CURRICULUM VITAE
WILLIAM I. ROBINSON
Home: 75 Willow Springs Lane, Apt. 104
Goleta, CA 93117
(805-968-2980)
Office: Department of Sociology
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93016
(505) 893-5607
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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.
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.
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 Spanish-language 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.
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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.
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< 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 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,” co-authored 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
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.