STEPS Working Paper 103 July 2018 This paper engages with key debates regarding the dynamics of class formation in the former Bantustans (or ‘homelands’) of South Africa. It is widely…
A Class-Analytic Approach to Agricultural Joint Ventures in the Communal Areas of South Africa
Farmers’ agency and experiences of agricultural change in rural Kenya: Insights from exploratory fieldwork
STEPS Working Paper 102 March 2018 Using novel agricultural technologies to boost farm productivity in the face of climatic and demographic disruption remains a priority for African policy and research….
Living on the Edge: Climate Change and Uncertainty in the Indian Sundarbans
STEPS Working Paper 101 February 2018 The Sundarbans is a coastal delta and major climate hotspot located at the southern end of Bangladesh and in the state of West Bengal…
The Many Circuits of a Circular Economy
STEPS Working Paper 94 November 2017 Rapid urbanisation in India has led to the development of large urban agglomerations. These urban agglomerations, with dense concentration of population and economic activity,…
The Social Life of Mangroves: Resource Complexes and Contestations on the Industrial Coastline of Kutch, India
STEPS Working Paper by Shilpi Srivastava and Lyla Mehta on mangrove conservation in Kutch, Gujarat. The paper explores power relations, conservation efforts, and the changes and threats to livelihoods of local pastoralists and fishers.
Power in Practice: Insights from Technography and Actor-Network Theory for Agricultural Sustainability
STEPS Working Paper 100 October 2017 In this paper, we use conceptual insights from two distinct traditions within the social studies of science and technology, namely actor-network theory (ANT) and…
Open and Collaborative Developments
STEPS Working Paper 98 Experimentation with radically open and collaborative ways of producing knowledge and material artefacts can be found everywhere – from the free/libre and open-source software movement to…
Configurations of agency and power in the academic discourse on the Green Revolution in East Africa
STEPS Working Paper 97 In this paper I perform a discourse analysis of the academic literature on the Green Revolution (GR) in East Africa, governed by two questions: what form…
Local Environmentalism in Peri-Urban Spaces in India: Emergent Ecological Democracy?
STEPS Working Paper 96 This paper explores the potential of a range of peri-urban environmentalisms to come together in support of sustainable urbanisation. The present-day ‘urban,’ along with the dominant…
Making ‘Mangroves Together’: Carbon, conservation and co-management in Gazi Bay, Kenya
STEPS Working Paper 95 Market-based strategies are increasingly being framed by highlevel stakeholders as ideal means of responding to environmental problems on various scales. As a result, concepts and mechanisms…