Institute for Global Studies
214 Social Sciences
269 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-9007
Fax: 612-626-2242
E-mail: igs@umn.edu

Michael Goldman

Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • political sociology
  • environmental sociology
  • development/underdevelopment
  • sociology of knowledge
  • South and Southeast Asia
  • transnational sociology

Educational Background

  • Ph.D.: University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 1994.

Publications

  • Imperial Nature: The World Bank and Social Struggles for Social Justice in the Age of Globalization. Goldman, Michael R, Yale University Press, Author, 2005. Link
  • Tracing the Roots/Routes of World Bank Power: Goldman, Michael R, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 25(1/2): 10-29, 2005.
  • Eco-governmentality and Other Transnational Practices of a 'Green' World Bank: Goldman, Michael R, Social Problems, 48(4): 499-523, 2001.
  • Closing the 'Great Divide': New Social Theory on Nature and Society: Goldman, Michael R, Rachel Schurman, Annual Review of Sociology, 26: 563-584, 2000.
  • Privatizing Nature: Political Struggles for the Global Commons. Goldman, Michael R, Rutgers University Press, 1998.

Research Activities

  • The production and contestation of neoliberalism
  • Water privatization and anti-privatization movements
  • Development and environment in North-South relations

Awards

  • McKnight Presidential Fellow, 2006 - 2008
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