This chapter deals with rural political economy and farmer resistance to dominant patterns of agricultural modernization. It explores a range of conflicts in Egypt and Tunisia's countryside in the context of broader government-declared agricultural strategy. Some recent forms of small farmer...

This chapter explores the relationship between the classical and contemporary agrarian questions and the rise of Naxalite-Maoist insurgency in rural India. It situates the origins and the character of such insurgency within the debates on the nature of agrarian capitalism in India and the evolving...

This chapter focuses on alliances and resistances within niches at the regional scale, and on the specific processes which allow them to overcome barriers and enable an emerging transition. The case studies presented in this chapter are alternative agri-food networks (AAFNs) in three regions of...

This chapter examines the concept of cross-cultural relations between hosts and guests, both in terms of mainstream and volunteer tourism. Issues of tourist privilege over host communities, the notion of 'Othering' at both the individual and community level, and methods of resistance implemented by ...

This chapter explains that the history of the Kuna people of Panama is constituted of resistance to outsiders - and that tradition continues today with tourists. Although the Kuna are known worldwide for their hand-sewn mola panels, they remain an elusive mystery to the tourists who come to their...

This chapter focuses on the increasingly prevalent narrative of resistance that accompanies sporting, cultural and political events. Because certain events represent the site for contestation over meaning and identity, these events have also been effectively employed historically to communicate...