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The agrarian political economy of left-wing governments in Latin America: Agribusiness, peasants, and the limits of neo-developmentalism (2017)
Journal Article
Vergara-Camus, L., & Kay, C. (2017). The agrarian political economy of left-wing governments in Latin America: Agribusiness, peasants, and the limits of neo-developmentalism. Journal of Agrarian Change, 17(2), 415-437. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12216

This paper concludes this special issue. It draws on the findings of the individual contributions and provides a comparison of the agrarian policies of left‐wing governments in Latin America. We identify common trends and offer an explanation of why... Read More about The agrarian political economy of left-wing governments in Latin America: Agribusiness, peasants, and the limits of neo-developmentalism.

The agrarian political economy of left-wing governments in Latin America: Agribusiness, peasants, and the limits of neo-developmentalism (2017)
Journal Article
Vergara-Camus, L., & Kay, C. (2017). The agrarian political economy of left-wing governments in Latin America: Agribusiness, peasants, and the limits of neo-developmentalism. Journal of Agrarian Change, 17(2), 415-437. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12216

This paper concludes this special issue. It draws on the findings of the individual contributions and provides a comparison of the agrarian policies of left‐wing governments in Latin America. We identify common trends and offer an explanation of why... Read More about The agrarian political economy of left-wing governments in Latin America: Agribusiness, peasants, and the limits of neo-developmentalism.

Resilience as a policy narrative: potentials and limits in the context of urban planning (2017)
Journal Article
Béné, C., Cannon, T., Gupte, J., McGranahan, G., Mehta, L., & Tanner, T. (2017). Resilience as a policy narrative: potentials and limits in the context of urban planning. Climate and Development, 10(2), 116-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2017.1301868

The aim of this paper is to analyse the emergence of the concept of ‘urban resilience’ in the literature and to assess its potentials and limitations as an element of policy planning. Using a systematic literature review covering the period 2003–2013... Read More about Resilience as a policy narrative: potentials and limits in the context of urban planning.

Political Economy of Climate Compatible Development: Artisanal Fisheries and Climate Change in Ghana (2017)
Book Chapter
Tanner, T., Mensah, A., Lawson, E. T., Gordon, C., Godfrey-Wood, R., & Cannon, T. Political Economy of Climate Compatible Development: Artisanal Fisheries and Climate Change in Ghana. In F. Nunan (Ed.), Making Climate Compatible Development Happen (223-143). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315621579-11

This chapter presents results of research that explores the socio-political forces and challenges by understanding the political economy of climate compatible development (CCD) in relation to artisanal fisheries in Ghana. The analysis provides insigh... Read More about Political Economy of Climate Compatible Development: Artisanal Fisheries and Climate Change in Ghana.

The Political Economy of REDD + in Mozambique: Implications for Climate Compatible Development (2017)
Book Chapter
Quan, J., Naess, L. O., Newsham, A., & Corral Fernandez, M. (2017). The Political Economy of REDD + in Mozambique: Implications for Climate Compatible Development. In F. Nunan (Ed.), Making Climate Compatible Development Happen (1-27). Routledge

Carbon forestry, and in particular REDD (Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) , is increasingly seen as a potential mechanism for achieving multiple policy goals. Primarily set up to support mitigation, so-called ‘non-carbon... Read More about The Political Economy of REDD + in Mozambique: Implications for Climate Compatible Development.

Neoliberalism (2017)
Book Chapter
Saad Filho, A. (2017). Neoliberalism. In D. M. Brennan, D. Kristjanson-Gural, C. P. Mulder, & E. Olsen (Eds.), Routledge handbook of Marxian economics. Routledge

Dietary and nutritional change in India: implications for strategies, policies, and interventions (2017)
Journal Article
Shankar, B., Agrawal, S., Beaudreault, A. R., Avula, L., Martorell, R., Osendarp, S., Prabhakaran, D., & Mclean, M. S. (2017). Dietary and nutritional change in India: implications for strategies, policies, and interventions. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1395(1), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13324

Despite the global transition to overnutrition, stunting affected approximately 159 million children worldwide in 2014, while an estimated 50 million children were wasted. India is an important front in the fight against malnutrition and is grappling... Read More about Dietary and nutritional change in India: implications for strategies, policies, and interventions.