Ruth Castel-Branco, CASAS’ member, has published with colleagues Thabang Sefalafala & Musawenkosi H. Malabela a chapter in the book “The Evolving Structure of South Africa’s Economy: Faultlines and Futures” Abstract: In July 2021, South Africa experienced an unprecedented wave of social unrest, highlighting deep social, economic and political fissures. Since the end of apartheid, income…
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Book review: Now we are in power: The politics of passive revolution in twenty-first-century Bolivia by Angus McNelly.
Afonso Henrique Fernandes, CASAS’ member, has reviewed this book in the Journal of Agrarian Change. The book is a case study about Evo Morales’ government in Bolivia, which is the first indigenous government in the history of this country. It is based on an etnographic research conducted between 2016 and 2019. Read the full review…
Who is who in CASAS? Patricia Retamal
Patricia Retamal holds a Ph.D. in Territory, Space and Society from the University of Chile and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Economics and Social Policy at the Universidad Mayor. Her work focuses on understanding women’s employment and care arrangements in rural agro-industrial contexts.
The evolution of China’s rural water governance: water, techno-political development and state legitimacy
Qinhong Xu, CASAS’ member, has just published an article in the Journal of Peasant Studies with Rutgerd Boelens & Gert Jan Veldwisch Abstract: The article investigates the evolution of rural water governance in the People’s Republic of China through a historical review of its water governance transformations, including the ideology, institutions, and discourses. It is…
Gender equality for climate justice: Why it matters at COP29. CGIAR Issue Brief Series for Informing COP 29
Aayushi Malhotra has published this report with her colleagues in the CGIAR Issue Brief Series for Informing COP 29. Abstract: Women can be drivers of climate change responses when solutions like climate-smart agriculture are co-designed, for better productivity, adaptation and mitigation outcomes. Inclusive climate action needs more gender-disaggregated data. Gender data gaps severely limit design…