Putting the Market in its Place

Food Security in Three Mapuche Communities in Southern Chile

Bibliographic Data

ID18968647
AuthorsTimothy David Clark (0000-0001-5419-8372, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume46
Issue2
Pages154-179
Publication date2011-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLatin American Research Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/lar.2011.0019
PMID22069808
OpenAlexW2121871162
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited7

This article analyzes the impact of state policies since the 1970s on household food security in several Mapuche communities in the Araucanía region of Chile (Region IX). The author highlights key transformations in the national economy and food system and endeavors to link those to local phenomena, in particular the absorption of the local livelihood strategies and food systems into capitalist markets and the high incidences of food insecurity. The article concludes that a reconceptualization of macroeconomic and indigenous policies are required to rebuild the material and social foundations of rural Mapuche communities that provide the bases from which their inhabitants can reconstruct a mutually beneficial relationship with the broader Chilean society and avert the continued acceleration of tension and violence

Agriculture · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Indigenous · Livelihood · Political science · State (computer science) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Ecology

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