Edelman received his B.A. (1975), M.A. (1978) and his Ph.D. (1985) in Anthropology from Columbia University. His research has analyzed agrarian change in Latin America, transnational social movements, rural development problems, historical and contemporary land grabbing, the rise of authoritarian populism, and the human rights of rural populations.
Books
Edelman, Marc (2024). Peasant Politics of the Twenty-first Century: Transnational Social Movements and Agrarian Change. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN978-1-5017-7394-5.
Scoones, Ian; Borras Jr., Saturnino M.; Baviskar, Amita; Edelman, Marc; Peluso, Nancy Lee; and Wolford, Wendy (2024). Climate Change and Critical Agrarian Studies. London: Routledge. ISBN978-1-032-74165-9.
Scoones, Ian; Edelman, Marc; Borras Jr., Saturnino M.; Forero, Lyda Fernanda; Hall, Ruth; and Wolford, Wendy (2021). Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World. London: Routledge. ISBN978-0-367-75394-8.
Edelman, Marc; Hall, Ruth; Borras Jr., Saturnino M.; Scoones, Ian; White, Ben; Wolford, Wendy (2018). Global land grabbing and political reactions 'from below'. Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN9781138082373.
Edelman, Marc (2017). Activistas empedernidos e intelecturales comprometidos: ensayos sobre movimientos sociales, derechos humanos y estudios latinoamericanos (1a. ed.). Quito, Ecuador: Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales. ISBN9789942290052.
Edelman, Marc; Borras, Saturnino M. (2016). Political dynamics of transnational agrarian movements. Black Point, Nova Scotia: Fernwood Publishing. ISBN9781780449159.
Edelman, Marc; Borras, Saturnino M. (2016). Political dynamics of transnational agrarian movements. Black Point, Nova Scotia: Fernwood Publishing. ISBN9781552668177.
Edelman, Marc (2016). Estudios agrarios críticos: tierras, semillas, soberanía alimentaria y derechos de las y los campesinos. Quito, Ecuador: IAEN, Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales. ISBN9789942950741.
Edelman, Marc; Scott, James C.; Baviskar, Amita; Borras Jr, Saturnino M.; Kandiyoti, Deniz; Holt-Giménez, Eric; Weis, Tony; Wolford, Wendy (2021). Critical perspectives on food sovereignty (First issued in paperback ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN9781138122765.
Edelman, Marc; Oya, Carlos; Borras Jr., Saturnino (2015). Global land grabs. London: Routledge. ISBN9781138830530.
Edelman, Marc (2007). Social democracy in the global periphery: origins, challenges, prospects (1. publ ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN978-0521686877.
Edelman, Marc (2010). The anthropology of development and globalization: from classical political economy to contemporary neoliberalism (Nachdr. ed.). Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell. ISBN978-0631228790.
Edelman, Marc (1999). Peasants against globalization: rural social movements in Costa Rica. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN0804734011.
Ciencia social en Costa Rica: experiencias de vida e investigación (1. ed.). Heredia, Costa Rica: EUNA Ed. de la Univ. Nacional. 1998. ISBN9977651256.
Edelman, Marc (1992). The logic of the latifundio: the large estates of northwestern Costa Rica since the late 19 century. Stanford, Calif: Stanford Univ. Pr. ISBN0804720444.
Edelman, Marc; Kenen, Joanne (1989). The Costa Rica reader (1. ed.). New York: Grove Weidenfeld. ISBN0802131247.
Edelman, Marc; Fritsche, Klaus (1988). Weder Schaf noch Wolf: Sowjetunion - Lateinamerika 1917 - 1987. Bonn: Ila. ISBN9783924958169.