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Dissertation Awards 2002-2006

2002
» Steven Graw—The Effects of Remittances on Household Incomes in Viet Nam and the Philipines
» John Sydenstricker-Neto—Institutions, Demographic Factors, and Land Use in Brazilian Amazonia: A Temporal-Spatial Analysis, 1986-2000
» Saadia Toor—The Political Economy of 'National Culture' in Pakistan: State Formation in the 'Decade of Development', 1958-1968

2003
» Michelle Beesten—Making Subjects, Making States: Negotiating New Terms of Rule in Mexico's Agriculture Sector
» Sandra Comstock—Cultural Economy and the Relational Formation of the Mexican Jeans Industry, 1920-1975
» Dia Mohan—Scripting Power: Jana Sanskriti's Oppositional Cultural Practice in the Contemporary State of West Bengal
» Thomas Safford—Organizational Relationships and Watershed Management in Brazil's Alto Paraguai Basin

2004
» Joy Arguillas—Untangling the Contributions of Community and Family Effects on Children's Health: Evidence from the Philippines
» Rachel Bezner-Kerr—A Genealogy of Maize and Groundnut Seed in Northern Malawi
» Devparna Roy—Bt Cotton Adoption by Farmers in Gujarat (India) and its Sociological Implications
» Robin Kreider—Regulating the Grassroots: The NOP and the Future of Organic Agriculture
» Laszlo Kulcsar—Legacy and Policy Effects on Spatial Development in Hungary and Bulgaria
» Kayte Meola—The Impact of Participatory Conservation on Gendered Norms and Resultant Environmenal Implications
» Hannah Wittman—Producing the Agrarian Landscape: Socio-Ecological Movements in Mato Grosso, Brazil
» Anna Zalik—Subjects of Extraction: Social Regulation, Corporate Aid and Petroleum Security in the Niger Delta and the Mexican Gulf

2005
» Andreas Hernandez—The Brazilian Workers Party, the South American Community and Global Hegemonic Transition
» Gayatri Menon—Squatting on the State, Encroaching Upon the Nation: The Urban Poor and the Negotiation of Homes
» Emelie Peine—Counting Beans in Mato Grosso: Governing Private Investment, or Investing in Public Governance, in the Brazilian Soybean Sector

2006
» Florio Arguillas—The Role of the State and Social Networks in the Making of a Philippines-Ireland Migration System
» Sergio Chavez—Crossing the 'Frontera' to Work: Network and Family Formation and the Labor Market Incorporation of Two Generations of Border Migrants in Tijuana
» Kelly Dietz—The Geographies of Occupation and Tyranny of Citizenship
» Rachel Schwartz—Producing the Consumer: The Relationship Between Food Retailers and Food Consumers in the United States
» Chong-Ae Yu—Wheat's End: US Wheat and the Reorganization of the South Korean Agro-Food System, 1945-2005