Reflecting on the Plantationocene

The political economy of sugarcane plantations in Guangxi, China

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2157756
AutoresChunyu Wang (0000-0002-9400-9107, China Agricultural University), Yunan Xu (0000-0002-4520-1207, Erasmus University Rotterdam International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume51
Fascículo3
Páginas564-585
Data de publicação2024-04-15
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03066150.2022.2087180
PMID39081547
OpenAlexW4283650178
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas43

This paper reflects on the concept of the Plantationocene through an analysis of sugarcane plantations in Guangxi province, China. It argues that although these plantations are owned and operated by local villagers, they are de facto controlled by corporations, and subject to state intervention through a 'zoning scheme'. They are constructed and operated according to the same logic as other plantations all over the world, namely, the logic of extraction based on cheap land and labor. By demonstrating that plantations are not necessarily large-scale and do not always entail the alienation of land and labor, this paper hopes to empirically broaden the concept of the Plantationocene and to highlight the extractive nature of and the power relations around plantations

Agricultural economics · Business · China · Economics · Economy · Political science · Politics · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management