ICAS Book Series on Agrarian Change and Peasant Studies
- Why a book series?
- Why critical and for whom?
- What kinds of books and how to solicit manuscripts?
- What topics?
- Who will write the books and on what terms?
- Book series editors
- Book series International Advisory Board
- Initial manuscripts
Why a book series?
Because global poverty remains a largely rural phenomenon so ending poverty is closely linked to eradicating rural poverty.
ICAS books will be:
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Why critical and for whom?
This book series will address the needs of academics, social movement activists and development practitioners with scientifically rigorous, accessible, politically relevant, policy-oriented and highly affordable books in critical agrarian studies.
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What kinds of books and how to solicit manuscripts?
- As a rule, no edited volumes
- Most volumes in the series will be invited manuscripts
- Peer reviewed
- Semi-structured format
- Will explain a specific development issue
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What topics?
The overarching theme is rural development – in its broadest definition, and not in isolation from the rest of the non-rural world, and within the broad analytical lenses of agrarian political-economy, political ecology and political sociology.
Who will write the books and on what terms?
The books will be written by leading scholars who have already carried out significant work in the field.
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Book series editors
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Saturnino M. Borras Jr.-Associate Professor of Rural Development Studies at ISS. | Max Spoor - Professor of Development Studies at ISS. | Henry Veltmeyer - Professor of Sociology and International Development Studies at Saint Mary's University, Canada. |
Book Series International Advisory Board
| Raúl Delgado Wise, Director of the Doctoral Program in Development Studies at the University of Zacatecas (Mexico), President of the International Migration and Development Network, and co-Chair of the Critical Development Studies Network. |
| Bernardo Mançano Fernandes, geographer, full Professor of Graduate Program in Geography of the Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP (São Paulo State University), Presidente Prudente, campus. |
| Laksmi Savitri, Director, Sajogyo Institute, Bogor, Indonesia |
| Ye Jingzhong, Professor of Development studies and Deputy Dean at College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD), China Agricultural University. |
Initial manuscripts
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Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change - Professor Henry Bernstein, SOAS, University of London Release date (English edition): August 2010. Currently being translated into Chinese, Spanish and Turkish and Portuguese. |
Origins, Current Conditions and Future Trajectories of Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Approaches - Professor Ian Scoones, IDS, Sussex Target release date (English edition): 2011 |
Property, Power and Poverty: Land Questions in Africa - Professor Ben Cousins, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape, South Africa Target release date (English edition): 2011 |
The Political Economy of Food - Professor Harriet Friedmann, University of Toronto and Dr. Tony Weis, University of Western Ontario Target release date: late 2011 |
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Other forthcoming books in the series include those by: |
