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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

« Déguerpir » pour reconquérir l’espace public à Abidjan.

L'Espace Politique, 2014
For several decades, evictions have been used in the Ivory Coast as a way to regulate the urban domain. In order to better control urban development, governmental and municipal authorities have used this method to curb the illegal occupation of public ...
Christian Bouquet, Irène Kassi-Djodjo
doaj   +1 more source

Eviction and the Rental Housing Crisis in Rural America☆

Rural sociologist
Evictions are commonplace in the United States, and their negative consequences are broad and severe. However, research on evictions to date has focused primarily on urban areas, and thus has not addressed the impact evictions have on rural renters. This
C. Gershenson, Matthew Desmond
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Border harm and affective injustice: The politics of anger at the Melilla border, Spain

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines protests in a detention center in Melilla, Spain—a site where structural violence intersects with the everyday harms of confinement. Adopting a justice and dignity‐centered perspective, we analyze grassroots forms of resistance emerging at the border. The study focuses on the protests of Tunisian migrants and explores the
Corina Tulbure
wiley   +1 more source

Forced evictions and their social and health impacts in Southern Somalia: a qualitative study in Mogadishu Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps

Global Health Action, 2021
Background Forced evictions are common in conflict-affected settings. More than 500 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are evicted daily in Mogadishu. Context specific research is necessary to inform responsive humanitarian interventions and to monitor ...
Mohamed Jelle, Joanna Morrison, Hani Mohamed, Raha Ali, Andrea Solomon, Andrew J Seal   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examining Excess Mortality Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic for Renters Threatened With Eviction.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
Importance Residential evictions may have increased excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective To estimate excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic for renters who received eviction filings (threatened renters ...
Nick Graetz, Peter Hepburn, C. Gershenson, Sonya R. Porter, Danielle H. Sandler, Emily Lemmerman, Matthew Desmond   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Master narratives as “colonial propaganda” and counternarratives as “refusal”: How African Australians reimagine racial dignity in Australia

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper utilizes the concept of “colonial master narratives” to examine how racial propaganda is mobilized in the Australian imaginary to “flatten” the stories of Blac/k people and how African Australians deploy counternarratives to reject these racialized projections.
Kathomi Gatwiri, Samara Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese, Chiara Fiscone, Ashraf Kagee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analisis Persepsi Masyarakat Tergusur terhadap Dampak Sosial Ekonomi Program Citarum Harum

Jurnal Nuansa Akademik
The government is running the Citarum Harum program as an effort to restore the cleanliness of the Citarum River. The form of effort taken is by controlling buildings that do not have permits around the river.
Winda Khofifah, Bagja Waluya, Mirna Nur Alia Abdullah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Helping financially under‐resourced unmarried mothers move forward and flourish: Feasibility findings from an innovative coaching‐centered place‐based initiative

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Longer‐duration, holistic, cohort‐based, coach‐led interventions may be particularly effective in promoting both economic health and emotional well‐being among unmarried mothers living in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Aligning with the 1999 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) framework for program evaluation, this study presents a ...
Jennifer Langhinrichsen‐Rohling, Sharon Watson, Mia Ersoff, Jayla Worsley, Brice Kroll, Jenna Hollenhead   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source