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Dr Oliver Villar

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BA (Hons) PhD, University of Western Sydney

Oliver Villar Oliver Villar
Charles Sturt University School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies
Email Oliver Villar
Building C6
Bathurst Campus NSW 2795 Australia
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Bio

Oliver was born in Mendoza, Argentina and has lived in Sydney for most of his life. In 2001 he completed his honours thesis on the political economy of the US War on Drugs and its impact on Colombia and the United States at the University of Western Sydney (UWS). In 2008 Oliver went on to complete his PhD on the political economy of contemporary Colombia in the context of the cocaine drug trade at the then UWS Latin American Research Group (LARG). Oliver's research interests in political economy, Latin America and the global drug trade followed teaching positions in politics at UWS and Macquarie University whilst completing his PhD. His academic interests have involved an engagement with Western Sydney's sizeable Latin American immigrant community and international concerns, such as with political and policy concerns over the 'globalisation' of crime and the underlying causes of the processes involved.

At CSU Oliver's research interests continue to focus on the vast and dynamic reservoir of political economy and the study of class analysis and class relations. This abiding interest extends across economic thought, economic development and the development of social and political relationships between the First World and Third World (in particular between the United States and Latin America) and the impact of neoliberal economic globalisation.

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Recent publications

Villar, Oliver. 2010 Untouchable Compradores? Colombian State-Narcoterrorism and the Peoples' Struggle for National Liberation. In Poynting, S and Whyte, D. (eds.).  From Terrorism to State Political Violence. Routledge, New York. (Forthcoming).

Villar, O. and Cottle, D. Inside the Crystal Triangle: The Political Economy of Contemporary Colombia. (Forthcoming book).

Villar, O. and Cottle, D. 2009 The Great Disorder Under Heaven: The Global Crisis of Capital, Great Power Rivalry and Prospects for Structural Change. International Gramsci Society. Political Economy Conference - Capital in Crisis: Implications for Labour and Society. University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 9-10 July.

Villar, O; Cottle, D; Keys, A. 2009 The Global Financial Crisis: System Failure, Great Power Rivalry and Prospects for Structural Change. The Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA) Annual Conference. Macquarie University, Sydney, 28-30 September.

Villar, O. 2009 Inside the Crystal Triangle: The US 'War on Narcoterrorism' in Colombia. International Review of Business Research. Vol. 5, No. 4 (Melbourne) 1-10.

Villar, O. 2008 The US ‘War on Narcoterrorism’ in Colombia. 9th International Business Research Conference. World Business Institute, Melbourne, 24-26 November.

Villar, O. 2007 US Narcocolonialism? Colombian Cocaine and Twenty-First Century Imperialism. Research in Political Economy. Vol. 24, Spring, (New York) 97-128.

Keys, A; Cottle, D; Villar, O. 2005 The Origins of the People's War in Nepal. NZASIA Conference 2005. University of Waikato, Waikato, 21-23 November.

Villar, O; Cottle, D; Keys, A. 2003 The Kill for Drugs Policy? Ecocide in Rural Colombia. Greening Sustainability - XIV Ecopolitics Conference of the Ecopolitics Association of Australasia. RMIT University, Melbourne, 27-29 November.

Cottle, D; Keys, A; Villar, O. 2003 Beyond Sustainability? Ecocide in South Australia's Desert Landscapes. Greening Sustainability - XIV Ecopolitics Conference of the Ecopolitics Association of Australasia. RMIT University, Melbourne, 27-29 November.

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