Ben Mckay
Biographic Data
| ID | 92350 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Mckay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Mckay |
| SIGNATURE | BEN MCKAY |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7408-2323 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 143 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Power, policy, and practice: Political economy perspectives on agroecological transitions
Agroecology has emerged globally as a promising alternative to industrialized agriculture, offering pathways toward more sustainable, just, and resilient food systems. Yet despite growing empirical support and increasing policy attention, agroecological transitions remain uneven and contested. This introduction to the Special Collection on “The Political Economy of Agroecological Transitions” provides a rationale for why agroecology as a paradigm…
Autonomy-supportive instructional language does not enhance skill acquisition compared to controlling instructional language
Reporting bias, not external focus: A robust Bayesian meta-analysis and systematic review of the external focus of attention literature
Evidence has ostensibly been accumulating over the past 2 decades suggesting that an external focus on the intended movement effect (e.g., on the golf club during a swing) is superior to an internal focus on body movements (e.g., on your arms during a swing) for skill acquisition. Seven previous meta-studies have all reported evidence of external focus superiority. The most comprehensive of these concluded that an external focus enhances motor sk…
Between-rater reliability for using radar technology to quantify maximal horizontal deceleration performance in NCAA division 1 American football and female lacrosse athletes
Our data suggests that if a foundational understanding and agreement of manual data processing procedures for radar-derived data is given between raters, metrics may be interpreted with moderate to excellent levels of confidence. However, when possible, and when using the Stalker ATS radar technology, authors recommend that practitioners use one trained individual to manually process raw data. Ideally, this process should become fully automated, …
Exercising choice over feedback schedules during practice is not advantageous for motor learning
Extractivismo agrario en América Latina
Este libro consta de diez capítulos, incluyendo esta introducción. Los nueve capítulos restantes presentan estudios de caso de varios países de América Latina, en los que se analizan las características extractivistas de diversos sistemas complejos agrícolas y forestales. Cada capítulo aporta al menos una perspectiva única sobre el concepto de extractivismo agrario, contribuyendo a su utilidad analítica y política.
Testifying after an Investigation: Shaping the Mental Health of Public Safety Personnel
In this editorial, we draw on two Canadian cases to interrogate how mass causality events and investigations consume many responders before (e.g., public safety communicators, detachment service assistants), during (e.g., police, fire, paramedics), and after the incident (e.g., coroners, correctional workers, media coverage). Their well-being may suffer from the associated processes and outcomes. In the current article, we focus on the mass causa…
Bolivia's soy complex: The Development of 'Productive Exclusion
A significant transition is underway in Bolivia where both domestic and foreign capital are monopolizing commercial agriculture and leading a highly mechanized, capital-intensive production model which has considerably diminished the need for labour. This paper explores mechanisms and processes of 'productive exclusion' in the soy-producing zones of Santa Cruz in relation to the expansion, concentration and mechanization of the 'soy complex'. We …
The political economy of sugarcane flexing: Initial insights from Brazil, Southern Africa and Cambodia
In the context of rising resource demand, agricultural crops such as sugarcane are being promoted for their multiple uses in different commodity markets and as alternatives to fossil fuel equivalents (i.e. as a source of biofuel, bioelectricity and bioplastic). These commodities are also produced on an increasingly flexible basis, as sugarcane mills respond to price signals and switch between different crop uses. This paper offers a preliminary e…
The 'state' of food sovereignty in Latin America: Political projects and alternative pathways in Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia
The concept of food sovereignty has been enshrined in the constitutions of a number of countries around the world without any clear consensus around what state-sponsored 'food sovereignty' might entail. At the forefront of this movement are the countries of the so-called 'pink tide' of Latin America - chiefly Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia. This paper examines how state commitments to food sovereignty have been put into practice in these three co…
Are Japanese Attitudes Toward Whaling America-Bashing?. A Response to Tanno and Hamazaki
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJennifer Bailey JENNIFER L. BAILEY is an associate professor of political science at the Norwegian University of Technology and Science. She is currently writing a book on international environmental NGOs. Brad McKay BRAD McKAY is a visiting scholar at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is currently writing a novel
The 'state' of food sovereignty in Latin America: Political projects and alternative pathways in Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia
The concept of food sovereignty has been enshrined in the constitutions of a number of countries around the world without any clear consensus around what state-sponsored 'food sovereignty' might entail. At the forefront of this movement are the countries of the so-called 'pink tide' of Latin America - chiefly Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia. This paper examines how state commitments to food sovereignty have been put into practice in these three co…
Bolivia's soy complex: The Development of 'Productive Exclusion
A significant transition is underway in Bolivia where both domestic and foreign capital are monopolizing commercial agriculture and leading a highly mechanized, capital-intensive production model which has considerably diminished the need for labour. This paper explores mechanisms and processes of 'productive exclusion' in the soy-producing zones of Santa Cruz in relation to the expansion, concentration and mechanization of the 'soy complex'. We …
The political economy of sugarcane flexing: Initial insights from Brazil, Southern Africa and Cambodia
In the context of rising resource demand, agricultural crops such as sugarcane are being promoted for their multiple uses in different commodity markets and as alternatives to fossil fuel equivalents (i.e. as a source of biofuel, bioelectricity and bioplastic). These commodities are also produced on an increasingly flexible basis, as sugarcane mills respond to price signals and switch between different crop uses. This paper offers a preliminary e…
Are Japanese Attitudes Toward Whaling America-Bashing?. A Response to Tanno and Hamazaki
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJennifer Bailey JENNIFER L. BAILEY is an associate professor of political science at the Norwegian University of Technology and Science. She is currently writing a book on international environmental NGOs. Brad McKay BRAD McKAY is a visiting scholar at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is currently writing a novel
The 'state' of food sovereignty in Latin America: Political projects and alternative pathways in Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia
The concept of food sovereignty has been enshrined in the constitutions of a number of countries around the world without any clear consensus around what state-sponsored 'food sovereignty' might entail. At the forefront of this movement are the countries of the so-called 'pink tide' of Latin America - chiefly Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia. This paper examines how state commitments to food sovereignty have been put into practice in these three co…
Bolivia's soy complex: The Development of 'Productive Exclusion
A significant transition is underway in Bolivia where both domestic and foreign capital are monopolizing commercial agriculture and leading a highly mechanized, capital-intensive production model which has considerably diminished the need for labour. This paper explores mechanisms and processes of 'productive exclusion' in the soy-producing zones of Santa Cruz in relation to the expansion, concentration and mechanization of the 'soy complex'. We …
The political economy of sugarcane flexing: Initial insights from Brazil, Southern Africa and Cambodia
In the context of rising resource demand, agricultural crops such as sugarcane are being promoted for their multiple uses in different commodity markets and as alternatives to fossil fuel equivalents (i.e. as a source of biofuel, bioelectricity and bioplastic). These commodities are also produced on an increasingly flexible basis, as sugarcane mills respond to price signals and switch between different crop uses. This paper offers a preliminary e…
Extractivismo agrario en América Latina
Este libro consta de diez capítulos, incluyendo esta introducción. Los nueve capítulos restantes presentan estudios de caso de varios países de América Latina, en los que se analizan las características extractivistas de diversos sistemas complejos agrícolas y forestales. Cada capítulo aporta al menos una perspectiva única sobre el concepto de extractivismo agrario, contribuyendo a su utilidad analítica y política.
Testifying after an Investigation: Shaping the Mental Health of Public Safety Personnel
In this editorial, we draw on two Canadian cases to interrogate how mass causality events and investigations consume many responders before (e.g., public safety communicators, detachment service assistants), during (e.g., police, fire, paramedics), and after the incident (e.g., coroners, correctional workers, media coverage). Their well-being may suffer from the associated processes and outcomes. In the current article, we focus on the mass causa…
Exercising choice over feedback schedules during practice is not advantageous for motor learning
Reporting bias, not external focus: A robust Bayesian meta-analysis and systematic review of the external focus of attention literature
Evidence has ostensibly been accumulating over the past 2 decades suggesting that an external focus on the intended movement effect (e.g., on the golf club during a swing) is superior to an internal focus on body movements (e.g., on your arms during a swing) for skill acquisition. Seven previous meta-studies have all reported evidence of external focus superiority. The most comprehensive of these concluded that an external focus enhances motor sk…
Between-rater reliability for using radar technology to quantify maximal horizontal deceleration performance in NCAA division 1 American football and female lacrosse athletes
Our data suggests that if a foundational understanding and agreement of manual data processing procedures for radar-derived data is given between raters, metrics may be interpreted with moderate to excellent levels of confidence. However, when possible, and when using the Stalker ATS radar technology, authors recommend that practitioners use one trained individual to manually process raw data. Ideally, this process should become fully automated, …
Autonomy-supportive instructional language does not enhance skill acquisition compared to controlling instructional language
Power, policy, and practice: Political economy perspectives on agroecological transitions
Agroecology has emerged globally as a promising alternative to industrialized agriculture, offering pathways toward more sustainable, just, and resilient food systems. Yet despite growing empirical support and increasing policy attention, agroecological transitions remain uneven and contested. This introduction to the Special Collection on “The Political Economy of Agroecological Transitions” provides a rationale for why agroecology as a paradigm…
Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Politics (3 works)