Biography

I am most interested in the cultural and economic determinants of redistribution within societies, with a particular focus on rural regions and nations with longstanding ties to agrarian economies. I also take on projects that examine the challenges and successes of social groups and organizations working to bring about higher degrees of social equality and/or establish more egalitarian political economies. In the past, I have examined state-led efforts to address dilemmas of land distribution, property concentration and social inequality in Latin America and rural regions of the US. More recently, I have been examining the Commoner movement in the US. I have been following a set of Commoner projects to explore theoretical puzzles related to concerted civic actions, egalitarian values, democratization and transformation(s) of state/society relations in the Global North.