Marcus Taylor

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Associate Professor and Graduate Chair,  Global Development Studies
PhD (Sociology) Warwick, UK

Curriculum Vitae (PDF 147KB)

Research Interests:

 
Political Economy : Political Ecology : Marxism and Subaltern Studies : Labour and Livelihoods : Climate Change Adaptation

My research and teaching emphasize the political economy and political ecology of development, with a focus on labour and livelihoods in contexts ranging from Latin America to South Asia. In my published work I have focused on questions of labour and global commodity chains; labour markets, social policy and anti-poverty policies such as microfinance.

 At present I am focusing on issues of climate change adaptation viewed through the interface of political economy and political ecology. To this end I am initiating a comparative research project on power, conflict and climate change adaptation in Latin America and South Asia. I particularly welcome graduate applications around this topic. Potential students should feel free to write me so that I can send them my current work in this area.

Supervisory interests

I specifically encourage graduate study applications focused on climate change impact and adaptation, particularly from those with an interest in conducting fieldwork as part of their studies.

 More broadly, I supervise in the areas of the political economy of development; labour in the global economy; Marxism and Subaltern Studies; livelihoods and anti-poverty poverty policies.

 

Other Appointments:

 
Cross Appointed
Department of Sociology and the School of Environmental Studies

 

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Courses:

 
DEVS 340 : Theories of Development

DEVS 311 :Labour and Global Development

DEVS 496 : Climate Change and Development

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Publications:

 
Selected Publications

Single-Authored Books

Taylor, Marcus. From Pinochet to the ‘Third Way’: Neoliberalism and Social Transformation in Chile.  London: Pluto Press, 2006.

Edited Books

Taylor, Marcus (ed).Renewing International Labour Studies. London: Routledge Press, 2010.

Taylor, Marcus (ed).Global Economy Contested: Power and Conflict Across the International Division of Labour.London: Routledge Press, 2008.

Selected Articles

Taylor, Marcus. “The Antinomies of ‘Financial Inclusion’: Debt, Distress and the Workings of Indian Microfinance”, Journal of Agrarian Change 12(4), 2012.

Taylor, Marcus. “‘Freedom From Poverty is Not For Free’: Rural Development and the Microfinance Crisis in Andhra Pradesh, India”, Journal of Agrarian Change 11(4), 2011.

Taylor, Marcus. “Race You to the Bottom … and Back Again? The Uneven Development of Labour Codes of Conduct”, New Political Economy, 16(4), 2011.

Taylor, Marcus. “Conscripts of Competitiveness: Culture, Capital and Institutions in Contemporary Development”, Third World Quarterly, 31(4), pp. 561-579, 2010.

Taylor, Marcus. “Who Works for Globalization? The Challenges and Possibilities for International Labour Studies”, Third World Quarterly, 30(3), pp. 435-452, 2009.

Taylor, Marcus. “Displacing Insecurity Across a Divided World: Global Security, International Development and the Endless Accumulation of Capital”, Third World Quarterly, 30(1), pp. 151-166, 2009.

Taylor, Marcus. “The Contradictions of Neoliberalism in Latin America: From Structural Adjustment to ‘Empowering the Poor’”, pp. 21-36 in Laura MacDonald and Arne Ruckert (eds), Post-Neoliberalism in the Americas: Beyond the Washington Consensus? London: Palgrave, 2009.