
Courses Taught Graduate:
- SOC 3370/POL 3503 Public Policy Seminar Description | Syllabus
- SOC 3317/POLI SCI 3631 Seminar in Urban Policy Description | Syllabus
- SOC G206/POLI SCI G320 Theories of Political Economy Description | Syllabus