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Acaparamiento de tierras y acumulación capitalista: aspectos clave en América Latina

Acaparamiento de tierras y acumulación capitalista: aspectos clave en América Latina

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Date of publication
December 2012
Resource Language
ISBN / Resource ID
NARCIS:eur:oai:repub.eur.nl:50476
Pages
29

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We introduce this special issue by explaining seven characteristics
of land grabbing in Latin America. These features are not unique
to the region. By highlighting them – arguing, for instance, that a
key aspect in Latin America is intra-regional land grabbing driven
by (trans)Latina companies – we hope to inspire new cross-regional
comparisons to understand the dynamics of “global” land grabbing.
Our focus on Latin America challenges some problematic generalisations
in the literature, for instance, that land grabs occur mainly
in fragile states. We interrogate the relationship between land grabbing
and the “foreignisation” narrative, and the need to revisit the
broader question of land concentration. Thus we build upon the literature
locating land grabs and the land question within the political
economy of global capitalism.

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Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s)

Borras, Saturnino
Kay, Cristóbal
Gómez, Sergio
Wilkinson, John
International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University (ISS)