Grettel Navas is a political ecologist whose research focuses on environmental conflicts associated with toxic pollution, particularly pesticide exposure in agrarian contexts. Her work also examines the role of environmental defenders and the diverse forms of violence they face in their struggles. She holds a PhD in Environmental Science and Technology from the Autonomous University of…
CASAS’ member Patricia Retamal has published this article in Public Administration with Chiara Cazzuffi. Abstract: Public services in Latin America face persistent challenges that affect access, quality, and fairness, particularly for women and marginalized groups. This study examines gendered differences in public service perceptions in Chile, focusing on quality, equality of treatment, and corruption in…
CASAS’ member, Mercedes Ejarque, has just published a book review in the Journal of Agrarian Change. The book reviewed proposes a reconstruction of the history of the southernmost extremity of the continent (currently Argentinean and Chilean territories) by examining the impact of the commodification of animals (native and exotic) on the relations between society and…
Carlos Bolomey Córdova, CASAS’ member, has published an article in Rural Sociology. Abstract: This article seeks to challenge essentialist comprehensions of rural Indigenous communities through examining one particular Mapuche community who were the recipients of a land subsidy. Mapuche people are the largest Indigenous group in Chile. Since the 1990s, the Chilean government, responding to…
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…