Patricia Northover, Ph.D.

Senior Research Fellow

Focus:

Race Critical Development Studies and Decolonial Thought; Climate change, rural and food studies; The Philosophy of Economics and Research; Ethics, Decolonial Pedagogy and Justice

Email:

patricia.northover@uwimona.edu.jm

Tel:

(876) 927-1020

Fax:

(876) 927-2409

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Bio

My principal interest lies in advancing critical philosophy and development theory, as a method of interrogating and critiquing the processes and projects of globalization and development. This drives my eclecticism in terms of drawing on other areas of thought (such as post-structural, post- colonial and de-colonial perspectives as well as from critical realism and creolization discourses) which are concerned with a critical grasp of the nature of modern power and the character of 'freedom', inclusive of their rationalities and technologies for sustaining '(un)freedoms.' My abiding concern thus lies with the problem of 'power' and 'development' in 'history,' and its various articulations of modes of social justice, as well as growth and development projects, in producing pathways for change. In particular, I am concerned to examine how, even in the quest for improvement or human well-being, certain mechanisms (discursive and material) and modalities come into play by which human beings, social groups, as well as certain spaces and states are marginalized and subject to diverse forms of violence and complex patterns of 'othering.' My research interests on modern economic growth, the history of sugar and change, rural poverty and development, globalization, gender and climate justice stem from these concerns.

Academic Profile

Dr. Northover specializes in Philosophy and Development studies and is a Senior Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES, UWI, Mona).

Dr. Northover has been a Fellow of Girton College at the University of Cambridge and a Visiting Fellow at Duke University with the "Race, Space and Place" project. She is the author and co-author of several articles in the philosophy of economics and Caribbean development, published in the Cambridge Journal of Economics, Global South, Cultural Dynamics, Caribbean Dialogue and Social and Economic Studies. Her current research work turns on the problem of growth, freedom and development in contemporary societies and for Caribbean small states, and the problem of vulnerability and rural resilience in the context of the double exposure of climate change and globalization.

Education

PhD Economics ( University of Cambridge, 1995)

MPhil Economics, University of Cambridge ( 1989)

MSc. Social Sciences, Consortium Graduate School, UWI, Mona, 1986

BSc Economics and Management, (First class), University of the West Indies, Mona, 1985.

Publications

Forthcoming: Explaining Modern Growth: Critical Philosophical Perspectives (Routledge).

Northover, P. (2020). “Unsettling Neoliberal Philosophies of Development for New Economy Pathways in the Time of COVID-19.” Power point presentation, delivered for SALISES, WEBINAR series, New Economy Models, Post COVID-19 Policies for Productivity Health and Social
Wealth, June 5th, 2020.

Northover, P. (2020) “Rethinking with Lewis the issue of
Reparations: Race, Primitive Accumulation and the Character of Reparatory Justice.” Paper (10 Pages), presented
for, Webinar Symposium on Sir William Arthur Lewis:
Founder of Reparations for Caribbean Economic Development. Organized by the CARICOM Reparations Commission, St Lucia National Reparations Committee and the
Nobel Laureates Festival Committee, June 15, 2020.

Northover, P (2013). 'Globalization and Climate Change: Confronting the Caribbean's Double Exposure', Small States Digest, Vol 2, June, guest editor. Forthcoming

Northover, P "Development as Freedom" in The Companion to Development Studies, Third Edition, (2013) edited by Vandana Desai and Robert Potter. Forthcoming.

Northover, P (2012). 'Globalization and Climate Change: Confronting the Caribbean's Double Exposure' , Small States Digest, 4, guest editor, http://www.thecommonwealth.org/document/181889/34293/227379/140981/24899...

M. Crichlow, P. Northover and D. Jenson, (editors) special issue 'States of Freedom: Freedom of States'. Global South, 6 (1), 2012. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/the_global_south/toc/gbs.6.1.html

M. Crichlow, P. Northover and D. Jenson , "Caribbean Entanglements in a time of Crises" , Global South, 2012, 6 (1): 1-14

P. Northover , "Abject Blackness, Hauntologies of Development and the Demand for Authenticity- A Critique of Sen's 'Development as Freedom", Global South, 2012, 6 (1):66-86

M. Crichlow and Pat Northover, "Rethinking the Mangrove of Caribbean Space and Time-A reply to critics: Globalization and the Post- Creole Imagination: Notes on Fleeing the Plantation. Social and Economic Studies (2012), 61 (4).

Chambers, S, Northover, P and Taylor, C (2013) Reframing Rural Resilience in Jamaica: Linking Women's Empowerment, Poverty Reduction and Climate Adaptation Strategies." Small States Digest, Vol. 2. June.

Northover, P and M. Crichlow, 2010. 'Size, Survival and Beyond: A Critical Underlabouring for Fleeing the Plantations.' In The Thought of the New World: The Quest for Decolonization. Eds. Brian Meeks and Norman Girvan. Kingston: Ian Randle Press:

Michaeline Crichlow with Patricia Northover , ( 2009). Globalization and the Post-Creole Imagination: Notes on Fleeing the Plantation. Durham: Duke University Press.

Patricia Northover , 'The Role of the State in Agriculture in the New Liberal Trade Order' Caribbean Dialogue, Vol. 7, Nos. 3& 4, pp.73-98

Patricia Northover , ). "Evolutionary Growth Theory and Forms of Realism," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol.23, No. 1, pp. 36-63.

Projects

Current Projects
Raising Cane - multipart adult documentary series; Ms Sugaa- multipart children's animation series; Chair, Sustainable Rural and Agricultural Development research cluster, http://salises-srad.com/

Past Projects
Jamaica Rural Economy and Ecosystems adapting to Climate Change ( JA REEACH) - Gender and Youth Assessment; in conjunction with Institute of Gender and Development Studies and the Center for Leadership and Governance, for ACDI/VOCA- USAID. 2013

The Social Costs of Crime in Jamaica and the Challenge of Good Governance - for United Nations Development Programme, (UNDP) by SALISES- Mona, Jamaica. Project coordinator: Prof. Neville Duncan. Principal investigators: Drs. Aldrie Henry- Lee and Patricia Northover, submitted June 2007.

The Future of Special and Differential Treatment ( SDT) in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) - for the Association of Caribbean States, (ACS): study submitted by Drs. Patsy Lewis (project coordinator), Lucy Eugene, Patricia Northover and Don Marshall, ( 2003).

Graduate Studies

Ms. Dianne Gordon ( Mphil/Phd- social policy)

Mr. Christopher Smith ( Mphil/ PhD- economic development)

Ms Nancy Pinchas ( Mphil/Phd- Economic Development

Ms.Mitzie Reid ( Phd- cultural studies)

Courses Taught

Social Research Methods ( SALI 6201)

Understanding Contemporary Society and Development ( SALI 6200)

Development Economics- Micro-economic policy (elective when offered)

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