Dr. J. Rogers Hollingsworth

J. Rogers Hollingsworth is Professor of Sociology and History and Chairperson of the Program in Comparative History at the University of Wisconsin.

Awarded honorary degrees by the University of Uppsala (Sweden) and by Emory University, he is the author or editor of numerous books and articles on comparative political economy. One of his major research interests is the study of how organizational and institutional factors influence different types of innovations. His recent publications include Contemporary Capitalism: The Embeddedness of Institutions (with Robert Boyer, 1997); Governing Capitalist Economies (with Philippe Schmitter and Wolfgang Streeck, 1994); and The Governance of the American Economy (with John Campbell and Leon Lindberg, 1991). He is immediate past President of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics.