Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Reading
Thomas Grisaffi is a lecturer in the Department of Geography and Environmental Science. Trained as an anthropologist, Thomas works on topics including coca and cocaine production and its global commodity chain, indigenous social movements in the Andes, alternative development in drug crop producing zones and democracy. His book with Duke University Press, titled ‘Coca Yes, Cocaine No’ (2019), is an ethnography of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), as it transformed from an agricultural union, criminalised as a result of U.S.-led drug war policies, into Bolivia’s ruling party. Thomas is the principal investigator on a GCRF funded project titled 'Regional Applicability of Innovative drug crop control Policy in the Andes'.
Peru's war on drugs is an abject failure – here's what it can learn from Bolivia
Jun 03, 2020 15:24 pm UTC| Economy
When Peruvian government forces began eradicating coca leaf, the raw material for cocaine, without warning in a remote corner of Perus principal coca growing region last November, they were met by growers armed with sticks...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight