Title :

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

Author(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]

Journal title :

Third World Quarterly

Abbreviated title :

Third World Quarterly

Volume number :

41

Pages :

1141-1160

Publisher :

Informa UK Limited

Publication date :

2020-04-16

English keyword(s) :

Agrarian frontiers
Post-conflict development policies
Policy narratives
Agribusiness
Colombia

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Science politique

English abstract : [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 ...
Show more >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.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

ANR Project :

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

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS

Collections :

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

Submission date :

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