Richard W. Franke: Ph. D. in anthropology from Harvard University in 1972. Anthropology professor... more

Richard W. Franke: Ph. D. in anthropology from Harvard University in 1972. Anthropology professor at Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey. Research in Surinam, The Netherlands, Indonesia, France, West Africa, and Kerala. Books and articles on food, ecology, inequality, cooperatives and democratic development in the Third World. Most recent book: Striving for Sustainability: Environmental Stress and Democratic Initiatives in Kerala (New Delhi: Concept, 2006) with Dr. Srikumar Chattopadhyay of the Kerala Centre for Earth Science Studies. Most recent interest: radical alternatives to corporate dominated globalization including ecovillages, localization theory, aging in place and fair trade. Political activism on rent control, civil rights, environmental protection, American Federation of Teachers Local 1904 officer, international solidarity committees with Indonesia, East Timor, Central America, opposition to US imperialist wars (several). You can read about my teaching and research interests and download many of my publications at: http://chss.montclair.edu/anthro/franke.html less