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Who is who in CASAS: Amrita Sharma
Amrita Sharma is an Associate Professor at O P Jindal Global University in Haryana, India. She teaches political studies and works across political economy, political anthropology, political ecology, critical agrarian studies, and political geography. Her research examines the everyday politics of conflicts, resistance, and social movements, with a sustained focus on sovereignty, development, extractivism, nationalism,…
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Nothing to Eat but Cherries and Apples. Politics of Wheat Subsidies in Ishkoman Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Fizza Batool, CASAS’ member, has published this article in Geographien Südasiens. Abstract: Food security is presented as a major challenge for mountain communities in the Global South. In order to address food insecurity, the Government of Pakistan introduced the policy of subsidized wheat in the region of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) in 1970s. What has been the…
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Gramsci’s relevance in the study of entrepreneurs and rural landowners’ representative organizations during Brazilian redemocratization (1986-1991)
Afonso Henrique de M. Fernandes, CASAS’ member, has published this article in Portuguese in the journal Revista Interdisciplinaria de Estudios Agrarios. Abstract: The present work aims to discuss and present how Antonio Gramsci’s concept of extended State contributed as a theoretical and methodological tool for studying organizations of businessmen and rural landowners between 1986 and…
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At Crossroads? Covid-19, State and The Peasantry: The Zimbabwean Case
On 30 March 2020 Zimbabwe, a country of 14.3 million people, the government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by imposing a mandatory lockdown for 21 days. This mandatory lockdown movement was only restricted to essential service providers; health care, security services and agriculture were designated as part of the essential services. Two days later the…