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Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Dr. Intan Suwandi

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Sociology and Anthropology
Office
SCH Schroeder Hall
Office Hours
Wed, 9-11 am, or by appointment
Office Phone
(309) 438-1137office
phone
Email
ifsuwan@ilstu.eduemail
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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

287.002Independent Study

255.001Labor and Exploitation: The Political Economy of Work

255.002Labor and Exploitation: The Political Economy of Work

495.001Special Topics In Sociology

461.004Readings 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)