The political economy of agricultural booms : managing soybean production in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay
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The political economy of agricultural booms : managing soybean production in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay
(Palgrave pivot)
Palgrave Macmillan, c2017
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-147) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book offers an in-depth analysis of the political economy of soybean production in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, by identifying the dominant private and public actors and control mechanisms that have given rise to a corporate-driven, vertically integrated system of regionalized agricultural production in the Southern Cone of South America. The current agricultural boom surrounding soybean production has been aided by aggressive new agro-technologies, including biotechnology, leading to massive organizational changes in the agricultural sector and a significant rise in the power of special interest groups and corporations. Despite having similar initial production conditions, the pattern of economic activity surrounding soybean production in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, continues to be largely determined by the needs of the multinational corporations involved, rather than national considerations of comparative advantage. The author uses these findings to argue that the new international model of agricultural production empowers chemical and trading multinational companies over national governments.
Table of Contents
1. The International Political Economy of Agriculture
Driving Demand: The Four FsSoybeans and the World MarketAgriculture in the Latin American EconomiesSoybeans in the Southern ConeLinkages, Commodity Chains and the Political Economy of Agriculture
2. A Super-Seeding Business
The Institutional FrameworksThe Political Economy of Seeds Argentina Paraguay Brazil
3. Global Trading
The New Global Agricultural TradeWorld Grain Trade and the Soybean ChainFinance and Infrastructure as Political Economy Financial Instruments Taxes / Duties Infrastructure
4. Coordination: Brazil
The Amazon: Political Economy in Brazil's Far WestLand Struggles5. Colonization: Paraguay
The Brasiguayos: An Intermestic Driving ForceThe Far West
6. Confrontation (And Beyond): Argentina
A State Against the Campo?
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