Marc Edelman

Marc Edelman is professor of anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center and Hunter College. He has written widely on authoritarian populism and has lived under authoritarian regimes. His latest book (co-edited) is Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World (Routledge, forthcoming 2020).

Fascism in America

Words matter. We must call what is happening in the US by its true name.

By Marc Edelman

/ 18 Oct 2020

Enfrentarse al populismo autoritario: la dimensión rural

Junto a los intereses de clase y las desigualdades, la religión, las dinámicas de género, el lugar y la identidad cultural son los factores que conforman el auge del populismo autoritario en las zonas rurales. English

By Marc Edelman, Lyda Fernanda Forero, Ian Scoones, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Wendy Wolford, Benjamin White and Ruth Hall

/ 13 Mar 2018

Sacrifice zones in rural and non-metro USA: fertile soil for authoritarian populism

Sacrifice zones – abandoned, economically shattered places – are spreading in historically white rural areas and small towns across the United States. Rural decline fosters regressive authoritarian politics.

By Marc Edelman

/ 19 Feb 2018

Confronting authoritarian populism: the rural dimension

Religion, gender dynamics, place and cultural identity – all inform rising authoritarian populism in rural areas, alongside class interests and inequalities. Mobilising alternatives to capture by regressive political forces is not straightforward.

By Marc Edelman, Lyda Fernanda Forero, Ian Scoones, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Wendy Wolford, Benjamin White and Ruth Hall

/ 29 Jan 2018

The nastiest candidate won. Now what?

The forces of justice and decency will need to move from feel-good slacktivism to the streets in order to challenge the Pandora's box of hate Trump's campaign has unleashed.

By Marc Edelman

/ 12 Nov 2016

One-third of humanity: peasant rights in the United Nations

The United Nations are moving towards a finalization of a UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. In 2007 the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples boosted these rights in many national constitutions. Will western governments put their objecti

By Marc Edelman

/ 10 Oct 2012