United States
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Book review: ‘Seeding Empire: American Philanthrocapital and the Roots of the Green Revolution in Africa’ By Aaron Eddens
CASAS’ member George Mudimu has reviewed this book for The Journal of Agrarian Change. In Seeding Empire, Aaron Eddens critically examines how governments and philanthrocapitalists from the global North have shaped agricultural development in the South. Specifically, Eddens focuses on the maize seed industry in Africa and the continued dominance of capitalist interests in the…
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From anti-reflexive politicization to anti-reflexive policies: The emergence of renewable exclusion zones in United States environmental policy
Mauricio Betancourt (CASAS’ member), Nicholas Theis & Amanda Sikirica have published this article in Energy Research & Social Science. Abstract: Renewable energy investment and development are necessary, if insufficient, parts of any climate policy agenda. Scaling up renewable energy projects to the level needed to impact greenhouse gas emissions, particularly wind and solar projects, takes…