Ravi Arvind Palat

Ravi Arvind Palat (born 1955) is Emeritus Professor at the Department of Sociology, Binghamton University, The State University of New York and Affiliated Faculty, College of Wooster, OH. He has undertaken research in historical sociology, political economy, nationalism and ethnic conflict, social theory. The common theme in his work is "excavating the Eurocentric biases of social theory".

He is the author of Capitalist Restructuring and the Pacific Rim (Routledge, London, 2004, ).; and The Making of an Indian Ocean World-Economy: Princes, Paddy fields, and Bazaars (Palgrave, New York, 2015, ).

Membership of Editorial Boards of Peer Reviewed Academic Journals Review, Fernand Braudel Center, Binghamton University, 2002-2020 Critical Asian Studies, 2002-. Development and Society