Afonso Henrique Fernandes holds a Ph.D. in History from the Universidade Federal Fluminense. He is dedicated to teaching and research in Contemporary Social History of Latin America, as well as its political and cultural sociology. In this field he has been developing research focused especially on the role of organizations and associations of landowners and agro-industrial…
CASAS’ member, Sergio Coronado, has published an article in Latin American Perspectives. Abstract: The 2010s could be defined for Latin America as a period of multiple and interrelated transitions. The decay of the “Pink Tide” and the reemergence of different strands of right-wing, authoritarian, and populist political projects was shaped by the impacts of convergent…
Malvern Kudakwashe Marewo, CASAS’ member, has published an article in Geojournal. Abstract: This article examines the role of social relations in enabling informal land leasing in Zimbabwe’s small scale (A1 villagised) settlements after the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP). After Fast Track Land Reform (FTLRP) in Zimbabwe, although some studies have explored informal land…
Malvern Kudakwashe Marewo is a researcher affiliated with the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town. He holds a PhD in African Studies from the University of Cape Town, an MSc in Development Studies from the National University of Science and Technology (Zimbabwe), and a BA in History and Development Studies from…
CASAS’ member Patricia Retamal has published this article with Lara M. Espeter in Journal of World-Systems Research Abstract: The availability of labor-power is a critical element of all commodity chains. This is especially true of labor-intensive production processes such as agriculture. The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on this, as well as on many…