Agrarian extractivism in Latin America / edited by Ben M. McKay, Alberto Alonso-Fradejas, and Arturo Ezquerro-Cañete.
| Other author | McKay, Ben M., editor. |
| Other author | Alonso Fradejas, Alberto, editor. |
| Other author | Ezquerro-Cañete, Arturo, editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | 1 online resource (xi, 214 pages) : illustrations. |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
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| Series | Routledge critical development studies ; 11 Routledge critical development studies ; 11. ^A1355396 |
| Contents | Introduction; 1 The Biotechnological Agrarian Model in Argentina: fighting against capital within science; 2 Extractive dynamics of agrarian change in Bolivia; 3 Agrarian extractivism in the Brazilian Cerrado; 4 Social reproduction, dispossession, and the gendered workings of agrarian extractivism in Colombia; 5 Agrarian extractivism and sustainable development: the politics of pineapple expansion in Costa Rica; 6 Gender inclusion in the sugarcane production of agrofuels in coastal Ecuador: illusionary promises of rural development within a new agrarian extractivism; 7 Life purging agrarian extractivism in Guatemala: towards a renewable but unlivable future?; 8 Extractive agave and tequila production in Jalisco, Mexico; 9 Forestry extractivism in Uruguay. |
| Abstract | "This book investigates the many ways in which industrial capitalist agriculture has penetrated and transformed contemporary Latin America. Using a range of case studies from across the region, the book considers the socio-economic, political and ecological implications of the agro-industrial model when compared to alternative, less intensive models based on cooperative, smallholder or peasant agriculture and with agroecological farming methods. The concept of agrarian extractivism challenges the idea that industrial agriculture is bringing lasting local benefits, instead arguing that it is characterized by a few multinational corporations controlling both ends of the value chain, and extracting natural and surplus value, whilst exploiting labour and contaminating the ecological material base. At a time when most influential development institutions are promoting the agro-industrial model for combatting rural poverty and feeding the world, this book provides a nuanced assessment of the social, economic and environmental implications of intensification. Highlighting the importance of adopting a critical engagement with the dominant model of agricultural development, this book provides a timely contribution to debates regarding agrarian and environmental change and rural transformations. It will be of interest to scholars across critical development studies, rural studies, environmental studies, and Latin American studies"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Biographical note | Ben M. McKay is Assistant Professor of Development and Sustainability in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Calgary in Canada. His research focuses on the political economy and ecology of agrarian change in Latin America, agrarian extractivism, and food sovereignty alternatives. He is the author of The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism: Lessons from Bolivia (2020) and co-editor of The Edward Elgar Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies (2021) and Rural Transformations and Agro-Food Systems (2018). Alberto Alonso-Fradejas is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Human Geography and Planning Department, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University. Alberto is also an Associate Researcher at the Transnational Institute (TNI) in Amsterdam, a Fellow of the Guatemalan Institute of Agrarian and Rural Studies (IDEAR), and Reviews Section Co-Editor for the Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS). Arturo Ezquerro-Cąete holds a double PhD in International Development Studies from Saint Mary's University and the Autonomous University of Zacatecas. His research focuses on the dynamics of agrarian transformations and new peasant movements in Paraguay. His work has been published in scholarly journals such as Journal of Agrarian Change, Latin American Perspectives, and Estudios Cr̕ticos del Desarrollo. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 21, 2021). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Agrarian extractivism in Latin America. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021 9780367422547 |
| LCCN | 2020053874 |
| ISBN | 9780367822958 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 0367822954 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1000390470 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9781000390520 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 1000390527 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 9781000390476 (electronic bk.) |
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| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
| Standard identifier# | 10.4324/9780367822958 |
| Stock number | 9781000390520 Ingram Content Group |
| Stock number | 9780367822958 Taylor & Francis |
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