Ben M. McKay
Positions
Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts , Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Contact information
Background
Educational Background
PhD Development Studies, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2017
Biography
My research focuses on the political economy and ecology of agrarian change in Latin America, agrarian extractivism, agroecology, and food sovereignty alternatives. I have carried out research and maintain research interests in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. I am an Associate Researcher with Bolivian NGO Fundación TIERRA, part of the coordinating team for the BRICS Initiative for Critical Agrarian Studies (BICAS), and a Co-Convener of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities (CIH) Working Group Rethinking Latin American Studies from the South (RLASS).
Research
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| DEST 393 | Theories & Appl of Development | |
| ANTH 421 | Contemporary Latin American Society | |
| DEST 405 | Environment and Development | |
| DEST 401 | Advanced Topics: The Political Economy and Ecology of Agriculture, Food and the Environment | |
| DEST 402 | Global Food Politics | |
| DEST 201 | Introduction to Global Development Studies | |
| ANTH 701 | Independent Studies: Critical Agrarian Studies |
Awards
- Insight Development Grant, SSHRC. 2018
- Insight Grant, SSHRC. 2021
- GREAT Supervisor Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary. 2020
Publications
- Authoritarian populism and rural politics in Bolivia. McKay, B.M. and G. Colque. Latin American Perspectives. (2021)
- Beyond land grabs: new insights on land struggles and global agrarian change. Oliveira, G. de L.T., B.M. McKay, and J. Liu.. Globalizations. 321-338. (2021)
- Authoritarianism, Populism, Nationalism and Resistance in the Agrarian South. McKay, B.M., G. Oliveira, and J. Liu. Canadian Journal of Development Studies. 347-362. (2021)
- Food sovereignty and neo-extractivism limits and possibilities of an alternative development model. McKay, B.M.. Globalizations. 1386-1404. (2020)
- The politics of convergence in Bolivia: social movements and the state. McKay, B.M.. Third World Quarterly. 1247-1269. (2018)
- Reply to commentary on the special issue Scaling up biofuels? A critical look at expectations, performance and governance. Goetz, A., T. Searchinger, T. Beringer, L. German, B. McKay, G. de L.T. Oliveira and C. Hunsberger. . Energy Policy. 658-665. (2018)
- Colombia’s Agrarian Dynamics: Rights, Reform and Restitution. McKay, B.M.. Canadian Journal of Development Studies. 163-181. (2018)
- The politics of agrarian change in Bolivia’s soy complex. McKay, B.M.. Journal of Agrarian Change. 406-424. (2018)
- Control grabbing and value-chain agriculture: BRICS, MICs and Bolivia’s soy complex. McKay, B.M.. Globalizations. 74-91. (2018)
- Agrarian extractivism in Bolivia. McKay, B.M.. World Development. 199-211. (2017)
- The Edward Elgar Handbook in Critical Agrarian Studies. Akram-Lodhi, H., K. Dietz, B. Engels and B. M. McKay . Edward Elgar. (2021)
- Agrarian Extractivism in Latin America. McKay, B.M., A. Alonso-Fradejas, A. Ezquerro-Cañete. Routledge. (2021)
- The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism: Lessons from Bolivia. McKay, B.M.. Fernwood Publishing. (2020)
- Extractivismo agrario: Dinámicas de poder, acumulación y exclusión en Bolivia. McKay, B.M.. Fundación TIERRA. (2018)
- Rural Transformations and Agro-Food Systems: The BRICS and Agrarian Change in the Global South. McKay, B.M., R. Hall and J. Liu. Routledge. (2018)
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