Sovereignty and Capitalist Accumulation in Brazil's Primary Sector

Bibliographic Data

ID4501047
AuthorsA Pahnke (0000-0002-7447-4386, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume46
Issue2
Pages10-26
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)
DOI10.1177/0094582x18824129
OpenAlexW2910328890
LanguageEN
References cited30

Sovereignty conditions all aspects of the extractive process. That it underpins the dynamics of capitalist accumulation is apparent in the power that governments have to classify space, alienate certain areas for investment, and charge rents. A review of the large-scale land acquisitions and changes in the mining and oil and gas industries in Brazil from 2002 to 2016 shows that initiatives intended to curtail foreign investment actually stimulate foreign enterprises to engage in novel forms of capitalist accumulation. A soberania condiciona todos os aspectos do processo extrativo. Que ela sustenta as dinâmicas da acumulação capitalista é aparente no poder que os governos têm de classificar o espaço, abrir certas áreas de investimento, e cobrar aluguéis. Uma análise das aquisições de terras em larga escala e das mudanças nos setores de mineração, petróleo e gás no Brasil de 2002 a 2016 mostra que as iniciativas destinadas a restringir o investimento estrangeiro acabaram estimulando as empresas estrangeiras a se engajarem em novas formas de acumulação capitalista

Economic rent · Economics · Economy · Humanities · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Sovereignty · Welfare economics · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · International Development and Aid · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Philosophy

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