Craig Borowiak
Craig Borowiak received a B.A. in Philosophy from Carleton College and a Ph.D in Political Science from Duke University. He joined the Haverford political science faculty in fall 2004. Trained in political theory and political economy, his teaching and research interests focus on capitalism and post-capitalism, solidarity economies, grassroots urban geographies, globalization and the global political economy, democratic theory, transnational activism, and the history of political economic thought.
New Release
Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation
Coauthored by Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Stephen Healy, and Craig Borowiak
This book maps and analyzes solidarity economies in Philadelphia, New York, and Worcester, Massachusetts. Using geospatial techniques and in-depth interviews with cooperatives, credit unions, community supported agricultural farms, community gardens, and other grassroots efforts in three cities, the authors demonstrate that the spatial footprints and community roles of solidarity economies are much larger than most people think. Additionally, the authors examine how solidarity economies have developed in tension with racial and poverty fault lines that divide urban space. They highlight how solidarity economy initiatives act as bulwarks against gentrification, exploitation, and economic exclusion, as well as spaces for socially and politically transformative encounters among people with different backgrounds.
The book is available for purchase through University of Minnesota Press. Get 40% off with code MN92000 (through Dec. 31, 2025).
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