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Fixing Rice Stubble Burning for Delhi's Air: Technological Solutionism and Agrarian Governance in Haryana

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Every winter, Delhi's polluted air draws national attention to the burning of rice stubble in neighbouring states. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Haryana in north India, this article shows how bureaucrats and scientists attempt to enact certainty around technological solutions to stubble burning even while privately acknowledging their ...
Nikhit Agrawal
wiley   +1 more source

The Kichwa of Sarayaku Case at the Inter‐American Court of Human Rights: Legal Pluralism, Identity and Citizenship in a Context of Extractivism

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the tension between a universal approach to law and the recognition of indigenous peoples' rights at the Inter‐American Court of Human Rights. The struggle for citizenship in a situation of extractivism and land dispossession demonstrates how identity is mobilized to obtain and attribute rights. The focus of this study is
Elisabeth Cunin
wiley   +1 more source

The Architecture of Consolidation: Nests of Corporate Control in the Agrochemical Network

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on agricultural consolidation tends to equate corporate control with the dominance of a few large firms. We take an alternative approach that examines control through the explosive growth of legally distinct firms that fragment accountability. Using a new global dataset of 6982 entities linked to BASF, Bayer, Corteva, Dow, DuPont, FMC,
Loka Ashwood   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disentangling the Leadership Theory Jungle: A Reconciliation of Bright and Dark Side Leadership Theories

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The literature on the relationship between leader behaviours and effectiveness is a jungle of complementary yet often conflicting leadership theories that perplexes researchers and practitioners alike, as indicated by various theories of bright and dark side leadership (i.e., leader behaviours reflecting widely considered positive and negative
Jianyun Tang, Mary Crossan
wiley   +1 more source

Leaders' Functional Specialization and Responses to Institutional Shifts during Crises: Evidence from the Pandemic

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Prior studies on crisis management often highlight the adaptiveness of generalist leaders, whose diverse functional experiences allow for flexible and innovative responses. However, we propose that in situations where crises lead to abrupt shifts in dominant institutional pressures, leaders with specialized functional backgrounds potentially ...
Yidi Guo, Danqing Wang, Shuo Chen
wiley   +1 more source

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