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Gender–age systems and social change: a Haugaardian power analysis based on research from northern Uganda (2012)
Journal Article
Harris, C. Gender–age systems and social change: a Haugaardian power analysis based on research from northern Uganda. Journal of Political Power, 5(3), 475-492. https://doi.org/10.1080/2158379X.2012.735119

This paper studies power through data focusing on gender–age relations gathered ethnographically among the Acholi of northern Uganda. It analyses these data through a framework combining Haugaard’s notions of dispositional, episodic and discursive/ta... Read More about Gender–age systems and social change: a Haugaardian power analysis based on research from northern Uganda.

The IMF, Crises and Low-Income Countries: Evidence of Change? (2012)
Journal Article
Van Waeyenberge, E., Bargawi, H., & McKinley, T. (2013). The IMF, Crises and Low-Income Countries: Evidence of Change?. Review of Political Economy, 25(1), 69-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/09538259.2013.737125

The Potential of Land Conservation Agreements for Protection of Water Resources (2012)
Journal Article
Smith, L., Inman, A., & Cherrington, R. (2012). The Potential of Land Conservation Agreements for Protection of Water Resources. Environmental Science & Policy, 24, 92-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2012.07.017

The Legacy of Social Conflicts over Property Rights in Rural Brazil and Mexico: Current Land Struggles in Historical Perspectives (2012)
Journal Article
Vergara-Camus, L. (2012). The Legacy of Social Conflicts over Property Rights in Rural Brazil and Mexico: Current Land Struggles in Historical Perspectives. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 39(5), 1133-1158. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2011.653345

La violence du pouvoir, l'exclusion des civils et le M23 (2012)
Preprint / Working Paper
Marriage, Z. La violence du pouvoir, l'exclusion des civils et le M23

Les pays occidentaux décrivent la violence à l'est de la RDC comme un échec cuisant : des personnes et des événements au Congo (ou au Rwanda) ont provoqué l'échec des processus de paix et de développement. Mais le M23 est le résultat direct de proces... Read More about La violence du pouvoir, l'exclusion des civils et le M23.

Violent power, civilian exclusion and the M23 (2012)
Preprint / Working Paper
Marriage, Z. Violent power, civilian exclusion and the M23

Violence in eastern DRC is portrayed by western countries in terms of abject failure: people or events in the Congo (or Rwanda) have caused peacebuilding and development processes to fail. But the M23 is a direct result of processes that legitimate v... Read More about Violent power, civilian exclusion and the M23.

The neoliberal rise of East Asia and social movements of labour: four moments and a challenge (2012)
Journal Article
Chang, D.-O. (2012). The neoliberal rise of East Asia and social movements of labour: four moments and a challenge. Interface (Maynooth), 4(2), 22-51

The celebrated ‘rise of East Asia’ as a centre of global capitalism resulted from the increasing integration of East Asia into the expanding circuit of capital that turned most of the East Asian population into ‘capitalist value-subjects’. This means... Read More about The neoliberal rise of East Asia and social movements of labour: four moments and a challenge.

Introduction to a Symposium on Microfinance and Rural Development: Magic Bullet or Blank Bullet? (2012)
Journal Article
Oya, C. (2012). Introduction to a Symposium on Microfinance and Rural Development: Magic Bullet or Blank Bullet?. Journal of Agrarian Change, 12(4), 552-554. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0366.2012.00372.x

Nepal: New demands require a new strategy (2012)
Digital Artefact
Ismail, F. (2012). Nepal: New demands require a new strategy

Cash transfer film (2012)
Digital Artefact
Bhatt, J. (2012). Cash transfer film. [YouTube video]

This short (12 minute) video summarizes early results of an experimental unconditional cash transfer project in Madhya Pradesh, India, conducted by SEWA - Self Employed Women's Association of India - with the assistance of SOAS Professor Guy Standing... Read More about Cash transfer film.

Resilience: New Utopia or New Tyranny? Reflection about the Potentials and Limits of the Concept of Resilience in Relation to Vulnerability Reduction Programmes (2012)
Preprint / Working Paper
Béné, C., Godfrey-Wood, R., Newsham, A., & Davies, M. Resilience: New Utopia or New Tyranny? Reflection about the Potentials and Limits of the Concept of Resilience in Relation to Vulnerability Reduction Programmes. Brighton

Resilience is becoming influential in development and vulnerability reduction sectors such as social protection, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Policy makers, donors and international development agencies are now increasingly... Read More about Resilience: New Utopia or New Tyranny? Reflection about the Potentials and Limits of the Concept of Resilience in Relation to Vulnerability Reduction Programmes.

Britain's labour figures hide the real hours we work every day (2012)
Other
Standing, G. (2012). Britain's labour figures hide the real hours we work every day

Nowadays we do a lot of work when we come home from work. Yet our outdated statistics don't record any of it

Book review response: Guy Standing, The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class (2012)
Journal Article
Standing, G. (2012). Book review response: Guy Standing, The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class. Work, Employment and Society, 26(4), 690-692. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017012448226

An anniversary note: BIEN's twenty-fifth (2012)
Book Chapter
Standing, G. (2012). An anniversary note: BIEN's twenty-fifth. In R. K. Caputo (Ed.), Basic Income Guarantee and Politics: International Experiences and Perspectives on the Viability of Income Guarantee (55-60). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137045300_4

‘Currents and eddies’: Indian-Middle East migration processes (2012)
Journal Article
Raman, R. (2012). ‘Currents and eddies’: Indian-Middle East migration processes. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 5(2), 189-205. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rss003

Migration begets migration in a constant flow of currents and eddies with people moving in to fill the niches vacated by emigrants thus blurring boundaries and spaces. This paper explores the nested complexities of the migration processes between Ind... Read More about ‘Currents and eddies’: Indian-Middle East migration processes.

Protection and humanitarian space: a case-study of the UN Mission to the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) (2012)
Other
Karlsrud, J., & Felix da Costa, D. (2012). Protection and humanitarian space: a case-study of the UN Mission to the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT). London

Beware the lens of low-wage labor (2012)
Journal Article
Standing, G. (2012). Beware the lens of low-wage labor. Contemporary Sociology, 41(4), 453-455. https://doi.org/10.1177/0094306112449613b

The Economic Trajectories of Late Antiquity (2012)
Book Chapter
Banaji, J. (2012). The Economic Trajectories of Late Antiquity. In S. Johnson (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity (597-624). Oxford University Press

Democratisation and the Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa (2012)
Preprint / Working Paper
Poulton, C. Democratisation and the Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa. Sussex

Die Dekonstruktion von Traditionen als Macht- und Klassenfrage – Eine Präzisierung des Erfindungsparadigmas (2012)
Book Chapter
Neveling, P. (2012). Die Dekonstruktion von Traditionen als Macht- und Klassenfrage – Eine Präzisierung des Erfindungsparadigmas. In G. Faschingeder, & H. Mückler (Eds.), Tradition und Traditionalismus: Zur Instrumentalisierung eines Identitätskonzeptes (231-246). Promedia