Books in the Critical Agrarian Studies series

This collection critically examines the nature and extent of land grabbing in Southeast Asia, and seeks to locate this phenomena in broader agrarian and environmental transitions (AET). The chapters originally published as a special issue in The Journal of Peasant Studies.

This book addresses key questions on biofuels, land and agrarian change within agrarian political economy, political sociology and political ecology. It was published as a special issue of the Journal of Peasant Studies.

This book reflects on the rural origins and consequences of the emergence of authoritarian and populist leaders across the world, as well as on the rise of multi-class mobilisation and resistance, alongside wider counter-movements and alternative practices.

This collection brings together world-renowned and early-career scholars in the first in-depth empirical examination of on-the-ground responses to land grabbing in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This book was first published as a special issue of The Journal of Peasant Studies.

This collection reviews property rights from China and India, to Turkey, Mexico and Malaysia, covering issues such as customary rights and privatization, mining and pastoralism, dam-building and irrigation, state-owned banks, trade unions and notaries. It was originally published as a special issue of The Journal of Peasant Studies.

The contributions to this collection focus on the intersecting dynamics of gender, generation and class in Southeast Asian rural communities engaging with expanding capitalist relations. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of the Journal of Peasant Studies.

This collection critically examines the nature and extent of land grabbing in Southeast Asia, and seeks to locate this phenomena in broader agrarian and environmental transitions (AET). The chapters originally published as a special issue in The Journal of Peasant Studies.

This collection addresses questions emerging from the aftermath of land redistribution under Zimbabwe's Fast Track Reform and from the consequences for the agrarian economy, rural society and the nature of politics. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Peasant Studies.

This volume explores the dynamics of soy production from its diverse social settings to its transnational connections, examining the politics of commodity and knowledge production, the role of the state, and the reach of corporate power across soy landscapes in South America. It originally published as The Journal of Peasant Studies.

This collection brings together world-renowned and early-career scholars in the first in-depth empirical examination of on-the-ground responses to land grabbing in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This book was first published as a special issue of The Journal of Peasant Studies.

This collection reviews property rights from China and India, to Turkey, Mexico and Malaysia, covering issues such as customary rights and privatization, mining and pastoralism, dam-building and irrigation, but also state-owned banks, trade unions and notaries. It was originally published as a special issue of The Journal of Peasant Studies.

Agrarian transformations within and across countries have been significantly and dynamically altered during the past decades compared to previous eras, provoking a variety of reactions from rural poor communities worldwide. This book focuses on key perspectives, frameworks and methodologies in agrarian change and peasant studies.