Oktober 31, 2011, 4:25 pm, KATIE WRIGHT, Allgemein.
In this article, I examine how human wellbeing is constructed transnationally. Whereas much attention has been paid to migrants based in the North, how the out-migration of kin affects the construction of human wellbeing of those living ‘back home’ remains little understood. Existing literature has tended to focus on the impact of financial remittances but the broader psychosocial impacts affecting human wellbeing outcomes have received less attention. In this article I suggest that this gap might be filled by adopting a human wellbeing approach to deepen understanding of what Peru-based immediate relatives and close friends regard as the benefits and challenges of this migration. By examining how human wellbeing is constructed across material, perceptual and relational domains, this approach offers greater holism in analysis. I also extend work on ‘social remittances’ by offering insights into the meanings that ensure that migration continues to be regarded in Peru as a livelihood improvement strategy worth pursuing.
Oktober 31, 2011, 4:25 pm, LAURENT C. GLIN, ARTHUR P. J. MOL, PETER OOSTERVEER, SIMPLICE D. VODOUHÊ, Allgemein.
In this article, we attempt to conceptualize the historical development and the governance structure of the transnational organic cotton network from Benin. We aim to discover how the organic cotton production-consumption network is governed locally and internationally. Existing bodies of literature on international agricultural production networks, in particular the Global Value Chains (GVC) perspective, focus on economic dimensions, but find it difficult to incorporate the sustainability dimension. We favour widening the concept of GVCs beyond economics by acknowledging and including environmental rationalities and the representatives of their interests, not as external elements, but rather as co-governing or co-structuring factors (or actors) of sustainable value chains. Our findings reveal that beyond the traditional producer versus buyer dualism, intermediate stakeholders, namely transnational and local environmental NGO networks, are instrumental in the construction, maintenance and transformation of the organic cotton network. It is also apparent that farmers‘ leaders play an important role in mediating and (re)building trust among organic farmers, though they exert insufficient vertical power in the organic cotton network to control it.
Oktober 31, 2011, 4:25 pm, BETHANY J. HAALBOOM, LISA M. CAMPBELL, Allgemein.
In this article, we examine the response of three indigenous communities in western Suriname to the proposed establishment of a protected area on their traditional lands. In particular, we focus on how the transnational, national and sub-national networks associated with indigenous rights and protected areas influenced the decision the communities made to reject the protected area. Central to the analysis are the concepts of scale, networks and information; we explore how a national indigenous rights organization used scale and networks to relay information strategically and empower communities in their decision-making. However, while scale was an empowering political tool, it has also served to disempower indigenous peoples in Suriname through the continuing importance of the state in protected area implementation and legal claims to lands and resources.
Scientists’ Lives and the History of Late Twentieth Century Life Sciences
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Sammelbesprechungen/Essay ReviewPages 407-412DOI 10.1007/s00048-011-0059-0Authors
Soraya de Chadarevian, Department of History and Cente…
Oktober 25, 2011, 11:00 pm, Millennium, Allgemein.
Journal Name: Millennium-JahrbuchVolume: 8Issue: nullPages: 355-358
Oktober 25, 2011, 11:00 pm, Millennium, Allgemein.
Journal Name: Millennium-JahrbuchVolume: 8Issue: nullPages: 87-124
Oktober 25, 2011, 11:00 pm, Millennium, Allgemein.
Journal Name: Millennium-JahrbuchVolume: 8Issue: nullPages: 313-352
Oktober 25, 2011, 11:00 pm, Millennium, Allgemein.
Journal Name: Millennium-JahrbuchVolume: 8Issue: nullPages: 51-86
Oktober 25, 2011, 11:00 pm, Millennium, Allgemein.
Journal Name: Millennium-JahrbuchVolume: 8Issue: nullPages: 271-290
Oktober 25, 2011, 11:00 pm, Millennium, Allgemein.
Journal Name: Millennium-JahrbuchVolume: 8Issue: nullPages: 35-50