Publications
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Subcategories:
- Academic Writings
- Multimedia Activities
- Op-Eds and Essays
- Works In Progress
Asahi Shimbun Interview
The Asahi ShimbunFebruary 19th, 2008
Read the Asahi Shimbun Interview with Joshua Muldavin (PDF). Note that this article is currently only available in Japanese.
China’s not alone in environmental crisis
View file/article on original siteThe Boston Globe
December 19th, 2007
Update: The South China Morning Post published a version of this Op-Ed titled The West’s Part in Producing China’s Deadly Pollution.
Joshua Muldavin has a new Op-Ed in the Boston Globe. Read China’s not alone in environmental crisis on Boston.com.
The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership Columns
View file/article on original siteView file/article on original site
November 12th, 2007
Joshua Muldavin is featured in an article from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership’s publication Columns. Read the article in PDF format.
He has also written a piece that appears on the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership’s website.
Both publications are in Japanese.
Food, Agriculture, Environment and Development
View file/article on original siteThe Future of Food
September 15th, 2007
“Food, Agriculture, Environment and Development,” A college-level curriculum for a new DVD release of “The Future of Food,” a documentary film by Deborah Koons Garcia on contemporary controversies concerning food and agriculture (released 15 September 2007).
Works In Progress
February 13th, 2007The Environmental and Social Impacts of China’s Global Integration. Book project, expected publication in late 2008.
"Policy as warrant: environment and development in the Himalayan region," joint article with Piers Blaikie under revision for Political Geography.
Academic Writings and Presentations
February 12th, 2007
“NGOs and Sustainable Development,” in Conference Proceedings of the Third Conference of UN-NGO-IRENE/ASIA PACIFIC, Beijing, May 2008.
“Piers Blaikie’s life work and his influence on Political Ecology, Development Studies, and Policy,” Guest Editor, Themed Issue of Geoforum 39, 2008.
“The Time and Place for Political Ecology: An Introduction to the Articles Honoring the Life Work of Piers Blaikie.” Geoforum 39, pp. 687-697, 2008.
“China and Climate Change: can technology and markets solve the problem?,” in Global Carbon Reduction: Developing New Strategies and Deploying New Technologies in Japan and the United States, The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, 2008.
“The Politicsof Transition: Critical Political Ecology, Classical Economics, and EcologicalModernization Theory in China,” in The Political Geography Handbook, K. R. Cox, M. Low, and J. Robinson, Editors, London:Sage, 2008, pp. 247-262.
November 1, 2006 BBC Interview
View file/article on original siteBBC World Service
November 1st, 2006
The BBC interviewed Geography faculty member Joshua Muldavin on social inequality and unrest in China. The segment begins with comments from an elderly peasant woman, counterpoint by Governor Huang Huahua of Guangdong province, followed by a discussion with Prof. Muldavin in which he highlights long-simmering problems and argues that rural unrest is the most pressing challenge the Chinese state faces today.
Listen to the World Today segment from the BBC’s World Service (MP3 | 8.5 MB)
* This recording furnished courtesy of BBC World Service. ©2006 BBC World Service, all rights reserved.
China’s rural ‘time bomb’
View file/article on original siteUnited Press International
February 9th, 2006
Joshua Muldavin spoke with Ambika Behal of the United Press International. The full article can be found on the United Press International Web site.
January 15th, 2006 BBC Interview
View file/article on original siteBBC World Service
January 15th, 2006
Joshua Muldavin interviewed January 15th, 2006 on BBC World Report about rural unrest in China.
MP3 (5:00 | 4.6 MB)*
* This recording furnished courtesy of BBC World Service. ©2006 BBC World Service, all rights reserved.
In Rural China, a Time Bomb is Ticking
By: Joshua MuldavinView file/article on original site
The International Herald Tribune
January 1st, 2006
The recent police killing in China’s Guangdong Province of as many as 20 villagers who were protesting the government’s seizure of land for a power plant is symptomatic of an emerging pattern of rural unrest that challenges the very legitimacy of the Chinese state and the development path on which it has embarked.
Q&A: Land Reform
View file/article on original siteThe New York Times
December 24th, 2005
Geography faculty member Joshua Muldavin spoke with Lionel Beehner of the Council on Foreign Relations about issues of land distribution in the world today. Specifically Muldavin, who holds the Henry Luce Professorship in Human Geography, provided expertise on issues of land reform in China. The story can be found on the New York Times Web site.
Beyond the Harbin Chemical Spill
By: Joshua MuldavinView file/article on original site
The International Herald Tribune
November 30th, 2005
This month’s toxic spill into China’s Songhua River forced the evacuation of thousands of people; poisoned the water supply for millions in northeast China, including Harbin, the region’s major city; and now threatens the supply for as many as 70 downstream Russian cities and villages. Thus far, most analysts following the disaster have focused on the challenges faced by urban Chinese and the real problems of lax environmental regulatory enforcement, corrupt local officials and delayed sharing of crucial information with affected populations.
Blaming the Symptoms: Population International on Violent Conflict
By: Joshua Muldavin and Joseph NevinsView file/article on original site
Counterpunch
January 17th, 2004
In his alarmist, best-selling book, The Population Bomb (originally published in 1968), Paul Erlich predicted global disaster on account of overpopulation and mounting consumption. Increasing violent conflict would be one of the deadly results. The likelihood of war, he wrote, would grow "with each addition to the population, intensifying competition for dwindling resources and food."
China’s health care works best for the wealthy, SARS outbreak shows
By: Joshua MuldavinSeattle Post-Intelligencer
May 18th, 2003
China’s Poor Left Behind: SARS in the hinterland
By: Joshua MuldavinThe International Herald Tribune
May 8th, 2003
The spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome to China’s hinterlands is a human-made disaster. The very economic boom now threatened by SARS is paradoxically what has allowed the virus to proliferate. China’s economic reforms have brought the country’s rural health care system to the brink of collapse.
Market Reforms Breed Discontent
By: Joshua MuldavinLos Angeles Times
June 3rd, 1999
The World Should Help to Avert Turmoil in China
By: Joshua MuldavinInternational Herald Tribune
June 3rd, 1999
The Great Reform of China: An Alternative View
By: Joshua MuldavinIntercom, International Studies and Overseas Programs, UCLA, Vol. 18, No. 7
May 1st, 1996