Doctoral Dissertation Research in Sociology

这是在提高博士论文研究计划下的一个奖项。这是一项对世界初级商品市场的研究，力求在审查世界咖啡市场演变的基础上，为分析其运作制定一个全面的框架。数据将用于评估和整合三种可供选择的分析模式：议价能力理论、商品协议理论和政治谈判理论。该研究不仅对历史社会学和经济社会学有贡献，而且对了解发达工业国家和依赖商品出口的第三世界国家之间的关系也有帮助。除了研究取得的科学成果外，该奖项还将极大地帮助极有前途的学生完成博士论文的研究。因此，它有助于未来的科学人才和下一代社会学家的全面培养。

This is an award under the Grants for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research program. It is a study of world primary commodity markets, seeking to develop a comprehensive framework for analysis of their operation based on examination of the evolution of the world coffee market. Data will be used to evaluate and integrate three alternative modes of analysis: bargaining power theory, commodity agreement theory, and political negotiation theory. The research will not only contribute to historical sociology and economic sociology, but it will augment the knowledge base for understanding relations between advanced industrial nations and the Third World nations which are dependent upon commodity exports. In addition to the scientific gains to be achieved by the research, this award will materially assist a highly promising student in completing research for the Ph.D. dissertation. Thus it contributes to future scientific manpower and the thorough training of the next generation of sociologists.