ISS Faculty
Dr. Susan Newman
Dr. Susan Newman
Economics of Sustainable Development (SG1)
International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Lecturer
T: +31 70 4260544
Room: 4.06
Profile
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Professional experience
Lecturer
| University | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| School | International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) |
| Department | Economics of Sustainable Development (SG1) |
Research
Susan’s main research interests include:
- the political economy of post-apartheid industrial development in South Africa
- the relationship between financial and physical markets for commodities,
- and, and the relationships and inter-dependencies between the real and financial in capitalist accumulation more broadly
| Role | Member |
Publications
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- Ashman, S., Fine, B. & Newman, S.A. (2011). Amnesty International? The Nature, Scale and Impact of Capital Flight from South Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 37(1), 7-25.
- Newman, S.A. (2010). Boom or Bust: coffee farmers seldom benefit. South African Labour Bulletin, 34(4), 55-57.
- Newman, S.A. (2009). Financialization and changes in the social relations along commodity chains: the case of coffee. Review of Radical Political Economics, 41(4), 539-559.
- Newman, S.A. (2009). The Downside of "Financialisation" of International Commodity Markets. Development Viewpoint.
- Ashman, S., Fine, B. & Newman, S.A. (2013). Systems of Accumulation and the Evolving MEC. In B. Fine, J. Saraswati & D. Tavasci (Eds.), Beyond the Developmental State: Industrial Policy into the 21st Century (IIPPE). London: Pluto Books.
- Newman, S.A. (2012). Global commodity chains and global value chains. In A. Saad Filho & B. Fine (Eds.), The Elgar Companion to Marxist Economics (pp. 155-162). Aldershot: Edward Elgar.
- Bargawi, H, Bova, E., Ferrarini, D. & Newman, S.A. (2011). Low-income countries and commodity price volatility. In T. Cottier & Panagiotis Delimatsis (Eds.), The Prospects of International Trade Regulation: From Fragmentation to Coherence (pp. 452-482). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Ashman, S., Fine, B. & Newman, S.A. (2011). The Crisis in South Africa : Neoliberalism, Financialization and Uneven and Combined Development. In L. Panitch, G. Albo & V. Chibber (Eds.), Socialist Register 2011: The Question of Strategy (pp. 174-195). London: The Merlin Press.
- Ashman, S., Fine, B. & Newman, S.A. (2010). The Developmental State and Post-Liberation South Africa. In N. Misra & J. February (Eds.), Testing Democracy: Which way is South Africa Headed (pp. 23-45). Cape Town: Idasa Publishing.
- Newman, S.A. (2008). Book review of " Commodity prices and development" [Bespreking van het boek Commodity Prices and Development]. Journal of Agrarian Change, 8(4), 623-628.
- Newman, S.A. (2009). The new price makers: an investigation into the impact of financial investment on coffee price behaviour. (NCCR Trade Regulation Working Paper Series2009/7 ). Bern: NCCR Trade Regulation World Trade Institute.
- Newman, S.A. (2008). The role of international commodity exchanges in price formation and the transmission of prices and price risk along international coffee chains. (NCCR Trade Regulation Working Paper Series2008/12 ). Bern: NCCR Trade Regulation, World Trade Institute.
- Newman, S.A., Karapinar, B., Aerni, P., Haberli, C. & Meister, M. (2008). The possible effects of Swiss agricultural policy on developing trading partners. Switzerland: Swiss Development Cooperation Agency.
- Newman, S.A. (2012). Financialisation, the Restructuring of Transnational Supply Chains and Developing Countries. UNCTAD’s Multi-year Expert Meeting on International Cooperation: South-South Cooperation and Regional Integration (fourth session): (2012, oktober 24 - 2012, oktober 25).
- Kaltenbrunner, A., Newman, S.A. & Painceira, J.P. (2012). Financialisation of Natural Resources: A Marxist Approach. Ninth International Conference Developments in Economic Theory and Policy: Bilbao (2012, juni 28 - 2012, juni 29).
- Newman, S.A. (2012). The Rise of Commodities as an Asset Class. Joint conference AHE/IIPPE/FAPE: Political Economy and the Outlook for Capitalism: Paris (2012, juli 05 - 2012, juli 07).
- Ashman, S. & Newman, S.A. (2012). Finance, Financialisation and Accumulation in South Africa. Third International Conference of the Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos (IESE): Maputo, Mozambique (2012, september 04 - 2012, september 05).
- Bargawi, H & Newman, S.A. (2009). From futures markets to the farm-gate: assessing the impact of the financial crisis along coffee chains. Annual Conference 2009: Coleraine (2009, september 02 - 2009, september 04).