MARIAN NEGOITA

ADDRESS

Department of Sociology

University of California – Davis

Room 2235

Social Sciences and Humanities Building

One Shields Avenue

Davis, CA 95616

Tel.: 925-280-6635

Email: mnegoita@ucdavis.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Sociology, UC Davis, September 2007

MA Sociology, UC Davis, June 2003

MA Non-Profit Management, University of Bucharest, June 1998

BA Sociology, University of Bucharest, June 1997

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Negoita, Marian. 2010. “A Model in the Desert: Modernization, Advanced Liberalism and Child Protection Reform in Post-Communist Romania”. Accepted for publication in Politics & Society.

Negoita, Marian. 2010. “To Hide or Not To Hide? The Advanced Technology Program and the Future of US Civilian Technology Policy”, in Fred Block and Matthew Keller (editors), State of Innovation: Technology Policy in the United States, Paradigm Publishers (forthcoming).

Negoita, Marian. 2006. “The Social Bases of Development: Hungary and Romania in Comparative Perspective”, Socio-Economic Review, vol. 4, no. 2, 209-238.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Negoita, Marian. 2008. “To Hide or Not to Hide? The Advanced Technology Program and the Future of U.S. Civilian Technology Policy”. Institute of Governmental Affairs Project on Innovation Policy, Working Paper #4, University of California, Davis.

Negoita, Marian. 2006. “Modelul românesc al integrării europene” [The Romanian Model of European Integration], in România şi Uniunea Europeană. Calitatea Integrării [Romania and the EU. The Qualitive Side of Integration], Bucureşti: Editura Economică.

Negoita, Marian. 2004. “Rolul statului în aderarea României la Uniunea Europeană” [The Role of the State in the Process of Romania’s joining the EU], in Aderarea României la Uniunea Europeană. Bătălia cu timpul [Romania’s Accession into the EU – a Race against Time], C. Angelescu (editor), Bucureşti: Editura Economică.

Aldea, C., C. Anastasiu, S. Asandei, S. Cace, L. Ciuclea, C. Creţu, M. Kivu, B. E. Manea, G. Mãţãuan, C. Mititelu, M. Negoita, E. Nica, A. Niculescu, V. Platon, O. Târcob, V. Tâtu, C. Zaman, and C. Sorescu. 2002. “A Decade Later: Understanding the Transition Process in Romania”. National Human Development Report Romania 2001-2002.

BOOK REVIEWS:

Market Dreams: Gender, Class, and Capitalism in the Czech Republic. Author: Elaine Weiner. The University of Michigan Press, 2007. 155pp. Forthcoming in Social Forces.

WORK IN PROGRESS

“The Always Embedded State: Four Forms of State-Society Interaction”. Status: revise and resubmit at Socio-Economic Review.

“The Post-Communist Developmental State: An Analysis of Twenty-Six Nations”. Status: manuscript in preparation.

“Rebuilding the State in Post-Communist Romania”. Status: book manuscript in preparation.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Political Sociology, Economic Sociology, Comparative-Historical Sociology, Social Theory, Development, Governance, Globalization, Technology&Innovation Policy

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

Title – “Rebuilding the State in Post-Communist Romania – Networks, Competition, and Regulation”. Committee: Fred Block (chair), Drew Halfmann, David Kyle, Jack Goldstone (George Mason University)

My dissertation studies the relationship between governance reforms and the social inclusion of vulnerable populations in post-communist Romania. I examine the reform of two social policy sectors – child protection and persons with disabilities – that underwent radical reforms following strategies closely aligned to the New Public Management (NPM) approach. These strategies consisted of decentralization, deinstitutionalization, competitive selection of service providers, and enforcement of quality standards and licensing. I find that the NPM-styled social policies tended to be less paternalistic and more knowledge-based than the ones developed by post-communist bureaucracies. However, the reforms also generated significant problems, including inequality, ritualism, and elitism.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2007 –             Lecturer, University of California-Davis

2004 – 2007    Associate Instructor, University of California-Davis. Taught Global Social Change, Research Methods, Sociology of Development, Economic Sociology

2001 – 2005    Teaching Assistant, University of California-Davis. Led weekly discussion sections for Introduction to Sociology, Intermediate Statistics, Social Problems, Global Social Change, Research Methods, Sociological Theory, and other courses

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Project Researcher, 2009-2010, NSF RAPID Grant

This project aims to study the effect of the recently passed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on technological innovation, with a focus on the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program at the Department of Energy. Together with Fred Block (UC Davis) and Matt Keller (Southern Methodist University), we aim to develop a comprehensive database on all of the agency’s initiatives for three distinct technologies: photovoltaics, cellulosic ethanol, and advanced batteries.

Project Scientist, 2009-2010, Ford Foundation Grant

My responsibility is to coordinate the research and writing of a monograph on the implications of the U.S. model of networked technology development for the economic strategies of poor and middle income nations. The monograph will be co-authored with Fred Block (UC Davis) and Gay Seidman (Wisconsin-Madison).

Researcher, 1997-2001, IMAS Inc

Designed, supervised, and analyzed large survey projects aimed at studying political behavior.

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

The Post-Communist Developmental State: An Analysis of Twenty-Six Nations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, August 2009

Post-Communism, Intellectuals, and the State – The Making of the Romanian Policy on Abandoned Children. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, August 2007

“From Coercion to Regulation: Rebuilding the State in Post-Communist Romania”. Paper accepted at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, August 2006

“The Romanian Variety of European Integration”. Paper accepted at the conference “Romania and the EU – the Qualitative Side of Integration”, organized by the Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, May 2006

“Privatization and Development in Post-Communism – a Fuzzy – Set Approach”. Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, Budapest, July 2005

“How Did Public Opinion Tools Influence the Recent Campaigns?” presented at the conference “Public Opinion: the State of the Art in Central Europe”, Warsaw, October 2000

“How Can Political Leaders Use Public Opinion Indicators?” presented at the conference “Politics and the Use of Polling”, Sofia, December 1999

HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS

2006

UC Davis Graduate Fellowship

2005

Mayhew Award for the best qualifying paper; awarded by the Graduate Program Committee, Department of Sociology, UC Davis

2003

“Analyzing the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Data on Diet and Physical Activity”. Center for Advanced Studies in Nutrition and Social Marketing, UC Davis ($10,000)

2001-2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Winter 2005

Nonresident Tuition Fellowship, University of California, Davis

1997, 1998

Graduate Merit Fellowship, University of Bucharest

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC SERVICE

Associate Editor, Theory and Society. Since 2004

Co-chair, Professional Development Committee, the Graduate Student Sociology Association (GSSA), UC Davis, 2002-2003

Co-Founder, Sociology Student Society (SSS-UB), University of Bucharest, 1993

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member, American Sociological Association

Member, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics