The Gendered Dimensions of Resource Extractivism in Argentina's Soy Boom

Bibliographic Data

ID3136202
AuthorsAmalia Leguizamón (0000-0002-7139-3433, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume46
Issue2
Pages199-216
Publication date2019-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLatin American Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0094582x18781346
OpenAlexW2806618007
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited37

Analyzing resource extractivism as a gendered structure is important for understanding the complex social processes that create and perpetuate environmental injustice-both social inequality and environmental degradation-and for visualizing gendered resistances and opportunities for transformation. Applying Risman's approach to Argentina's soy model, six causal mechanisms at the institutional, individual, and interactional levels can be identified that serve either to maintain or to challenge the status quo: (1) resource distribution, (2) ideology, (3) identity work, (4) cognitive bias, (5) status expectations, and (6) state paternalism.Analizar el extractivismo de los recursos como una estructura de género es importante para comprender los complejos procesos sociales que crean y perpetúan la injusticia ambiental-tanto la desigualdad social como la degradación ambiental-y para visualizar las resistencias de género y las oportunidades de transformación. Aplicando el enfoque de Risman al modelo de soja en la Argentina, se pueden identificar seis mecanismos causales a nivel institucional, individual y de interacción que sirven para mantener o desafiar el status quo: (1) distribución de recursos, (2) ideología, (3) trabajo de identidad, (4) perjuicio cognitivo, (5) expectativas de posición social, y (6) paternalismo estatal

Economics · Humanities · Identity (music) · Inequality · Political science · Social group · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · Welfare economics · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact

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