Professor
spedraza@umich.eduOffice Information:
Sociology office - 4219 LSA Building, 500 S. State St.
SACUA office - 1120 Ruthven Building, 1109 Geddes Ave.
phone: 734.647.3659
International Sociology; Inequalities and Stratification; Politics and Social Change; Qualitative Approaches; Race and Ethnicity; Sociology
Education/Degree:
Ph.D. University of ChicagoM.A. and B.A. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Highlighted Work and Publications
Political Disaffection in Cuba's Revolution and Exodus
Silvia Pedraza
Description from Publisher: In this book, Silvia Pedraza links Cuba's revolution and its mass exodus not only as cause and consequence but also as profoundly social and human processes that were not only political and economic but also cognitive and emotive. But, ironically for a community that defined itself as being in exile, virtually no studies of its political attitudes exist, and certainly none that encompass the changing political attitudes over 47 years of the exodus. The book uses participant observation and in-depth interviews to gain insight into the political disaffection of Cuban refugees... See More