Jeroen Adam
Biographic Data
| ID | 728838 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeroen Adam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeroen |
| FAMILY NAME | Adam |
| SIGNATURE | ADAM J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6179-9026 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Land to the tiller? Agroecology and the blueprint of dispossession and resistance at the agricultural frontier in Argentina
Science as a territory in dispute: An Analysis of Power and Paradigms in the Conceptualization of Agroecology
Passive endurance: An analysis of barriers to aid among Flemish farmers
This article aims at uncovering why many farmers in Flanders, Belgium experience barriers in accessing aid services when confronted with problems. With this objective in mind, individual interviews and focus group discussions were conducted, reaching a total of 77 farmers. Based on these interviews, it will be illustrated how these barriers are rooted in a generalised 'passive endurance'. This passive endurance points on the one hand at values of…
Wellbeing and collective grievances among farmers: The case of Flanders, Belgium
If you are in government, you can still implement traditional law’ Hybridity and Justice Delivery in Lanao, the Philippines
This article discusses the emergence of hybrid institutional arrangements in the field of security and justice delivery in the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte in the Philippines. It will be argued that these hybrid institutions cannot be explained by pointing at a weak or fragile state. Rather, over the past few decades, the Philippine state has demonstrated an exceptional capacity to incorporate a range of informal practices of ju…
Bringing Grievances Back In: Towards an Alternative Understanding of the Rise of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the Philippines
Over the past 10 to 15 years a pertinent critique has been formulated against the dominant framing of violent conflict in Muslim Mindanao as a mere struggle for autonomy or independence by a Muslim minority against the Philippine nation-state. This critique demonstrates how a wide range of coercive organizations compete over gaining access to rents, and how this competition is the main source of violent incidents. Furthermore, it is discussed how…
Spaces of Exception and Spaces of Normality: Towards a Relational Understanding of Violence and Peace in Muslim Mindanao
This article argues for a relational and historical understanding of the violent conflict in Muslim Mindanao, the Philippines that goes beyond treating this region as a violent "space of exception, " but instead points at similarities and congruities with other parts of the Philippines. The consequences of this observation are discussed in relation to the ongoing peace negotiations in the region. Rather than seeing these as efforts potentially tr…
Questioning the State-Rebel Divide in Mindanao
This article challenges the pervasive notion of rebel groups in the southern Philippines as non-state actors opposing the penetration of the state. Instead, through a historically informed analysis of local politics in two Mindanao provinces with a presence of Muslim and communist armed insurgents, respectively (North Cotabato and Compostela Valley), it will be demonstrated that particularly since the end of the Marcos martial law regime and subs…
Genealogies of the colonial present: The rediscovery of the local in conflict management interventions in Mindanao, the Southern Philippines
This article argues that the current attention on indigenous institutions, and the ‘local’ more generally, in peace-building and conflict management bears similarities with colonial and post-colonial attempts at pacifying volatile borderlands. This will be illustrated through a historical case study of the Southern Philippine island of Mindanao, which has witnessed a recurring Muslim insurgency throughout different phases of its history. In an at…
Land reform, dispossession and new elites: A case study on coconut plantations in D avao O riental, P hilippines
This article elaborates on how agrarian social structures and relations have changed after redistributive land reform under the C omprehensive A grarian R eform P rogram ( CARP ) on coconut plantations in the province of D avao O riental, P hilippines. Three major arguments can be derived from this question. First, despite the objective of this land reform to transfer control over land and labour to poor agricultural workers, a majority of the co…
Post-Conflict Ambon: Forced Migration and the Ethno-Territorial Effects of Customary Tenure
In post-conflict contexts characterized by large-scale migration and increasing levels of legal pluralism, customary land tenure risks being deployed as a tool of ethno-territorialization in which displaced communities are denied return and secure land rights. This thesis will be illustrated through a case study of the Indonesian island of Ambon where a recognition of customary tenure - also called adat - was initiated in 2005 at the end of a hig…
How ordinary folk became involved in the Ambonese conflict: Understanding private opportunities during communal violence
Traditional accounts of the eruption of communal conflict between Christians and Muslims on the Indonesian island of Ambon point to religiously framed struggles to access a patrimonial state and the emergence of specific threats and opportunities after the fall of Suharto in May 1998. Whilst this thesis will be upheld, it does not wholly account for why so many 'ordinary folk' with little chance of ever accessing the state bureaucracy became invo…
Downward Social Mobility, Prestige and the Informal Economy in Post-Conflict Ambon
This article illustrates how a religious conflict that started in 1999 on the island of Ambon in combination with an overall Indonesian financial crisis brought about the downward social mobility of many autochthonous Ambonese. In particular, the Ambonese employed in formal waged labour were forced to take up income generation strategies in insecure, informal economic sectors, which before the conflict had been dominated by the lower-class Muslim…
In the Name of the Father? Christian Militantism in Tripura, Northern Uganda, and Ambon
Although armed groups and political violence referring to Islam have attracted increasing attention since the start of the global war against terror, one particular religion can hardly be described as the main source of inspiration of what is commonly referred to as "terrorist acts of violence." Faith-based violence occurs in different parts of the world and its perpetrators adhere to all major world faiths including Christianity. As such, this a…
Post-Conflict Ambon: Forced Migration and the Ethno-Territorial Effects of Customary Tenure
In post-conflict contexts characterized by large-scale migration and increasing levels of legal pluralism, customary land tenure risks being deployed as a tool of ethno-territorialization in which displaced communities are denied return and secure land rights. This thesis will be illustrated through a case study of the Indonesian island of Ambon where a recognition of customary tenure - also called adat - was initiated in 2005 at the end of a hig…
Questioning the State-Rebel Divide in Mindanao
This article challenges the pervasive notion of rebel groups in the southern Philippines as non-state actors opposing the penetration of the state. Instead, through a historically informed analysis of local politics in two Mindanao provinces with a presence of Muslim and communist armed insurgents, respectively (North Cotabato and Compostela Valley), it will be demonstrated that particularly since the end of the Marcos martial law regime and subs…
Spaces of Exception and Spaces of Normality: Towards a Relational Understanding of Violence and Peace in Muslim Mindanao
This article argues for a relational and historical understanding of the violent conflict in Muslim Mindanao, the Philippines that goes beyond treating this region as a violent "space of exception, " but instead points at similarities and congruities with other parts of the Philippines. The consequences of this observation are discussed in relation to the ongoing peace negotiations in the region. Rather than seeing these as efforts potentially tr…
In the Name of the Father? Christian Militantism in Tripura, Northern Uganda, and Ambon
Although armed groups and political violence referring to Islam have attracted increasing attention since the start of the global war against terror, one particular religion can hardly be described as the main source of inspiration of what is commonly referred to as "terrorist acts of violence." Faith-based violence occurs in different parts of the world and its perpetrators adhere to all major world faiths including Christianity. As such, this a…
Land reform, dispossession and new elites: A case study on coconut plantations in D avao O riental, P hilippines
This article elaborates on how agrarian social structures and relations have changed after redistributive land reform under the C omprehensive A grarian R eform P rogram ( CARP ) on coconut plantations in the province of D avao O riental, P hilippines. Three major arguments can be derived from this question. First, despite the objective of this land reform to transfer control over land and labour to poor agricultural workers, a majority of the co…
How ordinary folk became involved in the Ambonese conflict: Understanding private opportunities during communal violence
Traditional accounts of the eruption of communal conflict between Christians and Muslims on the Indonesian island of Ambon point to religiously framed struggles to access a patrimonial state and the emergence of specific threats and opportunities after the fall of Suharto in May 1998. Whilst this thesis will be upheld, it does not wholly account for why so many 'ordinary folk' with little chance of ever accessing the state bureaucracy became invo…
Downward Social Mobility, Prestige and the Informal Economy in Post-Conflict Ambon
This article illustrates how a religious conflict that started in 1999 on the island of Ambon in combination with an overall Indonesian financial crisis brought about the downward social mobility of many autochthonous Ambonese. In particular, the Ambonese employed in formal waged labour were forced to take up income generation strategies in insecure, informal economic sectors, which before the conflict had been dominated by the lower-class Muslim…
Wellbeing and collective grievances among farmers: The case of Flanders, Belgium
Bringing Grievances Back In: Towards an Alternative Understanding of the Rise of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the Philippines
Over the past 10 to 15 years a pertinent critique has been formulated against the dominant framing of violent conflict in Muslim Mindanao as a mere struggle for autonomy or independence by a Muslim minority against the Philippine nation-state. This critique demonstrates how a wide range of coercive organizations compete over gaining access to rents, and how this competition is the main source of violent incidents. Furthermore, it is discussed how…
Genealogies of the colonial present: The rediscovery of the local in conflict management interventions in Mindanao, the Southern Philippines
This article argues that the current attention on indigenous institutions, and the ‘local’ more generally, in peace-building and conflict management bears similarities with colonial and post-colonial attempts at pacifying volatile borderlands. This will be illustrated through a historical case study of the Southern Philippine island of Mindanao, which has witnessed a recurring Muslim insurgency throughout different phases of its history. In an at…
In the Name of the Father? Christian Militantism in Tripura, Northern Uganda, and Ambon
Although armed groups and political violence referring to Islam have attracted increasing attention since the start of the global war against terror, one particular religion can hardly be described as the main source of inspiration of what is commonly referred to as "terrorist acts of violence." Faith-based violence occurs in different parts of the world and its perpetrators adhere to all major world faiths including Christianity. As such, this a…
Downward Social Mobility, Prestige and the Informal Economy in Post-Conflict Ambon
This article illustrates how a religious conflict that started in 1999 on the island of Ambon in combination with an overall Indonesian financial crisis brought about the downward social mobility of many autochthonous Ambonese. In particular, the Ambonese employed in formal waged labour were forced to take up income generation strategies in insecure, informal economic sectors, which before the conflict had been dominated by the lower-class Muslim…
Post-Conflict Ambon: Forced Migration and the Ethno-Territorial Effects of Customary Tenure
In post-conflict contexts characterized by large-scale migration and increasing levels of legal pluralism, customary land tenure risks being deployed as a tool of ethno-territorialization in which displaced communities are denied return and secure land rights. This thesis will be illustrated through a case study of the Indonesian island of Ambon where a recognition of customary tenure - also called adat - was initiated in 2005 at the end of a hig…
How ordinary folk became involved in the Ambonese conflict: Understanding private opportunities during communal violence
Traditional accounts of the eruption of communal conflict between Christians and Muslims on the Indonesian island of Ambon point to religiously framed struggles to access a patrimonial state and the emergence of specific threats and opportunities after the fall of Suharto in May 1998. Whilst this thesis will be upheld, it does not wholly account for why so many 'ordinary folk' with little chance of ever accessing the state bureaucracy became invo…
Land reform, dispossession and new elites: A case study on coconut plantations in D avao O riental, P hilippines
This article elaborates on how agrarian social structures and relations have changed after redistributive land reform under the C omprehensive A grarian R eform P rogram ( CARP ) on coconut plantations in the province of D avao O riental, P hilippines. Three major arguments can be derived from this question. First, despite the objective of this land reform to transfer control over land and labour to poor agricultural workers, a majority of the co…
Questioning the State-Rebel Divide in Mindanao
This article challenges the pervasive notion of rebel groups in the southern Philippines as non-state actors opposing the penetration of the state. Instead, through a historically informed analysis of local politics in two Mindanao provinces with a presence of Muslim and communist armed insurgents, respectively (North Cotabato and Compostela Valley), it will be demonstrated that particularly since the end of the Marcos martial law regime and subs…
Genealogies of the colonial present: The rediscovery of the local in conflict management interventions in Mindanao, the Southern Philippines
This article argues that the current attention on indigenous institutions, and the ‘local’ more generally, in peace-building and conflict management bears similarities with colonial and post-colonial attempts at pacifying volatile borderlands. This will be illustrated through a historical case study of the Southern Philippine island of Mindanao, which has witnessed a recurring Muslim insurgency throughout different phases of its history. In an at…
Spaces of Exception and Spaces of Normality: Towards a Relational Understanding of Violence and Peace in Muslim Mindanao
This article argues for a relational and historical understanding of the violent conflict in Muslim Mindanao, the Philippines that goes beyond treating this region as a violent "space of exception, " but instead points at similarities and congruities with other parts of the Philippines. The consequences of this observation are discussed in relation to the ongoing peace negotiations in the region. Rather than seeing these as efforts potentially tr…
If you are in government, you can still implement traditional law’ Hybridity and Justice Delivery in Lanao, the Philippines
This article discusses the emergence of hybrid institutional arrangements in the field of security and justice delivery in the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte in the Philippines. It will be argued that these hybrid institutions cannot be explained by pointing at a weak or fragile state. Rather, over the past few decades, the Philippine state has demonstrated an exceptional capacity to incorporate a range of informal practices of ju…
Bringing Grievances Back In: Towards an Alternative Understanding of the Rise of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the Philippines
Over the past 10 to 15 years a pertinent critique has been formulated against the dominant framing of violent conflict in Muslim Mindanao as a mere struggle for autonomy or independence by a Muslim minority against the Philippine nation-state. This critique demonstrates how a wide range of coercive organizations compete over gaining access to rents, and how this competition is the main source of violent incidents. Furthermore, it is discussed how…
Wellbeing and collective grievances among farmers: The case of Flanders, Belgium
Science as a territory in dispute: An Analysis of Power and Paradigms in the Conceptualization of Agroecology
Passive endurance: An analysis of barriers to aid among Flemish farmers
This article aims at uncovering why many farmers in Flanders, Belgium experience barriers in accessing aid services when confronted with problems. With this objective in mind, individual interviews and focus group discussions were conducted, reaching a total of 77 farmers. Based on these interviews, it will be illustrated how these barriers are rooted in a generalised 'passive endurance'. This passive endurance points on the one hand at values of…
Land to the tiller? Agroecology and the blueprint of dispossession and resistance at the agricultural frontier in Argentina
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