William G. Moseley
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Publications
- Books
Moseley, W.G. and L.C. Gray (eds). 2008. Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization and Poverty in Africa. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press and Nordic Africa Press. (ISBN 978-0-89680-260-5).
Moseley, W.G., D. Lanegran and K. Pandit (eds). 2007. The Introductory Reader in Human Geography: Contemporary Debates and Classic Writings. Malden, MA: Blackwell Press. (ISBN 978-1-4051-4922-8).
Moseley, W.G. (ed.) 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on African Issues. 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Editions. Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill. (ISBN 0-07-284517-1, ISBN 0-07-351507-8, ISBN 0-07-351518-3, and ISBN 0-07-805008-1).
Moseley, W.G. and B.I. Logan. (eds.) 2004. African Environment and Development: Rhetoric, Programs, Realities. King’s SOAS Studies in Development Geography. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Limited. (ISBN 0-7546-3904-5).
- Public scholarship
- OP-ED New York Times. August 8, 2012. “The Silver Lining in the Drought.”
- OP-ED Al jazeera-English. July, 16, 2012. “Assaulting Tolerance in Mali.”
- OP-ED Al jazeera-English. May 8, 2012. “Africa’s Future? Botswana’s Growth with Hunger.”
- OP-ED Al jazeera- English. April 28, 2012. “A more radical choice for World Bank president.”
- OP-ED Al jazeera-English. April 18, 2012. “Azawad: The latest African border dilemma.”
- Interview regarding situation in Mali (TV). “Are sanctions beginning to bite in Mali?” Aljazeera’s ‘Inside Story.’ April 6, 2012.
- OP-ED Al jazeera-English. April 1, 2012. “Massive corruption does not justify Malian coup.”
- Op-ED Al Jazeera-English. March 23, 2012. “Mali's coup must be widely condemned.”
- OP-ED Al jazeera – English. Feb 9, 2012. "American decline and the imperative for higher education."
- OP-ED Al jazeera – English. Feb 1, 2012. “Imperialism 2.0: EU fosters Botswana degradation.”
- OP-ED Al jazeera-English 2011 "China's farming history misapplied in Africa"
- Interview (Radio) with Tom Crann. “Macalester's William Moseley brings hunger-violence research to U.N.” MPR News. Minnesota Public Radio. October 3, 2011.
- Interview (Television). “Famine in the Horn of Africa.” Almanac (in last 15 minutes of program). Twin Cities Public Television. September 30, 2011.
- OP-ED Al jazeera-English 2011 "Famine in the Horn of Africa: Malthus Beware”
- Interview re: drought and famine in the Horn of Africa (TV) on Al Jazeera's 'Inside Story' 2011
- OP-ED Washington Post 2011 "Behind Africa’s famine, more than just drought Famine isn’t inevitable"
- OP-ED Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2011 "Make farming energy efficient"
- OP-ED Chronicle of Higher Education 2009 "Area Studies in a Global Context"
- OP-ED Foreign Policy 2009 "Stop the Blanket Militarization of Humanitarian Aid"
- OP-ED Minneapolis StarTribune 2008 “In search of a better revolution”
- Op-ED San Francisco Chronicle 2007 “Farmers in developing world hurt by 'eat local' philosophy in U.S.”
- OP-ED Philadelphia Inquirer 2007 "A population remedy is right here at home: U.S. overconsumption is a bigger issue than fertility"
- OP-ED New York Times 2006 “America’s Lost Vision: The Demise of Development”
- OP-ED New York Times 2004 “Cotton’s Not King: Farm Subsidies and Africa”
- OP-Ed Christian Science Monitor 2002 “Voodoo environmentalism”
- Academic journal articles
Larson, J. and W.G. Moseley. 2012. “Reaching the limits: A geographic approach for understanding food insecurity and household hunger mitigation strategies in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, USA.” Geojournal. 77(1): 1-12.
Moseley, W.G. 2011. “Lessons from the 2008 Global Food Crisis: Agro-Food Dynamics in Mali.” Development in Practice. 21(4-5): 604-612.
Moseley, W.G. 2011. “On Engaging with New Economic Geography.” Dialogues in Human Geography. 1(1): 94-97.
Moseley, W.G. and *D. Teske. 2011. “Geographers in the Public Square: A Comparative Analysis of Op-Ed Productivity.” Applied Geography. 31(1): 232-236.
Moseley, W.G. and K.M. Otiso. 2010. “Assessing Sub-Saharan Africa’s University-Level Geography Resources: A Preliminary Investigation.” African Geographical Review. 29(1): 5-19.
Moseley, W.G., J. Carney and L. Becker. 2010. “Neoliberal Policy, Rural Livelihoods and Urban Food Security in West Africa: A Comparative Study of The Gambia, Côte d'Ivoire and Mali." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (13) 5774-5779.
Moseley, W.G. 2010. “Engaging the Public Imagination: Geographers in the Op-Ed Pages.” Geographical Review. 100(1): 109-121.
Otiso, K. and W.G. Moseley. 2009. “Examining Claims for Information and Communication Technology - Led Development in Africa.” African Geographical Review. 28: 99-116.
Moseley, W.G. 2009. “Making Study Abroad a Winning Proposition for Pre-Tenure Faculty.” Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad. Volume 18: 231-240.
Moseley, W. G. 2009. “Beyond Knee-Jerk Environmental Thinking: Teaching Geographic Perspectives on Conservation, Preservation and the Hetch Hetchy Valley Controversy.” Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 33(3): 433-451.
Moseley, W.G. and K. Otiso. 2008. “The State of African Geography in the North American Academy.” African Geographical Review. 27: 5-15.
Moseley, W.G. 2008. “Strengthening Livelihoods in Sahelian West Africa: The Geography of Development and Underdevelopment in a Peripheral Region.” Geographische Rundschau International Edition, 4(4): 44-50.
Moseley, W.G. and B. McCusker. 2008. “Fighting Fire with a Broken Tea Cup: A Comparative Analysis of South Africa’s Land Redistribution Program.” Geographical Review. 98(3): 322-338.
Moseley, W.G. 2008. “Fair Trade Wine: South Africa’s Post Apartheid Vineyards and the Global Economy.” Globalizations, 5(2):291-304.
Ledermann, S.T. and W.G. Moseley. 2008. “The World Trade Organization’s Doha Round and Cotton: Continued Peripheral Status or a ‘Historical Breakthrough’ for African Farmers?” African Geographical Review. 26: 37-58.
Moseley, W.G. and P. Laris. 2008. “West African Environmental Narratives and Development-Volunteer Praxis.” Geographical Review. 98(1): 59-81.
Moseley, W.G. and I. Yeboah. 2007. “Editorial: A New Day for African Geography.” African Geographical Review. 25: 1-6.
Moseley, W.G. 2007. “Collaborating in the Field, Working for Change: Reflecting on Partnerships Between Academics, Development Organizations and Rural Communities in Africa.” Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 28: 334-347.
Moseley, W.G. 2007. “Neoliberal Agricultural Policy versus Agrarian Justice: Farm Workers and Land Redistribution in South Africa’s Western Cape Province.” South African Geographical Journal .89(1): 4-13.
Moseley, W.G. 2006. “Farm Workers, Agricultural Transformation and Land Reform in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.” Focus on Geography. 49(1): 1-7.
Moseley, W.G. 2005. “Reflecting on National Geographic Magazine and Academic Geography: The September 2005 Special Issue on Africa” African Geographical Review. 24: 93-100.
Gray, L.C. and W.G. Moseley. 2005. “A Geographical Perspective on Poverty-Environment Interactions” Geographical Journal. 171(1): 9-23.
Moseley, W.G. 2005. “Global Cotton and Local Environmental Management: The Political Ecology of Rich and Poor Small-Hold Farmers in Southern Mali.” Geographical Journal. 171(1): 36-55.
Moseley, W.G. 2005. “Regional Geographies of the U.S. Southeast and Sub-Saharan Africa: The Potential for Comparative Insights.” Southeastern Geographer 45(1): 44-53.
Logan, B.I. and W.G. Moseley. 2002. "The Political Ecology of Poverty Alleviation in Zimbabwe’s Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE)." Geoforum. 33(1): 1-14.
Moseley, W.G. 2001. “Monitoring Urban Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa.” African Geographical Review. 21:81-90.
Moseley, W.G. 2001. “Political Ecology and the Rural Southern Vote: A Note on the 2000 Presidential Election.” Southeastern Geographer. 41(2): 289-295.
Moseley, W.G. 2001. “African Evidence on the Relation of Poverty, Time Preference and the Environment.” Ecological Economics. 38(3): 317-326.
Moseley, W.G. and B.I. Logan. 2001. “Conceptualizing Hunger Dynamics: A Critical Examination of Two Famine Early Warning Methodologies in Zimbabwe.” Applied Geography. 21(3): 223-248.
Moseley, W.G., and C.F. Jordan. 2001. “Measuring Agricultural Sustainability: Energy Analysis of Conventional Till and No-Till Maize in the Georgia Piedmont.” Southeastern Geographer. 41(1): 105-116.
Moseley, W.G. 2001. "Computer Assisted Comprehension of Distant Worlds: Understanding Hunger Dynamics in Africa." Journal of Geography. 100(1): 32-45.
Moseley, W.G. 2000. "Paradoxical Constraints to Agricultural Intensification in Malawi: The Interplay Between Labor, Land and Policy." Department of Geography, Discussion Paper Series. No. 00-1. Athens: University of Georgia.
Moseley, W.G. 1994. "An equation for the replacement value of agroforestry." Agroforestry Systems. 26: 47-52.
References
- ↑ http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/36011899.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:U0ckkD:aEyKUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU
- ↑ http://www.ohioswallow.com/book/Hanging+by+a+Thread
- ↑ http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405149213.html
- ↑ http://catalogs.mhhe.com/mhhe/viewProductDetails.do?isbn=0078050081
