Background
Resnick, Idrian Navarre was born on April 24, 1936 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Herbert and Virginiae Miriam (Goldsmith) Speer.
(The Long Transition was written just after the peek of th...)
The Long Transition was written just after the peek of the intense euphoria surrounding Tanzania's efforts to make the transition from one of the 25 poorest countries in the world to a developing socialist nation. This book is tilted toward the political-economic description and analysis of those efforts. It follows the story from 1967 through the late 1970s.
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Resnick, Idrian Navarre was born on April 24, 1936 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Herbert and Virginiae Miriam (Goldsmith) Speer.
Bachelor, Clark University, 1958; Master of Arts, Boston University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1966.
Lecturer department economics Boston University, 1962-1963. Assistant professor economics Howard University, Washington, 1963-1964. Lecturer economics University Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1964-1967.
Visiting professor economics Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1967-1968. Assistant professor economics Columbia University, New York City, 1968-1970. Senior economist Ministry Economic Planning, Dar es Salaam, 1970-1972.
Executive director Economic Development Bureau, New Haven, 1974-1981. President Resnick Development Services, Branford, since 1985. Executive director Association American Indian Affairs, New York City, 1985—1989, Action for Corporation Accountability, New Haven, 1991—1994.
Fiction writer, since 1995. Teacher English as Second Language, 1998—2006. Consultant economic solution to global warming, since 2007.
Professor Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1982-1984. Consultant Government of Nicaragua, Managua, 1979-1981, Government of the Netherlands, The Hague, 1977, Government of Somalia, Mogodishu, 1985.
(The Long Transition was written just after the peek of th...)
Organizer Namibia Committee, New Haven, 1977-1979, Connecticut Task Force on Center American, 1985. Member Pledge of Resistance, United States, 1985-1989. Volunteer adviser Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Interfaith Network, New Haven, 1990.
Married Jane Letham Riley (divorced 1980). Children: Michael Mosi, David Shaka. Married Kathleen Margaret Pelich (divorced 1993).
Stepchildren: Robert Andrew, Kathleen Mary, Janice Margaret. Married Louise LaMontagne, 1996.