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Dr. Intan Suwandi

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Sociology and Anthropology
Office
SCH Schroeder Hall
Office Hours
Wed, 12:00-14:00, or by appointment
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Biography

Dr. Suwandi's areas of specialization include international political economy, global development, economic imperialism, labor, and social stratification. Her book, Value Chains: The New Economic Imperialism (Monthly Review Press, 2019), examines the exploitation of labor that continues to occur in the global South, particularly under the domination of multinational firms emanating primarily from the global North, despite the complexities and decentralization that characterize global value chains in today’s world economy.

Current Courses

SOC 320.001 Global Development & Economic Change

SOC 320.002 Global Development & Economic Change

SOC 420.001 Global Development & Economic Change

SOC 287.001 Independent Study

SOC 270.002 Sociological Theory

SOC 287.002 Independent Study

SOC 255.001 Labor and Exploitation: The Political Economy of Work

SOC 255.002 Labor and Exploitation: The Political Economy of Work

SOC 495.001 Special Topics In Sociology

Ph D Sociology

University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

MS Sociology

University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

MA Sociology

Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA

BA Sociology/Philosophy

New College of Florida
Sarasota, FL

Paul Sweezy Marxist Sociology Book Award

Marxist Sociology Section, American Sociological Association
2020

Paul A. Baran and Paul M. Sweezy Memorial Award

Monthly Review Foundation
2018

Book, Authored

Suwandi, I. Value Chains: The New Economic Imperialism (2019)

Book, Chapter

Foster, J., & Suwandi, I. Covid-19 and Catastrophe Capitalism: Commodity Chains and Ecological-Epidemiological-Economic Crises. Alex Callinicos, Stathis Kouvelakis, Lucia Pradella (EDs), Routledge Handbook of Marxism and Post-Marxism. Routledge (2020)

Journal Article

Hickel , J., Dorninger, C., Wieland, H., & Suwandi, I. Imperialist Appropriation in the World Economy: Drain from the Global South through Unequal Exchange, 1990-2015  . Global Environmental Change 73 (2022)
Suwandi, I. COVID-19 and Imperial Value: Commodity Chains, Global Monopolies, and Catastrophe Capitalism. International Critical Thought (2022)

Other

Suwandi, I., Ayan, C., & Tastekin, U. Neoliberalism and Imperialism: Interview with Intan Suwandi. Textum [a Turkey-based political journal] (2021)