This article uses long-term research in rural Uttarakhand, north India, to intervene anthropological debates on agency. In the period between early 2000s and late 2010s, many young women village of Bemni successfully sought opportunities pursue their own goals. We highlight manner which women's agency is ‘reformist’. term useful, part, because it directs attention subtle persistent nature actio...

Scholars of food regimes and movements have argued that the capacity contemporary movement to achieve significant change is dependent upon nature alliances formed by progressive, justice component broader array organizations. They urged primarily with more radical sovereignty branch movement. I argue in United States, which provides far assistance poor people as than cash welfare, reformist sec...

In light of Gross Domestic Product’s (GDP) well-known limitations as a wellbeing indicator, many alternative measures have been developed around the world. Some advocates of “beyond GDP” measures argue that they are key to shifting societal priorities away from economic growth toward sustainability, equity, and well-being. Is there any evidence to date that alternative indicators have lived up ...