Joel Z. Garrod is a historical and political sociologist who conducts research on the political economy of capitalism; in particular, on globalization, technology, corporate power, and the transformation of the nation-state. His research in these various areas is concerned with tracking the institutional reorientations whereby new global assemblages of territory, authority, and rights emerge out of still-existing national formations. His approach to these reorientations focuses on tracking changes to property relations - that is, the rights, entitlements, or obligations in or to things that allow a social formation to reproduce itself - and the practical and theoretical implications of those changes, especially as they relate to issues of power and social justice.
Garrod, J. Z. (In press). On the property of blockchains: Comments on an emerging literature. Economy and Society.
Garrod, J. Z. (In press). Globalization and Canada's Medicare identity: A longer view. Journal of Canadian Studies.
Garrod, J. Z. (2018). Imperialism or global capitalism? Some reflections from Canada. Studies in Political Economy, 99(3), 268–284.
Garrod, J. Z. (2017). A (reluctant) defence of the theory of the transnational state. Studies in Political Economy, 98(3), 279–297.
Garrod, J. Z., & Macdonald, L. (2016). Rethinking 'Canadian mining imperialism' in Latin America. In D. Kalowatie & M. Dougherty (Eds.), Mining in Latin America: Critical approaches to the "New Extraction" (pp. 100–115).
Garrod, J. Z. (2016). The real world of the decentralized autonomous society. triple C: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, 14(1), 62–77.
Garrod, J. Z. (2015). A critique of Panitch and Gindin's theory of American empire. Science & Society, 79(1), 38–62.