CASAS’ member C. R. Yadu has published this paper in Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy. Abstract: The Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Claudia Goldin in 2023 has renewed attention on issues of women’s work. In this context, this article critically revisits the debate on the declining participation of women in the rural labor…
When Reformers Become Spoilers: Discretionary Implementation of Extraordinary Restitution Reform under Extractivism in Colombia
CASAS’ member Isabel Güiza-Gómez has published this article with Laura García-Montoya & Ana Montoya in Perspectives on Politics. Abstract: In response to growing policy challenges, such as postconflict transitions and climate change, exceeding the scope of existing institutions, governments often enact extraordinary reforms—that is, nonincremental institutional innovations regulating state action through fast-tracking procedures, expanded mandates,…
Mapping Fire Management: A Spatial Social Network Approach
CASAS’ member Kapil Yadav has published this article with Christoph Neger, Cody Evers & Octavio Romero Cuapio in Geo: Geography and Environment. Abstract: Maps are an essential tool to inform fire governance and management. For instance, they can highlight which areas are most vulnerable to adverse fire impacts or be used to plan interventions for…
Review of “Circular ecologies: environmentalism and waste politics in Urban China by Amy Zhang”
CASAS’ member Daren Shi-Chi Leung has published this review of the book Circular ecologies: environmentalism and waste politics in Urban China by Amy Zhang in the Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: With intellectual rigor and ethnographic richness, Amy Zhang offers her much -anticipated monograph, Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban China. In this…
Digital geographies and agriculture 4.0 in the Varginha-mg intermediate geographic region: the digital divide in rural areas
CASAS’ member Estevan Coca has published this article in Portuguese with Adriano Pereira Santos & Rodrigo Giacopini in GEOgraphia. Abstract: With the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution, the countryside faces the so-called Agriculture 4.0. A broad set of innovations such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, drones, sensors, and so on have been…