Henry Veltmeyer


Henry Veltmeyer is a professor of Sociology and Development Studies at Saint Mary's University (Halifax), Nova Scotia, Canada. He is a prolific author on matters of Development and Globalization. He is also on faculty at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, in the Unidad Académica en Estudios de Desarrollo.

Life and work

Veltmeyer received his Licenciatura in linguistics at the Universidad de Guayaquíl, Ecuador, his M.A. in Education & Social Sciences and a second M.A. in Latin American studies at the University of Alabama, and his PhD in political science at McMaster University. He joined the faculty of sociology at Saint Mary's University in 1976 and founded the programme in International Development Studies at SMU in 1985.
Veltmeyer's thematic focus in recent years has been on globalization and development. Other areas of research and writing include new social movements, political economy of development, the 2007–2008 world food price crisis, local development, and corporate power.
In 2004, Veltmeyer joined the faculty of the Unidad Académica en Estudios de Desarrollo at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas as adjunct professor.
Veltmeyer was the driving force behind the creation of the Critical Development Studies Network on 21 October 2006, with the issuance of the Halifax Communiqué.
In 2009, Veltmeyer assumed the presidency of the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development, after serving as vice-president for the previous year. His term expired with the CASID 2010 AGM.

Selected bibliography