Patrick Bond
Encyclopedia
Patrick Bond is professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
, where he has directed the Centre for Civil Society since 2004. His research interests include political economy
, environment, social policy, and geopolitics. From 1994-2002, Patrick worked for the South Africa
n government, authoring or editing more than a dozen policy papers including the Reconstruction and Development Programme
(RDP) and the RDP White Paper. He has also taught at the University of the Witwatersrand
Graduate School of Public and Development Management from 1997-2004. Bond gave the keynote lecture at the Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS)
conference on 'Democratization in Africa: Retrospective and Future Prospects' at Leeds University in December 2009.
Bond is an advisory board member of several international journals: Socialist Register (York University
), International Journal of Health Services (Johns Hopkins School of Public Health), Historical Materialism, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development (American University
), Studies in Political Economy (Carleton University
), Capitalism Nature Socialism, Review of African Political Economy
, and the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities (Unesco
, New York). He worked with Johannesburg
NGOs during the early and mid-1990s, and several social justice agencies in Washington and Philadelphia during the 1980s. He was educated at Swarthmore College
Department of Economics, the Wharton School of Finance
at the University of Pennsylvania
, and the Johns Hopkins University Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering where he received his Ph.D.
in 1993.
Lessons of Zimbabwe: An exchange between Patrick Bond and Mahmood Mamdani (2008) Published in Links
From False to Real Solutions for Climate Change (2008) Published in Monthly Review
Top down or bottom up? A reply to David Held (2004) Published in openDemocracy
University of KwaZulu-Natal
The University of KwaZulu-Natal or UKZN is a university with five campuses all located in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It was formed on 1 January 2004 after the merger between the University of Natal and the University of Durban-Westville.-History:-University of...
, where he has directed the Centre for Civil Society since 2004. His research interests include political economy
Political economy
Political economy originally was the term for studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget process. Political economy originated in moral philosophy...
, environment, social policy, and geopolitics. From 1994-2002, Patrick worked for the South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n government, authoring or editing more than a dozen policy papers including the Reconstruction and Development Programme
Reconstruction and Development Programme
Reconstruction and Development Programme is a South African socio-economic policy framework implemented by the African National Congress government of Nelson Mandela in 1994 after months of discussions, consultations and negotiations between the ANC, its Alliance partners the Congress of South...
(RDP) and the RDP White Paper. He has also taught at the University of the Witwatersrand
University of the Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg is a South African university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University...
Graduate School of Public and Development Management from 1997-2004. Bond gave the keynote lecture at the Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS)
Leeds University Centre for African Studies
Leeds University Centre for African Studies is an interdisciplinary centre at the University of Leeds, and has members from a variety of faculties who share an interest in African Studies. The English, Geography, History and Politics and International Studies schools at the University of Leeds...
conference on 'Democratization in Africa: Retrospective and Future Prospects' at Leeds University in December 2009.
Bond is an advisory board member of several international journals: Socialist Register (York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
), International Journal of Health Services (Johns Hopkins School of Public Health), Historical Materialism, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development (American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
), Studies in Political Economy (Carleton University
Carleton University
Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...
), Capitalism Nature Socialism, Review of African Political Economy
Review of African political economy
The Review of African Political Economy is a refereed academic journal covering African political economy. It is published quarterly by Taylor & Francis since 1974...
, and the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities (Unesco
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
, New York). He worked with Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
NGOs during the early and mid-1990s, and several social justice agencies in Washington and Philadelphia during the 1980s. He was educated at Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....
Department of Economics, the Wharton School of Finance
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wharton was the world’s first collegiate business school and the first business school in the United States...
at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
, and the Johns Hopkins University Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering where he received his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in 1993.
Articles
Will economists Stiglitz and Yunus add to debate on crisis? (2009) Published in Pambazuka NewsPambazuka News
Pambazuka News , published by Fahamu since 2000, is a pan-African electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa providing: contemporary commentary and in-depth analysis on politics and current affairs development, human rights, refugees, gender issues and culture in Africa...
Lessons of Zimbabwe: An exchange between Patrick Bond and Mahmood Mamdani (2008) Published in Links
From False to Real Solutions for Climate Change (2008) Published in Monthly Review
Monthly Review
Monthly Review is an independent Marxist journal published 11 times per year in New York City.-History:The publication was founded by Harvard University economics instructor Paul Sweezy, who became the first editor...
Top down or bottom up? A reply to David Held (2004) Published in openDemocracy
OpenDemocracy
openDemocracy is a website for debate about international politics and culture, offering news and opinion articles from established academics, journalists and policymakers covering current issues in world affairs. openDemocracy was founded in 2000 by Anthony Barnett, David Hayes, Susan Richards and...
Recent Publications
- Bond, P and Sharife, K (2009) Africa battles aid and development finance, in Abbas, H and Niyiragira, Y (eds.)Aid to Africa: Redeemer or Colonizer?, Oxford: Pambazuka Press http://fahamubooks.org/
- Bond, P (2008) A Pilhagem na África. Rio de Janeiro: South Links
- Bond, P. (2008), Social movements and corporations: social responsibility in post-Apartheid South Africa, Development and Change, 39, 6.
- Bond, P. (2008). Macrodynamics of globalization, uneven urban development and the commodification of water, Law, Social Justice and Global Development, 10, 2, http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/lgd/2008_1/
- Bond, P. (2008), Global uneven development, primitive accumulation and political-economic conflict in Africa: the return of the theory of imperialism, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, 4, 1, 23-37.
- Bond, P. (2008). Collaborations, co-optations and contestations in praxis-based knowledge production, Review of African Political Economy, 116, pp. 89–93.
- Bond, P. (2008) Post-imperialist north-south financial relations?, Studies in Political Economy, 81, 77-97.
- Bond, P. (2008), Reformist reforms, non-reformist reforms and global justice: activist, NGO and intellectual challenges in the World Social Forum. Societies without Borders, 3, 4-19.
- Bond, P. and J.Dugard (2008), The Case of Johannesburg Water: what really happened at the pre-paid parish pump. Law, Democracy and Development, 12, 1, pp. 1–28.
- Bond, P. (2008), Water, human rights and social conflict: South African experiences’ (with Jackie Dugard). Law, Social Justice and Global Development, 10, 1, February, http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/lgd/2008_1/bond_dugard?fromGo=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.go.warwick.ac.uk%2Felj%2Flgd%2F2008_1%2Fbond_dugard
- Bond, P. (2008), Decentralization, privatization and countervailing popular pressure: South African water commodification and decommodification, in V.Beard, F.Miraftab, and C.Silver (eds), Decentralization and Planning: Contested Spaces for Public Action in the Global South, London, Taylor and Francis, pp. 36–54. More
- Bond, P. (2008), Fra fiktive til reelle losninger pa klimaendringene, in H.Jundeberg (Ed), Klima for ny oljepolitikk, Oslo, Norad and Attac, pp. 42–48.
- Bond, P. and G.Erion (2008), Against carbon trading as climate change mitigation, in D.McDonald (ed), Electric capitalism, Pretoria, Human Sciences Research Council, pp. 339–358.
- Bond, P. and M.Ndlovu (2008). Ideology and strategies in the fight against multinational corporate water privatization, in S.Jin (ed), Ideas and strategies in the alterglobalisation movements, Korea Research Foundation, Korean Federation of Public Service and Transportation Workers Union and Gyeongsang University Institute for Social Sciences (Jinju), Seoul, pp. 201–259.
- Bond, P, R Dada and G Erion (eds) (2007) Climate Change, Carbon Trading and Civil Society: Negative Returns on South African Investments. Amsterdam, Rozenberg Publishers, and Pietermaritzburg, University of KwaZulu-Natal Press 2007. (190 pp).