political economy
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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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Reading agrarian transformation through literature: moral economy, political economy, and caste in 1950s Punjab in Gurdial Singh’s Marhi da Deeva
Gaurav Bansal has published this article in the journal Sikh Formations. Abstract: This article examines the socio-economic transformations of 1950s rural Punjab through Gurdial Singh’s seminal novel Marhi da Deeva (1964). By putting moral economy framework in conversation with political economy, this essay reveals how the gradual transition from semi-feudal relations to capitalist tendencies had fundamentally reshaped…
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Handbook of Social Justice in the Global South
Nikhil Deb, CASAS’ member, has edited the Handbook of Social Justice in the Global South with Manjusha Nair, and Glenn W. Muschert. As they established in the Preface, “we aim to establish a bold and uncompromising agenda for social justice research, praxis, and discourse in the Global South. We are on the cusp of change…
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Who is who in CASAS? Malvern Marewo
Malvern Kudakwashe Marewo is a researcher affiliated with the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town. He holds a PhD in African Studies from the University of Cape Town, an MSc in Development Studies from the National University of Science and Technology (Zimbabwe), and a BA in History and Development Studies from…