Author Archives: allanjjgillies
Contested Ground: the ‘War on Drugs’ in Bolivia
(Originally published in The Drouth, Territory, Winter 2015-2016, Issue 53.) In April 1998, Bolivian President Hugo Banzer sent the army into the Chapare. Trouble in the region had flared as the new President – and former-dictator[1] – pursued his vision of ‘zero-coca by 2002’. Banzer’s Plan Dignidad, it was argued, would remove Bolivia from the drug […]
“So what is it you actually do?”
Since starting my PhD, I’ve often been asked: ‘so what is it you actually do?’ Good question. As any doctoral student will tell you, this can be surprisingly difficult to answer. Most research projects are in a state of continual evolution. You begin with one set of research questions, but these change (and change again) […]
‘Zero-hour Contracts’, ‘Labour Flexibility’ and Other Euphemisms of the Neoliberal Agenda
How the markets, business and their political allies break the social contract. Recent stories of ‘zero-hour contracts’ should come as no surprise. They are but one consequence of the rise of neoliberalism. Profits are prioritised over people; workers’ rights are eroded under the banner of ‘labour flexibility’; and the social safety net is recast as […]
The political economy of illicit drugs 
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