Reproduction of the Chilean Peasantry under Neoliberalism

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ID5672691
AuthorsRaúl Holz Cárcamo (The University of Sydney, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume2
Issue3
Pages315-343
Publication date2013-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAgrarian South Journal of Political Economy A triannual Journal of Agrarian South Network and CARES (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2277-9760 • E-ISSN: 2321-0281
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2277976013517290
OpenAlexW2097365321
LanguageEN
References cited16

The continuous dispossession of the peasantry has been essential for the implementation of neoliberal reforms in the Chilean agricultural sector. This article focuses on Chile's experience as an extreme case of neoliberal transformations. After describing the main reforms and public policies impacting peasants, their own response is discussed. The main argument is that despite such reforms, it is possible to observe new forms of peasant organization and production. In this sense, several organizational and productive experiences are briefly outlined. It concludes that this recent experience indicates a necessary and possible break with the dominant agribusiness arrangement, but apparently not sufficient to pursue a structural transformation of the food system

Agribusiness · Agriculture · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Peasant · Political economy · Political science · Reproduction · Social reproduction · Social science · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Law · Political Economy and Marxism

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