Eddie J. Girdner, Ph.D.
Retired Professor
Seferihisar, Turkey
Telephone: (90) 232 741 6267 (Home)
Pocket: (90) 533 810 1827
email: eddiegirdner@gmail.com
Education: Ph.D. in Political Science
University of California, Santa Barbara, l985
Dissertation: "Socialism, Sarvodaya and Democracy:
The Theoretical Contributions of M.N. Roy,
J. P. Narayan and J.B. Kripalani"
M.A. in Political Science
University of Missouri, Columbia, l980
B.S. in Physics
University of Missouri, Columbia, l968
Experience: Professor
Izmir University: 2010-2012
Professor
Baskent University: 2000-2010
Professor
Istanbul Bilgi University: l998-2000
Associate Professor
Eastern Mediterranean University: l993-l998
(Assistant Professor l992-93)
Assistant Professor
Delta State University: l988-l992
Instructor
University of Alabama: l987-1988
Visiting Lecturer
University of California, Santa Barbara: l987
Teaching Assistant
University of California, Santa Barbara: l980-83
United States Navy: l973-l977
Peace Corps Volunteer, Punjab, India: l968-70
Awards: Fulbright Group Project in India, l989
Melone Fellowship for study in Bahrain and
the United Arab Emirates, l992
Courses
Taught: Comparative Politics:
Introduction to Comparative Government
Comparative Political Analysis
Political Development (Graduate Seminar)
Comparative Politics: Asia
South Asian Politics
Religion and Politics
Democratization (Graduate Seminar)
International Relations:
Introduction to International Relations
American Foreign Policy Since World War II
History of the European Union
European Union Institutions
International Organizations
International Political Economy (Undergraduate and Graduate)
History of the European Union (Masters Program)
State and Economy
Political Theory:
Ancient and Medieval Political Theory
Modern Political Theory
Democratic Theory
Contemporary Political Ideologies
American Government:
Introduction to American National Government
American Constitutional Law
Public Policy:
Environmental Politics
Other Courses Taught:
Introduction to Political Science
Politics and Film
Behavioral Science
Teaching
Interests: Comparative Politics, Asian Politics,
Environmental Politics, Third World Politics,
Religion and Politics, International Political
Economy, International Relations, Political
Philosophy.
Current
Research
Projects: Global Political Economy
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Socialism, Sarvodaya and Democracy. Forthcoming. New Delhi: Gyan Publishers, 2012.
U.S.A. and the New Middle East. New Delhi: Gyan Publishers, 2008.
Killing Me Softly: Toxic Waste, Corporate Profit and the Struggle for Environmental Justice(with Jack Smith). New York: Monthly Review Press, 2002.
People and Power: An Introduction to Politics. Istanbul: Literature Publications, l996. (Second edition, l999).
Book Manuscripts:
2012: Confessions of a Renegade: Peace Corps Years
2012: Sweet Home Mississippi. (Novel)
2000 : Shadows of Salamis: Six Years in Northern Cyprus.
2000: There’s Nothing I Can Do About it Now: Autobiography
Published Articles:
1986:
"The Chemical Plant Disaster in Bhopal," International Review of History and Political Science, 23 (4) l986, pp. 1-22.
"J.B. Kripalani: Profile of an Indian Socialist," Social Anarchism, No. 12, l986, pp. 27-37.
1987:
"Economic Liberalization in India: The New Electronics Policy," Asian Survey," 27 (11), November, l987, pp. 1188-1204.
1990:
"The Political Economy of Communalism in India," (co-authored) Asian Profile, 18 (2), April l990, pp. 147-162.
"India in the l990s," Proceedings, 12th International Symposium on Asian Studies," l990, pp. 693-704.
“Upplysningens Nederlag: Motsattningar och vald I Indien” Kommentar, No. 6, Argang, l990.
1991:
"Chemical and Biological Weapons: Proliferation and Prospects for International Control," International Studies, 28 (2), April 1991, pp. 141-157.
"Gulf War: Case for US Withdrawal," Third Concept, No. 49, March l991, pp. 39-41.
"Development and the Indian Working Class," Third Concept, No. 58, December 1991, pp. 6-16.
"The Political Economy of Communalism in India," (co-authored) Third Concept, No. 51, April-May, l991, pp. 25-33.
"The New World Order and the Gulf War," Third Concept, No. 52, June l991, pp. 16-22.
"Gulf War vs. Vietnam Syndrome," Third Concept," Vol. 4, No. 55, September l991, pp. 13-25.
1992:
"Fundamentalism and Caste Violence in India," Third Concept, No. 59, January l992, pp. 5-17.
"India Burning: Fundamentalism and the Politics of Caste," Asian Profile," 20 (3), June l992, pp. 233-249.
"In the Valley of the Shadow of Death: The Political Economy of Hazardous Waste in the United States," Third Concept, 6 (67), September, l992, pp. 7-23.
"The United States and the Gulf: The Case of the United Arab Emirates," Third Concept, Vol. 5, No. 60, February l992, pp. 5-10.
"The United States and the Gulf: The Case of Bahrain," Third Concept, Vol. 6, No. 62, l992, pp. 21-25.
1993:
"Capitalism and Racism: A Commentary," Third Concept, No. 74/75, April-May l993, pp. 26-30.
"Attitudes of Mississippi College Students toward David Duke before and after seeing the video 'Who is David Duke?'" (With Russell Eisenman and Robert Burroughs) Adolescence, 28 (111), Fall l993, pp. 527-532.
"A Miner's Life: American Mineworkers on Film," Link, October 10, l993, pp. 14-23.
"Combating State Terrorism," Third Concept, No. 78, August l993, pp. 29-32.
1994:
“Filling the Void: Kemalism and the Crisis in Turkish Politics,” Third Concept, Vol. 8, No. 85, March l994, pp. 13-20.
"The Cold War, Health, and the Environment," Third Concept, No. 86, April l994, pp. 7-12.
"Nafta and the Peasant Uprising in Mexico," Link, April 3, l994, pp. 17-26.
"Questioning the Roots of Kemalism: Nationalism, Reform and the State in Turkey," (co-authored) Link, June 26, l994, pp. 17- 26.
1995:
"Political Attitudes of Students in the United States, Turkey, and North Cyprus," (co-authored), The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, Ankara: Ankara University, l995, pp. 73-94.
"Religious Orientations Among Students in North Cyprus," (co -authored), Gazi Universitesi Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimer Fakultesi Dergesi (Gazi University Economics and Administrative Sciences Faculty Journal 11 (No. 1-2) l995, pp. 101-116.
"Religious Nationalism and the New World Order," Third Concept, 9 (No. 106), December, l995, pp. 7-14.
1996:
“Turkey and the Cult of Ataturkism,” Adim, March-April l996, pp. 37-41. Republished in Third Concept, Vol. 10, No. 112, June l996, pp. 7-10.
"Turkish Elections of l995: The Increasing Role of Religion in Turkish Politics," Third Concept, 10 (l09), March l996, pp. 7-18.
"Contemporary Lifestyles and Values of Students in Louisiana, USA and North Cyprus: A Cross Cultural Study," (co-authored) International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 6 (3), November l996, pp. 205-222.
"Religion and Politics: The Case of India," Asian Thought and Society, 21 (61-62), Jan.- Aug., l996, pp. 4-25.
"Environmental Attitudes in North Cyprus," (co-authored) METU Studies in Development, 23 (4), l996, pp. 477-508.
“The United States and the Emerging Global System: Neoliberalism, Inequality and the Uncharted Future,” The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, Number XXVI l996, pp. 23-63.
1998:
"Lifestyles and Values of Students in Alabama and North Cyprus: A Cross Cultural Study" (co-authored) Dusunceler (Ideas) 11 (11), February 1998, pp. 213-234.
“Wasting the World: Enclosure, Accumulation and Local Environmental Struggles on a Global Scale,” The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, Number XXVIII l998, pp. 53-74.
1999:
“The Cyprus Mines Corporation and Environmental Disaster in Aphrodite’s Nightmare: Northern Cyprus,” Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives and Area Studies, 18 (2 & 3), June-Sept. l999, pp. 59-77.
“The Twilight of Refah: Turkey and the Islamist Welfare Party,” Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives and Area Studies 18 (4). December 1999, pp. 31-49.
2000:
“Challenging the Rise of Nationalist-Religious Parties in India and Turkey,” (co-authored) Contemporary South Asia, 9 (1) 2000, pp. 7-24.
“Texas as a Third World State: George W. Bush and the Environment,” Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives and Area Studies 19 (4) December 2000, pp. 57-74.
“America the Garbageful,” Third Concept, No. 146-47, 2000, p. 7-15.
2001:
“A Mighty Long Chain: Crime and the US Economy,” Economic and Political Weekly, 36 (30) July 28, 2001.
“China Under Globalization: Neoliberalism, Capitalism and Dismantling of the Welfare State,” Third Concept Vol. 15, No. 178, December 2001, pp. 7-13.
2002:
“Roots of Terrorism and the Global Hegemon,” Third Concept, 15, no. 180, February 2002, pp. 7-10.
“Chomsky on Trial in Turkey,” www.zmag.org, February 17, 2002.
“The Road to Masochism,” Third Concept, Vol. 16, mo. 181, March 2002, pp. 7-10.
“Religious Fundamentalist and Racist Tendencies in the Electoral Arena in the United States: Political Fringes or Mainstream America?” Gazi Universitesi Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakultesi Dergesi 4 (1) Spring 2002, pp. 11-30.
“Coming US War Against Iraq: Increasing Domestic Doubts and Imperial Power on a Global Scale,” Third Concept, Vol 16, No. 187, September 2002, pp. 7-18.
2003:
“US Imperialist Power in the Middle East: The Coming War with Iraq and Prospects for the Future,” Mainstream, 41 (6), January 25, 2003, pp. 12-16.
“Laissez Failure: Making the Markets Wrong,” Third Concept, Vol 16, No. 191, January 2003, pp. 14-16.
“Myth of Pluralism in the US,” Third Concept, Vol. 16, No. 192, February 2003, pp. 7-13.
“Enclosure, Capitalism and the Environment: Waste and Ecological Degradation on a Global Scale,” Third Concept, Vol. 17, No. 194, April 2003, pp. 7-15.
“Operation Iraqi Freedon: The Bush Doctrine and the Projection of US Power into the Middle East,” Mainstream, 41 (35), August 16, 2003.
2004:
“The Tragedy of American Hubris in Iraq,” IndyMedia India, September 23, 2004.
“US Imperialism, the War in Iraq and the November 2003 US Presidential Election,” Mainstream, 42 (40), September 25, 2004.
“Empire of Terrorism: War, Hubris, and American Tragedy,” Mainstream 42 (44), October 23, 2004, pp. 20-26.
“Waste, War and Imperialism: The Political Economy of Depleted Uranium,” International Journal of Environment and Development 1 (2) December 2004, pp. 181-200.
“Operation Iraqi Freedom: Invasion, Occupation and Consolidation of US Hegemony in Iraq,” Punjab Journal of Politics (28) 2, July-December 2004, pp. 1-31.
“China as a Capitalist State: ‘From Primitive Socialist Accumulation’ to Neoliberal Capitalism,” to The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, No. 35, 2004, pp. 121-144.
“Globalization and the Turkish Economic Crisis.” Journal for Studies on Turkey (Zeitschrift fur Turkeistudien), (Germany), 17 Jahrgang 2004, Heft 1-2, pp. 93-112.
“Enclosure, Capitalism, and the Environment,” Third Concept, No. 194, p. 7.
2005:
“Blood for Oil: Sacrificing America’s Youth to Empire and Capitalist Accumulation,”Mainstream, 43 (25), June 11, 2005, pp. 11-19.
“Pre-emptive War: The Case of Iraq,” Perceptions 9 (4), Winter 2004-2005, pp. 5-30.
“A Spectre Haunting Europe: The European Constitution, the Budget Crisis and the Limits of Neoloiberal Integration,” UluslararasiIliskeler (International Relations), Vol. 2, No. 7, 2005, pp. 63-85.
“Mother of All Mayhem: Operation Phantom Fury, the Elections and the Continuing American Morass in Iraq, Turkish Review of Middle East Studies, No. 16, 2005, pp. 103-129.
“The Greater Middle East Initiative: Regime Change, Neoliberalism and US Global Hegemony,” The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, No. 36, 2005, pp. 37-71.
“George W. Bush’s America” Third Concept, Number 210.
2006:
“The US Neo-Wilsonian Grand Strategy for the Middle East: Subterfuge for Neo-liberal Conquests” World Affairs, 10 (3) Autumn 2006, pp. 86-104.
“The Southeastern Anatolia Project and the Question of Large Dams: The Dilemma of Development in Southeastern Turkey,” International Journal of Environment and Development,” 3 (2), December 2006, pp. 151-169.
“The Short End of the Stick: The Middle East and Global Security,” Turkish Review of Middle East Studies, No. 17, 2006, pp. 99-120.
“Neoliberalism and Class Formation on a Global Scale,” Nature, Society and Thought, Vol. 19, No. 2 (2006), pp. 225-231.
“The New Global Class Architecture: Neoliberalism and Class Formation,” The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, No. 37, 2006, pp. 63-95.
“The US-Israeli War on Lebanon: Imperialism, Zionism and the New Middle East,” Punjab Journal of Politics, 30 (2), 2006, pp. 69-104.
2007:
“The Magic Circle of Madness: How Europe Lost its Soul.” UluslararasiIliskeler (International Relations), Vol. 3, No. 12, Winter 2006-2007, pp. 101-126.
“Iraq and the End of the American Century,” Mainstream, Vol. XLV, No. 41, Sept. 29, 2007.
“Social, Economic and Environmental Sources of Global Conflict and Insecurity,” Mustafa Aydin, Cagri Erhan and Sinem Acikmese (Eds.) Regional In/Security: Redefining Threats and Responses. Ankara University Faculty of Political Science Publication No: 593, 2007.
“From Sea to Shining Sea: The Degradation of Social Welfare in the United States,” Nature, Society and Thought, Vol. 20, Nos. 3-4, July-October 2007, pp. 395-400.
“Struck by Congress: Social Welfare in the United States,” The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, Number 38, 2007, pp. 1-44.
2008:
“Magnificent: An Iraq War Journal,” Turkish Review of Middle East Studies, 18, 2007, pp. 55-80.
“Neoliberal Globalization, Poverty Creation and and Environmental Degradation in Developing Countries” (With Kalim Siddiqui) International Journal of Environment and Development, Vol. 5, No. 1 (January- June 2008), 1-27.
“Terror on Tap: Securing Capitalist Accumulation for America’s Ruling Corporate Caste,” Mainstream, Vol. XLVI, No. 40, 23 Sept. 2008.
“Politics in the Age of George the Great,” Mainstream, Vol. 46, No. 45, October 27, 2008.
“Human Insecurity in the Twenty-First Century,” Ankara Yearbook of International Relations, Number 39, 2009, pp. 1-17.
“La grande strategia neo-wilsoniana degli USA per il Medio Oriente: Un sotterfugio per conquiste neo-liberali,” Eurasia Revista di Studi Geopolitici, 2/2008, pp. 133-147.
2009:
Encyclopedia of Environment and Development, Volume I, Water Resources Management, Falendra K. Sudan (Editor), (New Delhi: Serials Publications, 2009), Chapter 15, “The Southeastern Anatolian Project and the Question of Large Dams: The Dilemma of Development in Southeastern Turkey.”
Encyclopedia of Environment and Development,Volume III, Environmental Pollution and Climate Change, Falendra K. Sudan (Editor), (New Delhi: Serials Publications, 2009), Chapter 44, “Waste, War and Toxic Imperialism: The Political Economy of Depleted Uranium.”
“One Upon A Sidewalk,” Third Concept, No. 271, Sept. 2009, p. 58.
2011:
“The Social Anarchism of Giovanni Baldelli” (Third Concept, Vol. 24, No. 288, February, 2011, pp. 17-20.
“Marching to Zion: The Israel Lobby,”Third Concept, Vol. 25, No. 294, August 2011, pp. 11-17.
“Social Capital and Democracy: The Critical Contributions of Giovanni Baldelli.” ZNet, October 2011.
“Abstracts from Grundrisse: Marx on Money and Capital,” ZNet, November 2011.
“Capitalism, Republicans and the American Spring,” Mainstream, Vol. 49, No. 45, October 29, 2011.
“The European Financial Crises and the Myth of the European Union,” Znet, November 2011.
“Capitalism, Communism, and the Dialectics of History,” Third Concept, No. 298, December 2011, pp. 15 to 18.
2012:
“The New Pinkertons: Blackwater Vigilantism Under Global Corporate Rule,” Punjab Journal of Politics, 2012. (Forthcoming)
“Dismantling the Social Safety Net in America,” Mainstream, Vol. L, No. 21, May 12, 2012.
“The Arab Spring: Jobs and Bread,” Third Concept, Vol. 26, No. 304, June 2012, pp. 7-11.
“Reminiscences of an APC Volunteer in Punjab in the 1960s (Part I),” Third Concept, Vol. 26, No. 307, Sept. 2012, pp. 15-19.
“Reminiscences of an APC Volunteer in Punjab in the l960s (Part II),” Third Concept, Vol. 26, No. 308. October 2012, pp. 19-23.
“Century of Revolution and Counterrevolution in Retrospect: Trotsky’s Contribution to Stalin’s Rise to Power in the Soviet Union,” (ZNet)
Book Review Essays:
Book Review Essay of: Behind the Poison Cloud by Larry Everest; The Bhopal Tragedy by Ward Morehouse and Arun Subramaniam; and Bhopal by Sidney Suffrin. Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, 18 (4), l986, pp. 73-75.
Book Review Essay of Social Ferment in India by Alexandra George.
Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, 19 (3), l987, pp. 53-59.
"The Great Divide," Review Essay of Divided Societies," by Ralph Miliband, Third Concept, 6 (64), June l992, pp. 51-57.
Review Essay of Kropotkin and the Rise of Revolutionary Anarchism, by Caroline Cahm. Social Anarchism, Number 16, l992.
"Desert Kingdoms: Heat and Darkness," Review Essay of Cities of Salt, Volumes I and II, by Abdelrahman Munif. Third Concept, July 1993, pp. 45-47.
Review Essay of Deterring Democracy, by Noam Chomsky, Link, September 12, l993, pp. 28-32.
Review Essay of Global Dumping Ground, Third Concept, No. 82, December l993, pp. 51-55.
Review Essay of The Politics of Dispossession," by Edward Said, Link, September 4, l994, pp. 26-32.
Review Essay of Year 501: The Conquest Continues, by Noam Chomsky, Third Concept, April-May, l995, No. 98-99, pp. 63-68.
“The CIA and the War Against Terrorism,” Review of See No Evil: The True Story of A Ground Soldier In the CIA’s War on Terrorism. ZNet Reviews, May 2002.
http://zena.secure.com/interactive/reviews/display_item.cfm?itemlD=3390
Third Concept, Vol. 16, No. 188, October 2002, pp. 49-58.
“The New Imperialism,” Review of Noam Chomsky, Rogue States. Third Concept, No. 184, June 2002, pp. 53-58.
“The Jolly Banker,” Review of Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontents, ZNET, September 2002.
Review Essay: “The Wages of Neoliberalism,” Review of William K. Tabb, The Amoral Elephant, Third Concept, Vol. 16, No. 186, August 2002, pp. 54-58.
“A Picture from Life’s Other Side,” a Review Essay of Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose, Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush’s America, Mainstream, 42, no. 26, June 19, 2004, pp. 23-31.
“Blood for Oil: Sacrificing America’s Youth to Empire and Capitalist Accumulation.” Review of Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War, by Evan Wright. Mainstream, Vol. 53, No. 25, June 11, 2005, pp. 11-19.
“Marching to Zion: The Israel Lobby,” Review Essay of John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy (2007), Third Concept, No. 294, August 2011, p. 11-15.
“The Endless War: America, Afghanistan, and the War on Terrorism,” Mainstream, Vol. XLIX, No. 38, Sept. 10, 2011.
“Perilous Passage: Amiya Kumar Bagchi” Review Essay of Perilous Passage: Mankind and the Global Ascendency of Capital by Amiya Kumar Bagchi. Third Concept, Vol. 26, No. 300-301, Febuary-March 2012, pp. 69-72.
Book Reviews:
Review of The Myth of Population Control by Mahmood Mamdani, India Reporter, May l981, p. 2.
Review of Storm Over the Sutlej by A.S. Narang, Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, 17 (3), l985, pp. 70-72.
Review of Ideology, Modernization and Politics in India by V.R. Mehta, American Political Science Review, 80 (3), l986, pp. 1051- 53.
Review of Contemporary India by Sudha Kaldate (ed.), South Asia in Review," 11 (1), l986, p. 4.
Review of Understanding Marx by Robert Paul Wolff, Review of Radical Political Economics, 18 (3), l986, pp. 111-112.
Review of Nonviolent Revolution in India by Goeffrey Ostergaard, Social Anarchism, no. 13, l987-88, pp. 64-68.
Review of Gandhi and Non-violence by William Borman, Journal of Asian Studies, 46 (3), August l987, pp. 681-82.
Review of Bhopal Disaster, by Lalit Shastri, South Asia in Review, 12 (1), l987, p. 3.
Review of Intellectual Foundations of the Nicaraguan Revolution," by Donald C. Hodges, Review of Radical Political Economics, 19 (4), l987, pp. 100-102.
Review of Dynamics of Reservation Policy, by Haroobhai Mehta and
Hasmukh Patel (eds.), South Asia in Review, 12 (2-3), l988, pp. 2-3.
Review of Capitalism and Social Democracy, by Adam Przeworski,
Philosophy of the Social Sciences, March l989, pp. 135-138.
Review of India Waits, by Jan Myrdal, Science and Society, 52 (4), Winter l988-89, pp. 485-487.
Review of Political Orientation of People in Rural India, by A.K. Singh, South Asia in Review, 13, February l989, pp. 23-24.
Review of In Pursuit of Lakshmi by Lloyd and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, Journal of Asian and African Studies, 24 (1-2), l989, pp. 141-42.
Review of Rural Poverty in South Asia by T.N. Srinivasan and Pranab K. Bardhan (eds.), South Asia in Review, 13 (4), July l989, pp. 21-23.
Review of Development for Rural Poor by Satyendra Tripathi, South
Asia in Review,14 (1), October l989, p. 5.
Review of Population Growth in Rural South Asia by Gerry Rodgers, South Asia in Review, 14 (4), l990, pp. 22-23.
Review of Parliamentary Communism by K.S. Subramanian, South Asia in Review, 15 (1), l990, pp. 21-22.
Review of Growing Up in Rural India by Ranjana Kumari, et. al., Pacific Affairs, 64 (2), Summer l991, pp. 270-271.
Review of The Unquiet Woods by Ramachandra Guha, Asian Thought
and Society, l991.
Review of India's Mixed Economy by Baldev Raj Nayar, Pacific Affairs, 64 (3), Fall l991, pp. 416-18.
Review of Trade Union Movement in India by Dipti Kumar Roy, South Asia in Review, 15 (2-3), l991, pp. 73-74.
Review of The Sane Society Ideal in Modern Utopianism by Kerry S. Walters, Southeastern Political Review, 19 (2), Fall l991, pp. 348-49.
Review of The Soviet Union and India by Peter J.S. Duncan, Soviet
Union/Union Sovietique, l992, pp. 189-191.
Review of Agrarian Relations and Accumulation by Utsa Patnaik, South Asia in Review, (16), l992.
Review of Dumping in Dixie by Robert Bullard, Southeastern Political Review, Vol. 21, l993.
Review of The Political History of the Middle East Crisis, by D. Chanukhya, Third Concept, June l993.
Review of Civil Society and the State in Africa by John W. Harbison, et. al., (eds.), Southeastern Political Review, 24, Jan. l996.
Review of Capital Crimes by George Winslow, Third Concept, Vol. 15, No. 74, August 2001, pp. 55-58.
Rogue State: Review of Fateful Triangle by Noam Chomsky, Third Concept, Vol. 15, No. 176, October 2001, pp. 47-58.
“Understanding US Global Hegemony,” Review of The New Military Humanism by Noam Chomsky. Mainstream, XL no. 13, March 16, 2002, pp. 25-26.
“The New Imperial Age,” Review of Noam Chomsky, Profits Over People: Neoliberalism and the Global Order, Third Concept, No. 183, May 2002, pp. 54-56.
“The Politics of Saffron,” Review of Pratap Chandra Swain, Bharatiya Janata Party: Profile and Performance,” Third Concept, Vol. 17, No. 195, May 2003, pp. 51-58.
Review of J. A. Allan, The Middle East Water Question: Hydropolitics and the Global Economy, World Affairs, 7 (3), July-September 2003, pp. 125-127.
“Poisoning Our Food,” Review of Duff Wilson, Fateful Harvest: The True Story of a Small Town, A Global Industry, and a Toxic Secret, Monthly Review, 55 (7) December 2003, pp. 41-46.
Review of Ram Puniyani, Communal Politics: Facts versus Myths. Critical Asian Studies, 36 (2), 2004, pp. 312-315.
Review of The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic, Mainstream 52 (No. 44), October 23, 2004, pp. 20-26.
Review of Kelsey, Dervish: Invention of Modern Turkey, Amazon.com. August 27, 2005.
Newspaper/Magazine Articles:
“Life in Mahil Gaila, An Indian Village,” The Post Telegraph, 1968.
“Wheat Harvest in the Punjab,” The Post Telegraph, l968.
“Making Gur or Desi Sugar,” The Post Telegraph, l968.
“India Today: Opportunity for the few, Poverty for the Many,” The Post Telegraph, July 1982.
"U.S. Must Address Global Problems," Clarion Ledger, October l6, l988, p. 2H.
"USA Sorger Over Zia," Ny Tid, [Norway] October 22, l988, p. 14.
"Support Plan for Peace in Angola," The Commercial Appeal, November l7, ,l988, p. A 15.
"North Trial Proves Government Isn't Accountable," Clarion Ledger, March 12, l989, p. 2F.
"US Aid in Overthrowing Regimes Doesn't Guard Democracy," Clarion
Ledger, October 22, l989, p. 2H.
"Nations Must Work Together to End Spread of Chemical Weapons,"
Clarion Ledger, February 17, l991.
"Do Victory Parades Hide Facts About Persian Gulf War?" Clarion Ledger, June 23, l991.
"AMOCO Planning to Dump Hazardous Waste in Missouri," River City
News, September-October, l992, p. 4.
"Haiti: Business as Usual," Turkish Daily News, March 11, l994, p. 9.
"Demokrasiyi Yeniden Insa Operasyonu," ("Operation Restore Democracy"), [Turkish], Yeni Duzen, October 31, l994, p. 11.
"The l996 Indian Elections: Coalition Politics and the Turkish Parallel," Turkish Daily News, June 5, l996, p. A 5. (Republished in The Statesman, Calcutta, India)
“Mad Madeleine: Of Masters, Sappy Slaves and Bad Bad Boys,” Turkish Daily News, February 9, l998, p. A 5.
“Headed for Europe? Better get used to it,” Turkish Daily News, August 14, 2001, p. 5.
“Afghanistan and the Turkish Model,” Turkish Daily News, November 26, 2001, p. 5.
“Terorun kokeni Bati politikalarinda,” Radikal, 4 November, 2001, p. 8.
“The G8 in Kananaskis: Africa and Oil,” Turkish Probe, no. 492, June 30, 2002, p. 5.
“West Eyes African Oil,” National Herald, October 8, 2002.
“Chomsky on Trial in Turkey,” ZNET, February 17, 2002.
“Why This War?” The New Sunday Express Magazine, Indian Express, February 23, 2003, p. 13.
“Nature provides enough for every man’s need but not every man’s greed,” Interview, The Diplomatic Newsbridge, Issue 9, March 2005, pp. 24-25.
“Another bill of goods and democracy,” Turkish Daily News, Sept. 17, 2007, p. 15.
“Michelle Obama and the American Dream,” Turkish Daily News, August 30, 2008.
“American political conventions and the Mushroom Syndrom,” Turkish Daily News, Sept. 9, 2008. p. 14.
“The World After September 11,” Turkish Daily News, 24 September 2008, p. 14.
Conferences:
Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Columbia, Missouri, USA. 10/ 81. Paper Presentation:
"Development and the Indian Working Class."
Association for Asian Studies, Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA. 3/ 86. Paper Presentation: "The Political Economy of Technology Transfer in India."
Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast, Monterey, California, USA. 6/ 86. Paper Presentation: "The Chemical Plant Disaster in Bhopal."
Wisconsin Conference on South Asia, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. 11/ 87. Paper Presentation: "The New Education Policy in India."
Southwest Political Science Association, Little Rock Arkansas, USA. 3/ 89. Paper Presentation: "The Political Economy of Communalism in India."
Wisconsin Conference on South Asia, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. 11/ 89. Workshop Presentation: "Resources for Teaching India."
Association for Asian Studies, Southeast, Tampa, Florida, USA. 1/ 90. Paper Presentation: "The Mississippi Fulbright Project in India."
Southwest Political Science Association, Austin, Texas, USA. 3/ 90. Paper Presentation: "Chemical and Biological Weapons: Proliferation and Prospects for International Control."
International Symposium on Asian Studies, Hong Kong. 7/ 90. Paper Presentation: "India in the l990s."
Mid-South Sociological Association, 10/ 90, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA. Paper Presentation: "V.P. Singh and the National Front Government in India."
Mississippi Political Science Association, Oxford, USA. 2/ 91. Paper Presentation: "India Burning: The Politics of Caste in India."
Mid-South Sociological Association, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. 10/ 91. Paper Presentation: "The Sociology of Hazardous Waste Sites: A Case Study."
Mississippi Political Science Association, Jackson, USA. 2/ 92. Paper Presentation: "Reading Oliver Stones' 'Born on the Fourth of July.'"
Southwest Political Science Association, Austin, Texas, USA. 3/ 92. Paper Presentation: "The United States and the Persian Gulf."
Panel Chair: "Prospects for Peace in the Middle East."
Panel Discussant: "Democratization: A Global Trend?"
Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus. Series on Contemporary Themes, Fall l994. Presented Lecture: "Religion and Politics: The Case of India."
American Political Science Association, New York, USA. Annual Meeting, 9/ 94. Presented Paper: "Nationalism, Secularism, and the State: The Religious Fundamentalist Challenge in India and Turkey."
Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus. Conference on the New World Order, 3/ 95. Presented Paper: "Religious Nationalism and the Ghost of Ayatollah Khomeini."
Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus. Conference on Transitional States, 5/97. Presented Paper: “Reconstructing the State: Hindu Nationalism and the Political Order in India.”
New York State Political Science Association, Long Island, New York, USA. Annual Meeting, 4/2000. Presented Paper: “George W. Bush and the Environment: A Look at the Record in Texas.”
The Indian Society for Ecological Economics, Second Biennial Conference, 12/2001, Bhopal, India. Presented paper: “The Southeastern Anatolia Project: The Dilemmas of Development in Southeastern Turkey.”
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Conference on International Relations, 6/2003, Presented paper: “The Bush Doctrine and the Projection of US Power into the Middle East.”
International Political Science Association, Durban, South Africa, 7/2003. Presented paper: “The Turkish Economic Crisis and Capitalist Globalization.” Chaired panel: “Turkey, Experiencing and Encountering Globalization.”
Regional In/Security: Redefining Threats and Responses. Antalya, Turkey, 20-22 October, 2005. Presented Paper: “Social, Economic and Environmental Sources of Conflict.”
America in the Middle East: The Middle East in America, First International Conference, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, December 18-21-2005. Presented Paper: “The Road to Democracy in the Middle East: Neorealism or Utopian Vision?”
Consequences of the Changing World Economy for Class Relations, Ideology, and Culture, 9-11 January 2006, Hanoi, Vietnam (International Conference)
Presented Paper: “The Essential Product: Neoliberalism and Class Formation on a Global Scale”
The Socialist Market Economy and Other Theoretical Issues. Beijing, China, June 2-3, 2007. Presented Paper: “From Sea to Shining Sea: Social Welfare in the United States.”
Forum on Contemporary Theory, Eleventh International Conference, Varanasi, India. Presented Paper: “Ethical Capital and Democracy: The Critical Contributions of Giovanni Baldelli, 18-21 December 2008.
Conference on Regional and Global Dynamics, Turkey and Surroundings: Economic and Political Problems. Izmir University, Izmir, Turkey, April 28-29, 2011. Presented Paper: “USA and the World: From Manifest Destiny to Global Power.”
Professional
Service: Delta State University, USA, Faculty Senator, l990-92
Delta State University, USA, Services Committee, Chair, l991-92
Delta State University, USA, Speakers Committee, Chair, l990-92
Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus, Faculty Council (l995-6)
References:
Husam A. Mohamad, Associate Professor, 100 North University Drive, Department of Political Science, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmund, Oklahoma, 73034. Tel: (405) 974-5524. Fax: (405) 974-5839.
email: hmohamad@ucok.edu
Professor Dr. A. Kadir Varoglu, Dean
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Baskent University,
Eskisehir Yolu 20 km.
Ankara, Turkey
Tel: 90 312 234 1010, Ext. 1672
email: kvaroglu@baskent.edu.tr
Professor Dr. A. Selami Sargut
Department of Management
Baskent University,
Eskisehir Yolu 20 km.
Ankara, Turkey
Tel: 90 312 234 1010, Ext. 1660
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