Saturnino M. Borras

TL;DR: Land grabbing has emerged as a significant issue in contemporary global governance that cuts across the fields of development, investment, food security, and security, among others as mentioned in this paper and is facilitated by ever greater flows of capital, goods, and ideas across borders, and these flows occur through axes of power that are far more polycentric than the North-South imperialist tradition.

TL;DR: A new political moment is underway as discussed by the authors, and one manifestation of the new moment is the rise of distinct forms of a different political party in different parts of the world. But there are significant differences in how this is constituted in different places.

TL;DR: The hope is that this collection demonstrates the significance of a political economy of biofuels in capturing the complexity of the ‘biofuels revolution’ and at the same time opening up questions about its sustainability in social and environmental terms that provide pathways towards alternatives.

TL;DR: The most prominent version of this agenda has been the World Bank's advocacy of good governance as a "persuasive ethical power that allows for [corporate] self-regulation, making it possible for governments to intervene less intrusively and more efficiently in society".

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue the need to move beyond the basic questions of the "making sense" period of the land-grab debate, arguing that the emphasis on foreign actors in Africa and on food and bio-fuels production, the claim that local populations are inevitably displaced or negatively affected, must be challenged.