Anthony Waters
Prof. Dr.

- Sociology
Research areas
- 2025
- E-pub ahead of print
Smartphones and ‘doing community’ in Bangkok’s platform economy: A Weberian analysis
McFarlane, D., Mieruch, Y. & Waters, T., 19.02.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: New Media and Society. 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Ne Win's Burmanization Narratives and Prospects for Peace in Today's Myanmar
Waters, T. & Eh Htoo, S., 15.01.2025, Youth, Community, and Democracy in India, Myanmar, and Thailand. Yamahata, C. & Takeda, M. (eds.). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 329-350 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
- Published
What Does it Mean when Burma is a Sideshow in World Politics
Waters, T., 2025, Youth, Community and Democracy in India, Myanmar, and Thailand. Yamahata, C. & Takeda, M. (eds.). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 287 304 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
- 2024
- Published
THE “CONSULTING DETECTIVE" NITHAN THONG-IN BY KING VAJIRAVUDH
Waters, T., 20.06.2024, In: Journal of the Siam Society. 112, 1, p. 191-196 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
General Ne Win’s Legacy of Burmanization in Myanmar: The Challenge to Peace in the Twenty-First Century
Htoo, S. E. & Waters, T., 16.05.2024, Singapur: Palgrave Macmillan. 225 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
- 2023
- Published
Schooling, Identity, and Nationhood: Karen Mother-Tongue-Based Education in the Thai–Burmese Border Region
Thako, H. & Waters, T., 09.03.2023, In: Social Sciences. 12, 3, 19 p., 163.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
- 2022
Thai Menschenbild: A Study of Chinese, Thai, and International Students in a Private Thai University as measured by the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
Waters, T. & Day, M. J., 12.2022, In: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 9, 1, 12 p., 86.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Thailand's Sex Entertainment: Alienated Labor and the Construction of Intimacy
Lemberger, P. & Waters, T., 16.11.2022, In: Social Sciences. 11, 11, 24 p., 524.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Gokteik Viaduct: A Tale of Gentlemanly Capitalists, Unseen People, and a Bridge to Nowhere
Wohlers, D. C. & Waters, T., 01.10.2022, In: Social Sciences. 11, 10, 19 p., 440.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
MULTICULTURAL MOSAIC? STUDYING THE CULTURAL INTEGRATION OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN ‘THAI HIGHER EDUCATION 4.0’
Waters, T. & Day, M. J., 01.2022, In: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Studies. 22, 1, p. 131-142 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
The Man from Bangkok: San Francisco's Culture in teh 60s
Waters, T. (Editor) & Wongsavun, R., 2022, Thailand: White Lotus. 262 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
- 2021
Why is peace elusive in Myanmar? An answer from the perspective of thai philosopher prawase wasi
Waters, T. & Panyakom, S., 30.11.2021, In: Asian Journal of Peacebuilding. 9, 2, p. 305-330 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Peter H. Reid. 2020. Every Hill a Burial Place: The Peace Corps Murder Trial in East Africa. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press
Waters, T., 10.2021, In: African Studies Quarterly. 20, 3, p. 107-143 37 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Moving Around Myanmar: Migration in, from, and back to Burma
Waters, T. (Editor), South, A. (Editor), Vaddhanaphuti, C. (Editor) & Corbin, L. (Editor), 2021, Chiangmai, Thailand: Chiangmai University. 270 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
- 2019
Rong Wongsawan’s Gonzo Journey through California in 1976: A Thai Writer Looks at the Americans
Waters, T., 14.11.2019, In: Journal of the Siam Society. 107, 2, p. 117-133 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Cross-national attunement to popular songs across time and place: A sociology of popular music in the United States, Germany, Thailand, and Tanzania
Waters, T. & Philhour, D., 01.11.2019, In: Social Sciences. 8, 11, 21 p., 305.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2018
- Published
Max Weber and the Modern Problem of Discipline
Waters, T., 2018, Rowmann & Littlefield .Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
- 2016
Prison Vocational Education and Policy in the United States: A Critical Perspective on Evidence-Based Reform
Waters, T., Dick, A. J. & Rich, W., 05.08.2016, Palgrave Macmillan. 334 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
Are the terms “Socio-economic status” and “Class status” a warped form of reasoning for Max Weber?
Waters, T. & Waters, D., 01.03.2016, In: Palgrave Communications. 2, 16002.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2015
“Teach like you do in America”—Personal reflections from teaching across borders in Tanzania and Germany
Waters, T., 22.09.2015, In: Palgrave Communications. 1, 6 p., 15026.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Weber’s rationalism and modern society: New translations on politics, bureaucracy, and social stratification
Waters, T. & Waters, D., 01.01.2015, Palgrave Macmillan. 233 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
- 2014
Of looking glasses, mirror neurons, culture, and meaning
Waters, T., 20.12.2014, In: Perspectives on Science. 22, 4, p. 616-649 34 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2012
Schooling, childhood, and bureaucracy: Bureaucratizing the child
Waters, T., 01.01.2012, Palgrave Macmillan. 255 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
- 2010
Challenges in calculating two-year college student transfer rates to four-year colleges
Sylvia, C. L., Song, C. & Waters, T., 07.2010, In: Community College Journal of Research and Practice. 34, 7, p. 561-575 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
The distribution of power within the community: Classes, stände, parties by max weber
Waters, T., 05.2010, In: Journal of Classical Sociology. 10, 2, p. 137-152 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
The new zeppelin university translation of weber's 'class, status, party'
Waters, T. & Waters, D., 05.2010, In: Journal of Classical Sociology. 10, 2, p. 153-158 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2009
Social organization and social status in nineteenth and twentieth century Rukwa, Tanzania
Waters, T., 09.2009, In: African Studies Quarterly. 11, 1, p. 57-93 37 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 2007
- Published
The Persistence of Subsistence Agriculture: Life Beneath the Level of the Marketplace
Waters, T., 2007, Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. 272 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
- Published
When Killing is a Crime
Waters, T., 2007, Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers. 232 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
- 2006
Markets and morality: American relations with Tanzania
Waters, T., 03.2006, In: African Studies Quarterly. 8, 3, p. 46-53 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Purple haze [3]
Waters, T., 2006, In: Foreign Affairs. 85, 5, p. 183 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
- 2005
Comment on "Recent origin and cultural reversion of a hunter-gatherer group
Waters, T., Stoneking, M., Pakendorf, B. & Oota, H., 08.2005, In: PLoS Biology. 3, 8, p. 1354-1355 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
Refugees and education: Mass public schooling without a nation-state
Waters, T. & Leblanc, K., 05.2005, In: Comparative Education Review. 49, 2, p. 129-146 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
- 2001
Bureaucratizing the Good Samaritan: The Limitations to Humanitarian Relief Operation
Waters, T., 01.01.2001, Taylor and Francis Inc. 332 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
- 2000
The persistence of subsistence and the limits to development studies: The challenge of Tanzania
Waters, T., 2000, In: Africa. 70, 4, p. 613-651 39 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 1999
Assessing the impact of the Rwandan refugee crisis on development planning in rural Tanzania, 1994-1996
Waters, T., 1999, In: Human Organization. 58, 2, p. 142-152 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Crime and Immigrant Youth
Waters, T., 1999, SAGE Publications Inc. 256 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
- 1997
Beyond Structural Adjustment: State and Market in a Rural Tanzanian Village
Waters, T., 09.1997, In: African Studies Review. 40, 2, p. 59-89 31 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 1995
Tutsi Social Identity in Contemporary Africa
Waters, T., 06.1995, In: The Journal of Modern African Studies. 33, 2, p. 343-347 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Chinese capitalism in Thailand: Embedded networks and industrial structure
Hamilton, G. G. & Waters, T., 01.01.1995, Corporate Links and Foreign Direct Investment in Asia and the Pacific. Chen, E. K. Y. (ed.). New York: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 87-111 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
Towards a theory of ethnic identity and migration: the formation of ethnic enclaves by migrant Germans in Russia and North America
Waters, T., 1995, In: International Migration Review. 29, 2, p. 515-544 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 1992
Lifeworld and System: Of Water Systems and Grain Mill Development in Rural Tanzania
Waters, T., 09.1992, In: African Studies Review. 35, 2, p. 35-54 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
A Cultural Analysis of the Economy of Affection and the Uncaptured Peasantry in Tanzania
Waters, T., 03.1992, In: The Journal of Modern African Studies. 30, 1, p. 163-175 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
- 1990
The Parameters of Refugeeism and Flight: The Case of Laos
Waters, T., 01.09.1990, In: Disasters. 14, 3, p. 250-258 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 1988
Practical problems associated with refugee protection in western Tanzania
Waters, T., 01.09.1988, In: Disasters. 12, 3, p. 189-195 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
Letters to the editor
Waters, T., 1988, In: Water International. 13, 3, p. 122 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
- 1984
A comparative analysis of water provision in Jour Thai refugee camps
Waters, T., 01.09.1984, In: Disasters. 8, 3, p. 169-173 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
Small-scale gravity flow water systems in phrae province, Thailand
Waters, T., 1984, In: Water International. 9, 3, p. 136-139 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review