Political Ecology of Agriculture Agroecology and Post-Development
This study discusses an original proposal aimed at critically analyzing the power relations that exist in contemporary agriculture. The author endeavors herein to clarify some of the strategies that industrial agribusiness, in collusion with the state and
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Political Ecology of Agriculture Agroecology and Post-Development
Political Ecology of Agriculture
Omar Felipe Giraldo
Political Ecology of Agriculture Agroecology and Post-Development
Omar Felipe Giraldo Conacyt - El Colegio de la Frontera Sur San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Translation from the Spanish language edition: Ecología política de la agricultura: Agroecología y posdesarollo by Omar Felipe Giraldo, © El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, 2018. Original Publication ISBN 978-607-8429-51-6. All rights reserved. ISBN 978-3-030-11823-5 ISBN 978-3-030-11824-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11824-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2019931018 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
For my beloved Ingrid
Preface
The subject of agriculture lies within a power-relations struggle that has not been sufficiently addressed by political ecology and environmental thinking. It is true that there are very good case studies from this field of knowledge and excellent papers that touch on the subject of power. Yet, to date, few papers have tried to bring together the theoretical tools that political ecology has borrowed from other disciplines, to unravel and clarify the origins of the discourses, practices, and cultural assumptions, in an effort to explain the conflicts and antagonisms in agriculture. For its part, the field of agroecology has most often addressed the dimension of power in agriculture. However, agroecology is often seen as an alternative route for rural development and sustainable development. We might attribute this to the fact that the conceptual framework of agroecology is not geared to viewing “development
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