Elisabeth Brooke Harrington[2] (born 1968[3]) is an American academic, scholar, author, and professor of economic sociology at Dartmouth College.[4]
Elisabeth Brooke Harrington | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
| Occupation | professor of economic sociology |
| Academic work | |
| Notable works | Capital without Borders: Wealth Managers and the One Percent[1] |
Early life
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In 1990, Harrington earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from Stanford University.[2] In 1996, Harrington earned a master's degree in sociology from Harvard University, followed by a PhD degree in sociology there in 1999.[2]
Career
editFrom 1999 to 2007, Harrington was Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Brown University.[2] From 2006 to 2009, she was a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne.[2] She was a professor of economic sociology at the Copenhagen Business School from 2010 to 2018.[2]
In 2017, she faced legal difficulties with the authorities in Denmark about a visa dispute, even though she had been invited to speak as a guest lecturer to the Danish Parliament; the dispute ended eight months later when Denmark changed its laws.[5]
She is an advocate against xenophobia and for the benefits of immigration.[5]
In January 2019, she became a Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.[6]
Works
edit- Harrington, Brooke (1999). "Dollars for Difference: The 'Diversity Premium' in Investing Organizations". Harvard University, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing
- Harrington, Brooke (2007). "Capital and Community: Findings from the American Investment Craze of the 1990s". Economic Sociology: The European Electronic Newsletter. 8 (3): 19–25. hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-0028-4E89-8.
- Harrington, Brooke (2008). Pop Finance: Investment Clubs and the New Investor Populism. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691128320. [7][8]
- Harrington, Brooke, ed. (2009). Deception: From Ancient Empires to Internet Dating. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804756495.[9]
- Harrington, Brooke (2016). Capital without Borders: Wealth Managers and the One Percent. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674743809.[10][1][11]
- Harrington, Brooke (2024). Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism. New York City: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9781324064954.
References
edit- ^ a b "Book Review: Capital Without Borders: Wealth Managers and the One Percent by Brooke Harrington". LSE Review of Books. London School of Economics. March 1, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f
- Elisabeth Brooke Harrington Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
- "E. Brooke Harrington: CV" (PDF). cbs.dk. Copenhagen Business School. March 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2018.[dead link]
- "Brooke Harrington: CV". sociology.dartmouth.edu. Dept. of Sociology, Dartmouth College. October 2, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
- ^ "Harrington, Brooke 1968-". worldcat.org. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
- ^ "Brooke Harrington". sociology.dartmouth.edu. Dept. of Sociology, Dartmouth College. November 30, 2019. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ^ a b Harrington, Brooke (December 3, 2019). "I Almost Lost My Career Because I Had the Wrong Passport". The New York Times. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
...the populist Danish People's Party formed a bloc in Parliament in the early 2000s and influenced a shift in the laws of a country ... The party didn't want to just eliminate immigration; it sought to return Denmark to an imaginary past of racial and ethnic 'purity.'...
- ^ "Brooke Harrington". Faculty Directory. Dartmouth College. Archived from the original on February 22, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
- ^ Healy, Kieran (July 2009). "Pop Finance: Investment Clubs and the New Investor Populism . By Brooke Harrington. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2008. Pp. 256. $32.95". American Journal of Sociology. 115 (1): 309–312. doi:10.1086/605757. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
- ^ "Shelf Life". STANFORD magazine. July–August 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
- ^ "Deception: From Ancient Empires to Internet Dating". Stanford Center on Longevity. September 21, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
- ^ Harrington, Brooke (October 19, 2018). "The bad behavior of the richest: what I learned from wealth managers". The Guardian. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- ^ Harrington, Brooke (October 8, 2021). "Opinion: When Reputation Matters, Leaks Like the Pandora Papers Can Be Very Effective". The New York Times. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
External links
edit- Official website
- works at bepress
- Brooke Harrington - Albright Institute, Wellesley College
- Brooke Harrington at The Atlantic
- Brooke Harrington at The Guardian
- Elisabeth Brooke Harrington Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
- Appearances on C-SPAN