CASAS’ members publications
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Book Review: “Recycling Class: The Contradictions of Inclusion in Urban Sustainability” by Manisha Anantharaman
Nikhil Deb, CASAS’ member, has published a book review in Contemporary Sociology. Abstract: In this book, Manisha Anantharaman scrutinizes consumer–driven environmentalism embraced by the affluent classes and elucidates how this variant of environmentalism falls short in effecting essential transformations, instead contributing to the marginalization, condescension, and stigmatization of the underprivileged and their environmental advocacy. To…
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Limits and possibilities of contemporary land struggles by Indigenous Peoples, Black Communities and Campesinxs in the Colombian Amazon
Itayosara Rojas Herrera, CASAS’ member, has published this article in the Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: In Colombia, rural working people’s struggles are led by Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Colombians, and Campesinxs, each with platforms for land claims. While these efforts have yielded significant titles and land areas, contradictions arise as the state’s and capital’s attempts to…
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The persistence of swidden cultivation and upland autonomyin Laos
Lamphay Inthakoun, CASAS’ member, has published in the Journal of Peasant Studies with her colleague Miles Kenney-Lazar. Abstract: Historically, swidden cultivation has been practiced sustainably in upland Southeast Asia. However, it has been condemned by governments as environmentally destructive and impoverishing, leading to a general decline. Nonetheless, swidden continues to be practiced in many upland…
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Book review: On the rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography by Henri Lefebvre
Antoinette Danebaï Lamana, CASAS’ member, has published this book review in the Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: Henri Lefebvre’s book is a compilation of his work which offers an original and interdisciplinary framework for understanding the complexities of social life. Read the full review here: https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2024.2445649