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Eric Selbin

Eric Selbin is a political sociologist whose primary research interests are revolutions and related forms of collective behavior (resistance, rebellion, social movements) as well as critical international relations theory. Much of his work has focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, and his volume Modern Latin American Revolutions has been used as a textbook in courses in Latin American studies and contentious politics. He holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota and is professor of political science at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, where he has also been appointed Brown Distinguished Research Professor (1999-2003) and University Scholar (2006-2014); in 2014, he was appointed to the Lucy King Brown Chair at Southwestern University. Since 2019, he has been a Faculty Associate at Observatorio de la Relación Binacional México - E.E.U.U., Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the National University Autonomous of Mexico (UNAM). From 2003-2006, Selbin held a joint appointment with Sweden's Umeå University as professor of peace and conflict students and at the Tallinn Postgraduate Summer School in Social and Cultural Studies in 2012. In 2013, Selbin was appointed a research fellow at the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin.…

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Eric Selbin is a political sociologist whose primary research interests are revolutions and related forms of collective behavior (resistance, rebellion, social movements) as well as critical international relations theory. Much of his work has focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, and his volume Modern Latin American Revolutions has been used as a textbook in courses in Latin American studies and contentious politics. He holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota and is professor of political science at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, where he has also been appointed Brown Distinguished Research Professor (1999-2003) and University Scholar (2006-2014); in 2014, he was appointed to the Lucy King Brown Chair at Southwestern University. Since 2019, he has been a Faculty Associate at Observatorio de la Relación Binacional México - E.E.U.U., Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the National University Autonomous of Mexico (UNAM). From 2003-2006, Selbin held a joint appointment with Sweden's Umeå University as professor of peace and conflict students and at the Tallinn Postgraduate Summer School in Social and Cultural Studies in 2012. In 2013, Selbin was appointed a research fellow at the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin.…

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  1. publication date: 2015 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 2010 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. publication date: 2013 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "2015". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "2010". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the publication date is "2013". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378154672

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