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The Capital–Labour–State Dynamics of Herbicide Adoption in Rainfed India

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper engages debates around the capital–labour–state dynamics of agrarian transitions to address the oft‐studied but still little‐understood question of why farmers adopt herbicides when they do. Over the last several years, smallholder farmers in India have begun using the herbicide bispyribac sodium at breakneck speeds, particularly in
Carly Nichols, Nidhi Kumari
wiley   +1 more source

Agro‐Industrial Enclosures: Food Security, Land Consolidation and Rural Displacement in China

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines rural enclosures for industrialized agriculture as a window into the local political economy and territorial politics underlying projects of agricultural modernization. In recent years, agro‐industrial parks with ‘characteristic’ industries have proliferated in China as the government viewed it as a technical solution to ...
Karita Kan
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Rural Capitalists and Development in Colonial Africa: A Comparative Analysis

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the emergence and role of rural capitalists in colonial Sub‐Saharan Africa by comparing three peasant‐based economies: Bechuanaland, the Gold Coast and Tanganyika. Using social tables, we estimate the population and income shares of better earning agricultural producers and assess their impact on rural inequality and ...
Prince Young Aboagye, Ellen Hillbom, Sascha Klocke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Importance of Clinical Mentorship Through the Lens of Newly‐Graduated Registered Nurses: A Focused Ethnographic Study in a Hospital Setting

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore newly‐graduated registered nurses' professional needs and how these needs are supported by mentors in clinical practice, at two Swedish hospital care units. Background Previous studies show that newly‐graduated registered nurses face challenges on initially starting to provide hospital care, thus needing organisational support ...
Pernilla Berndtsson, Malin Berghammer, Lars Walter, Maria Skyvell Nilsson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global Arab World Migrations and Diasporas [PDF]

, 2013
Cainkar, Louise
core   +1 more source

Field Theory and Colonialism: Indirect Colonial Situation as a Social Field in Egypt (1882–1922)

Sociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that Egypt under British rule (1882–1922) constituted a field of power in which the local state of Egypt and the British administration competed to dominate three key subfields to ensure control over a contested territory: the modern courts system, policing, and agricultural production.
Mehdi Hoseini
wiley   +1 more source

Settler Sociology: Eugenic Responses to Imperial Crises in the 20th Century

Sociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the twentieth century, academic concerns about changes in the racial demographics of the United States emanated from the potential crisis of settler colonial decline. In their references to previous empires, stories of contact between people groups, and changes in demographics, settler scholars worked to provide solutions to the ever ...
Heidi Nicholls
wiley   +1 more source