Colombia
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Cane Does Not Make Soup
Cane Does Not Make Soup is a film by Lorena Arias Solano (CASAS’ member), as a is part of her doctoral research project “Violent Landscapes, Sugar Plantations in Southwest Colombia”, Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University, Sweden. Cane Does Not Make Soup tells the story of Afro-descendant communities living surrounded by sugarcane plantations in the…
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Defend Colombia’s Agrarian Reform and the 4Rs from the far-right backlash
Help us Defend the Colombian Agrarian Reform CASAS, a network of over 400 academics from around the world, is launching a global campaign supporting Colombia’s Agrarian Reform against far-right backlash. The Colombian Agrarian Reform achieved historical gains: 280,000 ha restituted, 779,000 ha redistributed, 2 million ha formalized, and 25 peasant territories recognized. Through restitution, redistribution,…
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A Troubling Nexus: Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice in the Context of Socioeconomic Transformations in Catatumbo, Colombia
CASAS’ member Jenniffer Vargas Reina with Hobeth Martínez Carrillo have just published this paper in Journal of Intervention and statebuilding. Abstract: International practice highlights the need to integrate peacebuilding and transitional justice policies to enhance their effectiveness in transforming war-affected societies. However, there is limited empirical analysis of this integration. This study examines the relationship…
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When Reformers Become Spoilers: Discretionary Implementation of Extraordinary Restitution Reform under Extractivism in Colombia
CASAS’ member Isabel Güiza-Gómez has published this article with Laura García-Montoya & Ana Montoya in Perspectives on Politics. Abstract: In response to growing policy challenges, such as postconflict transitions and climate change, exceeding the scope of existing institutions, governments often enact extraordinary reforms—that is, nonincremental institutional innovations regulating state action through fast-tracking procedures, expanded mandates,…