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A Solidarity Machine? Hong Kong Labour NGOs in Guangdong (2017)
Journal Article
Pringle, T. (2018). A Solidarity Machine? Hong Kong Labour NGOs in Guangdong. Critical Sociology, 44(4-5), 661-675. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920517716747

Although the literature on labour NGOs (LNGOs) in China has significantly expanded, few scholars have attempted to subject the work of these organizations to a Marxist perspective. This article draws on a recently developed Marxian theoretical framew... Read More about A Solidarity Machine? Hong Kong Labour NGOs in Guangdong.

European large-scale farmland investments and the land-water-energy-food nexus (2017)
Journal Article
Siciliano, G., Rulli, M. C., & D'Odorico, P. (2017). European large-scale farmland investments and the land-water-energy-food nexus. Advances in Water Resources, 110, 579-590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.08.012

The escalating human demand for food, water, energy, fibres and minerals have resulted in increasing commercial pressures on land and water resources, which are partly reflected by the recent increase in transnational land investments. Studies have s... Read More about European large-scale farmland investments and the land-water-energy-food nexus.

The political ecology of rising China: Case study of Chinese hydropower dams in Africa and Asia (2017)
Book Chapter
Tan-Mullins, M., Mang, G., & Urban, F. (2017). The political ecology of rising China: Case study of Chinese hydropower dams in Africa and Asia. In G. Siciliano, & F. Urban (Eds.), Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia. Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam building (80-99). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315440040-5

This chapter aims to assess what drives and empowers the Chinese stakeholders engaged in large hydropower projects in Asia and Africa, and contributes to the theoretical development of the political ecology of rising China framework. Using empirical... Read More about The political ecology of rising China: Case study of Chinese hydropower dams in Africa and Asia.

Chinese dam building, renewable energy and socioecological change in East Malaysia (2017)
Book Chapter
Majid Cooke, F., Saat, G., Urban, F., & Siciliano, G. (2017). Chinese dam building, renewable energy and socioecological change in East Malaysia. In G. Siciliano, & F. Urban (Eds.), Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia. Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam building (145-162). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315440040-9

Using the approach of political ecology and the concept of elite capture, this chapter examines the implications of the Bakun Dam construction for the Orang Ulu after 18 years of resettlement. It addresses wider socioeconomic and political drivers of... Read More about Chinese dam building, renewable energy and socioecological change in East Malaysia.

Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building (2017)
Book Chapter
Urban, F., & Siciliano, G. (2017). Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building. In G. Siciliano, & F. Urban (Eds.), Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia. Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam building. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315440040-10

This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book examines the governance and socio-economic implications of large Chinese dam developments in low- and middle-income countrie... Read More about Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building.

Polar opposites? NGOs, left parties and the fight for social change in Nepal (2017)
Journal Article
Ismail, F. (2017). Polar opposites? NGOs, left parties and the fight for social change in Nepal. Critical Sociology, 44(4-5), 629-643. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920517715765

In the early 1990s, when NGOs were rising to prominence as an ostensible force for social change in Nepal, the Maoists were also beginning to organise, and denounced NGOs as agents of imperialism. The Maoists came to prominence by fighting a People’s... Read More about Polar opposites? NGOs, left parties and the fight for social change in Nepal.

Polar opposites? NGOs, left parties and the fight for social change in Nepal (2017)
Journal Article
Ismail, F. (2017). Polar opposites? NGOs, left parties and the fight for social change in Nepal. Critical Sociology, 44(4-5), 629-643. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920517715765

In the early 1990s, when NGOs were rising to prominence as an ostensible force for social change in Nepal, the Maoists were also beginning to organise, and denounced NGOs as agents of imperialism. The Maoists came to prominence by fighting a People’s... Read More about Polar opposites? NGOs, left parties and the fight for social change in Nepal.