Responses to the Crisis of Neoliberal Globalization: State Intervention in Palm Oil Production in Chiapas, Mexico

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dc.contributor.authorFletes-Ocon, Hector B.
dc.contributor.authorBananno, Alessandro
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-13T21:09:30Z
dc.date.available2020-08-13T21:09:30Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionArticle originally published in International Journal of Sociology of Agricultureen_US
dc.description.abstractEmploying the case study of the cultivation of African palms for the production of palm oil in Chiapas, Mexico, this article probes the theme of alternative patterns of development to neo-liberal globalization. In particular, it discusses the issue of the return to state intervention (neo-Fordism) as an instrument to promote socio-economic development. Chiapas has been the theatre of the Zapatista movement of 1994. As a result of that popular uprising and despite its overtly neo-liberal posture, the Mexican state intervened significantly in Chiapas. In this context, the monoculture of the African palm has been pursued as a strategy to address local poverty among farmers, generate alternative and renewable forms of energy and provide a scheme for socio-economic growth in the area. This article illustrates the contradictory results of this ‘interventionist’ developmental project and the consequences and resistance that it entailed. The analysis of this case reveals the problematic nature of nation-state led interventionist schemes in a context marked by the emerging crisis of the neo-liberal model. It also underscores the significance of local initiatives that are generated by the aspirations and abilities of local residents.en_US
dc.description.departmentSociology
dc.identifier.citationFletes-Ocón , Hector B. and Alessandro Bananno. (2013) “Responses to the Crisis of Neoliberal Globalization: State Intervention in Palm Oil Production in Chiapas, Mexico.” International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food” 20 (3), 313-334. https://www.isa-agrifood.com/ijsaf-v20-3-313-334en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11875/2829
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Sociology of Agricultureen_US
dc.subjectcase studyen_US
dc.subjectAfrican palmsen_US
dc.subjectneo-liberal globalizationen_US
dc.subjectstate interventionen_US
dc.subjectsocio-economic developmenten_US
dc.titleResponses to the Crisis of Neoliberal Globalization: State Intervention in Palm Oil Production in Chiapas, Mexicoen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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