CAHSS Faculty Presentations, Proceedings, Lectures, and Symposia
Disaster Capitalism in Latin America: Spotlight on Venezuela
Event Name
Global Ties Miami Tuesday Talks
Event Location
NSU Alvin Sherman Library - Room 4009, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL
Department
Department of History and Political Science
Document Type
Talk
Presentation Date
7-2-2019
Description
Ransford Edwards, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of History and Political Science in NSU’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) was a guest speaker for Global Ties Miami Tuesday Talks. His talk was entitled, “Disaster Capitalism in Latin America: Spotlight on Venezuela.”
Dr. Edwards looks at the transformative nature of disasters in Latin American countries and explores some of the implications for Venezuela.
Edwards’ regional areas of focus are the Caribbean and Latin America. His work appears in Class, Race, and Corporate Power and he has been a reviewer for the journal Disasters. His teaching interests include quantitative research methods, political economy, and political film and fiction. He is the faculty advisor for NSU’s chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society.
NSUWorks Citation
Edwards, Ransford, "Disaster Capitalism in Latin America: Spotlight on Venezuela" (2019). CAHSS Faculty Presentations, Proceedings, Lectures, and Symposia. 2638.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cahss_facpres/2638
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