Titre :

A land full of opportunities? Agrarian frontiers, policy narratives and the political economy of peace in Colombia

Auteur(s) :

Grajales, Jacobo [Auteur]
Institut Universitaire de France [IUF]
Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales - UMR 8026 [CERAPS]
Institut universitaire de France [IUF]

Titre de la revue :

Third World Quarterly

Nom court de la revue :

Third World Quarterly

Numéro :

41

Pagination :

1141-1160

Éditeur :

Informa UK Limited

Date de publication :

2020-04-16

Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :

Agrarian frontiers
Post-conflict development policies
Policy narratives
Agribusiness
Colombia

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Science politique

Résumé en anglais : [en]

In many post-war countries, the relative security brought to rural areas is construed by government officials and business actors as an opportunity for development. This is particularly true for marginal areas, where ...
Lire la suite >In many post-war countries, the relative security brought to rural areas is construed by government officials and business actors as an opportunity for development. This is particularly true for marginal areas, where opportunities for economic development had previously been hindered by the threat of violence. This provides a favourable context for the construction of commodity frontiers. Through the case of Colombia, I show that one of the main challenges faced by frontier policy narratives amounts to differentiating wartime dispossession from peacetime legitimate accumulation. This poses intractable challenges to policymakers and business actors, as it fuels the contradictions between peace consolidation and post-war development.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Comité de lecture :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Vulgarisation :

Non

Projet ANR :

Capitalismes agraires en situation de post-conflit. Une perspective comparée

Établissement(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS

Collections :

• Centre d'Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS) - UMR 8026

Date de dépôt :

2020-04-21T14:33:57Z
2020-04-22T16:27:56Z
2020-04-22T16:38:47Z
2020-04-24T08:16:31Z
2021-06-10T09:13:20Z