- New York, New York, United States
Marc Edelman
Hunter College, Anthropology, Faculty Member
- Globalization and Governance, International Negotiation, Governance and State Capacity, Social Movements, Agrarian Studies, Critical Agrarian Studies, and 9 morePeasant Studies, Land tenure, Human Rights, Anthropology, Anti Capitalist Social Movements, Land Grabbing, Agrarian Social Movements, United Nations, and Antiglobalization Social Movements(Peasant Studies, Land tenure, Human Rights, Anthropology, Anti Capitalist Social Movements, Land Grabbing, Agrarian Social Movements, United Nations, and Antiglobalization Social Movements)edit
1986 interview with Nicaraguan Sandinista leader Dora María Téllez, who describes growing up under the Somoza dictatorship, developing a political consciousness, the FSLN's armed struggle against Somoza, the problems of governing after... more
1986 interview with Nicaraguan Sandinista leader Dora María Téllez, who describes growing up under the Somoza dictatorship, developing a political consciousness, the FSLN's armed struggle against Somoza, the problems of governing after the revolutionary triumph, and other topics.
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Thèse (de doctorat) - Columbia University, 1985. Bibliogr. : f. 468-501. Microfiche du ms dactylographié.
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ABSTRACT The lack of historical perspective in many studies of land grabbing leads researchers to ignore or underestimate the extent to which pre-existing social relations shape rural spaces in which contemporary land deals occur.... more
ABSTRACT The lack of historical perspective in many studies of land grabbing leads researchers to ignore or underestimate the extent to which pre-existing social relations shape rural spaces in which contemporary land deals occur. Bringing history back in to land grabbing research is essential for understanding antecedents, establishing baselines to measure impacts and restoring the agency of contending agrarian social classes. In Central America each of several cycles of land grabbing—liberal reforms, banana concessions and agrarian counter-reform—has profoundly shaped the period that succeeded it. In the Bajo Aguán region of Honduras—a centre of agrarian reform and then counter-reform—violent conflicts over land have been materially shaped by both peasant, landowner and state repertoires of contention and repression, as well as by peasants’ memories of dispossession.
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ABSTRACT Scholars, practitioners and activists generally agree that investor interest in land has climbed sharply, although they differ about what to call this phenomenon and how to analyse it. This introduction discusses several... more
ABSTRACT Scholars, practitioners and activists generally agree that investor interest in land has climbed sharply, although they differ about what to call this phenomenon and how to analyse it. This introduction discusses several contested definitional, conceptual, methodological and political issues in the land grab debate. The initial ‘making sense’ period drew sweeping conclusions from large databases, rapid-appraisal fieldwork and local case studies. Today research examines financialisation of land, ‘water grabbing’, ‘green grabbing’ and grabbing for industrial and urbanisation projects, and a substantial literature challenges key assumptions of the early discussion (the emphasis on foreign actors in Africa and on food and biofuels production, the claim that local populations are inevitably displaced or negatively affected). The authors in this collection, representing a diversity of approaches and backgrounds, argue the need to move beyond the basic questions of the ‘making sense’ period of the debate and share a common commitment to connecting analyses of contemporary land grabbing to its historical antecedents and legal contexts and to longstanding agrarian political economy questions concerning forms of dispossession and accumulation, the role of labour and the impediments to the development of capitalism in agriculture. They call for more rigorous grounding of claims about impacts, for scrutiny of failed projects and for (re)examination of the longue durée, social differentiation, the agency of contending social classes and forms of grassroots resistance as key elements shaping agrarian outcomes.
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This article analyzes two convergent processes: (1) the increasing specification of the right to food in international law; and (2) the efforts of transnational agrarian social movements, notably Vía Campesina, to have the United Nations... more
This article analyzes two convergent processes: (1) the increasing specification of the right to food in international law; and (2) the efforts of transnational agrarian social movements, notably Vía Campesina, to have the United Nations adopt an instrument on the rights of peasants. Because one-seventh of humanity suffers from hunger and because the right to food has wide support among UN member states and is essential for the enjoyment of all other rights, it has become a magnet for diverse kinds of rights claims. Vía Campesina has elaborated a draft instrument that has received growing attention in the UN Human Rights Council. Several of the claimed rights, however, are contentious and have generated opposition from powerful UN member states.
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... Page 10. LANDLORDS AND THE DEVIL 67 JO: He handled all those accounts in his head. EZ: Yes, just in his head. Of course, in his head. ... You see, they couldn't face economic reality.... [Chico's son]... more
... Page 10. LANDLORDS AND THE DEVIL 67 JO: He handled all those accounts in his head. EZ: Yes, just in his head. Of course, in his head. ... You see, they couldn't face economic reality.... [Chico's son] Paco Cubillo left an inheritance near Santa Cruz; it had been Chico Cubillo's. ...
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... Page 5. 136 In 1850, Trinidad Salazar, the Commander of the Fort of San Carlos, situated where the Rio San Juan leaves Lake Nicaragua, tried to ascend the Rio Frio into Guatuso territory. On the sixth day, a large group of Indians ...
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▪ Theories of collective action have undergone a number of paradigm shifts, from “mass behavior” to “resource mobilization,” “political process,” and “new social movements.” Debates have centered on the applicability of these frameworks... more
▪ Theories of collective action have undergone a number of paradigm shifts, from “mass behavior” to “resource mobilization,” “political process,” and “new social movements.” Debates have centered on the applicability of these frameworks in diverse settings, on the periodization of collective action, on the divisive or unifying impact of identity politics, and on the appropriateness of political engagement by researchers. Transnational activist networks are developing new protest repertoires that challenge anthropologists and other scholars to rethink conventional approaches to social movements.
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Research Interests: Sociology, Social Movements, Anthropology, Human Rights, Agrarian Studies, and 14 morePeasant Studies, Pastoralism (Social Anthropology), Pastoralism in Africa, Political Science, International Human Rights Law, United Nations, Rural Development, Land Law, Food Sovereignty, Decolonization, Historical Studies, Peasants, Agrarian Law, and Womens Rights
En muchos (aunque no todos) los instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos, el artículo 1.º se utiliza para definir a los titulares de derechos. Las precisiones normativas de este tipo pueden ser controversiales —por ejemplo, en... more
En muchos (aunque no todos) los instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos, el artículo 1.º se utiliza para definir a los titulares de derechos. Las precisiones normativas de este tipo pueden ser controversiales —por ejemplo, en debates sobre quién es un “niño” en el periodo previo a la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño—, pero también puede serlo su ausencia (como ocurrió con la Declaración sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas). La pregunta de cómo definir campesino y campesinado tiene una historia larga, complicada y polémica. Las definiciones de los grupos humanos surgen o son creadas con diferentes propósitos, incluyendo el control social, la protección legal, el análisis social, la acción colectiva y la descripción coloquial. Estas delimitaciones pueden o no superponerse y coincidir. A veces, grupos objeto de discriminación se apropian, invierten y celebran etiquetas previamente peyorativas. Además, términos afines en diferentes idiomas no siempre son del todo equivalentes (por ejemplo, peasant, campesino, paysan, крестьянин [krest’ianin], etc.). Aunque las definiciones normativas parecen fijar un objeto de manera atemporal, en la práctica siempre cambian con el tiempo y suelen tener distintos grados de rigurosidad y laxitud.
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In this introductory article we argue for renewed attention to life and labor on and of the land—or what we call the field of Critical Agrarian Studies. Empirically rich and theoretically rigorous studies of humanity’s relationship to... more
In this introductory article we argue for renewed attention to life and labor on and of the land—or what we call the field of Critical Agrarian Studies. Empirically rich and theoretically rigorous studies of humanity’s relationship to “soil” remain essential not just for historical analysis but for understanding urgent contemporary crises, including widespread food insecurity, climate change, the proliferation of environmental refugees, growing corporate power and threats to biodiversity. The article introduces an innovative and varied collection of works in Critical Agrarian Studies and also examines the intellectual and political history of this broader field. Resumen: En este artículo introductorio sobre Estudios Agrarios Críticos planteamos que la tierra y el suelo—y las relaciones sociales y de trabajo que se desenvuelven ahí—merecen una renovada atención de parte de los científicos sociales. Los estudios empíricos y teóricamente rigurosos sobre la relación tierra/suelo/humanid...
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r esumen La falta de perspectiva historica en la mayoria de los estudios sobre la nueva ola de acaparamiento de tierras lleva a los investigadores a subestimar hasta que punto las relaciones sociales preexistentes producen los espacios... more
r esumen La falta de perspectiva historica en la mayoria de los estudios sobre la nueva ola de acaparamiento de tierras lleva a los investigadores a subestimar hasta que punto las relaciones sociales preexistentes producen los espacios rurales donde suceden las actuales transacciones de tierras. Asi, la historizacion del acaparamiento de tierras es esencial para entender los antecedentes, definir bases para poder calcular los impactos y devolver la “agencia” a las distintas clases agrarias en disputa. En Centroamerica, cada uno de los ciclos de acaparamiento de tierras –reformas liberales, concesiones bananeras y contrarreformas agrarias– tuvo un fuerte impacto en el periodo que les sucedio. En la region del Bajo Aguan en Honduras –un centro para la reforma y luego para la contrarreforma agraria en Centroamerica– conflictos violentos por la tierra han sido creados materialmente por repertorios de conflicto y represion, tanto de grupos campesinos, como por terratenientes y el Estado,...
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In this introductory article we argue for renewed attention to life and labor on and of the land—or what we call the field of Critical Agrarian Studies. Empirically rich and theoretically rigorous studies of humanity's relationship to... more
In this introductory article we argue for renewed attention to life and labor on and of the land—or what we call the field of Critical Agrarian Studies. Empirically rich and theoretically rigorous studies of humanity's relationship to “soil” remain essential not just for historical analysis but for understanding urgent contemporary crises, including widespread food insecurity, climate change, the proliferation of environmental refugees, growing corporate power and threats to biodiversity. The article introduces an innovative and varied collection of works in Critical Agrarian Studies and also examines the intellectual and political history of this broader field.
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Estudios Agrarios Críticos es el nuevo trabajo del antropólogo estadounidense Marc Edelman, de la Universidad de la Ciudad de Nueva York. Edelman tiene una extensa carrera académica dedicada a temas relacionados con los estudios del... more
Estudios Agrarios Críticos es el nuevo trabajo del antropólogo estadounidense Marc Edelman, de la Universidad de la Ciudad de Nueva York. Edelman tiene una extensa carrera académica dedicada a temas relacionados con los estudios del desarrollo, las transformaciones agrarias y los movimientos campesinos, sobre todo en América Latina.
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... Real-World Impacts of Civil Society and Network Debates It has hecome commonplace to refer to the 1980s in Latin America as" the lost decade." With the hindsight of today, it is cleat that in many respects... more
... Real-World Impacts of Civil Society and Network Debates It has hecome commonplace to refer to the 1980s in Latin America as" the lost decade." With the hindsight of today, it is cleat that in many respects the" lost" maxim was not Page 46. 30 MARC EDELMAN hyperholic. ...
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This book contends that social democracy is a concept that applies to cases in the global south, as well as the north. It engages in a comparative analysis of four exemplary cases in order to understand the origins of this variety of... more
This book contends that social democracy is a concept that applies to cases in the global south, as well as the north. It engages in a comparative analysis of four exemplary cases in order to understand the origins of this variety of capitalism, the challenges it faces and the prospects.