Dr Andrew Higginbottom
| Position: | Principal Lecturer in Politics/Human Rights |
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| School: | School Of Economics, History And Politics |
| Email: | A.Higginbottom@kingston.ac.uk |
| Extension: | 67171 |
| Location: | Room T707, Penrhyn Road |
Educational and professional qualifications
| 2006-2007 | Postgraduate Certificate Higher Education , Kingston University |
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| 2001-2005 | PhD Globalisation and Human Rights In Colombia , Middlesex University |
| 2000-2001 | Certificate in Research Methods , Middlesex Univerity |
| 1975-1979 | BSc Hons Economics and Sociology , Bristol University |
Professional experience (post-1990)
| 2009- | Principal Lecturer, Kingston University |
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| 2006-2009 | Senior Lecturer, Kingston University |
| 2006 | Assistant Researcher, Kingston University |
| 2005-2006 | Part-time Lecturer, Kingston University |
Teaching
Undergraduate courses:
Level 1 Studying Politics
Level 2 Introduction to Latin American Countries
Level 3 Themes in Latin American Politics
Level 3 Crimes of the Powerful
Level 3 Marxist Political Thought
Postgraduate courses:
Masters International Political Economy
Research supervision
Second Supervisor of PhD candidate on Security and Development in Nigeria
Supervisor of six Master students dissertations per year
Supervisor of six undergradutae Level 3 dissertations per year.
Research areas
| Helen Bamber Centre for the Study of Rights, Conflict and Mass Violence |
International connections
| Brasilia University, Brazil |
| UNAM, Mexico |
| University of Tolima, Colombia |
Research outputs
Article
Higginbottom, Andrew (2013) The political economy of foreign investment in Latin America: dependency revisited. Latin American Perspectives, 40(3), ISSN (print) 0094-582X (In Press)
Higginbottom, Andrew (2012) Structure and essence in 'Capital I': extra surplus-value and the stages of capitalism. Journal of Australian Political Economy (70), pp. 251-270. ISSN (print) 0156-5826
Higginbottom, Andrew (2011) Gold Mining in South Africa reconsidered: new mode of exploitation, theories of imperialism and 'Capital'. Économies et Sociétés, Série ‘Developpement, croissance et progres’(45), pp. 261-288. ISSN (print) 0013-0567
Higginbottom, Andy (2008) Solidarity action research as methodology: the crimes of the powerful in Colombia. Latin American Perspectives, 35(5), pp. 158-170. ISSN (print) 0094-582X
Book Section
Higginbottom, Andy (2012) New Strategies for Mobilising International Public Opinion against the Corporate Takeover of Latin America. In: Novelli, Mario and Ferus-Comelo, Anibel, (eds.) Globalization, Knowledge and Labour: Education for Solidarity within Spaces of Resistance. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 182-205. (Rethinking Globalizations) ISBN 9780415436632
