To debate these themes, we are organizing an international conference on the theme of 'Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World' on 17-18 March 2018 at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS
) in The Hague, Netherlands. Confirmed plenary speakers include: Achin
Vanaik
, Becky Bond, Burak
Gurel
, Dzodzi
Tsikata
, Eduardo Gudynas
, Hilary Wainwright, John Gaventa
, Karin Nansen, Khin
Zaw
Win, Natalia Mamanova
, Raj Patel, and Zack Exley
.
Conference participants will join a series of plenary lectures and working group discussions focusing on the key sub-themes of the conference:
- The current conjuncture: rural roots and consequences.
- Resisting, organising and mobilising for an emancipatory rural politics.
- Alternatives: understanding, supporting, creating, deepening and scaling.
In preparation for the conference, we have compiled a number of papers and essays submitted by researchers and scholars across the globe. Please find them on the following pages:
Please find the full programme of the conference here.