This book makes an original contribution to the discussion about agro-food exporting countries' governmental policy. It presents a historicized and internationally contextualized exploration of the political economy of agrarian change in three Latin American countries: Argentina, Praguay, and Uruguay. By comparatively examining how these states have acted in a context of global driven market forces and historically formed institutions, the monograph illuminates the differing capacities of state autonomy under the present era of globalized agriculture.

Analyzes the issues of the distant-driven agrarian change in South American countries Identifies the different roles played by the states in land-use dynamics Highlights the role of historical legacies in present agrarian change in Latin America

Autorentext

Matilda Baraibar Norberg is Researcher at the Department of Economic History and International Relations, Stockholm University, Sweden.

Inhalt

1. Chapter 1 Introduction to the political economy of agrarian change in Latin America.- 2. Chapter 2 Changes and continuities in agrofood relations, 1870-1970s.- 3. Chapter 3 Agrofood globalization: the global soybean and beef commodity chains.- 4. Chapter 4 Regulative shifts paving the way for agrarian change.- 5. Chapter 5 Regulative shifts and agrarian change of the twenty-first century.- 6. Chapter 6 Conclusion: State autonomy and capacity in a comparative light.