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Searching for a home: the bitter experiences of Afghanistani 'returnees' (2024)
Journal Article
Abbasi, K. (2024). Searching for a home: the bitter experiences of Afghanistani 'returnees'. Soundings, 76-90. https://doi.org/10.3898/soun%3A87.04.2024

Negotiating the language, culture and social norms of one’s ‘homeland’ can be a painful and difficult experience In 2004, Khadija Abbasi became part of the generation forced by the Iranian state to ‘return’ to Afghanistan, though they had been born i... Read More about Searching for a home: the bitter experiences of Afghanistani 'returnees'.

Prevention, Precaution, and Polluter Pays Principles (2024)
Book Chapter
Dhar, P., & Gupta, P. (2024). Prevention, Precaution, and Polluter Pays Principles. In P. Cullet, L. Bhullar, & S. Koonan (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Environmental and Natural Resources Law in India (217-234). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198884682.013.12

This chapter explores the evolution and application of the prevention, precaution, and polluter pays principles in India. Early environmental regulations aimed at planning human activities within the assimilative capacity of the environment—reflectin... Read More about Prevention, Precaution, and Polluter Pays Principles.

Remitting through crisis: Looking beyond resilience in UK migrant and diaspora communities (2024)
Journal Article
Lindley, A., Datta, K., Chase, E., Fadal, K., Hammond, L., Loureiro, G., & Majeed-Hajaj, S. (2024). Remitting through crisis: Looking beyond resilience in UK migrant and diaspora communities. Migration Studies, 12(3), Article mnae026. https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnae026

Migrants’ remittances have often been understood to operate as a form of insurance for families, communities and countries of origin, increasing in times of downturn and disaster. But what happens when the same crisis hits both destination and origin... Read More about Remitting through crisis: Looking beyond resilience in UK migrant and diaspora communities.

The social reproduction of (and through) food: Agrarian change in Uzbekistan (2024)
Journal Article
Lombardozzi, L. (2024). The social reproduction of (and through) food: Agrarian change in Uzbekistan. Journal of Agrarian Change, 24(3), Article e12580. https://doi.org/10.1111/joac.12580

Food systems—and the interplay between food production, marketisation and access—are constituent elements of the social reproduction of life. Using a social reproduction framework, this paper problematises the ontological, epistemological and methodo... Read More about The social reproduction of (and through) food: Agrarian change in Uzbekistan.

Pills, substances and brigandage: Exploring the drug factor in Nigeria’s banditry crisis (2024)
Journal Article
Okoli, A. C., & Aina, F. (2024). Pills, substances and brigandage: Exploring the drug factor in Nigeria’s banditry crisis. African Security Review, 33(3), 262-276. https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2024.2327332

This paper examines the role of drugs in the prevailing banditry crisis in Nigeria. It does so against the deteriorating trajectory of the banditry crisis in northern Nigeria in which the issue of drugs and substances has been implicated. Existing st... Read More about Pills, substances and brigandage: Exploring the drug factor in Nigeria’s banditry crisis.