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Michael Levien

Associate Professor

Johns Hopkins University

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Social Sciences

Department of Sociology

Program in International Studies

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Social Sciences

Michael Levien is currently serving as a Sociology Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University.

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Michael Levien

Johns Hopkins University

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social sciences political science sociology economic development public policy political sociology social change agrarian change geopolitics regional development political ecology international development neoliberalism economy of china rural economies rural sociology agrarian political economy development economics agricultural policy sustainable development historical geography peasant studies asian studies land management contemporary developments settler colonialism rural development socio-economic development development theory special economic zones primitive accumulation rural india political behavior world development strategic studies contemporary asia political geography postcolonial writing african development restoration ecology cultural change regional economics political culture urban politics conservation politics spatial politics biopolitics social capital indigenous studies international sociology central asian studies post-colonial criticism economic influences coercion sociological research historical reconstruction development environment habitat reconstruction land development environmental politics south asian culture political theory uneven development brokering land land grabs neoliberal india second double movement global opinions rural land dispossession land question postcolonial theory vivek chibber coercive rentier networks resettlement bills land acquisition steel towns

Notable Scholarly Works

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Against the Planetary: Carbon Fetishism and the Politics of False Solutions. The Journal of Peasant Studies (2026)

peasant studiesenvironmental politicspolitical ecologyhistory

Reconstructing Regimes of Dispossession. Globalizations (2025)

geopoliticspolitical scienceinternational relationsglobal politicsglobal policyglobalization

Redistribution and Exclusion: Value Articulations in the Populist Moment. Critical Sociology (2025)

democracypolitical studiesclass conflictsocial sciencessocial movementspolitical sciencepolitical sociologysociology

Climate Change as Class Compromise? a Response to Matthew Huber. Historical Materialism Blog (2023)

climate communicationenvironmental historyhistorical reviewhistory

White Energy Workers of the North, Unite?. Historical Materialism Blog (2023)

anthropologysocial historyhistorymaterial culturehistorical reviewhistorical analysis

Barrington Moore in Delhi? the Political Economy of the Indian Farmers’ Protest. Critical Historical Sociology (Blog of the ASA Comparative Historical Section) (2022)

social historypolitical historyprotestglobal historyhistoryhistorical sociologyeconomic historyhistorical analysisnationalismactivism

Chapter 11 Redistribution and Social Exclusion in the United States and Germany. Columbia University Press eBooks (2022)

Marcel ParetMichael Levien

united statessocial inclusionsocial exclusioneconomicspolitical sciencewelfarepublic policy

Dispossession and Democracy: The Land Acquisition Act and the Future of India’s Land Wars. Bloomsbury Academic eBooks (2022)

Michael Levien

colonialismdemocracycivil conflictpolitical scienceland warsland acquisition act

1 Fictitious but Not Utopian Land Commodification and Dispossession in Rural India. Cornell University Press eBooks (2021)

Michael Levien

anthropologyagrarian changerural indialand useindigenous peoplesutopian land commodification

Beneath the China Boom: Labor, Citizenship and the Making of a Rural Land Market. The Journal of Asian Studies (2021)

economic developmentasian economicsasian studieseconomy of chinachinese politicseast asian studies

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Michael Levien

Associate Professor

Johns Hopkins University

Affiliations

Social Sciences

Department of Sociology

Program in International Studies

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

Social Sciences

Michael Levien is currently serving as a Sociology Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Michael Levien

Johns Hopkins University

Associate Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Against the Planetary: Carbon Fetishism and the Politics of False Solutions. The Journal of Peasant Studies (2026)

peasant studiesenvironmental politicspolitical ecologyhistory

Reconstructing Regimes of Dispossession. Globalizations (2025)

geopoliticspolitical scienceinternational relationsglobal politicsglobal policyglobalization

Redistribution and Exclusion: Value Articulations in the Populist Moment. Critical Sociology (2025)

democracypolitical studiesclass conflictsocial sciencessocial movementspolitical sciencepolitical sociologysociology

Climate Change as Class Compromise? a Response to Matthew Huber. Historical Materialism Blog (2023)

climate communicationenvironmental historyhistorical reviewhistory

White Energy Workers of the North, Unite?. Historical Materialism Blog (2023)

anthropologysocial historyhistorymaterial culturehistorical reviewhistorical analysis

Barrington Moore in Delhi? the Political Economy of the Indian Farmers’ Protest. Critical Historical Sociology (Blog of the ASA Comparative Historical Section) (2022)

social historypolitical historyprotestglobal historyhistoryhistorical sociologyeconomic historyhistorical analysisnationalismactivism

Chapter 11 Redistribution and Social Exclusion in the United States and Germany. Columbia University Press eBooks (2022)

Marcel ParetMichael Levien

united statessocial inclusionsocial exclusioneconomicspolitical sciencewelfarepublic policy

Dispossession and Democracy: The Land Acquisition Act and the Future of India’s Land Wars. Bloomsbury Academic eBooks (2022)

Michael Levien

colonialismdemocracycivil conflictpolitical scienceland warsland acquisition act

1 Fictitious but Not Utopian Land Commodification and Dispossession in Rural India. Cornell University Press eBooks (2021)

Michael Levien

anthropologyagrarian changerural indialand useindigenous peoplesutopian land commodification

Beneath the China Boom: Labor, Citizenship and the Making of a Rural Land Market. The Journal of Asian Studies (2021)

economic developmentasian economicsasian studieseconomy of chinachinese politicseast asian studies

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