Publications
Books
(with J. Brassett, J. Elias and L. Rethel). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022
(with A. Smith, J. Harrison, L. Campling and M. Barbu). Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2020
Cambridge, UK; Malden, US: Polity, 2015
- Reviewed in International Sociology, International Affairs, Journal of Agrarian Change, Resurgence & Ecologist, World Sugar History Newsletter and on Choice360
. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
Articles
, Journal of Agrarian Change, 26: 2, 2026, pp. 1-13.
, Geopolitics, 31: 1, 2026, pp. 84-112.
(with B. N. Azalan, J. Brassett, T. Chodor, J. Elias, S. Gunawardana, R. Kremers, H. Nesadurai, G. Nikolaidis, L. Rethel and M. Rutkowski), Review of International Political Economy, 2025, 32: 5, pp. 1731-1747.
, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 26: 2, 2024, pp. 381–407
(with L. Campling, J. Harrison, A. Smith and M. Barbu), British Journal of Industrial Relations, 59: 1, 2019, pp. 139-166
- Top 10 most downloaded article in 2019-20 and top 10 cited article in 2021-22
(with J. Harrison, M. Barbu, L. Campling, F. Ebert, D. Martens, A. Marx, J. Orbie and A. Smith), World Trade Review, 18: 4, 2019, pp. 635-657
- Top 10 most downloaded article in 2018 (as early view)
(with J. Harrison, M. Barbu, L. Campling and A. Smith), Journal of Common Market Studies, 57: 2, 2019, pp. 260-277
- Top 10 most downloaded article in 2018 (as early view) and 2021
(with M. Barbu, L. Campling, A. Smith and J. Harrison), Global Labour Journal, 9: 3, 2018, pp. 253-280
(with A. Smith M. Barbu, L. Campling, and J. Harrison), Economic Geography, 94: 5, 2018, pp. 550-574
(with S. Glaze), Economy and Society, 46: 1, 2017, pp. 128-151
(with L. Campling, J. Harrison and A. Smith), International Labour Review, 155: 3, 2016, pp. 357-382
(with B. McKay, S. Sauer and R. Herre), Journal of Peasant Studies, 43: 1, 2015, pp. 195-223
, New Political Economy, 20: 4, 2015, pp. 545-568
(with J. Nunes), Contemporary Politics, 21: 1, 2015, pp. 70-85
A Bitter Harvest: Child Labour in Sugarcane Agriculture and the Role of Certification Systems (with N. Schwarzbach), UC Davis Journal of International Law and Policy, 21: 1, 2014, pp. 99-128. Republished in International Sugar Journal, 117: 1403, pp. 798-811
(with P. Richardson-Ngwenya), Review of African Political Economy, 41: 140, 2014, pp. 201-215
(with P. Richardson-Ngwenya), Cultural Geographies, 20: 3, 2013, pp. 339-356
(with P. Richardson-Ngwenya), Bulletin of Latin American Research, 32: 3, 2013, pp. 263-278
(with E. Fortin), Globalizations, 10: 1, 2013, pp. 141-159
- Republished in Margulis, M., McKeon, N. and Borras Junior, S. (eds.) Land Grabbing and Global Governance London: Routledge, 2013
(with J. Brassett and W. Smith), International Theory, 4: 3, 2012, pp. 367-399
, Environment and Planning C, 30: 2, 2012, pp. 282-296
, Journal of Peasant Studies, 37: 4, 2010, pp. 917-938
, Review of International Political Economy, 16: 4, 2009, pp. 673-697
(with T. Heron), New Political Economy, 13: 1, 2008, pp. 1-18
Chapters
(with J. Brassett, J. Elias and L. Rethel) in A. Atchison (ed.) Political Science is for Everybody: An Introduction to Political Science, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021
- Finalist in the for best book in Government and Politics
(with J. Brassett and W. Smith) in B. J. Steele and E. A. Heinze (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Ethics and International Relations, Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2018
(with A. Smith, M. Barbu, J. Harrison and L. Campling) in International Labour Organization (eds.) Handbook on Labour Provisions, Geneva: ILO, 2016
in S. McGlinchey, ed. International Relations, E-International Relations Publishing, 2016
The Governance of Primary Commodities: Biofuel Certification in the European Union in A. Payne and N. Phillips, eds. Handbook of the International Political Economy of Governance, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2014
Impact and Engagement
, Exchanges, 11: 4, 2024, pp. 117-123
S. Bolitho, M. Jeffs and B. Richardson (eds.). Leamington: Shay Books, 2023
(with J. Winkler), Food Research Collaboration Brexit Briefing, February 2019
(with J. Harrison and L. Campling), Study for Human Rights Subcommittee in European Parliament, June 2017
(with J. Harrison, L. Campling, A. Smith and M. Barbu), CSGR Working Paper, 284/17, June 2017
in E. Jones and C. Copeland (eds.) Making UK Trade Work for Development Post-Brexit: Workshop Report, June 2017, pp. 50-54
Sugar Shift: Six Ideas for a Healthier and Fairer Food System, Food Research Collaboration Briefing Paper, February 2016
Violations of Labour and Environmental Law by Sugarcane Mills in Sao Paulo State, Brazil (with D. De Jesus and O. Genevieve), Ethical Sugar Discussion Paper, May 2016
Civil Society Guide to Bonsucro, Ethical Sugar, August 2013 (and in Portuguese)
Sugarcane and the Global Land Grab: A Primer for Producers and Buyers, Ethical Sugar Discussion Paper, August 2012
Trade, Aid and Rural Development: EU Sugar Policy and Swaziland, ECDPM Discussion Paper, 133, July 2012
Sugar Cane in Southern Africa: A Sweet Deal for the Rural Poor?, Ethical Sugar Discussion Paper, October 2010
An Exclusive Engine of Growth: The Development Model of Brazilian Sugarcane (with M. Lehtonen and S. McGrath), Ethical Sugar Discussion Paper, January 2009
Commentaries
, War on Want, June 2021
, E-International Relations, March 2021
, SPERI Comment, November 2020
, Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, October 2020
, The Disorder of Things, February 2019
, The Thinker, Volume 2, July-December 2018
(with S. Glaze), SPERI Comment, August 2017
(with J. Harrison, L. Campling, A. Smith and M. Barbu), LSE Brexit Blog, 27 June 2017
, Lacuna Magazine, June 2017
(with J. Harrison, M. Barbu, L. Campling and A. Smith), ECDPM Great Insights, 5: 6, December 2016
(with T. Van Rens), The Conversation, 27 September 2016
[King Sugar Conquered the World], Welt-Sichten, 9: 8, August 2016
, Food Research Collaboration's Food Voices, November 2015
, SPERI Comment, October 2015
(with L. Gelhaus), Lacuna Magazine, September 2015
, AlterNet, September 2015
, openDemocracy: Beyond Global Slavery, February 2015
The Politics of Sugarcane Flexing in Brazil and Beyond, Transnational Institute Think Piece Series on Flex Crops & Commodities, 4, September 2014
, SPERI Comment, May 2014
, The Conversation Comment, September 2013
, Touchstone: Trade Union Congress Blog, August 2013
, The Conversation Comment, July 2013
, SPERI Comment, May 2013
Good Sugar/Blood Sugar: Can Corporations Really Be Ethical? WIDS Magazine, November 2012
Food Ethics, 4: 2, June 2009, pp. 24-25
Book reviews
Sugar and Civilization: American Empire and the Cultural Politics of Sweetness April Merleaux, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015, in World Sugar History Newsletter, 51, 2019, pp. 8-10.
Alternative Trade: Legacies for the Future by Gavin Fridell, Black Point and Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing, 2013, in Journal of Agrarian Change, 14: 2, 2014, pp. 316-318.
Biofuels and Rural Poverty by Joy Clancy, Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2013, in Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 35: 3, 2014, pp. 412-413.
Raising Cane in the 鈥楪lades: The Global Sugar Trade and the Transformation of Florida by Gail Hollander, Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2008 in Journal of Peasant Studies, 38: 1, 2011, pp. 196-198.
Global Trade: Past Mistakes, Future Choices by Greg Buckman, London and New York: Zed Books, 2005, in Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 38, 2008, pp. 405-407.