Social Movements
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Agrarian Social Movements and the Challenge to Corporate Power in Food and Agriculture Systems in Southern Africa
Boaventura Monjane (CASAS’ member) has written this chapter in the book “Just Economics? Business Perspectives on Corporate Accountability and Democratizing the Economy”. Abstract: This chapter examines the proactive roles of agrarian social movements involved in food production and trade in Southern Africa in addressing corporate accountability for human and environmental rights violations, with a particular…
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From One River to Another
CASAS’ member Juliana Forigua has produced a Video Messages Collection with Catalina Rey-Hernández, Lieke Kiekebosch, Jhonny Vargas, Daniele Tubino de Souza, and Arcadio M. Lanz. From One River to Another is a collection of video messages from people defending the Indrayani River in India, the Magdalena River in Colombia, and the Berkel River in Germany.…
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Contract farming and social movements
Gaurav Bansal (CASAS’ member) and Mark Vicol have published a chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Contract Farming and Development. Abstract: This chapter examines how rural-agrarian social movements in the Global South have responded to the growing prevalence of contract farming (CF) arrangements. While the dominant understanding is that social movements tend to see CF…
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The Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) and New Agrarian Questions in Brazil
New Publication Alert! CASAS member Estevan Coca has just published this article with Gustavo de L.T. Oliveira in the Journal of Agrarian Change. Abstract: The Landless Rural Workers Movement of Brazil (MST) primarily organized occupations of large-scale farms, forcing the redistribution of land for creation of agrarian reform settlements. In the past 20 years, however, land…