Papers, books, book chapters and reports from CASAS’ members
CASAS’ member, Duygu Avci, has published this paper in English and Turkish with Fikret Adaman, Hande Paker, and Gökçe Yeniev. Abstract: In traditional land grabbing, an area is expropriated under the pretext of “common good. ”It is then typically sold or leased to for profit enterprises. You are left without your land, your home, or…
Ruth Castel-Branco, CASAS’ member, has published with Seipati Mokhema & Edward Webster a chapter in the book Digital capitalism and its limits. Abstract: This chapter explores the transformative possibilities and limitations of emerging forms of organisation among workers on digital labour platforms. The chapter draws on an impressive collection of interdisciplinary research undertaken by the…
Amaya Carrasco-Torrontegui, CASAS’ member, has published an article in Earth System Governance with her colleagues Carlos Andres Gallegos-Riofrío, Mario A. Moncayo-Altamirano, Andrea Terán-Valdez, Gustavo Redin-Guerrero, Carlos Varela, & Stephen Posner Abstract: Pachamama, Mother Earth, faces a mass extinction threat. A radical transformation in human systems is essential, guided by equity and justice at local and…
CASAS’ member, Chukwuma Ume, has published with Stefan Wahlen, Ernst-August Nuppenau & Stéphanie Domptail in The Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: We investigate how a group of women smallholder farmers built a food system alongside the industrial and the corporate-state-led global agri-food system. The paper shows how the adoption of agroecological practices makes possible the…
CASAS’ member, Kennedy Manduna has published an article in Global Labour Column. The article analyses South Africa’s Expropriation Act enacted on 23 January 2025 and how it contrasts to Donald Trump’s aggressive foreign policy. Read the full text here: https://global-labour-university.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Manduna-South-Africa-PDF.docx.pdf