Electronics Industry Research

David A. Sonnenfeld, Ph.D.

Dept. of Community and Rural Sociology

Washington State University

Smith, Ted, David A. Sonnenfeld, and David Naguib Pellow, eds. 2006. Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry. With a foreword by Jim Hightower. Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press. [abstract, introduction, contents, ordering]

Foran, Tira and David A. Sonnenfeld. forthcoming, in translation. "Corporate Social Responsibility in Thailand's Electronics Industry," Chulalongkorn Social Science Journal [in Thai]
Sonnenfeld, David A. 2002. "The Politics of Production and Production of Nature in Silicon Valley's Electronics Industry," International Journal of Business and Society 3(2):1-24.

Smith, Ted, David A. Sonnenfeld, and David N. Pellow. 2006. "The Quest for Sustainability and Justice in a High-Tech World." In Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry, eds. Ted Smith, David A. Sonnenfeld, and David Naguib Pellow, pp. 1-11 [full text]
Sonnenfeld, David A. "Global Electronics." 2006. In Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry, eds. Ted Smith, David A. Sonnenfeld, and David Naguib Pellow, pp. 13-16
Foran, Tira and David A. Sonnenfeld. 2006. "Corporate Social Responsibility in Thailand's Electronics Industry." In Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry, eds. Ted Smith, David A. Sonnenfeld, and David Naguib Pellow, pp. 70-82

Workshops on "Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry," University of California, San Diego, July 2003; Wageningen University, the Netherlands, September 2003; and Chiang Mai University, October 2003 (co-chair)
"Global Symposium for a Sustainable High-Tech Industry," International Campaign for Responsible Technology, San Jose, California, November 2002 (co-chair) [conf. report]
Conference on "Global Networks, Innovation, and Development Strategy: The Informational Region as a Development Strategy," Center for Global, International, and Regional Studies (CGIRS), University of California, Santa Cruz, November 1999 [website]

last updated February 28, 2007