This issue of the Journal of Agrarian Change (JOAC) marks two events. One is a change in our page... more This issue of the Journal of Agrarian Change (JOAC) marks two events. One is a change in our page style-we have adopted a new layout. The second event is of more substance. Volume 11 of the Journal marks the Tenth Anniversary of its launch. Of particular note, we should however mention the regular Agrarian Change seminar series.
We are pleased to introduce the first issue of the Journal of Agrarian Change (JAC) under its new... more We are pleased to introduce the first issue of the Journal of Agrarian Change (JAC) under its new editorial team. Any discussion of the Journal must begin with an appreciation of the outstanding role played by Henry Bernstein and Terry Byres. They conceived the Journal , established its home with Blackwell and have nurtured its development over seven volumes. This has involved not merely the review of articles and support to their authors, but also the active commissioning and promotion of new work. Without Bernstein and Byres, the body of work on agrarian issues from a political economy perspective would be narrower. Their encouragement of writing by both new and established authors has led to a richer and more varied body of literature, both within the Journal and more broadly. This has been invaluable in maintaining a vibrant and evolving political economy analysis of agricultural and rural issues. Bernstein and Byres thus leave a mature product in a process of significant growth.
The new editorial team wishes to maintain the original vision of JAC, extend its reach to the new areas outlined above, and sustain its success. At the heart of
this will be the provision of a journal that remains valued by its readership for its distinctive approach to the analysis of social and production dynamics in
agrarian formations, and which will continue to be a natural home for stimulating
analyses and debates within the field.
The Journal of Agrarian Change ( JAC) has established a prize named after the founding editors of... more The Journal of Agrarian Change ( JAC) has established a prize named after the founding editors of the Journal, the ‘Bernstein & Byres Prize’. The aim is to celebrate the outstanding contributions that we receive by awarding a prize of £500, donated by our publisher Wiley-Blackwell, to the best article of the year. Through this we also hope to reinforce the remit of the Journal in the field of agrarian political economy and to encourage scholarly work within this tradition. Last year, the Bernstein & Byres Prize was awarded for the first time for the best article published in 2008.
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Bernstein & Byres Prize for the best
article published in JAC in 2009 is BillWinders for ‘The Vanishing Free Market:The Formation and Spread of the British and US Food Regimes’ [ JAC, 9 (3): 315–44].
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Bernstein & Byres Prize for the best
article p... more We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Bernstein & Byres Prize for the best
article published in JAC in 2010 is Jason W. Moore for ‘Amsterdam is Standing on Norway’, published in two parts: ‘Part I:The Alchemy of Capital, Empire and Nature in the Diaspora of Silver, 1545–1648’ 10(1): 33–68 and ‘Part II: The Global North Atlantic in the Ecological Revolution of the Long Seventeenth Century’ [JAC, 10(2): 188–227].
We are pleased to announce that the jury this year unanimously decided to grant the Bernstein & B... more We are pleased to announce that the jury this year unanimously decided to grant the Bernstein & Byres Prize for the best paper published in JAC in 2015 to Qian Forrest Zhang, for ‘Class Differentiation in Rural China: Dynamics of Accumulation, Commodification and State Intervention’ [JAC, 15 (3): 338–65]. This was one of the papers published in the Special Issue entitled Agrarian Change in Contemporary China. Zhang’s paper is probably the most significant contemporary contribution to
the understanding of class differentiation in rural China.
__Abstract__ This book is written in the best of political economy tradition. Selwyn places class... more __Abstract__ This book is written in the best of political economy tradition. Selwyn places class and labour at the centre of his analysis of Brazil’s agrarian change and capitalist development. The text starts with an impressive, enlightening and critical discussion of global commodity chain analysis within mainly Marxist and world systems theories of capitalist development. The author engages with a large number of authors such as Banaji, Bernstein, Brenner, Byres, Gereffi, Kaplinsky, Silver, E.P. Thompson, Wallerstein,Wood, E.O.Wright and, interestingly, Schumpeter. In a most original way, he weaves these different contributions into a theoretical framework appropriate for his research on the struggles of rural labour and how they shape processes of capitalist development. Selwyn’s aim is to write labour history from the bottom up within the context of globalization.
This issue of the Journal of Agrarian Change (JOAC) marks two events. One is a change in our page... more This issue of the Journal of Agrarian Change (JOAC) marks two events. One is a change in our page style-we have adopted a new layout. The second event is of more substance. Volume 11 of the Journal marks the Tenth Anniversary of its launch. Of particular note, we should however mention the regular Agrarian Change seminar series.
We are pleased to introduce the first issue of the Journal of Agrarian Change (JAC) under its new... more We are pleased to introduce the first issue of the Journal of Agrarian Change (JAC) under its new editorial team. Any discussion of the Journal must begin with an appreciation of the outstanding role played by Henry Bernstein and Terry Byres. They conceived the Journal , established its home with Blackwell and have nurtured its development over seven volumes. This has involved not merely the review of articles and support to their authors, but also the active commissioning and promotion of new work. Without Bernstein and Byres, the body of work on agrarian issues from a political economy perspective would be narrower. Their encouragement of writing by both new and established authors has led to a richer and more varied body of literature, both within the Journal and more broadly. This has been invaluable in maintaining a vibrant and evolving political economy analysis of agricultural and rural issues. Bernstein and Byres thus leave a mature product in a process of significant growth.
The new editorial team wishes to maintain the original vision of JAC, extend its reach to the new areas outlined above, and sustain its success. At the heart of
this will be the provision of a journal that remains valued by its readership for its distinctive approach to the analysis of social and production dynamics in
agrarian formations, and which will continue to be a natural home for stimulating
analyses and debates within the field.
The Journal of Agrarian Change ( JAC) has established a prize named after the founding editors of... more The Journal of Agrarian Change ( JAC) has established a prize named after the founding editors of the Journal, the ‘Bernstein & Byres Prize’. The aim is to celebrate the outstanding contributions that we receive by awarding a prize of £500, donated by our publisher Wiley-Blackwell, to the best article of the year. Through this we also hope to reinforce the remit of the Journal in the field of agrarian political economy and to encourage scholarly work within this tradition. Last year, the Bernstein & Byres Prize was awarded for the first time for the best article published in 2008.
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Bernstein & Byres Prize for the best
article published in JAC in 2009 is BillWinders for ‘The Vanishing Free Market:The Formation and Spread of the British and US Food Regimes’ [ JAC, 9 (3): 315–44].
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Bernstein & Byres Prize for the best
article p... more We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Bernstein & Byres Prize for the best
article published in JAC in 2010 is Jason W. Moore for ‘Amsterdam is Standing on Norway’, published in two parts: ‘Part I:The Alchemy of Capital, Empire and Nature in the Diaspora of Silver, 1545–1648’ 10(1): 33–68 and ‘Part II: The Global North Atlantic in the Ecological Revolution of the Long Seventeenth Century’ [JAC, 10(2): 188–227].
We are pleased to announce that the jury this year unanimously decided to grant the Bernstein & B... more We are pleased to announce that the jury this year unanimously decided to grant the Bernstein & Byres Prize for the best paper published in JAC in 2015 to Qian Forrest Zhang, for ‘Class Differentiation in Rural China: Dynamics of Accumulation, Commodification and State Intervention’ [JAC, 15 (3): 338–65]. This was one of the papers published in the Special Issue entitled Agrarian Change in Contemporary China. Zhang’s paper is probably the most significant contemporary contribution to
the understanding of class differentiation in rural China.
__Abstract__ This book is written in the best of political economy tradition. Selwyn places class... more __Abstract__ This book is written in the best of political economy tradition. Selwyn places class and labour at the centre of his analysis of Brazil’s agrarian change and capitalist development. The text starts with an impressive, enlightening and critical discussion of global commodity chain analysis within mainly Marxist and world systems theories of capitalist development. The author engages with a large number of authors such as Banaji, Bernstein, Brenner, Byres, Gereffi, Kaplinsky, Silver, E.P. Thompson, Wallerstein,Wood, E.O.Wright and, interestingly, Schumpeter. In a most original way, he weaves these different contributions into a theoretical framework appropriate for his research on the struggles of rural labour and how they shape processes of capitalist development. Selwyn’s aim is to write labour history from the bottom up within the context of globalization.
Este libro analiza la vida y obra de seis “pensadores rebeldes”, quienes criticaron los paradigma... more Este libro analiza la vida y obra de seis “pensadores rebeldes”, quienes criticaron los paradigmas surgidos en el Norte Global y crearon nuevas interpretaciones y teorías de la realidad del Sur Global, a través de sus investigaciones y de las interacciones entre ambas regiones. A su vez, lucharon de diferentes formas, y desde distintas posiciones ideológicas, contra las injusticas y desigualdades del sistema mundial, en especial al interior de los países del Sur. Algunos fueron pioneros del estructuralismo y desarrollismo latinoamericano, otros de la dependencia y la mundialización, y dos realizaron contribuciones fundamentales a los estudios agrarios, campesinos e indígenas.
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The new editorial team wishes to maintain the original vision of JAC, extend its reach to the new areas outlined above, and sustain its success. At the heart of
this will be the provision of a journal that remains valued by its readership for its distinctive approach to the analysis of social and production dynamics in
agrarian formations, and which will continue to be a natural home for stimulating
analyses and debates within the field.
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Bernstein & Byres Prize for the best
article published in JAC in 2009 is BillWinders for ‘The Vanishing Free Market:The Formation and Spread of the British and US Food Regimes’ [ JAC, 9 (3): 315–44].
article published in JAC in 2010 is Jason W. Moore for ‘Amsterdam is Standing on Norway’, published in two parts: ‘Part I:The Alchemy of Capital, Empire and Nature in the Diaspora of Silver, 1545–1648’ 10(1): 33–68 and ‘Part II: The Global North Atlantic in the Ecological Revolution of the Long Seventeenth Century’ [JAC, 10(2): 188–227].
the understanding of class differentiation in rural China.
The new editorial team wishes to maintain the original vision of JAC, extend its reach to the new areas outlined above, and sustain its success. At the heart of
this will be the provision of a journal that remains valued by its readership for its distinctive approach to the analysis of social and production dynamics in
agrarian formations, and which will continue to be a natural home for stimulating
analyses and debates within the field.
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Bernstein & Byres Prize for the best
article published in JAC in 2009 is BillWinders for ‘The Vanishing Free Market:The Formation and Spread of the British and US Food Regimes’ [ JAC, 9 (3): 315–44].
article published in JAC in 2010 is Jason W. Moore for ‘Amsterdam is Standing on Norway’, published in two parts: ‘Part I:The Alchemy of Capital, Empire and Nature in the Diaspora of Silver, 1545–1648’ 10(1): 33–68 and ‘Part II: The Global North Atlantic in the Ecological Revolution of the Long Seventeenth Century’ [JAC, 10(2): 188–227].
the understanding of class differentiation in rural China.