Accumulation by Dispossession and Socio-Environmental Conflicts Caused by the Expansion of Agribusiness in Argentina

Accumulation by Dispossession and Socio-Environmental Conflicts Caused by the Expansion of Agribusiness in Argentina

Drawing upon the concept of ‘accumulation by dispossession’, this paper analyses the expansion of agrarian capital in Argentina. A case study illustrates the social and environmental impacts of the expansion of agribusiness in central Argentina and the social struggle – both rural and urban – that h...

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Published in:Journal of agrarian change 2015-01, Vol.15 (1), p.116-147
Main Author: Caceres, Daniel M
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Accumulation
accumulation by dispossession
Agribusiness
Argentina
Capital
Conflict
deforestation
Economic Change
Environmental impact
Government Policy
neo-extractivism
Neoliberalism
Policy Making
Political economy
Rural Areas
Social activism
Social impact
socio-environmental conflicts
Studies
Wealth
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Summary:Drawing upon the concept of ‘accumulation by dispossession’, this paper analyses the expansion of agrarian capital in Argentina. A case study illustrates the social and environmental impacts of the expansion of agribusiness in central Argentina and the social struggle – both rural and urban – that has arisen to resist this process. Although government policies after the 2001 crisis differ in many ways from those of the 1990s, current agrarian policies are not significantly distinct from those followed during the pre‐crisis neoliberal period. Rather than ‘post‐neoliberal’, the new model could thus be better described as ‘neo‐extractivist’. With the connivance of the state, agribusiness is producing the largest‐ever transformation of natural capital into economic capital in the history of the region. Moreover, the latest policy developments suggest that Argentina is on the threshold of a new and deeper stage of agrarian capital expansion and wealth concentration, this time operating at a much larger scale.
ISSN:1471-0358
1471-0366