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Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries. Theory, Evidence and Policy (2015)
Book
Oya, C., & Pontara, N. (Eds.). (2015). Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries. Theory, Evidence and Policy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315735085

There is a striking scarcity of work conducted on rural labour markets in the developing world, particularly in Africa. This book aims to fill this gap by bringing together a group of contributors who boast substantial field experience researching ru... Read More about Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries. Theory, Evidence and Policy.

Introduction: understanding rural wage employment in developing countries (2015)
Book Chapter
Oya, C., & Pontara, N. (2015). Introduction: understanding rural wage employment in developing countries. In C. Oya, & N. Pontara (Eds.), Rural Wage Employment in Developing Countries. Theory, Evidence and Policy (1-36). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315735085-9

This chapter explains historical evolution of wage employment in China's rural economy in the past two centuries. It documents the growth of various forms of wage work in rural China during the Reform era and analyse the political-economic conditions... Read More about Introduction: understanding rural wage employment in developing countries.

Decolonizing the Study of Capitalist Diversity: Epistemic Disruption and the Varied Geographies of Coloniality (2015)
Book Chapter
Tilley, L. (2015). Decolonizing the Study of Capitalist Diversity: Epistemic Disruption and the Varied Geographies of Coloniality. In M. Ebenau, I. Bruff, & C. May (Eds.), New Directions in Comparative Capitalisms Research (207-223). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137444615_13

The nation-as-method approach of Comparative Capitalisms (CC) scholarship has generally taken differential economic growth outcomes between national settings as a core explanandum. The widening of this scholarship beyond its original concern for the... Read More about Decolonizing the Study of Capitalist Diversity: Epistemic Disruption and the Varied Geographies of Coloniality.

Refugee status as a productive tension (2015)
Journal Article
Novak, P. (2015). Refugee status as a productive tension. Transnational Legal Theory, 6(2), 287-311. https://doi.org/10.1080/20414005.2015.1086198

Who is an Afghan refugee in Pakistan? The paper delves into this question through a detailed discussion of the concrete mechanisms that contextually define who an Afghan refugee in Pakistan is. Drawing on an understanding of law as generatively irres... Read More about Refugee status as a productive tension.

A comprehensive review of constraints to improved management of fertilizers in China and mitigation of diffuse water pollution from agriculture (2015)
Journal Article
Smith, L., & Siciliano, G. (2015). A comprehensive review of constraints to improved management of fertilizers in China and mitigation of diffuse water pollution from agriculture. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 209, 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2015.02.016

Complex and inter-related factors explain the excessive use of fertilizer observed in many intensive farming systems in China, and hence act as barriers to development of a comprehensive policy and intervention framework for mitigation of diffuse wat... Read More about A comprehensive review of constraints to improved management of fertilizers in China and mitigation of diffuse water pollution from agriculture.