Peter Evans (born 1944) is an American political sociologist who is Faculty Fellow in International and Public Affairs at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and Professor of Sociology emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.
In 1985, Evans edited the influential collection, Bringing the State Back In, along with Theda Skocpol and Dietrich Rueschemeyer.
The volume sought to highlight the important role of the state in explaining political and economic outcomes.
[1] After teaching in Tanzania, Evans completed his undergraduate sociology thesis at Harvard and received his BA magna cum laude.
[2][3] In the year 2000 Evans co-founded The Other Canon, a center and network for heterodox economics research, with - amongst others - Erik Reinert, executive chairman and main founder.