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Dr Geoff Goodwin

Dr Geoff Goodwin, International DevelopmentLSE Fellow
Department of International Development

Biography

Geoff Goodwin is a LSE Fellow in International Development. He holds a PhD in Political Economy from University College London and a MA in Economics from the University of Leeds. Prior to joining the department, he taught Latin American Economics at UCL and was a Research Associate at FLACSO-Ecuador.

Research Interests

  • Political economy of development,
  • Role of the state in the economy,
  • Economic/social policy, 
  • Decommodification,
  • Social movements,
  • Land reform,
  • Water governance,
  • Agrarian change,
  • Economic/development theory,
  • Latin America.

Teaching

DV407: Poverty

DV431: Development Management

DV450: Policy, Bureaucracy and Development

Publications

Book chapters:

Arestis P, Goodwin, G and Sawyer, M, (2007) ¿Funciona en la práctica la consolidación fiscal?’, in Mántey, G. and Levy, N. (eds.) (2007), Políticas macroeconómicas para países en desarrollo, pp. 267-301

Journal articles:

Goodwin, G, (2016) ‘The Quest to Bring Land under Social and Political Control: Land Reform Struggles of the Past and Present in Ecuador’, Journal of Agrarian Change, forthcoming

Book reviews:

Goodwin, G (2014), Review of Prevost, G, Oliva Campos, C, and Vanden, H (eds.) (2012), ‘Social Movements and Leftist Governments in Latin America: Confrontation or Co-optation?’, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Vol. 33, No. 2, April 2014, pp. 252-3

Goodwin, G (2016), Review of Kaplan, S (2013), ‘Globalization and Austerity Politics in Latin America’, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Vol. 35, No.1, January 2016, pp. 121-2

Goodwin, G (2016), Review of Petras, J and Veltmeyer, H (2013), ‘Imperialism and Capitalism in the Twenty First Century: A System in Crisis’, The Journal of Latin American Studies, Vol. 48, No. 1, February 2016, pp. 189-90

Goodwin, G (2016), Review of Figueroa, A (2015), ‘Growth, Employment, Inequality and the Environment (Volumes I & II)’, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 606-7

Goodwin, G (2016), Review of Dinerstein, AC (2015), ‘The Politics of Autonomy in Latin America: The Art of Organising Hope’, Radical Americas, forthcoming

Goodwin, G (2017), Review of Drinot, P and Knight, A (eds.) (2014), ‘The Great Depression in Latin America’, Bulletin of Latin American Research, forthcoming

Conference proceedings:

Goodwin, G (2016), ‘Reforma agraria a pesar del estado: Las luchas indígenas por la tierra en la sierra ecuatoriana,’ in Cottyn, H et al (eds) (2016), Las luchas sociales por la tierra en América Latina: Un análisis histórico, comparativo y global, pp. 79-82

Contact Details

Room: Connaught House, 8.15

Email: g.goodwin@lse.ac.uk

Tel: 0207 849 4648

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