Jan Nederveen Pieterse is Mellichamp Professor of Global Studies and Sociology in the Global & International Studies Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara . He specializes in globalization, development studies and cultural studies. His books include:
- Development Theory: Deconstructions/ Reconstructions (Sage, 2010)
- Is there hope for Uncle Sam? Beyond the American Bubble (Zed Books, 2008)
- Ethnicities and Global Multiculture: Pants for an Octopus (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007)
- Globalization or Empire? (Routledge, 2004).
- Global Mélange: Globalization and culture (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003).
Read more about Jan Nederveen Pieterse: Biography, Globalization and Hegemony, Development Studies, Globalization and Culture, Globalization and Hybridity Theory, New Trends in Globalization