<p>Inés Valdez, Associate Professor of Political Science at The Ohio State University, joins the New Dawn Podcast and discusses the role of labor and migration as a form of racial politics. As a critical race and feminist theorist, Valdez's research agenda has engaged issues of migration, transnationalism, empire, and racial capitalism. Her first book, <em>Transnational Cosmopolitanism: Kant, Du Bois, and Justice as a Political Craft</em>, was published by Cambridge and makes the case that cosmopolitanism must be transnational. Valdez's numerous articles have appeared in the <em>American Political Science Review</em>, <em>Citizenship Studies</em>, <em>Perspectives on Politics</em>, <em>Politics, Groups, and Identities</em>, <em>Political Research Quarterly</em>, <em>Political Theory</em>, and <em>Theory &amp; Event</em>. (This episode was originally recorded in June 2021.)</p>

New Dawn

Michael Dawson

Socialism and Empire: Labor, Migration, and Racial Politics

MAY 31, 202242 MIN
New Dawn

Socialism and Empire: Labor, Migration, and Racial Politics

MAY 31, 202242 MIN

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<p>Inés Valdez, Associate Professor of Political Science at The Ohio State University, joins the New Dawn Podcast and discusses the role of labor and migration as a form of racial politics. As a critical race and feminist theorist, Valdez's research agenda has engaged issues of migration, transnationalism, empire, and racial capitalism. Her first book, <em>Transnational Cosmopolitanism: Kant, Du Bois, and Justice as a Political Craft</em>, was published by Cambridge and makes the case that cosmopolitanism must be transnational. Valdez's numerous articles have appeared in the <em>American Political Science Review</em>, <em>Citizenship Studies</em>, <em>Perspectives on Politics</em>, <em>Politics, Groups, and Identities</em>, <em>Political Research Quarterly</em>, <em>Political Theory</em>, and <em>Theory &amp; Event</em>. (This episode was originally recorded in June 2021.)</p>