Philip McMichael

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Philip McMichael
Born
Philip David McMichael
Nationality (legal)Australian
Academic work
Notable ideasFood regimes

Philip David McMichael is an Australian-born sociologist and professor of Global Development at Cornell University. A historical sociologist, his research focuses on development and social change.[1] Together with Harriet Friedmann, he developed the food regime theory, a broadly Marxist approach to theorising food systems.[2][3]

Career[edit]

He is a Faculty Fellow at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future[4] and has previously served on a scientific advisory council in the Food and Nutrition Division of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization.[5]

Selected work[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Development & Social Change: A Global Perspective (2016)
  • Food Regimes and Agrarian Questions. (2013)[6][7]

Articles[edit]

  • A food regime genealogy (2009)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "International development scholar Phil McMichael retires". Cornell University.
  2. ^ "Philip McMichael: Making an impact in and beyond the classroom". Cornell University.
  3. ^ Pereira, Laura. "The global food system still benefits the rich at the expense of the poor". The Conversation. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  4. ^ "Fellows Profile". Cornell Atkinson.
  5. ^ "Philip David McMichael". CALS.
  6. ^ Otero, Gerardo (22 March 2016). "Review of Philip McMichael's Food Regimes and Agrarian Questions". Journal of World-Systems Research. 22 (1): 299–305. doi:10.5195/jwsr.2016.651. ISSN 1076-156X.
  7. ^ Clark, Brett (April 2015). "Food Regimes and Agrarian Questions, by PhilipMcMichael. Halifax and Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing, 2013. Pp. xii+196. $18.95 (pb). ISBN 978‐1552665756". Journal of Agrarian Change. 15 (2): 296–298. doi:10.1111/joac.12098. ISSN 1471-0358.