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CURRICULUM VITAE
WILLIAM I. ROBINSON
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Department of Sociology
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93016
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e-mail: [email protected]
Education
Ph.D. Sociology. University of New Mexico. 1994
M.A. Latin American Studies. University of New Mexico. 1992
B.A. Journalism (major) and International Studies (minor). Friends World College,
Huntington, N.Y. 1981. Included four years of study in Kenya, Nigeria and Costa Rica.
University of Ibadan, Nigeria. (visiting student). Courses in African Studies, political
economy, international relations, and journalism. 1979
University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1977-1978 (visiting student). Courses in African studies,
politics, economics and journalism. 1977-1978
Current Positions
2001 - present
Assistant to Full Professor, Department of Sociology, Global Studies, and Latin American and
Iberian Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara.
Prior Academic Positions
1998-2001
Assistant Professor of Sociology, New Mexico State University
1996 - 1998
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
1994 - 1996
Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
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Publications
Books
In Press
Latin America and Global Capitalism: A Globalization Perspective. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press.
2004
A Theory of Global Capitalism: Production, Class and State in a Transnational World. Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins University Press.
Spanish edition published in 2007, Una Teoria del Capitalismo Global: Produccion, Clase, y
Estado en un Mundo Transnacional. Bogota: Desde Abajo.
2003
Transnational Conflicts: Central America, Social Change and Globalization. London: Verso.
1996
Promoting Polyarchy: Globalization, U.S. Intervention, and Hegemony. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
1992
A Faustian Bargain: U.S. Intervention in the Nicaraguan Elections and American Foreign Policy
In the Post Cold War Era. Boulder: Westview Press.
1987
David and Goliath: The U.S. War Against Nicaragua. New York: Monthly Review Press, with
Kent Norsworthy (also published by Zed Press, London).
Books Edited
2005
Critical Globalization Studies. New York/London: Routledge.
Articles in Academic Journals
2007
“Jess Diaz and Javier Rodriguez: Undocumented in America,” Interview Essay, New Left Review,
47, Sept-Oct: 93-106.
2007
“The Pitfall of Realist Analysis of Global Capitalism: A Critique of Ellen Meiksins Wood’s
Empire of Capital,” Historical Materialism, 15:71-93.
2007
“Beyond the Theory of Imperialism: Global Capitalism and the Transnational State,” Societies
Without Borders, 2:5-26.
2006
“Reification and Theoreticism in the Study of Globalization, Imperialism, and Hegemony: A
Comment on Kiely, Pozo, and Valladao,” Cambridge Review of International Affairs. 19(3)
2006
“Aqui Estamos y no Nos Vamos!: Global Capitalist and the Struggle for Immigrant Rights,” Race
and Class. 48(2).
2005
“Gramsci and Globalization: From Nation-State to Transnational Hegemony,” Critical Review of
International Social and Political Philosophy, Vol. 8, No. 4:1-16.
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2005
“Global Capitalism: The New Transnationalism and the Folly of Conventional Thinking,” Science
and Society, vol. 69, no. 3.
2004
“What to Expect from U.S. ‘Democracy Promotion’ in Iraq,” New Political Science, Vol. 26, No.
3, September:441-447.
2004
“Studying Race-Gender Inequality in the 21st Century: A Critical Review of Evelyn Nakano
Glenn’s Unequal Freedom: How Race and Gender Shaped American Citizenship and Labor,”
review/exchange symposium, Ethnicities, scheduled for Vol. 4, No. 3, September 2004.
2004
“Global Crisis and Latin America,” Bulletin of Latin American Research, Vol. 23, No. 2,
2004:135-153
2003
“The Debate on Globalization,” review article, Science and Society. Vol. 67, No. 3:
353-360.
2003
“Capitalismo Global y Hegemonia Transnacional: Apuntes Teoricos y Evidencias Empiricas,”
Cuardernos de Nuestra America, published in two parts. Part I: Vol. 16, No. 31, Jan.–June 2003:
9-48. Part II: Vol. 16, No. 32, Aug.-Dec. 2003:97-109. Revised, updated, and expanded Spanishlanguage version of “Global Capitalism and Transnational Hegemony,” published in Turkish in
Praxis, Vol. 8, 2003.
2003
Turkish language translation of “Global Capitalism and Transnational Hegemony: Theoretical
Notes and Empirical Evidence,” Praksis, Vol. 8.
2002
“Remapping Development in Light of Globalization: From a Territorial to a Social Cartography,”
Third World Quarterly. Vol. 23, No. 6:1047-1071.
2002
“Globalization as a Macro-structural-historical Framework of Analysis: The Case of Central
America,” New Political Economy, scheduled for Vol. 7, No. 2, July 2002:221-249.
2002
“Global Capitalism and Nation-State Centric Thinking: What We Don't See When We Do See
Nation-States. Response to Arrighi, Mann, Moore, van der Pijl, and Went,” Science and Society,
Vol. 65, No. 4 (Winter 2001-2002):500-508.
2001
“Transnational Processes, Development Studies, and Changing Social Hierarchies in the World
System: A Central American Case Study,” Third World Quarterly, scheduled for Vol. 22, No.
4:529-563.
2001:
“Social Theory and Globalization: The Rise of a Transnational State,” Theory and Society Vol.
30, No. 2:157-200, published together with “Response to MacMichael, Block, and
Goldfrank”:223-236.
2000
“Neo-Liberalism, the Global Elite, and the Guatemalan Transition: A Critical Macrosocial
Analysis,” Journal of Inter-American Studies and World Affairs (vo. 42, No. 4:89-107).
2000
“Toward a Global Ruling Class?: Globalization and the Transnational Capitalist Class,” Science
and Society, Vol. 64, No. 1, Spring:11-54.
1999
“Latin America in the Age of Inequality: Confronting the New ‘Utopia’,” International Studies
Review, Vol 1, Issue 3, Fall 1999:41-67.
1999
"The Fin de Siecle Debate: Globalization as Epochal Shift", co-authored with Roger Burbach,
Science and Society, Spring 1999, 63, No. 1:10-39.41-67.
1998/99
“Latin America and Global Capitalism,” Race and Class 40 (No. 2/3):111-131.
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1998
"Beyond Nation-State Paradigms: Globalization, Sociology, and the Challenge of Transnational
Studies," Sociological Forum 13 (No. 4):561-594..
1998
"(Mal)development in Central America: Globalization and Social Change," Development and
Change 29:467-497.
1997
"Global Capitalism and the Oromo Liberation Struggle: Theoretical Notes on U.S. Policy Towards
the Ethiopian Empire," Journal of Oromo Studies 4 (No. 1, 2):1-46
1997
"A Case Study of Globalization Processes in the Third World: A Transnational Agenda in
Nicaragua," Global Society 11 (No 1):61-91.
1996
"Globalization, the world system, and 'democracy promotion' in U.S. foreign policy," Theory and
Society 25 (No. 5):615-665.
1996
"Globalisation: Nine Theses of Our Epoch, Race and Class, 38 (No. 2):13-31.
1996
"Transnational Politics and Global Social Order: A Reassessment of the Chilean Transition in
Light of U.S. Intervention," Journal of Political and Military Sociology, 24 (No. 2):1-30.
1995
"Pushing Polyarchy: The U.S.-Cuba Case and the Third World," Third World Quarterly: Journal
of Emerging Areas 16 (No. 4):631-647.
1993
"The Global Economy and the Latino Populations In The United States: A World System
Approach," Critical Sociology 19 (No. 2):29-60.
1988
"A Critique of the Antidemocratic Tendency Argument: The Case of Mass Organizations and
Popular Participation in Nicaragua" (with Kent Norsworthy), Latin American Perspectives 15 (No.
1):134-141.
1985
"Elections and U.S. Intervention in Nicaragua" (with Kent Norsworthy), Latin American
Perspectives 12 (No. 2):83-110.
Chapters in Books
2008
“Aqui Estamos y No Nos Vamos: Global Capitalism and the Struggle for Immigrant Rights,” in
Francsico Vazquez and Rodolfo D. Torres, Latino/a Though: Culture, Politics, and Society (2nd
Edition), Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield.
2008
“Globalization and the Struggle for Immigrant Rights in the United States,” in Globalizations (2nd
Edition), Eitzen and Baca Zinn (eds.), Belmont: Wadsworth.
2007
“Globalization, Imperialism, and Resistance,” in Lars Lindstrom, Mats Warn, and Bjorn Beckman
(eds), Globalization, Imperialism, and Resistance. Stockholm: Stockholm University Press.
2007
“A Global Perspective on Social Activism and Democracy in South Africa,” in Lars Lindstrom,
Mats Warn, and Bjorn Beckman (eds), Globalization, Imperialism, and Resistance. Stockholm:
Stockholm University Press.
2007
“Para Estudos Criticos Sobre a Globalizacao: Intelectuais Organicos e a Luta por Justica Global<
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in Marco Aurelio Machado de Oliveira, Sobre Humanidades. Campo Grande: Editora UMFS
2007
“Transformative Possibilities in Latin America,” Socialist Review, London: Merlin Press.
2007
“Promoting Polyarchy in Latin America: The Oxymoron of ‘Market Democracy’,”, in Eric
Hershberg and Fred Rosen, eds., Turning the Tide? Latin America After Neoliberalism. New
York: The New Press, 2006.
2007
“Theories of Globalization,” in George Ritzer (ed.), Blackwell Companion to Globalization.
London: Blackwell.
2006
“Gramsci and Globalization: From Nation-State to Transnational Hegemony,” in Morton and
Beiler (eds), London/New York: Routledge, Reprint of article published in Critical Review of
International Social and Political Philosophy.
2006
“Critical Globalization Studies,” in Judith Blau and Kery Iyail Smith (eds.), The Public
Sociologies Reader. Landham, MD: Rowman and Littlefeld
2005
“What to Expect from U.S. ‘Democracy Promotion’ in Iraq,” in Joseph G. Pescheck (ed.), The
Politics of Empire: War, Terror, and Hegemony. London/New York: Routledge. Reprint of
article published in New Political Science.
2005
“Social Activism and Democracy in South Africa: A Globalization Perspective,” in Richard
Callard and Paul Graham (eds.), Democracy in the Times of Mbeki, Cape Town: IDASA.
2005
“Capitalist Globalization and the Transnationalization of the State,” in Richard Little and Michael
Smith (eds.), Perspectives in World Politics, 3rd Edition. London/New York: Routledge. Reprint
of chapter in Rupert and Smith (eds.), Historical Materialism and Globalisation, 2002.
2005
“Kuresel Kapitalizm ve Ulusasiri Kapitalist Hegemonya: Kurumsal Notlar ve Gorgul Deliller,” in
Cem Karadeli (ed.), Kuresellesme ve Alternatif Kuresellesme, Ankara: Pheonix. Reprint of article
published in Praxis, Vol. 8, 2003.
2005
“Introduction: Towards a Critical Globalization Studies: Continued Debates, New Directions,
Neglected Topics,” co-authored with Richard Appelbaum, in Appelbaum and Robinson, Critical
Globalization Studies, New York/London: Routledge.
2005
“What is a Critical Globalization Studies?,” in Appelbaum and Robinson, Critical Globalization
Studies, New York/London: Routledge.
2004
“The Crisis of Global Capitalism: How it Looks From Latin America,” in Freeman and
Kagarlitsky (eds.), The Politics of Empire: The Crisis of Globalisation, London: Pluto Press.
2004
“America Latina en el Proceso de la Globalizacion,” in Daniel Dessein and Esteban Pino Coviello
(eds.), Siete Desafios del Siglo XXII, Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana.
2004
“"Global Capitalism and the Oromo Liberation Struggle: Theoretical Notes on U.S. Policy
Towards the Ethiopian Empire," reprint of article appearing in Journal of Oromo Studies 4 (No. 1,
2):1-46, in Asafa Jalata (ed.), State Crisis, Globalisation and National Movements in North-East
Africa, Routledge.
2004
“From State Hegemonies to Transnational Hegemony: A Global Capitalism Approach,” in
Thomas Ehrlich Reifer (ed.), Globalization, Hegemony and Power: Antisystemic Movements and
the Global System. Paradigm Press..
2004
“Latin America in the Empire of Global Capital,” in Gilberto Gonzales et. al. (eds.), Labor Versus
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Imperialism: Race, Gender, and Migration, New York:Routledge.
2004
“Latin America in the Age of Inequality: Confronting the New ‘Utopia’,” reprint of article
appearing in International Studies Review, Vol 1, Issue 3, Fall 1999:41-67, in Takashi Inoguchi
(ed.), Gendai Kokusai Seijigaku Riron (Readings in International Relations Theories), Tokyo:
Toyo Shorin Publisher.
2003
“Beyond Nation-State Paradigms: Globalization, Sociology, and the Challenge of Transnational
Studies,” reprint of article appearing in Sociological Forum 13, 1998 (No. 4):561-594, in Roland
Robertson and Kathleen White (eds.), Globalization: Critical Concepts in Sociology, Vol. 2: The
Nation-State and International Relations, London: Routledge, pp. 189-221.
2003
The Transnational Capitalist Class and the Transnational State,” in Wilma A. Dunaway (ed.), in
Emerging Issues in the 21st Century World System, Vol. II: New Theoretical Directions for the
21st Century World-System. Westport: Praeger.
2002
“Capitalist Globalization and the Transnationalization of the the State,” in Rupert and Smith (eds),
Historical Materialism and Globalization. London: Routledge.
2002
"Latin America in an Age of Inequality: Confronting the New 'Utopia," in Craig Murphy (ed.),
Inequality in an Age of Globalization: Securing a Liberal World Order. New York: MacMillan
(expanded version of article published in 1999 in International Studies Review).
2001
“Neo-Liberalism, the Global Elite, and the Guatemalan Transition: A Critical Macrosocial
Analysis,” in Chase-Dunn, Jonas, and Amaro (eds.), Globalization on the Ground: Post-Bellum
Guatemalan Democracy and Development. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. (modified
version of article appearing in Journal of Inter-American and World Affairs, Winter 2000).
2001
“”The Epochal Shift” and “Epochal Clashes: Third Worldization and the New Hegemon,” coauthored with Roger Burbach, in Burbach, Globalization and Postmodern Politics: From
Zapatistas to High Tech Robber Barons. London: Pluto.
2000
“Promoting Capitalist Polyarchy: The Case of Latin America,” in Inoguchi, Ikenberry, and Cox
(eds.), American Democracy Promotion: Impulses, Strategies, and Impacts. New York: Oxford
University Press.
1997
"Nicaragua and the World," in Thomas W. Walker (ed), Nicaragua Without Illusions: Regime
Transition and Other Change in the 1990s. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources.
1997
Transnational Social Control in the Age of Globalization: The U.S. and Regime Transition in
Chile," in David Skidmore (ed), Contested Social Orders and International Politics. Nashville:
Vanderbilt University Press
1995
"El rol de la democracia en la politica exterior norteamericana y el caso de Cuba," in Haroldo
Dilla (ed.) La democracia en Cuba y el diferendo con los Estados Unidos. Habana: Ediciones
CEA.
Other Analytical and Scholarly Essays
(The following is a partial listing)
2008
“Nubarrones sobre la Humanidad: El Sistema Global y las Elecciones Norteamericanas,” Politica
Exterior y Soberania, June:16-19
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2008
“Democracy and Development in the Global South,” Contexts, 7(1):74-77.
2008
“Debating Strategy in the Immigrant Rights Movement” and “Immigrant Labor in the Global
Economy,” two essays in quarterly magazine, Justice Rising, 3(4):1-3.
2007
“El Capitalismo Global, Segun el Sociologo William Robinson: ‘Los Estados Hoy Responden
Mas a Las Existencias del Capital que a las Demandas Populares’,” interview published in
Cronicon electronic news and analysis website (edited in Bogota, Colombia), 19 August, at
www.cronicon.net/paginas/edicanter/ediciones 16/nota1.htm.
2007
“Transnational Capitalism: An Interview with William Robinson,” Greek daily newspaper
Eleftherotypia, August 8, also translated back to English and posted on Znet,
www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=12582.
2007
“De Bush a Bush: Crisis Global y Politica Exterior de los Estados Unidos hacia America Latina,”
Politica Exterior y Soberania, 2(1), Jan.-March:65-69.
2007
“Why the Immigrant Rights Struggle Compels Us to Reconceptualize both Latin American and
Latino/a Studies,” LASA Forum,
2007
“Globalization and the Struggle for Immigrant Rights in the United States,” Znet on-line essay,
posted March 10, available at
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=30&ItemID=12308
2007
“In the Name of Democracy: U.S. Electoral Intervention in the Americas,” NACLA Report on the
Americas, scheduled for 2007.
2007
“Marxism,” entry, Encyclopedia of Globalization. New York: Grolier Academic. Scheduled for
2006.
2007
“Transnationality,” entry, Encylopedia of Globalization. New York: Grolier Academic.
Scheduled for 2005
2006
“Latin America: State Power and the Challenge to Global Capital: An Interview with William
Robinson,” Upping the Ante, No. 3, Fall:59-75. Also: reprinted in Focus on Trade, No. 125, Nov.
2006
“Inmigrantes en Estados Unidos: ‘Vamos a Dar Un Golpe a la Extrema Derecha y al Imperio,”
American Latina en Movimiento, No. 413, October:27-31.
2006
“El Nuevo Intervencionismo Politico de EEUU en America Latina: Promoviendo la Poliarquia,”
America Latina en Movimiento, No. 404-405, February: 12-16. An English version of this article
was posted on 17 Februery at website of Latin America Information Agency (ALAI),
http://alainet.org/active/10626&lang=en.
2004
“The New Right and the End of National Liberation,” NACLA Report on the Americas, XXXVII,
No. 6, May/June 2004:15-20.
2004
“The Crisis of Global Capitalism and the Folly of Conventional Thinking on It,” From the Left,
Vol 25, No.1, pp. 1, 11-12.
2003
“Nubarrones sobre America Latina,” Memoria: Revista Mensual de Political y Cultura, No. 171,
May 2003:34-37.
2003
“Storm Clouds over Latin America,” Third World Resurgence, No. 149-150, Jan-Feb. 2003:26-28,
revised/reprinted version of article appearing earlier in Smysl Magazines
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2002
“Storm Clouds over Latin America,” 'Smysl' Magazine (Moscow), Guest Commentary, Primer
Issue, Vol. 1, November. Reprinted in “Focus on Trade,” Bangkok, No. 84, January 2003.
2001
“La Globalizacion Capitalista y la Transnacionalizacion del Estado,” Espacios, No.
13/Enero/Junio:4-23.
2001
“Intervention,” entry, The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World, Oxford University Press.
2001
“Fissures in the Globalist Ruling Bloc: The Politics of Globalization From Above and Below”
(with Jerry Harris), cy.Rev, No. 7, Spring 2001.
2000
“The Hegemony of a Paradigm: The Transnational Elite Agenda of Free Markets and
Democracy,” NACLA Report on the Americas (Vol. 34, No. 3:42-48).
1998
"Centroamerica ante la Globalizacion y la Responsabilidad de los Intelectuales Organicos,"
Alternativas 5(No. 9/1998):31-56.
1997
"Maldesarrollo en America Central," Pensamiento Propio 1 (No. 5):33-67.
1997
"Un Caso de Estudio sobre los Procesos Globalizadores en el Tercer Mundo: Los Procesos
Transnacionales en Nicaragua," Pensamiento Propio 1 (No. 3):193-228.
1993
"Has Neo-Liberalism Produced a Success Story in Chile? A Critique of the 'Economic Miracle',"
Chronicle of Latin American Economic Affairs, Latin American Institute, University of New
Mexico, July.
1992
"The Sao Paulo Forum: Is There a New Latin American Left" (Review of the Month), Monthly
Review 44 (No. 7/December):1-13.
1992
"Demilitarization in Central America: Beginning of a New Era?", Central America Report, Latin
American Institute, University of New Mexico.
1990
"Nicaragua: The Making of a Democratic Opposition," NACLA Report on the Americas, XXII
(No. 5/Feb. 1990):7-11
1985
"Nicaragua: The Strategy of Counterrevolution," Monthly Review 37 (No. 7/December):11-25
1985
"Centroamerica: Se Profundiza la Crisis del Comercio Regional," Pensamiento Propio (CRIES) 3
(No. 23/May): 18-21.
1985
"Regular las Leyes del Mercado," Panorama (Mexico City/May 1985):23-27
1985
"La Contra: Corrupcion y Grietas," Pensamiento Propio (CRIES) 3 (No. 25/August):62-67.
Books Translated
1992
A Peasant Tragedy (Spanish to English Translation). Managua: Center for International Studies (Central
American University).
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Reports and Monographs
1996
"Un Aporte al Debate Sobre La Globalization; Nueve Tesis Sobre Nuestra Epoca," Cuardernos de
Investigacion, Center for International Studies, Central American University, Managua, April
1996.
1995
Guest Preface, in "A Report on U.S. Electoral Assistance to Haiti," Voices for Haiti (coalition of
75 U.S. development and human rights NGOs), June 1995.
1991
"Managing the Aftershocks: A Second Track Diplomatic Dialogue on Nicaragua," Policy Report
on Conference on Nicaragua, sponsored by the Kellog Foundation and hosted by the Program in
International Conflict Resolution of the Armand Hammer United World College, Montezuma,
New Mexico.
1988
"Special Report: The 'Chileanization' of the Nicaraguan Counterrevolution," Central America
Information Bulletin 5 (No. 6/February).
1987
"In the Wake of Contragate," CENSA'S Strategic Report, Center for the Study of the Americas,
No. 9, June.
1986
"Inside the Nicaraguan War," CENSA'S Strategic Report, Center for the Study of the Americas,
No. 7, May.
Book Reviews
Forthcoming
Andreas Bieler, Werner Bonefeld, Peter Burnham and Adam David Morton, Global Restructuring,
State, Capital and Labour: Contesting Neo-Gramscian Perspectives, for Capital and Class
2007
Juan Pablo Perez Sainz and Katharine E. Andrade-Eekhoff, Communities in Globalization: The
Invisible Mayan Nahual, for Journal of Latin American Studies, 39:192-194.
2006
Review of Deborah J. Yashar, Contesting Citizenship in Latin America: The Rise of Indigenous
Movements and the Postliberal Challenge, for American Journal of Sociology, 111(6).
2003
Review of Berch Berberoglu (ed.), Labor and Capital in the Age of Globalization, for
Contemporary Sociology. 32(6):707-709.
2002
Review of Vicente Navarro (ed.), The Political Economy of Social Inequalities: Consequences for
Health and Quality of Life, for Contemporary Sociology.31(6):685-687.
2002
Review of John Mangan, Workers Without Traditional Employment: An International Study of
Non-Standard Work, for Contemporary Sociology, 31(2):148-149.
2001
Review of Martin Shaw, Theory of the Global State: Globality as an Unfinished Revolution, for
American Political Science Review, 95(4):1045-1047
2001
Review of Giovanni Arrighi and Beverly J. Silver, Chaos and Governance in the Modern World
System, for Journal of World-System Research., Vol. VII, No. 1, Spring 2001.
2001
Review of Alex Callinicos, Social Theory: An Historical Introducion, for The Global Site,
University of Sussex (www.theglobalsiste.ac.uk)
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2000
Review of William M. Leogrande, Our Own Backyard: The United States in Central America,
1977-1992, for American Political Science Review, Vol. 94, No. 4:991-992
1997
Review of Gearoid O'Tuathail, Critical Geopolitics, for Ecumene: A Journal of Environment Culture - Meaning, Vol. 4, No. 4:486-488.
Courses Taught, 1994 - 2006
Soc. 504. Sociological Foundations of Political Economy
Soc. 442. Comparative Poverty and Development
Soc. 695. Advanced Topics in Political Economy: Globalization: Contours of 21st
Century World Society
Soc. 448/548. International Development and the World System
Soc. 351. Sociological Theory (undergraduate)
Soc. 552. Sociological Theory (graduate)
Soc. 342. Power and Society
Soc. 340. Class Analysis
Soc. 221. Rich and Poor Nations
Soc. 451. Population and Environment
Soc. 213. Sociology of Deviant Behavior
Soc. 313. Social Control
Soc. 101/1. Introduction to Sociology
Soc. 212. Causes of Crime and Delinquency
Soc. 501. Perspectives in Sociology
Soc. 265GS. Global Political Economy
Soc. 265SG. Sociology of Globalization (graduate)
Soc. 130LA. Development and Social Change in Latin America.
Soc. 1222GI. Global Inequalities
Soc. 130GR. Globalization and Resistance
Soc. 130SW. Sociology of the Southwest
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Soc. 130sg, Sociology of Globalization (undergraduate)
Research
1990 - 1997
Research Associate, Center for International Studies, Central American University, Managua,
Nicaragua.
1990 - 1993
Analyst and Researcher, Latin American Data Base LADB), Latin American Institute, University
of New Mexico. Responsibilities included preparing bi-weekly analysis and occasional
monographs of Central and South American and Caribbean developments and underlying
political, social and economic trends
1985 - 1987
Researcher, Writer-Editor, Pensamiento Propio, a monthly academic journal of the Coordinadora
Regional de Investigaciones Economicas y Sociales (CRIES-Regional Coordinating Board for
Economic and Social Research), a Central American and Caribbean regional research center,
Managua branch (loosely affiliated with the Central American University).
Research Funding
2007
Recipient of Research Grant, Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research, University
of California-Santa Barbara
2005
Recipient of Research Grant, Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research, University
of California-Santa Barbara
2005
Recipient of Research Grant, Faculty Senate, University of California-Santa Barbara
2003
Recipient of Research Grant, Faculty Senate, University of California-Santa Barbara.
2002
Recipient of Faculty Career Development Award, University of California-Santa Barbara.
2002
Recipient of Research Grant, Faculty Senate, University of California-Santa Barbara.
1999
Recipient of Research Mini-Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, New Mexico State University.
1998
Recipient of Professional Development Award, Graduate School, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville.
1992
Recipient of Latin America Research Grant, Latin American Institute, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque.
Professional Service and Positions
2008+
Member of Board of Associate Editors, Journal of World Systems Research.
2008+
Member of International Advisory Board, Hemispheres: A Journal of the Global South.
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2007+
Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Critical Studies on Business and Society.
2007
Organizer, Presidential Plenary, “The Immigrants Rights Struggle in the United States: Voices
from the Frontline,” and “Central America: Global Capitalism and Resistance,” Latin American
Studies Association, 27th International Congress, Montreal, 5-8 September.
2006
Organizer, two sessions on Sociology of Globalization, American Sociological Association,
Annual Congress, August 11-14, Montreal.
2006+
Associated Faculty Member, Doctoral Program in Development Studies, Autonomous University
of Zacatecas, Mexico.
2005+
Member of Editorial Board, Nature and Culture.
2005+
Member of International Advisory Committee, “In the Name of Democracy: Towards a Global
Political Intervention Monitor,” En Camino (International NGO, see
http://inthenameofdemocracy.org/).
2004+
Member of Advisory Board, Government and International Affairs Program, Virginia Tech
University
2004+
Member of Faculty/Advisory Board, and Visiting Professor, Instituto de Estudios Globales,
Universidad Abierta Interamericana, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2004+
Member of International Editorial Board, Globalizations (refereed interdisciplinary journal).
2004+
Member of Editorial Board, AcontraCorriente:A Journal of Social History and Literature in Latin
America (http://www.ncsu.edu/project/acontracorriente), North Carolina State University.
2003+
Participating Editor, Latin American Perspectives.
2003+
Board of Advisory Editors, Palgrave-Macmillan, Handbook of International Political Economy
2003+
Member of International Advisory Board, The Global Site, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
2002-3
Co-organizer and co-host, international conference, “Towards a Critical Globalization Studies:
Continued Debates, Neglected Topics, New Directions,” University of California at Santa
Barbara, May 1-4, 2003, co-sponsored by UCSB, Global Studies Association, and Institute for the
Study of World Systems.
2002+
Council Member and West Coast Representative, Global Studies Association, North American
Chapter.
2002
Council Member, Political Economy of the World System section, American Sociological
Association.
2001
Co-organizer, Session on “Class Formation in the Modern World System,” American Sociological
Association, 96th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, August 18-21.
1998
Organizer, Session on "Global Democracy", American Sociological Association, 93rd Annual
Meeting, San Francisco, August 21-25.
Co-Organizer, Political Economy of the World-Systems Section of the American Sociological
Association, Roundtable Session, 93rd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 21-25.
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Articles Reviewed for Refereed Journals and Other Review Work
1997:
The Sociological Quarterly
Global Society
Journal of Oromo Studies
1998:
Global Society
Sociological Forum
Science and Society
McGraw-Hill (review of text)
Journal of Oromo Studies (two reviews)
1999:
International Sociology
Global Governance
Sociological Forum (two articles reviewed)
National Science Foundation (review of two different research proposal)
Social Problems (two articles reviewed)
St. Martins Press (book manuscript reviewed)
Worth Publishers (text manuscript reviewed)
Critical Sociology
International Politics
2001:
American Sociological Review
Sociological Forum
Critical Sociology (two)
Latin American Perspectives (two)
Worth Publishers (text manuscript reviewed)
University of Minnesota Press (book manuscript reviewed)
National Science Foundation (review of research proposal)
Review of International Studies
Theory and Society
Kumarian Press (book manuscript reviewed)
Political Power and Social Theory
2002
Social Science Research Council (reviewer for International Disseration Award Fellowship)
International Journal of Peace Studies
New Political Economy
2003
Review of International Political Economy
Routledge Press (two manuscript proposals reviewed)
SUNY-Press (book manuscript reviewed)
American Journal of Sociology
Theory and Society
2004
Left History
Sociological Inquiry
2005
American Journal of Sociology
Journal of Consumer Culture
Latin American Perspectives (two reviews)
Johns Hopkins University Press (book manuscript review)
Globalizations
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2006
Latin American Perspectives (two reviews)
Globalisations
Theory and Society
Science and Society
Sociological Quarterly
Polity Press (book proposal review)
Bulletin of Latin American Research
2007
Bulletin of Latin American Research
Ashgate Publishing Co. (book manuscript review)
Latin American Perspectives (two reviews)
Routledge Press (book proposal review)
Blackwell Publishers (book proposal review)
Globalizations
Science and Society
Other Professional Experience
Professional Consulting
1989 - 1990
Consultant, Government of Nicaraguan (Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry). Analyst on U.S. Policy,
electoral affairs.
1980
Analyst, American Committee on Africa (New York). Researched and prepared reports on
Southern African affairs and U.S. policy towards Africa.
Professional Journalism
1987 - 1990
Washington Bureau Chief, and U.S. Representative for Agencia Nueva Nicaragua (ANN), a
Nicaragua-based international news agency. Responsibilities included running the Washington
bureau, covering Congress, the executive branch, the Organization of American States and the
diplomatic community in Washington. Daily dispatches for the ANN Spanish language wire
service, as well as weekly analyses and special services.
From 12/87 to 12/88, Editor, English-language edition: Central America Information Bulletin, a
weekly ANN publication of news and analysis.
1982 - 1987
Agencia Nueva Nicaragua, central offices, Managua. Position varied over the years, and included:
Staff Editor for both Spanish and English language services, Managing Editor in both
Spanish and English of the Central America Information Bulletin. 1987
Roving ANN Central America correspondent, with special assignments in Honduras and
Guatemala. Covered events throughout Central America.
ANN War Correspondent, Nicaraguan war fronts and Nicaraguan Atlantic Coast.
Specialized coverage of the Atlantic Coast, including prolonged stays in that region of
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Nicaragua. 1985
Coordinator, Economic Team, ANN, Managing Editor. Responsibilities included
planning and coordinating out of the Managua offices ANN's coverage of the Central
American economies, and editing the Boletin Economico Centroamericano. 1984-1985
Staff Reporter. Responsibilities included covering press conferences and any other news
in the Nicaragua capital.
1980 -
Free Lance Journalism (see below).
Other
1983 -
Free Lance Translator/Interpreter. Numerous free lance assignments as translator and interpreter
(consecutive), Spanish-English and English-Spanish.
1978
High School Teacher (Social Studies), Machacos, Kenya.
Honors and Awards
2004+
Selected for inclusion as biographee in Who’s Who in Social Science Higher Education.
2004+
Selected for inclusion as biographee in 2000 Outstanding Academics of the 21st Century,
International Biographical Centre, Cambridge University.
2003+
Selected for inclusion as biographee in America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals.
2003+
Selected for inclusion as biographee in Who’s Who in the World (Marquis), starting with 21st
Edition (2003).
2000+
Selected for inclusion as biographee in Who’s Who in America (Marquis), starting with 55th
Edition (2001).
2000+
Selected for inclusion in Directory of American Scholars, starting with 10th Edition.
1999
Promoting Polyarchy was a finalist for the 1999 Distinguished Publication Award of the American
Sociological Association.
1999
Globe of the Month Recipient, The Center for International Programs, New Mexico State
University. Award in recognition of outstanding efforts in the promotion of international
understanding, cooperation, involvement and development.
1997
Promoting Polyarchy won the 1997 PEWS (Political Economy of the World System section of the
American Sociological Association) Award for Distinguished Scholarship.
1995
Inductee, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
1987
David and Goliath won the Outstanding Book Award, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of
Human Rights in the United States, University of Arkansas, for books published in 1987 on the
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subject of intolerance in the United States.
Invited Public Presentations, Interviews, and Conference Presentations
(The following is a partial listing)
2008
“El Proceso Electoral Norteamericano: 15 Puntos de Analsis y Debate,” presentation and panel
discussion, Mesa de Reflexion Sobre Relaciones Internacionales y Politica Exterior
Estadounidense,” Instituto de Altos Estudios Diplomaticos, Caracas, Venezuela, 17-19 June.
2008
“The Follies of ‘New Imperialism’ Theories,” keynote presentation, Global Studies Association,
annual conference, New York City, 7 June.
2008
“Democracy and Global Crisis,” invited speaker, “Democracy Dinner,” Center for the Study of
Democracy, University of California-Irvine, April 10.
2008
“Labor and the Global System,” public lecture sponsored by the Labor Studies Program,
University of California-Irvine, April 9.
2008
Three weeks of public lectures, workshops, and other engagements in Colombia. March 3-7,
Medellin, “La Globalizacion, Procesos Sociales, y Medio Ambiente: El Caso de Colombia,” 20
hour intensive workshop for 100 staff and board members of Penca de Sabila, a Colombian
national Non-Governmental Organization addressing environmental and social issues. March 1014, Bogota, “El Capitalismo Global y America Latina: Colombia en la Mira,” 20 hour public
lecture series, Universidad Central de Colombia, sponsored by departments of Economics and
International Relations. March 15-16, talks given at invitation of indigenous groups and social
organizations, Popayan (March 15) and Silvia (March 16), province of El Cauca, western
Colombia.
2008
“Crisis Global y America Latina: El Salvador en la Mira,” university-wide lecture, University of
El Salvador, San Salvador, 21 february.
2008
“El Salvador y la Crisis del Capitalismo Global,” university-wide and public lecture, sponsored by
Department of Economy, Central American University, San Salvador, and Frederick Ebert
Foundation, Germany, 19 February.
2008:
Seminar/lecture series, “Capitalismo Global y America Latina: Crisis y Desafios”, Universidad
Centroamericana “Jose Simeon Cañas,”, San Salvador, 18-22 February.
2008:
Invited lecture, “The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Can Humanity Survive It,” Chulalongkorn
University, Bangkok, 23 January.
2008:
Centennial Lecture Series, “Trends in Global Capitalism,” University of the Philippines, Manila,
8-18 January. Two weeks of public, university-wide lectures as visiting professor on occasion of
the 100th anniversary of the University of the Philippines, jointly sponsored by the Department of
Sociology and Focus on the Global South.
2008:
One dozen public lectures and talks given during 3-week stay in the Philippines, Jan. 4-28, at
numerous academic, NGO and public venues, including (among others) guest lectures at Miriam
University, Ateneo de Manila University, Center for Democratic Projects, Transform Asia
Institute.
2007
Invited to give opening lecture for screening of documentary “Assaulted Dream”, about
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immigrants from Central America in Mexico, UCSB Multicultural Center, Nov. 7.
2007
Interviewed by Univision, Canifornia Central Coast local Spanish television language station, on
recent immigrant legislation in United States, Nov. 6, Santa Barbara.
2007
Panel presentation and discussion, “Empire and Dissent: Latin America and the New World
Order,” Latin American Studies Association, 27th International Congress, Montreal, 5-8
September.
2007
“Lucha Indigena Colombiana,” speech to indigenous assembly of the Regional Indigenous
Council of Colombia, El Cauca, Colombia, 29 August.
2007
“La Mundializacion de las Luchas de Resistencia: Crisis y Futuras Alternativas,” keynote speech
to 6th Annual Congress of the Cooperativa Financiera (CONFIAR), Medellin, Colombia, 24
August.
2007
“Democracia e Imperio: la Estrategia Norteamericana hacia Colombia,” workshop given at the
party headquarters of the Polo Democratico Alternativo, Bogota, Colombia, 23 August.
2007
“Democracia e Intervencion en las Americas: Colombia en la Mira,” public lecture, Universidad
Central de Colombia, Bogota, 22 August.
2007
“Global Labor Pools and Immigrant Rights,” presentation and panel discussion, conference on
“Labor, Immigration, and Globalization,” University of California at Riverside, 12 May.
2007
“Conmemorando el Quinto Aniversario del Golpe en Venezuela: El Significado de la Revolucion
Bolivariana,” keynote speech, public meeting to commemorate 5th anniversary of coup d’etat in
Venezuela, Los Angeles Workers Center/Cine Latinoamericano Roque Dalton, 1 Abril.
2007
“Sistema Global, Crisis Global, y Politica Exterior Norteamericana,” two-week course, Instituto
de Altos Estudios Diplomaticos Pedro Gual (Institute for Superior Diplomatic Studies Pedro
Gual), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Caracas, Feb. 5-15.
2007
“De Bush a Bush: Globalization, Crisis, y la Political Exterior de Estados Unidos hacia America
Latina,” public address, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Caracas, 7 Feb.
2007
“Globalization and the Struggle for Immigrant Rights,” keynote address, Immigrant Rights
Conference, March 25 Coalition, Los Angeles, Loyola Law School, Feb. 3.
2007
“Whither Global Capitalism? The Rise and the Coming Demise of Neo-Liberalism,” Lecture, The
Humanities Center, Carnegie Mellon University, 25 January.
2007
Interviewed by WBAI (New York) on IMF policies towards Latin America, 13 January.
2006
Media activity, 26 October:: 1) interviewed by O Globo, Brazilian daily newspaper, on
Nicaraguan electoral process; 2) interviewed by Univision, Spanish-language television station,
on U.S. government immigration policy.
2006
“The Immigrant Rights Struggle: Ten Points for Analysis and Discussion,” public presentation in
forum “Immigration: Where are we Going? Local and National Updates,” Alliance for Immigrant
Rights/Casa de la Raza, Santa Barbara, October 9.
2006
Multiple professional activities in Costa Rica, September 5-26: 1) One week intensive course (15
hours, 11-15 Sept.) for Masters Program in Political Science, University of Costa Rica (San Jose),
titled “Globalizacion en Centroamerica: Crisis y Transformacion”; 2) Public Lecture, 11 Sept,
University of Costa Rica, titled “America Latin y Sociedad Global” 3) One week intensive course
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(15 hours, 18-22 Sept.), Masters Program in International Relations, National University of Costa
Rica (Heredia), titled “America Latina y Crisis Global: Perspectivas y Desafios para
Centroamerica”; 4) Radio Interview (21 Sept), “Radio Nacional”, Costa Rican public radio station;
5) presentation and intensive roundtable discussion, workshop on “Entre la Acumulacion y la
Resistencia: Bosquejando las Nuevas Geografias de Centroamerica,” 23-24 September, organized
by PRISMA/Central American University-San Salvador campus and sponsored by Ford
Foundation.
2006
Multiple participation in 2006 annual congress of the American Sociological Association, 11-14
August, Montreal, including: “Beyond the Theory of Imperialism: Global Capitalism and the
Transnational State, paper presentation and panel discussion; “The Chimera of Democracy and
Socioeconomic Development under Neo-Liberal Global Capitalism,” paper presentation and panel
discussion; organizer of two panels on Sociology of Globalization.
2006
Keynote Speech, “Globalization, Imperialism, and Resistance: Concepts for the 21 st Century?,”
conference on “Globalization, Imperialism, and Resistance,” University of Stockholm, Sweden,
12-13 May.
2006
Interviewed by FM Radio KCVX, San Luis Obispo, on immigrant rights and related themes, May
9.
2006
Interviewed on “The Paul Berenson Show,” News Radio 990 KTMS, Santa Barbara, on immigrant
rights. May 6.
2006
Interviewed four times during May 1 live from Los Angeles by Radio Payumat and Radio
Indimedia Colombia, Putumayo and Bogota, Colombia, May 1.
2006
Interviewed by Radio Nacional de España on theme of immigrant protests in the United States.
May 1.
2006
Interviewed by Santa Barbara studios of UNIVISION Spanish-language television on theme of
immigrant rights in the United States. April 27.
2006
“Crisis and Transformation in the Global System,” invited presentation and discussion, workshop
“Finance, Industry and Power: The Capitalist Corporation in the 21st Century,” York University,
Toronto, 11 April.
2006
“Democracy, Polyarchy, and U.S. Policy Towards Latin America,” Keynote address by invitation,
conference “In the Name of Democracy: U.S. Electoral Intervention in the Americas,” Yale
University, April 7-8.
2006
“Globalizacion y Transnacionalismo: Problemas Tendencias, y Perspectivas en la Politica Exterior
Norteamericana Hacia America Latina,” paper presentation and panel discussion, Latin American
Studies Association (LASA) Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 15-18 March.
2006
Interviewed (on U.S.-Latin America relations) by 93.3 CFMU FM, in Toronto, “Unusual
Sources,” weekly program. February 14.
2006
“Los Desafios Latinoamericanos Frente a La Crisis del Capitalismo Global,” Lecture, Facultad
Latinoamericana de Ciencas Sociales (FLACSO), sede Ecuador, Quito, February 2.
2006
“La Crisis de la Globalizacion y la Coyuntura Latinoamericana, 2006,” invited lecture,
Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Quito, Ecuador, February 1.
2006
“Politica Exterior Norteamerica Hacia America Latina, Analisis de Coyuntura,” Lecture and
discussion by special invitation, “Mesa de Reflexion Sobre Relaciones Internacionlaes y Politica
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Exterior,” Institute for Higher Diplomatic Studies (Institution de Altos Estudios Diplomaticos
‘Pedro Gual’), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Caracas, Venezuela, January 28.
2006
Participation (presentations and panel discussions) in multiple panels, World Social Forum,
Caracas, Venezuela. January 24, panel on “The Struggle for Social Justice in Haiti”. January 27,
panel on “Meeting of Sociologists of the Americas: Sociologos Sin Fronteras”. January 28, panel
on “In the Name of Democracy: Political Intervention in the 2006 Latin America Electoral Cycle.”
2005
“Toward New Social Cartographies in Development and Trade Studies,” plenary presentation and
discussion, conference on “NAFTA and Beyond: Alternative Disciplinary Perspectives in the
Study of Global Trade and Development,” Princeton University, December 2-3.
2005
“Crisis in the Global System,” university-wide invited lecture, Texas A&M, November 11.
2005
“Globalization and Global Crisis,” university-wide invited lecture, Bucknell Univeristy,
November 1.
2005
“Reigning in on Corporate Power: The NAFTA, the CAFTA, and the Corporate Agenda,” public
lecture, Falkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Library, Main Branch, 26 July.
2005
Interviewed by on-line news and analysis journal, Venezuelanalysis: Venezuela Views, News, and
Analysis. Interview posted at http://www.venezuelanalysis.com in June 2005.
2005
“Altering the Course of Globalization,” public lecture, “Forum and Town Hall Meeting: The
Impact of Corporate Globalization,” Falkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, Main Branch,
June 9.
2005
Interviewed by Newsday on U.S. involvement in Venezuela. Interview published in May 1 issue
and available from n http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/nywovene034241232may01,0,4533593.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines.
2005
“The Crisis of Global Capitalism and the Folly of Conventional Thinking on It”, paper
presentation and discussion, 29th Conference of the Political Economy of the World System
(PEWS) Section of the American Sociological Association, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, April 14-17.
2005
“Marxism, the Crisis of Global Capitalism, and the Folly of Conventional Marxist Thinking on it,”
and “Public Sociologies and Critical Globalization Studies: Six Theses,” two panel presentations
and discussions, International Studies Association, Annual Congress, March 1-5, Honolulu.
2005
“The Global System and Resistance and Transformation in Latin America,” presentation and
discussion, conference on “Homelands, Borders and Trade In Latin America: Freedom, Violence,
And Exchange After 9-11”, Center For Iberian And Latin American Studies (CILAS), University
of California-San Diego, Feb. 24-25.
2005
“The Crisis of Global Capitalism: 21st Century Challenges,” university-wide invited lecture,
University of California, Riverside, January 19.
2004
Interviewed by The NewStandard on Iraqi elections and U.S. involvement. Interview published
on Dec. 13 in article titled “Controversial U.S. Groups Operate Behind Scenes in Iraq Vote,”
available from http://newstandardnews.net/content/?action=show_item&itemid=1311.
2004
“Latin America and the Crisis of Global Capitalism: Challenges, Opportunities, Hazards,” first
Annual Lecture, Society for Lati n American Studies, London, October 29.
2004
“Neo-Liberalism and Global Crisis: Opportunities, Challenges, and Hazards,” keynote address,
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conference, “Neo-Liberalism: Historical Perspectives and Critical Possibilities,” Princeton
University, 15 October.
2004
“Critical Reflections on Global Society,” keynote address, Illinois Sociological Association,
Annual Congress, Chicago, 14 October.
2004
“Latin America in the Global System: Crisis and Change,” paper presentation and panel
discussion, and Discussant for panel on “Latin America in the Changing International Political
Economy,” Latin American Studies Association, Congress, Las Vegas, 6-9 October.
2004
“Nuevas Modalidades de Intervencion Norteamericana en el Marco de la Globalizacion: La
‘Promocion de la Democracia’ y el Caso de Venezuela,” presentation and audience discussion,
Conference on “Como Nos Ven? Venezuela en La Academia Anglo-Sajona,” Facultad de
Economia y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, 5 August.
2004
“Los Desafios del Siglo XXI: Globalizacion y Crisis,” Public Lecture, sponsored by Facultad de
Ciencias Economicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5 July.
2004
“Debate sobre Globalizacion y Coyuntura Mundial,” Public Lecture, sponsored by Postgraduate
Program, Universidad Abierta Interamericana, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3 July.
2004
“Capitalismo Global y Crisis Global: Respuestas Teoricas y Politicas,” public lecture sponsored
by the Facultad de Ciencias Sociales and the Programa de Estudios Sobre Democracia y
Transformacion Global, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru, 9 June.
2004
Visiting Professor, Instituto de Asuntos Publicos, Universidad de Chile, May/June, lecture series
on “Las Relaciones Internacionales y las Teorias de la Globalizacion,” Santiago, Chile.
2004
“What Empire? Whose Hegemony? The Transnationalization of Capital and the Gramscian
Critique of ‘Statolatry’,” paper presentation and panel discussion, International Studies
Association annual convention, Montreal, March 16-21.
2004
“Perspectives on Recent U.S. Foreign Policy and Democracy,” radio interview on KZYX and
KZYZ, Medocino County, California, Feb. 7.
2003
The Contribution of Latino Immigrants to the California Economy, Television Interview,
UNIVISION Spanish language television network, Dec. 10.
2003
“Gramsci and Globalization: From Nation-State to Transnational Hegemony,” paper presented by
invitation and plenary discussion, workshop on “Images of Gramsci: Connections and Contentions
in Political Theory and International Relations, Oct. 24-25, University of Nottingham, UK.
2003
Lecture by invitation, Moscow Linguistic Institute, “Globalization: The Latest State of Capitalism,
From Lenin to Bush,” Moscow, Oct. 20.
2003
Presentation and discussion, “Social Activism and Democracy in South Africa: A Global
Perspective,” IDASA (Institute for Democracy in South Africa), conference on “Social Activism
and Socio-Economic Rights: Deepening Democracy in South Africa,” Cape Town, Aug. 11-13.
2003
Multiple participation and presentations in plenaries and panels, conference on “Towards Critical
Globalization Studies: Continued Debates, New Directions, and Neglected Topics”, UCSB/Global
Studies Association, May 1-4.
2003
“Global Capitalism, Global Crisis,” university-wide lecture, by invitation, Agnes Scott College,
Decatur, Georgia, March 19.
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2003
“Latin America in the Empire of Global Capital,” paper presentation and plenary discussion,
conference on “Labor, Race and Empire,” University of California-Irvine, UCI Labor Studies
Program, March 6-7, 2003.
2003
Public lecture and panel discussion, “The Collapse of Neo-Liberalism and Political-Economic
Crisis in Latin America,” “South America Forum,” University of California at Santa Barbara,
public forum organized by Honor y Orgullo Latinoamericano student forum.
2002
Week-long series of lectures on globalization, world political economy, transnational processes in
Latin America, and U.S. foreign policy, University of Havana, Cuba, November 3-7. Lecture
series included paper presentation, “La Crisis Global y la Politica Exterior Norteamericana hacia
American Latinoamerica, and panel discussion, conference on “Hemispheric Relations After
September 11,” November 4, Center for the Study of the United States and Center for the Study of
the Americas.
2002
“Globalization and Resistance: Views from Above and Views From Below,” Center for Historical
and Social Change, Historical Perspectives Lecture Series, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay,
invited speech, October 7.
2002
“The Crisis of Global Capitalism: How it Looks from Latin America,” paper presentation and
panel discussion, annual international economics conference, Middle Eastern Technical
University, Ankara, Turkey, September 9-11.
2002
“Remapping Development in Light of Globalization: From a Territorial to a Social Cartography,”
and “Global Capitalism and Transnational Capitalist Hegemony,” papers presented and panel
discussion, American Sociological Association annual conference, August 16-19, Chicago.
2002
"In the Aftermath of War and Pacification: Globalization and Social Change in 21st Century
Central America," public lecture sponsored by Latin American and Iberian Studies program,
University of California-Santa Barbara.
2002
“The Ongoing Debate on Transnational Class and State Formation,” paper presentation and panel
discussion, Global Studies Association conference, Chicago, May 10-12.
2002
“Global Capitalism and Transnational Hegemony,” paper presentation and panel discussion, and
discussant on panel on globalization and resistance, Political Economy of the World-System,
annual conference, Riverside, May 2-4.
2002
Multiple participation in 43rd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, New
Orleans, March 24-27: 1) “Globalization and Development Theory in the Neo-Liberal Age,”
paper presentation and panel discussion; 2) panel participant, “Roundtable on Historicising
Globalization: The Question of the Political”; 3) discussant, panel on “The World System,
Historical Materialism, and Gramsci: Revisiting the Agency-Structure Problematique”;
4)
discussant, panel on “Globalization and the Politics of Protest.”
2002
“The Crisis of Global Capitalism: How it Looks from Latin America,” paper presented and session
discussion, “Seminar on the Global Crisis,” Transnational Institute, February 17-18. Amsterdam
2001
Panelist/participant in seminar, “Rethinking Central American Modernization in the Age of
Globalization,” Social Science Research Council, New York, October 28.
2001
“The Debate on Globalization, the Transnational Capitalist Class, and the Rise of a Transnational
State,” paper presentation and panel discussion, American Sociological Association, 96 th Annual
Meeting, Los Angeles, August 18-21.
2001
“Transnational State Formation,” paper presentation and panel discussion, special meeting of the
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International Studies Association (US) and international studies associations from Hong Kong,
Japan, and other countries, Hong Kong, July 23-25.
2001
“Globalizacion y Desigualdades Mundiales,” three-week seminar taught to graduate students,
Masters Program in International Relations, Central American University, Managua, Nicaragua,
June 23-July 15.
2001
“Globalization and Development,” presentation and discussion, conference on “Latin American
Sociology and the Sociology of Latin America,” Center for Latin American Studies, University of
Florida-Gainesville, April 19-21.
2001
“Promoting Polyarchy: Changing Modes of Social Control in Latin America,” presentation by
special invitation and panel discussion, conference on “The United States and Latin America after
the Cold War/Estados Unidos y America Latina Despues de la Guerra Fria,” Center for
Intercultural Dialogue on Development and NACLA, Cuernavaca, Mexico, April 6-8.
2001
“The Global Economy and 21st Century Politics and Social Struggles,” guest lecture by special
invitation, “Forum on the Future of Politics: Globalization,” Northern Arizona University, March
28.
2001
“Alternative Futures in Global Society,” presentation, International Roundtable of Unions, Social
Movements, and NGOs, Bangkok, Thailand, March 11-13, co-sponsored by Focus on the Global
South and the Friedrich-Ebert -Stiftung Foundation.
2001
“Maldevelopment: Globalization and Social Change in Central America,” presentation, Center for
Latin American Studies 2001 Colloquia Series, New Mexico State University, February 28.
2001
“Transnational Processes and Changing Social Hierarchies in the World System: A Central
American Case Study,” and “Globalization as a Macro-Structural-Historical Framework of
Analysis: The Case of Central America,” papers presented and panel discussion, International
Studies Association, 42nd Annual Convention, Chicago, February 21 and 22. Discussant, panel
on “Global Capital - global Labour? New Challenges and Strategies of Internationalism and
Global Solidarity,” February 22.
2000
“Globalization and Resistance: Views from Above and Views From Below,” guest lecture by
special invitation of Croft Institute for International Studies, University of Mississippi, Oxford
(Miss.), November 16
2000
“The Emerging Global Society,” guest lecture by special invitation, delivered at Metropolitan
State College, Denver, November 2.
2000
“Social Theory and Globalization: The Rise of a Transnational State,” paper presented and panel
discussion, American Sociological Association, 95th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August
13.
2000
“Defining National Interests in the Age of ‘Stateless” Capital,” keynote address, conference on
“Globalization and U.S. Foreign Policy,” American Friends Service Committee, Cambridge,
Mass., May 6.
2000
“Global Democracy” and “Analysis of a Transnational State Apparatus,” papers presented and
panel discussion (two panels), International Studies Association, 41 st Annual Convention, Los
Angeles, March 14 and 15.
2000
“Sociologia de las Desigualdades Globales,” two-week intensive post-graduate seminar taught, as
visiting professor, Central American University, Managua, Nicaragua. February 26-March 3.
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1999
“Central America and Global Capitalism: Regional Lessons for the Sociology of Development,”
paper presented and panel discussion, American Sociological Association, 94 th Annual Meeting,
Chicago, August 7; “ and discussant for session on “Cross-Cultural/Comparative Sociology:
Comparative Studies Encounter a Global Economy,” August 10.
1999
“Twenty Years Later: Reflections on the Nicaraguan Revolution,” Radio Interview, KGNY,
Boulder Couny Public Radio, 19 July.
1999
“La Globalizacion y Su Incidencia en la Sociedad Centroamericana y la Gobernabilidad,” Keynote
Address, conference on “Globalizacion, Gobernabilidad, y Desarrollo,” Iberoamerican University
for Science and Technology/Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Managua, Nicaragua, May 6.
1999
“Globalizacion y la Transformacion de Centroamerica,” lecture given by invitation of Facultad
Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Guatemala branch, Guatemala City, May 3.
1999
“Globalization and the Rise of a Transnational State,” lecture, Institute of Public Policy, De
Montfort University, Leicester, England, April 14.
1999
“Capitalist Globalization and the Transnationalization of the State,” paper presented and panel
discussion, Transatlantic Workshop on Globalization and Historical Materialism, University of
Warwick, England, April 15-17.
1999
“Globalization and Development,” lecture, Center for Migration and Development, Princeton
University, March 11.
1999
“The Nigerian Elections in International Perspective,” radio interview, Pacifica News Service,
February 23.
1998
“Global Capitalism and the U.S. Promotion of Polyarchy in Latin America,” and “Central
America in the Global System,” papers presented and panel discussion, Latin American Studies
Association, (LASA) Congress, Chicago, Sept. 23-26.
1998
"Neo-Liberalism, The Global Elite, and the Guatemalan Transition: A Critical Macrostructural
Analysis," paper presented (in Spanish) and panel discussion, conference on "Guatemalan
Develoopment and Democratization: Proactive Responses to Globalization," sponsored by
National Science Foundation, UNICEP and UNDP (United Nations), Universidad del Valle
(Guatemala), and Johns Hopkins University (US), Guatemala City, March 26-28.
1998
"La globalization, el nuevo model de desarrollo en Centroamerica y sus perspectivas," keynote
address, conference on "La Globalizacion y los Factores de Riesgo en Nicaragua," sponsored by
Fundacion Millennium and Superior Council of Private Enterprise (Nicaragua), Managua,
Nicaragua, March 23.
1998
"La economia global y los procesos transnacionales en Centroamerica," talk given by invitation of
the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (Costa Rican chapter), San Jose, 24 March.
1997
"Latin America and the United States: The Challenge of the Twenty-First Century," universityWide and public lecture, University of Tennessee, College of Arts and Sciences, Knoxville,
November 24.
1997
"Beyond Nation-State Paradigms: Globalization, Sociology, and the Challenge of Transnational
Studies," paper presented and panel discussion, American Sociological Association (ASA) 92nd
Annual Meeting, Toronto, August 9-13.
1997
"Centroamerica ante la Globalizacion y las Responsabilidades de los Intelectuales," universitywide address, Central American University, Managua, Nicaragua, June 26.
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1997
"Globalizacion y el Sistem Internacional," 20 hour intensive seminar as visiting professor, Master
Degree in International Relations Program, Central American University, Managua, Nicaragua,
16-29 June.
1997
"Transnational Processes in Central America: A Study on Globalization and Social Change,"
paper presented and panel discussion, Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Congress,
Guadalajara, Mexico, April 17-19.
1997
"The Ogoni, the Environment, and Transnational Corporations," lecture and panel discussion,
Amnesty International, Tennessee Chapter, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, March 17.
1996
"Sistema Contemporaneo Internacional", one-month intensive seminar as visiting professor,
Masters Degree in International Relations Program, Central American University, Managua,
Nicaragua.
1995
"Democracy in the New World Order," one-half hour radio presentation, "The Gary Null Show:
Natural Living," WBAI, New York, 26 October.
1995
"Nicaragua and the World, 1960s-1990s," paper presented and panel discussion, Latin American
Studies Association (LASA) conference, September 28-30, Washington, D.C.
1995
"Incorporating Latin American Studies into High School Curriculum," workshops organized and
lectures for a two seek seminar on Latin America in high school curriculums, "Resources for
Teaching About the Americas," sponsored jointly by the U.S. Department of Education and the
Latin American Institute, University of New Mexico, May 30-June 17.
1994
"Fuerzas Armadas, Democracia en America Latina, y Politica Exterior Norteamericana" Invited
by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to present lecture and paper, International
Conference on "Estado, Sociedad, Fuerzas Armadas y Derechos Humanos," January 13-14,
Managua, Nicaragua.
1994
"Central America: Which Way After the Cold War?," lecture for the Central America Peace
Alliance, and Channel 27 (local public television), Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 10.
1993
"The National Endowment for Democracy in Latin America: Promoting Polyarchy and
Preempting Social Justice," Keynote Speech and paper, Conference on the National Endowment
for Democracy and U.S. Policy in Latin America, University of Ohio, Athens, September 30.
1993
"Latin America and the Clinton Administration," lectures at University of Minnesota at
Minneapolis, and University of Iowa at Ames, invited by local peace groups, July 17-20
1993
"Cuba and the Clinton Administration," lecture, Latin American Institute, University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque, 30 April.
1993
"U.S.-Cuban Relations and the New World Order," two weeks of public lectures in Havana, Cuba,
on U.S.-Cuban relations and the New World Order. Invited by the University of Havana and the
Centro de Estudios sobre America, January.
1990
"The Communications Media in Central America," lecture, Latin American Institute, University of
New Mexico, October.
1990
Participant in "Frontline," CNN, panel discussion on results of Nicaraguan elections, Washington,
D.C., February.
1987-90
Regular Guest Speaker, Close Up Foundation,
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Washington, D.C., Lectured on U.S.-Central
American relations.
1989
Panelist, "Nicaraguan Dialogue", five days of sessions on conflict resolution in Central America,
sponsored by the U.S. Institute for Peace, the Trinity Forum and the Latin American Institute of
the University of New Mexico, February and April.
1989
"Anti-Americanism or Anti-Interventionism," speech, Latin American Seminar, College of
William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, July.
1988
"Beyond the Cold War in the Caribbean Basin," Lecture and paper presented, Biannual
Conference of National Alliance of Third World Journalists," Atlanta, April.
1987
"An Alternative U.S. Policy for Central America," guest lecture, Conference of the Association of
Social Anthropologists, Washington, D.C., September.
1984
National Speaking tour in the United States as representative of Agencia Nueva Nicaragua
international news service, invited by universities, educational and public advocacy groups to
lecture on the November 1984 Nicaraguan elections. Spoke at some 30 university and 10 public
forums in 15 states of the United States, September and October 1984.
Numerous Journalist Reports in the Following Outlets (1980-1996)
(partial listing of news publications and media outlets in which articles and commentaries have appeared)
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore)
Barricada (Nicaragua)
British Broadcasting Corporation (London)
Business and Society (New York)
Covert Action Quarterly (Washington, D.C.)
Crossroads (Oakland)
El Nacional (Mexico)
El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua)
El Pais (Spain)
El Periodista (Argentina)
El Proceso (Mexico)
Excelsior (Mexico)
Insight (Washington, D.C.)
In these Times (Chicago)
La Juventud (Uruguay)
La Prensa (Nicaragua)
Latinamerica Press (Lima)
Multinational Monitor (Washington. D.C.)
Noticiero Latino (Los Angeles radio news reports)
Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA)
Orlando Spectator (Orlando, Fla.)
Pacific News Service (subscriber news service, San Francisco)
Radio Primerisima (Nicaraguan radio talk show)
San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco)
'Smysl' Magazine (Moscow)
Soberania (Nicaragua)
Southern Africa Magazine (New York)
The Guardian (London)
The Guardian (New York)
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Uno mas Uno (Mexico)
Professional Memberships
American Sociological Association
Latin American Studies Association.
International Studies Association.
Global Studies Association.
Sociologists Without Borders
Union of Nicaraguan Journalists (past member and officer 1984-1990)
Language Skills
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Spoken and Written Fluency in Spanish
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Translation/Interpreting Spanish-English,
English-Spanish
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Working Knowledge (spoken and written) of Portuguese
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