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Cultural Political Economy and Critical Water Studies: An Introduction to the Special Themed Section (2019)
Journal Article
Mollinga, P. (2019). Cultural Political Economy and Critical Water Studies: An Introduction to the Special Themed Section. Water alternatives, 12(3), 788-801

The attraction of taking a Cultural Political Economy (CPE) perspective in the analysis of questions related to water use, management and governance is threefold: (i) CPE is an effort to capture the multidimensionality of social dynamics by emphasisi... Read More about Cultural Political Economy and Critical Water Studies: An Introduction to the Special Themed Section.

The Hermit Village of Malana: An Update on Community Democracy and the Management of Change in the Himalayas (2019)
Book Chapter
Axelby, R., & Rigaud, S. (2019). The Hermit Village of Malana: An Update on Community Democracy and the Management of Change in the Himalayas. In S. Jodhka, & E. Simpson (Eds.), India's Villages in the 21st Century: Revisits and Revisions (326-352). Oxford University Press

In the decades that followed Independence, the study of rural society became the backbone for new sociological understandings of India. This chapter starts with one of these accounts –Colin Rosser’s study of the ‘hermit’villageof Malana –and... Read More about The Hermit Village of Malana: An Update on Community Democracy and the Management of Change in the Himalayas.

Humanitarian Disarmament Movement: An Assessment and Review (2019)
Book Chapter
Bolton, M. B., Njeri, S., & Benjamin-Britton, T. (2019). Humanitarian Disarmament Movement: An Assessment and Review. In M. B. Bolton, S. Njeri, & T. Benjamin-Britton (Eds.), Global Activism and Humanitarian Disarmament (1-24). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27611-9_1

Disarmament has long been a dirty word in the international relations (IR) lexicon. But people have often chosen—for reasons of security, honor, ethics, or humanitarianism—to prohibit or limit certain violent technologies. In the last two decades, th... Read More about Humanitarian Disarmament Movement: An Assessment and Review.

The politics of non-recognition: Re-evaluating the apolitical presentation of the UN humanitarian mine action programs in Somaliland (2019)
Book Chapter
Njeri, S. (2019). The politics of non-recognition: Re-evaluating the apolitical presentation of the UN humanitarian mine action programs in Somaliland. In M. Breay Bolton, S. Njeri, & T. Benjamin-Britton (Eds.), Global Activism and Humanitarian Disarmament (169-195). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27611-9_6

Humanitarian programs in post conflict contexts are not only challenged by technical constraints but also by the political context. But they are often constrained by mandates guided by supposedly apolitical principles of neutrality and impartiality.... Read More about The politics of non-recognition: Re-evaluating the apolitical presentation of the UN humanitarian mine action programs in Somaliland.

What underlies inadequate and unequal fruit and vegetable consumption in India? An exploratory analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Choudhury, S., Shankar, B., Aleksandrowicz, L., Tak, M., Green, R., Harris, F., Scheelbeek, P., & Dangour, A. D. (2020). What underlies inadequate and unequal fruit and vegetable consumption in India? An exploratory analysis. Global Food Security, 24, Article 100332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.100332

Adequate consumption of fruit and vegetables is key to improved diet-related health in India. We analyse fruit and vegetable consumption in the Indian population using National Sample Survey data. A series of regressions is estimated to characterise... Read More about What underlies inadequate and unequal fruit and vegetable consumption in India? An exploratory analysis.

Iraq's Yazidis and ISIS: the causes and consequences of sexual violence in conflict (2019)
Report
Kaya, Z. Iraq's Yazidis and ISIS: the causes and consequences of sexual violence in conflict

Preventing sexual violence in conflict is not possible without tackling the underlying structural factors that foster this form of violence. Militant radical groups such as ISIS use specific gender norms in connection to perceived religious/sectarian... Read More about Iraq's Yazidis and ISIS: the causes and consequences of sexual violence in conflict.

Food production and consumption in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan: the challenges of sustainability and seasonality for dietary diversity (2019)
Journal Article
Poole, N., Amiri, H., Amiri, S. M., Farhank, I., & Zanello, G. (2019). Food production and consumption in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan: the challenges of sustainability and seasonality for dietary diversity. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 17(6), 413-430. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2019.1680229

In Asia, high levels of malnutrition threaten the health and livelihoods of millions of households. This paper concentrates on linkages between agriculture and nutrition in Afghanistan where food and nutrition insecurity are increasing and agricultur... Read More about Food production and consumption in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan: the challenges of sustainability and seasonality for dietary diversity.

New Geographies of Financial Power: Global Islamic Finance and the Gulf (2019)
Journal Article
Hanieh, A. (2019). New Geographies of Financial Power: Global Islamic Finance and the Gulf. Third World Quarterly, 41(3), 525-546. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2019.1675505

A growing body of critical scholarship has examined the recent growth of Islamic finance (IF), unpacking its ethical assertions and highlighting its close affinities with conventional financial instruments. Receiving less attention, however, is the r... Read More about New Geographies of Financial Power: Global Islamic Finance and the Gulf.

A US green investment bank for all: Democratized finance for a just transition (2019)
Report
Marois, T., & Güngen, A. R. (2019). A US green investment bank for all: Democratized finance for a just transition

What is urgently required is strategy and action on a green and just transition for all. Democratized finance will be key. Low-carbon infrastructure needs constructing, local jobs protecting, fossil fuels need to remain in the ground, the planet need... Read More about A US green investment bank for all: Democratized finance for a just transition.

All is revealed: how productivity barely covers anything in fast fashion prices. (2019)
Digital Artefact
Mezzadri, A. All is revealed: how productivity barely covers anything in fast fashion prices

In April this year, the UK multi-channel retail brand Missguided advertised the sale of a £1 bikini. It was advertised as a one-off special deal to celebrate ten years of empowering women to look and feel good “without breaking the bank”. The publici... Read More about All is revealed: how productivity barely covers anything in fast fashion prices..

Social form, social reproduction and social policy: Basic income, basic services, basic infrastructure (2019)
Journal Article
Lombardozzi, L., & Harry Pitts, F. (2020). Social form, social reproduction and social policy: Basic income, basic services, basic infrastructure. Capital & Class, 44(4), 573-594. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816819873323

Proponents recommend Universal Basic Income as a solution to a trifold crisis of work, wage and social democracy. Synthesising Marxian form analysis with Marxist-feminist social reproduction theory, this article suggests that these crises relate to h... Read More about Social form, social reproduction and social policy: Basic income, basic services, basic infrastructure.

First foods: Diet quality among infants aged 6–23 months in 42 countries (2019)
Journal Article
Choudhury, S., Headey, D., & Masters, W. (2019). First foods: Diet quality among infants aged 6–23 months in 42 countries. Food Policy, 88, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2019.101762

Diet quality is closely linked to child growth and development, especially among infants aged 6–23 months who need to complement breastmilk with the gradual introduction of nutrient-rich solid foods. This paper links Demographic and Health Survey dat... Read More about First foods: Diet quality among infants aged 6–23 months in 42 countries.

The Teacher, the Activist, and the Maulvi: Emancipatory visions and insurgent citizenship among Gujjars in Himachal Pradesh (2019)
Journal Article
Axelby, R. (2020). The Teacher, the Activist, and the Maulvi: Emancipatory visions and insurgent citizenship among Gujjars in Himachal Pradesh. Modern Asian Studies, 54(3), 868-897. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X18000471

Exploring the intersection of state, religion, and ethnicity, this article considers the opportunities for individual and collective advancement available to Muslim Gujjars in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. Following the lives of three prominen... Read More about The Teacher, the Activist, and the Maulvi: Emancipatory visions and insurgent citizenship among Gujjars in Himachal Pradesh.

Evidence on the magnitude of the economic, health and population effects of palm cooking oil consumption: an integrated modelling approach with Thailand as a case study (2019)
Journal Article
Keogh-Brown, M. R., Jensen, H. T., Basu, S., Aekplakorn, W., Cuevas, S., Dangour, A. D., Gheewala, S. H., Green, R., Joy, E. J., Rojroongwasinkul, N., Thaiprasert, N., Shankar, B., & Smith, R. D. (2019). Evidence on the magnitude of the economic, health and population effects of palm cooking oil consumption: an integrated modelling approach with Thailand as a case study. Population Health Metrics, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-019-0191-y

BACKGROUND:
Palm oil’s high yields, consequent low cost and highly versatile properties as a cooking oil and food ingredient have resulted in its thorough infiltration of the food sector in some countries. Longitudinal studies have associated palm... Read More about Evidence on the magnitude of the economic, health and population effects of palm cooking oil consumption: an integrated modelling approach with Thailand as a case study.