Maura Benegiamo
Biographic Data
| ID | 116747 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maura Benegiamo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maura |
| FAMILY NAME | Benegiamo |
| SIGNATURE | BENEGIAMO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pisa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8917-5303 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A new food security approach? Continuity and novelty in the European Union’s turn to preparedness
Preparedness is an anticipatory approach developed in the military and health sectors in response to unforeseen and unforeseeable crises and emergencies. It has recently entered the debate over the resilience and sustainability of European food systems. The paper seeks to shed light on the implications of the European Union's adoption of preparedness in its food security policy, particularly focusing on the preparatory phase and the early activit…
The ecological conversion
The ecological transition may represent both a catastrophe and a great opportunity for employment and work. Accordingly, the idea of a "triple dividend" is sometimes recalled: if properly carried out, the ecological transition could not only make it possible to deal with climate change and threats to biodiversity, but it will also lead to the creation of many useful jobs and make it possible to change the way work is organised. Although associati…
Work and welfare transformations in the climate crisis
In this introduction to the special issue of Sociologia del lavoro, devoted to labour transformations and welfare policies in the context of the ecological crisis, the authors review the state of the debate, focusing on three emerging concepts: climate justice, just transition and sustainable welfare. They provide an analysis of the academic and non-academic contexts in which these concepts have emerged and the kinds of programmatic questions tha…
Le nouveau visage du progrès
Maura Benegiamo a mené dans le delta du Sénégal une enquête de terrain sur l'accaparement des terres par une entreprise italienne dans les années 2010. Elle en a tiré un ouvrage dans lequel elle développe une réflexion générale mettant en relation le phénomène de l'accaparement des terres avec l'extractivisme agraire et le capitalisme vert 1 . Nous traduisons ici un entretien publié en italien en 2022 2 , avec l'accord et l'aide de l'autrice, anc…
The long reach of commodity frontiers
Conceptualizing global floriculture as a commodity frontier, this article explores rural-urban transfers and in loco production and exchange of food by migrant workers at Naivasha flower farms in Kenya. It highlights how food procurement strategies are central to the reproduction of a cheap labour force and are supported by multi-local family networks. Distant livelihoods and rural ecologies are thus tied to the frontier's interests and are embed…
Agrarian crises and producerist populism in French rural unions
The article examines the reactions of two important agricultural trade unions in France, the ?Confédération Paysanne and the Coordination Rurale, to the liberalisation and financialisation of the ?European Common Agricultural Policy. It highlights the adoption of a "producerist populism" approach ?focused on the role of transnational economic and financial elites in co-opting the state, reducing ?public aid and as the main driver of the economic …
A green economy failure? Italian investors in Senegal between green grabbing and development promises
The article draws on land and green grabbing debate to critically interrogates the failure of ?eight ?Italian investment in agrofuel production in Senegal. It focuses on the characteristics of the ??Italian investors who ?were drawn to agro-energy ?production and of the incentives struc-tures that ??motivated them. Once ?on site, multiple management problems and conflicts with the ?local population ?arose. The ?article argues that this is not sol…
Small farmers constraints and potentialities. A survey in Kenya
This paper identifies the features of Kenyan small-scale farmers and their production systems, highlighting the challenges of sustainability transition. Drawing on the agro-ecology and eco-economy literature, the research hypothesis is that Kenyan farmers can play a role of paramount importance in stimulating place-based sustainability practices, and assure food security outcomes, because farming occurs following indigenous, place-based tradition…
O pensamento decolonial
A área de debate que se pode definir como pensamento decolonial começa a obter certo reconhecimento internacional. É construída como um diálogo original a respeito do problema da relação entre poder, modernidade e capitalismo, desenvolvida dentro do debate latino-americano, mas destinada a oferecer um quadro de análise inovador sobre a história mundial e os processos de globalização. O artigo apresenta, antes de mais nada, uma síntese de algumas …
La crise au vu de la pandémie
Que cela implique-t-il d'analyser l'urgence sanitaire actuelle à travers le prisme de l'écologie politique, et quel en est l'intérêt ? Selon Maura Benegiamo, qui prolonge ici une réflexion qu'elle avait commencée lors du premier confinement au printemps 2020 1 , la réponse à cette double question tourne autour de la notion de crise, de la manière dont l'écologie politique a appréhendé les crises du capital et de la critique anti-systémique spécif…
Stefania Barca, Forces of reproduction. Notes for a counter-hegemonic Anthropocene
autorizzata ("Tutti i diritti riservati")
Gouverner les frontières du développement
La fin du Consensus de Washington a coïncidé avec le démarrage d’une nouvelle phase de développement impulsée par l’idée de l’émergence africaine. Au Sénégal, cela s’est traduit par la relance des politiques de développement agricole, marquée par une augmentation des investissements fonciers à grande échelle. Cette étude se fonde sur l’analyse de la gestion d’un investissement agro-industriel dans la région du delta du fleuve Sénégal qui a entraî…
Extractivism, exclusion and conflicts in Senegal’s agro-industrial transformation
In the last two decades, the promotion of agro-industry has become a dominant developmental imperative on the African continent, leading to efforts to involve private-sector actors. This article examines the political economy and ecology of agro-industry in the Senegal River delta, focusing on local-level reactions to Senegalese initiatives aimed at attracting foreign investors in agriculture. The argument is that Senegal is witnessing the emerge…
Écologie politique et justice climatique
L'écologie politique italienne est aujourd'hui un espace de mobilisation et de réflexion politique qui offre la possibilité de faire un retour sur l'histoire des mouvements sociaux depuis la seconde moitié du 20 e siècle. Les auteurs inscrivent les récentes mobilisations contre des grands ouvrages et pour la justice climatique dans la continuité - plutôt que dans la rupture - avec la longue histoire du mouvement ouvrier italien et de ses luttes c…
Pluralizzare il capitalocene, pensare la transizione. Investimenti agricoli in Africa e nuova questione agraria
This paper aims to integrate the socio-ecological critique of capitalist valorization with some indications developed in the post-colonial debate and the neo-materialist perspectives. It builds on an analysis of the land grab phenomena and its connections with recent agricultural development policies, involving green and bio-economy promotion in Sub-Saharan Africa. It firstly expands on the relationships between the neoliberal ecological regime a…
Extractivism, exclusion and conflicts in Senegal’s agro-industrial transformation
In the last two decades, the promotion of agro-industry has become a dominant developmental imperative on the African continent, leading to efforts to involve private-sector actors. This article examines the political economy and ecology of agro-industry in the Senegal River delta, focusing on local-level reactions to Senegalese initiatives aimed at attracting foreign investors in agriculture. The argument is that Senegal is witnessing the emerge…
The long reach of commodity frontiers
Conceptualizing global floriculture as a commodity frontier, this article explores rural-urban transfers and in loco production and exchange of food by migrant workers at Naivasha flower farms in Kenya. It highlights how food procurement strategies are central to the reproduction of a cheap labour force and are supported by multi-local family networks. Distant livelihoods and rural ecologies are thus tied to the frontier's interests and are embed…
A new food security approach? Continuity and novelty in the European Union’s turn to preparedness
Preparedness is an anticipatory approach developed in the military and health sectors in response to unforeseen and unforeseeable crises and emergencies. It has recently entered the debate over the resilience and sustainability of European food systems. The paper seeks to shed light on the implications of the European Union's adoption of preparedness in its food security policy, particularly focusing on the preparatory phase and the early activit…
O pensamento decolonial
A área de debate que se pode definir como pensamento decolonial começa a obter certo reconhecimento internacional. É construída como um diálogo original a respeito do problema da relação entre poder, modernidade e capitalismo, desenvolvida dentro do debate latino-americano, mas destinada a oferecer um quadro de análise inovador sobre a história mundial e os processos de globalização. O artigo apresenta, antes de mais nada, uma síntese de algumas …
Gouverner les frontières du développement
La fin du Consensus de Washington a coïncidé avec le démarrage d’une nouvelle phase de développement impulsée par l’idée de l’émergence africaine. Au Sénégal, cela s’est traduit par la relance des politiques de développement agricole, marquée par une augmentation des investissements fonciers à grande échelle. Cette étude se fonde sur l’analyse de la gestion d’un investissement agro-industriel dans la région du delta du fleuve Sénégal qui a entraî…
Pluralizzare il capitalocene, pensare la transizione. Investimenti agricoli in Africa e nuova questione agraria
This paper aims to integrate the socio-ecological critique of capitalist valorization with some indications developed in the post-colonial debate and the neo-materialist perspectives. It builds on an analysis of the land grab phenomena and its connections with recent agricultural development policies, involving green and bio-economy promotion in Sub-Saharan Africa. It firstly expands on the relationships between the neoliberal ecological regime a…
Stefania Barca, Forces of reproduction. Notes for a counter-hegemonic Anthropocene
autorizzata ("Tutti i diritti riservati")
Gouverner les frontières du développement
La fin du Consensus de Washington a coïncidé avec le démarrage d’une nouvelle phase de développement impulsée par l’idée de l’émergence africaine. Au Sénégal, cela s’est traduit par la relance des politiques de développement agricole, marquée par une augmentation des investissements fonciers à grande échelle. Cette étude se fonde sur l’analyse de la gestion d’un investissement agro-industriel dans la région du delta du fleuve Sénégal qui a entraî…
Extractivism, exclusion and conflicts in Senegal’s agro-industrial transformation
In the last two decades, the promotion of agro-industry has become a dominant developmental imperative on the African continent, leading to efforts to involve private-sector actors. This article examines the political economy and ecology of agro-industry in the Senegal River delta, focusing on local-level reactions to Senegalese initiatives aimed at attracting foreign investors in agriculture. The argument is that Senegal is witnessing the emerge…
Écologie politique et justice climatique
L'écologie politique italienne est aujourd'hui un espace de mobilisation et de réflexion politique qui offre la possibilité de faire un retour sur l'histoire des mouvements sociaux depuis la seconde moitié du 20 e siècle. Les auteurs inscrivent les récentes mobilisations contre des grands ouvrages et pour la justice climatique dans la continuité - plutôt que dans la rupture - avec la longue histoire du mouvement ouvrier italien et de ses luttes c…
La crise au vu de la pandémie
Que cela implique-t-il d'analyser l'urgence sanitaire actuelle à travers le prisme de l'écologie politique, et quel en est l'intérêt ? Selon Maura Benegiamo, qui prolonge ici une réflexion qu'elle avait commencée lors du premier confinement au printemps 2020 1 , la réponse à cette double question tourne autour de la notion de crise, de la manière dont l'écologie politique a appréhendé les crises du capital et de la critique anti-systémique spécif…
Agrarian crises and producerist populism in French rural unions
The article examines the reactions of two important agricultural trade unions in France, the ?Confédération Paysanne and the Coordination Rurale, to the liberalisation and financialisation of the ?European Common Agricultural Policy. It highlights the adoption of a "producerist populism" approach ?focused on the role of transnational economic and financial elites in co-opting the state, reducing ?public aid and as the main driver of the economic …
A green economy failure? Italian investors in Senegal between green grabbing and development promises
The article draws on land and green grabbing debate to critically interrogates the failure of ?eight ?Italian investment in agrofuel production in Senegal. It focuses on the characteristics of the ??Italian investors who ?were drawn to agro-energy ?production and of the incentives struc-tures that ??motivated them. Once ?on site, multiple management problems and conflicts with the ?local population ?arose. The ?article argues that this is not sol…
Small farmers constraints and potentialities. A survey in Kenya
This paper identifies the features of Kenyan small-scale farmers and their production systems, highlighting the challenges of sustainability transition. Drawing on the agro-ecology and eco-economy literature, the research hypothesis is that Kenyan farmers can play a role of paramount importance in stimulating place-based sustainability practices, and assure food security outcomes, because farming occurs following indigenous, place-based tradition…
O pensamento decolonial
A área de debate que se pode definir como pensamento decolonial começa a obter certo reconhecimento internacional. É construída como um diálogo original a respeito do problema da relação entre poder, modernidade e capitalismo, desenvolvida dentro do debate latino-americano, mas destinada a oferecer um quadro de análise inovador sobre a história mundial e os processos de globalização. O artigo apresenta, antes de mais nada, uma síntese de algumas …
The ecological conversion
The ecological transition may represent both a catastrophe and a great opportunity for employment and work. Accordingly, the idea of a "triple dividend" is sometimes recalled: if properly carried out, the ecological transition could not only make it possible to deal with climate change and threats to biodiversity, but it will also lead to the creation of many useful jobs and make it possible to change the way work is organised. Although associati…
Work and welfare transformations in the climate crisis
In this introduction to the special issue of Sociologia del lavoro, devoted to labour transformations and welfare policies in the context of the ecological crisis, the authors review the state of the debate, focusing on three emerging concepts: climate justice, just transition and sustainable welfare. They provide an analysis of the academic and non-academic contexts in which these concepts have emerged and the kinds of programmatic questions tha…
Le nouveau visage du progrès
Maura Benegiamo a mené dans le delta du Sénégal une enquête de terrain sur l'accaparement des terres par une entreprise italienne dans les années 2010. Elle en a tiré un ouvrage dans lequel elle développe une réflexion générale mettant en relation le phénomène de l'accaparement des terres avec l'extractivisme agraire et le capitalisme vert 1 . Nous traduisons ici un entretien publié en italien en 2022 2 , avec l'accord et l'aide de l'autrice, anc…
The long reach of commodity frontiers
Conceptualizing global floriculture as a commodity frontier, this article explores rural-urban transfers and in loco production and exchange of food by migrant workers at Naivasha flower farms in Kenya. It highlights how food procurement strategies are central to the reproduction of a cheap labour force and are supported by multi-local family networks. Distant livelihoods and rural ecologies are thus tied to the frontier's interests and are embed…
A new food security approach? Continuity and novelty in the European Union’s turn to preparedness
Preparedness is an anticipatory approach developed in the military and health sectors in response to unforeseen and unforeseeable crises and emergencies. It has recently entered the debate over the resilience and sustainability of European food systems. The paper seeks to shed light on the implications of the European Union's adoption of preparedness in its food security policy, particularly focusing on the preparatory phase and the early activit…
Political science (12 works) · Geography (8 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Agriculture (6 works) · French Urban and Social Studies (6 works) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)