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Frontiers of Development in the Amazon: Riches, Risks, and
Resistances contributes to ongoing debates on the processes of
change in the Amazon, a region inherently tied to the expansion of
internal and external socio-economic and environmental frontiers.
This book offers interdisciplinary analyses from a range of
scholars in Europe, Latin America, and the United States that
question the methods of development and the range of
socio-ecological impacts of those methods by examining the
theoretical, methodological, and empirical dimensions of
frontier-making along with evaluating and refining existing
frameworks. Contributors focus on the complex politics of border
formation shaped by institutional, economic, and political forces,
placing them in relation to ethical, imaginary, and symbolic
elements. In doing so, contributors explore the dynamic production
of identities, values, and subjectivities, covering matters of
migratory patterns, complex power struggles, and intensive-at times
violent-clashes. Among other topics, this book assesses the recent
encroachment of export-driven agribusiness into the Amazon Region
in the context of recolonization, resource exploitation and
multiple programs of modernization and national integration.
Scholars of Latin American studies, international development,
environmental studies, and applied social sciences will find this
book particularly useful.
Kaiowcide: Living through the Guarani-Kaiowa Genocide is an
analysis of the genocidal violence perpetrated against indigenous
peoples in Brazil and towards the Guarani-Kaiowa. The ongoing
indigenous genocide is defined as "Kaiowcide," in place since the
1970s, when the Guarani-Kaiowa mobilized a reaction to land
grabbing and oppression in the final years of the military
dictatorship. The book is based on years of research on the
agribusiness frontiers, on the indigenous geography of the
Guarani-Kaiowa, and on sustained engagement with indigenous
communities. Instead of merely describing the genocidal tragedy,
the focus is on the life through genocide and trying to
collectively go beyond it. One of the main contributions is to
provide a robust interpretative analysis of the causes and the
ramifications of the genocidal experience lived by the
Guarani-Kaiowa. Rather than focusing on formalist notions of
"direct intent" by settlers and governments, as a prerequisite for
the tagging as genocide, this book emphasizes the destructive
potential of the actors actively involved in agrarian capitalist
transformations promoted by the national state in socio-economic
frontiers.
The contemporary state is not only the main force behind
environmental change, but the reactions to environmental problems
have played a crucial role in the modernisation of the state
apparatus, especially because of its mediatory role. The Political
Ecology of the State is the first book to critically assess the
philosophical basis of environmental statehood and regulation,
addressing the emergence and evolution of environmental regulation
from the early twentieth century to the more recent phase of
ecological modernisation and the neoliberalisation of nature. The
state is understood as the result of permanent socionatural
interactions and multiple forms of contestation, from a critical
politico-ecological approach. This book examines the tension
between pro- and anti-commons tendencies that have permeated the
organisation and failures of the environmental responses put
forward by the state. It provides a reinterpretation of the
achievements and failures of mainstream environmental policies and
regulation, and offers a review of the main philosophical
influences behind different periods of environmental statehood and
regulation. It sets out an agenda for going beyond conventional
state regulation and grassroots dealings with the state, and as
such redefines the environmental apparatus of the state.
Due to new production areas and persistent productivity gains,
Brazil has consolidated its position as a global leader and even as
a 'model' of commercial, integrated crop production. The country is
now seen as an agricultural powerhouse that has a lot to offer in
terms of reducing the prospect of a looming, increasingly global,
food crisis. Agribusiness and the Neoliberal Food System in Brazil
focuses on the intensification of Brazilian agribusiness as a
privileged entry point into the politicised geography of globalised
agri-food. Drawing on rich empirical analysis based around three
fieldwork campaigns in the state of Mato Grosso, the book examines
the connections between farming, markets and the apparatus of the
state. The importance of agribusiness expansion within the wider
politico-economic context of Brazilian neoliberalism is
demonstrated, thus drawing broader conclusions about the main
trends of agribusiness in the world today and providing
recommendations for future research. This book will be of great
interest to students and scholars of agribusiness, neoliberalism
and global food production, as well as those interested in Brazil
and Latin America more generally.
Due to new production areas and persistent productivity gains,
Brazil has consolidated its position as a global leader and even as
a 'model' of commercial, integrated crop production. The country is
now seen as an agricultural powerhouse that has a lot to offer in
terms of reducing the prospect of a looming, increasingly global,
food crisis. Agribusiness and the Neoliberal Food System in Brazil
focuses on the intensification of Brazilian agribusiness as a
privileged entry point into the politicised geography of globalised
agri-food. Drawing on rich empirical analysis based around three
fieldwork campaigns in the state of Mato Grosso, the book examines
the connections between farming, markets and the apparatus of the
state. The importance of agribusiness expansion within the wider
politico-economic context of Brazilian neoliberalism is
demonstrated, thus drawing broader conclusions about the main
trends of agribusiness in the world today and providing
recommendations for future research. This book will be of great
interest to students and scholars of agribusiness, neoliberalism
and global food production, as well as those interested in Brazil
and Latin America more generally.
Recent scientific development and politico-institutional
experiences related to the conservation of the South-American
Pantanal are explored in this book in relation to what is happening
in other tropical wetland areas of international importance such as
the Everglades in North America and the Okavango in Africa, as well
as considering the European experience. An interdisciplinary group
of authors examines the need to establish a constructive dialogue
between scientists, policy-makers and local stakeholders and
outline a future research agenda, including consideration of the
impacts of climate change and the pressures of regional
development, for wetland management.
Recent scientific development and politico-institutional
experiences related to the conservation of the South-American
Pantanal are explored in this book in relation to what is happening
in other tropical wetland areas of international importance such as
the Everglades in North America and the Okavango in Africa, as well
as considering the European experience. An interdisciplinary group
of authors examines the need to establish a constructive dialogue
between scientists, policy-makers and local stakeholders and
outline a future research agenda, including consideration of the
impacts of climate change and the pressures of regional
development, for wetland management.
The contemporary state is not only the main force behind
environmental change, but the reactions to environmental problems
have played a crucial role in the modernisation of the state
apparatus, especially because of its mediatory role. The Political
Ecology of the State is the first book to critically assess the
philosophical basis of environmental statehood and regulation,
addressing the emergence and evolution of environmental regulation
from the early twentieth century to the more recent phase of
ecological modernisation and the neoliberalisation of nature. The
state is understood as the result of permanent socionatural
interactions and multiple forms of contestation, from a critical
politico-ecological approach. This book examines the tension
between pro- and anti-commons tendencies that have permeated the
organisation and failures of the environmental responses put
forward by the state. It provides a reinterpretation of the
achievements and failures of mainstream environmental policies and
regulation, and offers a review of the main philosophical
influences behind different periods of environmental statehood and
regulation. It sets out an agenda for going beyond conventional
state regulation and grassroots dealings with the state, and as
such redefines the environmental apparatus of the state.
Frontiers of Development in the Amazon: Riches, Risks, and
Resistances contributes to ongoing debates on the processes of
change in the Amazon, a region inherently tied to the expansion of
internal and external socio-economic and environmental frontiers.
This book offers interdisciplinary analyses from a range of
scholars in Europe, Latin America, and the United States that
question the methods of development and the range of
socio-ecological impacts of those methods by examining the
theoretical, methodological, and empirical dimensions of
frontier-making along with evaluating and refining existing
frameworks. Contributors focus on the complex politics of border
formation shaped by institutional, economic, and political forces,
placing them in relation to ethical, imaginary, and symbolic
elements. In doing so, contributors explore the dynamic production
of identities, values, and subjectivities, covering matters of
migratory patterns, complex power struggles, and intensive-at times
violent-clashes. Among other topics, this book assesses the recent
encroachment of export-driven agribusiness into the Amazon Region
in the context of recolonization, resource exploitation and
multiple programs of modernization and national integration.
Scholars of Latin American studies, international development,
environmental studies, and applied social sciences will find this
book particularly useful.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of emerging challenges
facing different social groups, policy-makers and the international
community related to economic growth, social development and
environmental change, social inclusion and regional development.
The book undertakes a critical assessment of the tensions
associated with the failures of mainstream regulatory approaches
and impacts of social and economic policies whilst widening the
discussion on the interface between the expansion of the
socio-environmental demands, equity and justice. These are crucial
challenges, of great importance today and of equal relevance to the
Global North and South. The book explores one of the main
contradictions of development, the simplification of assessments
and narrow consideration of alternatives. Taking this dilemma as
its departure point, it goes on to examine the justification,
trends and limitations of Western-based development and possible
alternatives to fundamentally modify the basis and the rationale of
the development process. It considers theoretical and lived
experiences of development, paying attention to multiple scales,
local realities and economic frontiers. Contributing authors
explore policy recommendations and discuss effective practical
tools for determining the values different people hold for
ecosystem services and territorial resources. They cover the
monitoring of change in the provision of ecosystem services that
might increase the well-being of vulnerable groups as well as
strategies to promote innovation and integrated, equitable and
sustainable development.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of emerging challenges
facing different social groups, policy-makers and the international
community related to economic growth, social development and
environmental change, social inclusion and regional development.
The book undertakes a critical assessment of the tensions
associated with the failures of mainstream regulatory approaches
and impacts of social and economic policies whilst widening the
discussion on the interface between the expansion of the
socio-environmental demands, equity and justice. These are crucial
challenges, of great importance today and of equal relevance to the
Global North and South. The book explores one of the main
contradictions of development, the simplification of assessments
and narrow consideration of alternatives. Taking this dilemma as
its departure point, it goes on to examine the justification,
trends and limitations of Western-based development and possible
alternatives to fundamentally modify the basis and the rationale of
the development process. It considers theoretical and lived
experiences of development, paying attention to multiple scales,
local realities and economic frontiers. Contributing authors
explore policy recommendations and discuss effective practical
tools for determining the values different people hold for
ecosystem services and territorial resources. They cover the
monitoring of change in the provision of ecosystem services that
might increase the well-being of vulnerable groups as well as
strategies to promote innovation and integrated, equitable and
sustainable development.
The Second Edition of this book is completely revised and updated
throughout providing an overview of current challenges faced within
the area of Agri-food in relation to policymaking, ecological
conservation and socio-environmental justice. Including a range of
new chapters, the book explores some of the conceptual and
analytical gaps that are presented by current approaches to this
topic. The series of interconnected chapters offers a critical
reinterpretation of the tensions associated with the failures of
mainstream regulatory regimes, land and resource grabbing, and the
impacts of global agri-food chains at local, regional and
inter-sectoral scales. The book also examines past legacies and
emerging challenges associated with agriculture modernisation,
politico-spatial disputes, climate change, social movements,
gender, ethnicity and education. It likewise addresses the
transformative potential of different combinations of biophysical,
socio-technical and socio-spatial practices of food sovereignty.
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