Research, Political Engagement and Dispossession : Indigenous, Peasant and Urban Poor Activisms in the Americas and Asia

This collection considers academicresearch engagements with indigenous, small peasant, urban poor and laboursocial activism against colonial capitalist dispossession and exploitation inAsia and the Americas. Bringing together contributors from a range of differentdisciplines, Research, Political Engagement and Dispossession demonstrateshow research done for and with these struggles against dispossession by mining,agribusiness plantations, conversation schemes, land-forest grabs, waterprojects, industrial disasters and the exploitation of workers and forcedmigrants, can make productive contributions towards advancing their social andpolitical prospects.