SOAS Research Online

Authored Books

Bernstein, Henry (2010) Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change. Halifax, N.S: Fernwood.

Bernstein, Henry, Woodhouse, Philip and Hulme, David (2000) African Enclosures? The Social Dynamics of Wetlands in Drylands. London: James Currey.

Bernstein, Henry (2000) 'The Peasantry' in Global Capitalism: Who, Where and Why? London: Merlin Press, pp. 25-51.

Book Chapters

Bernstein, Henry (2010) 'Globalisation, neoliberalism, labour, with reference to South Africa.' In: Saad Filho, Alfredo and Yalman, Galip L., (eds.), Transitions to Neoliberalism in Middle-Income Countries: Policy Dilemmas, Economic Crises, Mass Resistance. London: Routledge.

Bernstein, Henry (2010) 'Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change: Bringing Class Back In.' In: Long, Norman and Ye, Jingzhong, (eds.), Rural Transformations and Policy Intervention in the Twenty First Century: China in Context. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Bernstein, Henry (2008) 'Agrarian questions from transition to globalization.' In: Akram-Lodhi, A.H. and Kay, Cristóbal, (eds.), Peasants and Globalization. Political Economy, Rural Transformation and the Agrarian Question. London: Routledge, pp. 239-261. (Routledge ISS studies in rural livelihoods)

Bernstein, Henry, Leys, Colin and Panitch, Leo (2008) 'Reflections on violence today.' In: Panitch, Leo and Leys, Colin, (eds.), The Socialist Register 2009. London: Merlin Press, pp. 5-22. (Socialist register)

Bernstein, Henry (2007) 'Structural adjustment and African agriculture: A retrospect.' In: Moore, David, (ed.), The World Bank. Development, Poverty, Hegemony. Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press.

Bernstein, Henry (2006) 'Agrarian questions of capital and labour: some theory about land reform (and a periodisation).' In: Ntsebeza, Lungisile and Hall, Ruth, (eds.), The Land Question in South Africa. The Challenge of Transformation and Redistribution,. Cape Town: HSRC Press.

Bernstein, Henry (2005) 'Rural Land and Land Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa.' In: Moyo, Sam and Yeros, Paris, (eds.), Reclaiming the Land: The Resurgence of Rural Movements in Africa, Asia and Latin America. London: Zed Books, 67 - 101.

Tiedemann, Rolf (1996) 'Communist Revolution and Peasant Mobilisation in the Hinterland of North China: The Early Years.' In: Bernstein, Henry and Brass, Tom, (eds.), Agrarian Questions: Essays in Appreciation of TJ Byres. London: Frank Cass, pp. 132-152.

Journal Article

Bernstein, Henry (2009) 'V. I. Lenin and A. V. Chayanov: Looking Back, Looking Forward.' Journal of Peasant Studies, 36 (1). pp. 55-81.

Bernstein, Henry (2008) 'Rural Livelihoods in a Globalizing World: Bringing Class Back In [in Chinese].' Journal of China Agricultural University = 中国农业大学学报, 25 (1). pp. 40-51.

Bernstein, Henry and Woodhouse, Philip (2007) 'Africa: eco-populist utopias and (micro-)capitalist realities.' Socialist Register, 43.

Bernstein, Henry (2007) 'The Antinomies of Development Studies.' Journal für Entwicklungspolitik, 23 (2). pp. 12-27.

Bernstein, Henry (2006) 'Is There an Agrarian Question in the 21st Century?' Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 27 (4). pp. 449-460.

Bernstein, Henry (2006) 'Studying Development/ Development Studies.' African Studies, 65 (1). pp. 45-62.

Bernstein, Henry (2006) 'Land Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa: Political Economy and Moral Economy.' Afriche e Orienti, 8 (2). pp. 116-30.

Bernstein, Henry (2006) 'Once were/still are peasants? Farming in a globalising ‘south’.' New Political Economy, 11 (3). pp. 399-406.

Bernstein, Henry (2004) 'The Boys from Bothaville, or the Rise and Fall of King Maize: A South African Story.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 4 (4). pp. 492-508.

Bernstein, Henry (2004) 'Considering Africa's Agrarian Questions.' Historical Materialism, 12 (4). 115 - 144.

Bernstein, Henry (2002) 'Land Reform: Taking a Long(er) View.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 2 (4). pp. 433-463.

Bernstein, Henry and Byres, T.J. (2001) 'From Peasant Studies to Agrarian Change.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 1 (1). pp. 1-56.

Bernstein, Henry and Woodhouse, Philip (2001) 'Telling Environmental Change Like It Is? Reflections on a Study in Sub-Saharan Africa.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 1 (2). pp. 283-324.

Bernstein, Henry (1999) 'Ghana's Drug Economy: some preliminary data.' Review of African Political Economy, 26 (79). pp. 13-32.

Bernstein, Henry (1998) 'Social Change in the South African Countryside? Land and Production, Poverty and Power.' Journal of Peasant Studies, 25 (4). pp. 1-32.

Bernstein, Henry (1996) 'Agrarian Questions Then and Now.' Journal of Peasant Studies, 24 (1/2). pp. 22-59.

Bernstein, Henry (1996) 'How White Agriculture (Re)Positioned Itself for a "New South Africa".' Critical Sociology, 23 (3). pp. 3-36.

Monographs and Working Papers

Bernstein, Henry and Oya, Carlos (2014) Rural futures. How much should markets rule? London: IIED Working Paper.

Book Reviews

Bernstein, Henry (2023) 'Review of: Handbook of critical agrarian studies, Edited by Haroon Akram‐Lodhi, Kristina Dietz, Bettina Engels and Ben M. McKay, Edward Elgar, 2021, Pp. xxvi + 713. £244.80 (hb). ISBN: 978‐1‐78897‐245‐1.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 23 (3). pp. 645-649.

Bernstein, Henry (2021) 'Review of: Handbook on urban food security in the Global South, Jonathan Crush, Bruce Frayne, Gareth Haysom. ISBN: 978‐1‐78643‐150‐9.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 22 (4). pp. 878-880.