Adam Sneyd's guest appearances

Adam Sneyd

Face2Face with David Peck

Sean Campbell

Sammy Davis Jr

Pamela Hawley

Richard Bell

Gabe Polsky

Louis Theroux

Liz Forkin Bohannon

Werner Herzog

Aaron James

Bobby Motta

Jared Byas

Miranda Bailey

Dev Aujla

David Miller

Shane Claiborne

OwlTail

Adam and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new book  Cotton, its empire, commodities and politics, “clothing poverty” and anti-globalization and why we need to be concerned about how the world works.BiographyAdam Sneyd conducts research on the political economy of commodities and development. He is particularly interested in learning more about the dynamic politics of commodities across Africa south of the Sahara. His research aims to better understand the new challenges that various commodity dependent African countries face in the areas of sustainability and development.Adam is currently studying the 'commodity politics' associated with corporate 'responsibility' in Cameroon. He has written two solely authored academic books on the politics of cotton. The first –Governing Cotton - focused on the challenges associated with cotton and poverty reduction across Sub-Saharan Africa. The second –  Cotton, focuses on the global politics of this important commodity. His academic articles have been published in journals including Third World Quarterly, Development and Change, and the Journal of Contemporary African Studies.Adam has contributed analyses linked to his research program to the Financial Times magazine This is Africa, and to Think Africa Press and African Arguments.He has moderated a high-level panel at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on cotton in Africa, and is a member of the Academic and Scientific Advisory Council of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS). A detailed list of his papers, op-eds, analyses, policy briefs, book reviews and glossary articles can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new book <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0745681980/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=15121&amp;creative=330641&amp;creativeASIN=0745681980&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=davpecliv-20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Cotton</a>, its empire, commodities and politics, “clothing poverty” and anti-globalization and why we need to be concerned about how the world works.Biography<a href="https://twitter.com/adamsneyd" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Adam Sneyd</a> conducts research on the political economy of commodities and development. He is particularly interested in learning more about the dynamic politics of commodities across Africa south of the Sahara. His research aims to better understand the new challenges that various commodity dependent African countries face in the areas of sustainability and development.Adam is currently studying the 'commodity politics' associated with corporate 'responsibility' in Cameroon. He has written two solely authored academic books on the politics of cotton. The first –<a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0108EJ7HE/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=15121&amp;creative=330641&amp;creativeASIN=B0108EJ7HE&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=davpecliv-20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Governing Cotton</a> - focused on the challenges associated with cotton and poverty reduction across Sub-Saharan Africa. The second – <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0745681980/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=15121&amp;creative=330641&amp;creativeASIN=0745681980&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=davpecliv-20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Cotton</a>, focuses on the global politics of this important commodity. His academic articles have been published in journals including Third World Quarterly, Development and Change, and the Journal of Contemporary African Studies.Adam has contributed analyses linked to his research program to the Financial Times magazine This is Africa, and to Think Africa Press and <a href="http://africanarguments.org/2015/12/14/beyond-the-poverty-of-poverty-reduction-the-case-of-cotton/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">African Arguments</a>.He has moderated a high-level panel at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on cotton in Africa, and is a member of the Academic and Scientific Advisory Council of the <a href="https://twitter.com/AIMS_Next" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)</a>. A detailed list of his papers, op-eds, analyses, policy briefs, book reviews and glossary articles can be found <a href="https://uoguelph.academia.edu/AdamSneyd" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Adam Sneyd - Cotton