Antonio Roman-Alcalá
Biographic Data
| ID | 236098 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Antonio Roman-Alcalá |
| GIVEN NAMES | Antonio |
| FAMILY NAME | Roman-Alcalá |
| SIGNATURE | ROMAN-ALCALÁ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Institute of Social History |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9209-8786 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Anarchism, degrowth, and food sovereignty
This paper explores how anarchist ideas and practices might be useful for goals of societal transitions to food sovereignty and degrowth-and the limits to that usefulness.It discusses how various anarchisms resonate with either concept and their associated movements, ideas, and practices, and practical implications thereof.It concludes by raising three questions for those interested in libertarian socialist approaches to degrowth and food soverei…
Land reform in the United States
In this commentary, I consider the topic of “land reform” in the United States, addressing the status of land reform as a key concept and goal among agrifood scholars, food/farm movements, and government actors. I do so in order to encourage sustainable food advocates to consider land reform’s importance, its social basis, and its challenges. Informed by secondary literature and my own thinking and doing over 20 years of food systems activism and…
Agrarian anarchism and authoritarian populism
This paper applies an anarchist lens to agrarian politics, seeking to \nexpand and enhance inquiry in critical agrarian studies. \nAnarchism's relevance to agrarian processes is found in three \ngeneral areas: (1) explicitly anarchist movements, both historical \nand contemporary; (2) theories that emerge from and shape these \nmovements; and (3) implicit anarchism found in values, ethics, \neveryday practices, and in forms of social organization…
Thoughts on the origins, present, and future of the coronavirus crisis
Authoritarian populism and emancipatory politics in the rural United States
Fast Food Sovereignty
The growing academic literature on ‘food sovereignty’ has elaborated a food producer-driven vision of an alternative, more ecological food system rooted in greater democratic control over food production and distribution. Given that the food sovereignty developed with and within producer associations, a rural setting and production-side concerns have overshadowed issues of distribution and urban consumption. Yet, ideal types such as direct market…
Agrarian origins of authoritarian populism in the United States
The 2016 election of Donald Trump as US president came as a surprise to many – but generally not to farmers and rural communities. We interrogate the politics of rural places in generating both support for and struggle against authoritarian populism. We ask: Why do the politics of the rural US seem so regressive today? What historical forces underlie the recent resurgence of reactionary politics? How does resistance emerge from and produce author…
Conceptualising components, conditions and trajectories of food sovereignty’s ‘sovereignty’
This paper addresses the ambiguity of the term ‘sovereignty’ in food sovereignty (FS), intending to clarify the ‘aspirational sovereignty’ that food sovereignty movements indicate as the ideal configuration of power that would allow FS to flourish, or which might help measure movement towards FS. Since aspirational sovereignty is conditioned by existing power relations, the paper elaborates components of ‘actually existing sovereignty’, based on …
Broadening the Land Question in Food Sovereignty to Northern Settings
Land access is an accepted corollary to food sovereignty, long promoted by the transnational agrarian movement La Via Campesina (LVC). LVC's land access politics have evolved with increased incorporation of diverse perspectives, but remain largely focused on achieving 'integral agrarian reform' in the global South. Here, I take a case where food sovereignty activists ('Occupy the Farm' (OTF)) occupied land owned by a public university in Californ…
Agrarian anarchism and authoritarian populism
This paper applies an anarchist lens to agrarian politics, seeking to \nexpand and enhance inquiry in critical agrarian studies. \nAnarchism's relevance to agrarian processes is found in three \ngeneral areas: (1) explicitly anarchist movements, both historical \nand contemporary; (2) theories that emerge from and shape these \nmovements; and (3) implicit anarchism found in values, ethics, \neveryday practices, and in forms of social organization…
Authoritarian populism and emancipatory politics in the rural United States
Agrarian origins of authoritarian populism in the United States
The 2016 election of Donald Trump as US president came as a surprise to many – but generally not to farmers and rural communities. We interrogate the politics of rural places in generating both support for and struggle against authoritarian populism. We ask: Why do the politics of the rural US seem so regressive today? What historical forces underlie the recent resurgence of reactionary politics? How does resistance emerge from and produce author…
Conceptualising components, conditions and trajectories of food sovereignty’s ‘sovereignty’
This paper addresses the ambiguity of the term ‘sovereignty’ in food sovereignty (FS), intending to clarify the ‘aspirational sovereignty’ that food sovereignty movements indicate as the ideal configuration of power that would allow FS to flourish, or which might help measure movement towards FS. Since aspirational sovereignty is conditioned by existing power relations, the paper elaborates components of ‘actually existing sovereignty’, based on …
Broadening the Land Question in Food Sovereignty to Northern Settings
Land access is an accepted corollary to food sovereignty, long promoted by the transnational agrarian movement La Via Campesina (LVC). LVC's land access politics have evolved with increased incorporation of diverse perspectives, but remain largely focused on achieving 'integral agrarian reform' in the global South. Here, I take a case where food sovereignty activists ('Occupy the Farm' (OTF)) occupied land owned by a public university in Californ…
Fast Food Sovereignty
The growing academic literature on ‘food sovereignty’ has elaborated a food producer-driven vision of an alternative, more ecological food system rooted in greater democratic control over food production and distribution. Given that the food sovereignty developed with and within producer associations, a rural setting and production-side concerns have overshadowed issues of distribution and urban consumption. Yet, ideal types such as direct market…
Broadening the Land Question in Food Sovereignty to Northern Settings
Land access is an accepted corollary to food sovereignty, long promoted by the transnational agrarian movement La Via Campesina (LVC). LVC's land access politics have evolved with increased incorporation of diverse perspectives, but remain largely focused on achieving 'integral agrarian reform' in the global South. Here, I take a case where food sovereignty activists ('Occupy the Farm' (OTF)) occupied land owned by a public university in Californ…
Conceptualising components, conditions and trajectories of food sovereignty’s ‘sovereignty’
This paper addresses the ambiguity of the term ‘sovereignty’ in food sovereignty (FS), intending to clarify the ‘aspirational sovereignty’ that food sovereignty movements indicate as the ideal configuration of power that would allow FS to flourish, or which might help measure movement towards FS. Since aspirational sovereignty is conditioned by existing power relations, the paper elaborates components of ‘actually existing sovereignty’, based on …
Fast Food Sovereignty
The growing academic literature on ‘food sovereignty’ has elaborated a food producer-driven vision of an alternative, more ecological food system rooted in greater democratic control over food production and distribution. Given that the food sovereignty developed with and within producer associations, a rural setting and production-side concerns have overshadowed issues of distribution and urban consumption. Yet, ideal types such as direct market…
Agrarian origins of authoritarian populism in the United States
The 2016 election of Donald Trump as US president came as a surprise to many – but generally not to farmers and rural communities. We interrogate the politics of rural places in generating both support for and struggle against authoritarian populism. We ask: Why do the politics of the rural US seem so regressive today? What historical forces underlie the recent resurgence of reactionary politics? How does resistance emerge from and produce author…
Thoughts on the origins, present, and future of the coronavirus crisis
Authoritarian populism and emancipatory politics in the rural United States
Agrarian anarchism and authoritarian populism
This paper applies an anarchist lens to agrarian politics, seeking to \nexpand and enhance inquiry in critical agrarian studies. \nAnarchism's relevance to agrarian processes is found in three \ngeneral areas: (1) explicitly anarchist movements, both historical \nand contemporary; (2) theories that emerge from and shape these \nmovements; and (3) implicit anarchism found in values, ethics, \neveryday practices, and in forms of social organization…
Land reform in the United States
In this commentary, I consider the topic of “land reform” in the United States, addressing the status of land reform as a key concept and goal among agrifood scholars, food/farm movements, and government actors. I do so in order to encourage sustainable food advocates to consider land reform’s importance, its social basis, and its challenges. Informed by secondary literature and my own thinking and doing over 20 years of food systems activism and…
Anarchism, degrowth, and food sovereignty
This paper explores how anarchist ideas and practices might be useful for goals of societal transitions to food sovereignty and degrowth-and the limits to that usefulness.It discusses how various anarchisms resonate with either concept and their associated movements, ideas, and practices, and practical implications thereof.It concludes by raising three questions for those interested in libertarian socialist approaches to degrowth and food soverei…
Political science (9 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Food security (5 works) · Food sovereignty (4 works)