My research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of global political economy, transnational migration, law and society, and political sociology. Broadly speaking, I study how states create order in a highly unequal and conflict-ridden global society. My current research is centered on the regulation and policing of migrant and immigrant populations in global capitalism, with a special focus on the expanding role of digital and biometric surveillance technologies.
Feldman, David. B. 2023. “Global Crisis and Militarized Migration Management: A World-Historic Perspective.” Pp. 156–67 in World-Systems Analysis at a Critical Juncture, edited by Corey R. Pane, Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz, and Beverly J. Silver. New York: Routledge.
Feldman, David. B. 2022. “Between Exploitation and Repression: The Immigration Industrial Complex and Militarized Migration Management.” Pp. 231–61 in Marxism and Migration, edited by Shahrzad Mojab, Sara Carpenter, and Genevieve Ritchie. Abingdon: Routledge.
Feldman, David B. 2021. “Globalization without Neoliberalism? Social Structures of Accumulation and the Latin American Pink Tide.” Pp. 117–33 in Handbook on Social Structure of Accumulation Theory, edited by Terrence McDonough, David Kotz, and Cian McMahon. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Feldman, David B. 2020. “The Question of Borders.” Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy 4(1):146–81.
Feldman, David B. 2020. “Beyond the Border Spectacle: Global Capital, Migrant Labor, and the Specter of Liminal Legality.” Critical Sociology 46(4-5):729–43. Winner ASA Marxist Section’s Albert Szymanski-T.R. Young Marxist Sociology Graduate Student Paper
Spring 2024
Introduction to Sociology: Swallowing the Red Pill — SOCI 174
Sociology of Immigration: On the Move in a Changing World — SOCI 274
Immigrant Rights and Capitalism: Justice for All? — SOCI 474
