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Prof Patrick Bond

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Name: Patrick Bond
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Rated Researchers听 Staff Members

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About Prof Patrick Bond

Biography

Patrick Bond, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, is a political economist, political ecologist and scholar of social mobilisation. From 2020-21 he was Professor at the Western Cape School of Government and from 2015-2019 was a Distinguished Professor of Political Economy at the 欧美福利100000 of the Witwatersrand School of Governance. From 2004 through mid-2016, he was Senior Professor at the 欧美福利100000 of KwaZulu-Natal School of Built Environment and Development Studies and was also Director of the Centre for Civil Society. Patrick also served as visiting professor at Gyeongsang National 欧美福利100000, South Korea and as an associate of the Leverhulme Centre for the Study of Value at the 欧美福利100000 of Manchester. On sabbatical, he was a visiting scholar at the 欧美福利100000 of California/Berkeley Department of Geography in 2010-11, and at York 欧美福利100000鈥檚 Department of Political Science and Faculty of Environmental Sciences in 2003-04. He lectured from 1997-2004 at the Wits School of Governance where he was the founder of the doctoral programme and co-director of the Municipal Services Project, and he was an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in 1994-95. He has held visiting posts at a dozen universities and presented lectures at more than 100 others.

Qualifications:

Patrick earned his doctorate in economic geography under the supervision of David Harvey at Johns Hopkins 欧美福利100000 (1985-92), following studies at the 欧美福利100000 of Pennsylvania鈥檚 Wharton School of Finance (Philadelphia, 1983-85) and an undergraduate economics degree at Swarthmore College (Philadelphia, 1979-83), including a semester studying classical guitar at the Peabody Conservatory (Baltimore, 1982).

Selected publications:

Accredited journal articles

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Elite Summits Amplify Africa鈥檚 Climate Catastrophes.鈥� The Journal of Peasant Studies, 51, 3, 2024, pp.738-756. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2023.2287101

鈥楽truggles for Climate Justice: Uneven Geographies and the Politics of Connection鈥� (with T.Osborne, Z.Grossman, J.Rice, S.Joshi and B.Derman). The American Association of Geographers Review of Books, 12, 2, 2024, pp.17-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/2325548X.2024.2315332

鈥楥orporate Corruption of South African Politics and Economics.鈥� New Agenda, 93, pp.33-46, 2024, https://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/archive_files/New%20Agenda%20-%20Issue%2093-2024.pdf

鈥楽outh Africa鈥檚 Housing Financialisation Crises and Social Resistance.鈥� Critical Housing Analysis, 11, 1, 2024, pp.81-93. https://doi.org/10.13060/23362839.2024.11.1.566

鈥業mp茅rialisme Occidental, BRICS et Sous-imp茅rialisme dans le Sud Global鈥� (avec Ana Garcia and Miguel Borba). Alternatives Sud, 31, 1, 2024. https://www.cetri.be/Imperialisme-occidental-BRICS-et?lang=fr

鈥楻ohstoffindustrien und Ressourcenkonflikte in S眉dafrika.鈥� Politikum, 1, 2024, pp.60-65. https://www.wochenschau-verlag.de/Ressourcenpolitik/Pk1-24

鈥樷�淣othing has Changed, South Africa鈥檚 Sub-imperialist Role has been Reinforced鈥�: Samir Amin鈥檚 durable critique of apartheid/post-apartheid political economy.鈥� Politikon, 50, 4, 2023, pp.314-333. https://doi.org/10.1080/02589346.2023.2280800

鈥楧iversionary Post-Coal Politics in South Africa: A Chinese Solar-Powered Industrial Zone Controversy.鈥� Cosmopolitan Civil Societies, 15, 3, 2023, pp.110-130. https://doi.org/10.5130/ccs.v15.i3.8864

鈥楲es BRICS ou la 鈥淪chizophr茅nie鈥� du Sous-Imp茅rialisme鈥�, Alternatives Sud, 30, 2023, pp.33-46. https://www.cetri.be/Anticolonialisme-s?lang=fr

鈥楻esource Extraction Cost-Benefit Debates in South Africa: Contesting the environmental economics of offshore gas extraction.鈥� Alternation, 36, 2023, pp.35-71. https://doi.org/10.29086/2519-5476/2023/v30n1a3

鈥楪rowing Divides between Establishment and Climate Justice Proponents: A View from the Extremes of South Africa.鈥� Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 21, 5-6, 2023, pp.360-381. https://brill.com/view/journals/pgdt/21/5-6/article-p360_5.xml

鈥楢frica鈥檚 Crash and Burn: Economic crises, Covid-stunted recoveries, climate catastrophes and eco-socio-political resistance.鈥� Journal of Political and Administrative Studies, 4, 1, 2023, pp.1-21. https://cpvp.org/media/JPAS-Vol-4-Special-Edition-February-2023.pdf

鈥楥limate, Violence, Resource Extraction and Ecological Debt: Global implications of an assassination on South Africa鈥檚 coal mining belt.鈥� Globalizations, 20, 8, 2023, pp.1411-1425. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2022.2157992

鈥楥limate, Violence, Resource Extraction and Ecological Debt: Global implications of an assassination on South Africa鈥檚 coal mining belt.鈥� Globalizations, 19, 7, 2022, pp.1-15, http://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2022.2157992

鈥楪rowing Divides between Establishment and Climate Justice Proponents: A View from the extremes of South Africa.鈥� Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 21 (20 22), pp.387鈥�408, https://brill.com/view/journals/pgdt/pgdt-overview.xml

鈥�: Dialectical Resolutions of Environmental Justice and Ecological Modernization.鈥� Science & Society, 86, 4, 2022, pp.485-515,

鈥楲鈥檌mp茅rialisme Fossile Fran莽ais, le Sous-Imp茅rialisme Sud-Africain et la R茅sistance Anti-imp茅riale鈥� (French Fossil Imperialism, South African Sub-Imperialism and Anti-Imperial Resistance鈥�). Actuel Marx, 72, 2, 2022 pp. 78-97. https://www.cairn.info/revue-actuel-marx-2022-2-page-59.htm

鈥楽outh Africa鈥檚 Pro-Military Lobby Risks Worsening Multiple Injustices in Northern Mozambique.鈥� The Thinker, 89, 2022, pp.69-80. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/The_Thinker/article/download/1175/754/3442

鈥楨l Desarrollo Desigual en El Capital de Marx y la Acumulaci贸n de Capital de Luxemburgo, visto desde Sud谩frica鈥� (鈥楿neven Development in Marx鈥檚 Capital and Luxemburg鈥檚 Accumulation of Capital, seen from South Africa鈥�). Izquierdas, 51, pp.1-22, 2022, http://www.izquierdas.cl/ediciones/2022/numero-51/120-numero-52

鈥楺uelles Conditionnalit茅s pour la Banque des BRICS?鈥� (鈥榃hich Conditionalities are Imposed by the BRICS Bank?鈥�). Alternatives Sud, 152, 2022, pp.135-156, https://www.cetri.be/Quelles-conditionnalites-pour-la

鈥楲eaning on the BRICS as a Geopolitical Counterweight Leads Only to Faux-Polyarchic, Subimperial 鈥淪palling鈥�.鈥� Journal of World-Systems Research, 28(1), 2022, pp.146-152. https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2022.1124

Bond, P, A Garcia and M Borba (2021) 鈥榃estern Imperialism and the Role of Sub-imperialism in the Global South.鈥� New Politics, 18, 2, pp.52-62. https://newpol.org/issue_post/western-imperialism-and-the-role-of-sub-imperialism-in-the-global-south/

Bond, P (2021) 鈥楥apitalist Crisis and Uneven Development Applied in Southern Africa.鈥� Human Geography, 14, 3.

Scholarly book chapters

鈥楽outh African Financial System Innovation and Degradation under Conditions of Extreme Uneven Development.鈥� In J.Petry and A.Nolke (Eds), State, Capitalism and Finance in Emerging Markets: Between subordination and statecraft. Bristol: Bristol 欧美福利100000 Press, 2025. https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/state-capitalism-and-finance-in-emerging-markets

鈥楥hinese Trade, Investment and Financing Controversies in South Africa鈥檚 Underdevelopmental Megaprojects.鈥� In H.Cheng, A.Wiig, J.Silver and E.Apostolopoulou (Eds) The Material Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative: Infrastructures and political ecologies on the New Silk Road, Bristol: Bristol 欧美福利100000 Press, 2025. https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-material-geographies-of-the-belt-and-road-initiative

鈥楧evelopment or Underdevelopment at South Africa鈥檚 Largest Industrial Mega-Project?: Regional dangers of Limpopo Province鈥檚 Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone.鈥� In M.Mdlalose, I.Khambule and E.Khalema (Eds) Contemporary South Africa and the Political Economy of Regional Development. London: Routledge, 2025, pp.173-195. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003397823/contemporary-south-africa-political-economy-regional-development-methembe-mdlalose-isaac-khambule-nene-ernest-khalema

鈥楥lean Energy Finance and Climate Sanctions applied to South Africa.鈥� in J.J盲ger and E.Dziwok (eds), Understanding Green Finance. Ashgate: Edward Elgar, 2024, pp.200-214. https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781803927558/book-part-9781803927558-23.xml

鈥楪rand Theft Sandton.鈥� in J.Weigratz (Ed), Capitalism and Economic Crime in Africa: The Neoliberal Period, London: Routledge, 2024. https://www.routledge.com/Capitalism-and-Economic-Crime-in-Africa-The-Neoliberal-Period/Wiegratz/p/book/9781032788272

鈥楾he Political Economy of Fossil Fuels Extraction in South Africa: Rationales for 鈥淟eaving Fossil Fuels Underground鈥濃�� (with A.Rempel). In J.Gupta, B.Hogenboom, A.Rempel and M.Olofsson (Eds), Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground: Actors, Arguments and Approaches in the Global South and Global North. Amsterdam: Amsterdam 欧美福利100000 Press 2024, pp.133-157. doi: 10.5117/9789048560370_CH05

鈥楩oreword.鈥� in B.Kagarlitsky. The Long Retreat. London: Pluto Press, 2024, pp.i-viii. https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745350288/the-long-retreat/

Bond, P (2022) 鈥楳ultilateralism at a Crossroads: Vaccine Apartheid, Climate Wars, Geopolitical Turmoil.鈥� in G.Albo, N. Aschoff and A.Saad-Filho (Eds), Capitalism and Politics: Socialist Register 2023, London: Merlin Press, New York: Monthly Review Press, Halifax: Fernwood Press, pp.64-89. https://socialistregister.com/index.php/srv/issue/view/2661

Bond, P (2022) 鈥楨co-feminisms in Theory and Practice in the Global South: India, South Africa, and Ecuador鈥� (with Devandraraj Madhanagopal and Manuel Bay贸n). in D.Madhanagopal, C.Beer, B.Nikku and A.Pelser (eds), Environment, Climate, and Social Justice: Perspectives and Practices from the Global South. Singapore: Springer Nature, 2022, pp.275-296. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-1987-9_14

Bond, P (2022) 鈥楳ultilateral Development Banks Old and New鈥� (with Susan Engel). In K.Sims, N.Banks, S.Engel, P.Hodge, J.Makuwira, N.Nakamura, J.Rigg, A.Salamanca and P.Yeophantong (Eds), Routledge Handbook of Development Banks, London, Routledge, 2022, pp.93-105. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003017653-10/multilateral-development-banks-susan-engel-patrick-bond

Bond, P (2021) 鈥楥limate Justice Advocacy: Strategic Choices for Glasgow and Beyond.鈥� In S.B枚hm and S.Sullivan (Eds), Negotiating Climate Change in Crisis: Social Science Perspectives. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, pp.335-352. https://www.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0265.pdf

Bond, P (2021) 鈥楶ros and Cons of China鈥檚 Roles in Southern Africa.鈥� In A.M.Vasiliev, D.A.Degterev and T.Shaw (Eds), Africa and the Formation of the New System of International Relations: Rethinking Decolonization and Foreign Policy Concepts. London: Springer Nature, pp.139-156. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-77336-6_10

Bond, P (2021) 鈥楩oundations of Marxist Financial Geography.鈥� in D.W贸jcik and J.Knox-Hayes (Eds), Routledge Handbook of Financial Geography, New York, Routledge, pp.56-83. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/foundations-marxist-financial-geography-patrick-bond/e/10.4324/9781351119061-4

Bond, P (2021) 鈥楲uxemburg鈥檚 Resonances in South Africa: Capital鈥檚 renewed super-exploitation of people and nature.鈥� in D.Cornell and J.Gordon (Eds), Creolizing Luxemburg. London, Rowman Littlefield International, pp.287-316. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781786614438

Bond, P, T Mdlongwana and T Zikhali (2021) 鈥楽outh African Food Politics: Constitutional Rights, Security and Sovereignty.鈥� in N.Bohler-Muller, C.Soudien and V.Reddy (Eds), Ethics, Politics, Inequality: New Directions: State of the Nation, Pretoria, Human Sciences Research Council Press, pp.195-219. https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/ethics-politics-inequality-new-directions

Bond, P and R Basu (2021) 鈥業ntergenerational Equity and the Geographical Ebb and Flow of Resources: The Time and Space of Natural Capital Accounting.鈥� in M.Himley and E.Havice (Eds), Handbook of Critical Resource Geography, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.260-273. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Critical-Resource-Geography/Himley-Havice-Valdivia/p/book/9781138358805

Bond, P (2021) 鈥楴eoliberalism, Authoritarianism, and Popular Resistance in Africa.鈥� in B.Berberoglu (Ed), The Global Rise of Authoritarianism in the 21st Century: Crisis of Neoliberal Globalization and the Nationalist Response. London, Routledge, pp.133-157. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/neoliberalism-authoritarianism-popular-resistance-africa-patrick-bond/e/10.4324/9780367854379-11

Books

Bond, P (2025) Extreme Uneven Development: Financial Volatility, Deep Capitalist Crisis and Super-Exploitation in South Africa and the World (Palgrave Macmillan)

Bond, P (2019) BRICS and Resistance in Africa: Contention, Assimilation and Co-optation (co-edited with Justin van der Merwe and Nicole Dodd; Zed Books)

Bond, P (2015) BRICS: An Anti-Capitalist Critique (co-edited with Ana Garcia; Pluto Press, Haymarket, Jacana and Aakar Press)

Bond, P (2014) South Africa 鈥� The Present as History (co-authored with John Saul; Jacana Books and James Currey Press)

Bond, P (2014, 2005, 2000) Elite Transition: From Apartheid to Neoliberalism in South Africa (Pluto Press and UKZN Press)

Bond, P (2012) Politics of Climate Justice: Paralysis Above, Movement Below (UKZN Press)

Bond, P (2011) Durban鈥檚 Climate Gamble: Trading Carbon, Betting the Earth (edited, Unisa Press)

Bond, P (2010) Zuma鈥檚 Own Goal: Losing South Africa鈥檚 鈥榃ar on Poverty鈥� (co-edited with Brij Maharaj and Ashwin Desai; Africa World Press)

Bond, P (2009) Climate Change, Carbon Trading and Civil Society: Negative Returns on South African Investments (co-edited with Rehana Dada and Graham Erion;听UKZN Press)

Bond, P (2007) The Accumulation of Capital in Southern Africa: Rosa Luxemburg鈥檚 Contemporary Relevance (co-edited with Horman Chitonge and Arndt Hopfmann; Rosa Luxemburg Foundation)

Bond, P (2006) Looting Africa: The Economics of Exploitation (Zed Books and UKZN Press, republished as A Pilhagem na 脕frica, South Links 2008)

Bond, P (2006, 2004) Talk Left, Walk Right: South Africa鈥檚 Frustrated Global Reforms (UKZN Press)

Bond, P (2005) Trouble in the Air: Global Warming and the Privatised Atmosphere (co-edited with Rehana Dada; TransNational Institute)

Bond, P (2005, 2002) Fanon鈥檚 Warning: A Civil Society Reader on the New Partnership for Africa鈥檚 Development (Africa World Press)

Bond, P (2003, 2001) Against Global Apartheid: South Africa meets the World Bank, IMF and International Finance (Zed Books and 欧美福利100000 of Cape Town Press)

Bond, P (2003, 2002) Zimbabwe鈥檚 Plunge: Exhausted Nationalism, Neoliberalism and the Search for Social Justice (coauthored with Masimba Manyanya; UKZN Press,听Merlin Press, Weaver Press and Africa World Press)

Bond, P (2002) Unsustainable South Africa: Environment, Development and Social Protest (UKZN Press and Merlin Press)

Bond, P (2000) Cities of Gold, Townships of Coal: South Africa鈥檚 New Urban Crisis (Africa World Press)

Bond, P (1999) An RDP Policy Audit (co-authored with Meshack Khosa for Human Sciences Research Council Press)

Bond, P (1998) Uneven Zimbabwe: A Study of Finance, Development and Underdevelopment (Africa World Press)