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Merlinsky, María Gabriela
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spa
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223 p.
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Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.0 Genérica (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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Cobertura
1001526
Santiago del Estero (provincia)
Abstract
In the last decade the production of agricultural fuels increased in Argentina. Particularly, the production of biodiesel made the difference: from nonexistent levels, the country quickly became the fifth largest producer and the world‘s leading exporter in 2010. The increase in the biodiesel's production is mainly understood as a result of the recent agricultural transformations, in the sense of the global food system (McMichael, 1999), and in the context of a "neo-developmentalist" regime (―neodesarrollista‖) (Féliz y Pérez, 2012).
The consolidation of the agribusiness‘ logic in Argentine (Gras y Hernández, 2013) allow an extraordinary intensification and expansion of agriculture, that led a growth in the production of grains, especially soybeans (Domínguez y Sabatino, 2006; Pengue, 2005; Giarracca y Teubal, 2005). In Argentina biodiesel is mainly produce with soybeans. The transformations were especially visible in ―extrapampeanas areas. In those areas, land use and social structure were transformed because of the increment of soybean production (―soyization) and the pampeanization. This generated an increment of territorial conflicts (Giarracca y Teubal, 2005; Pengue, 2003). Also, the space reterritorialisation derived from the expansion of agribusiness enabled further development of agroindustrial chains, based on those export crops (Gorenstein, Schorr y Soler, 2011). In this context, biofuels are presented as a profitable chance to generate a competitive product, adding value to raw materials.
It is considered, therefore, that are social agents whom, based on their ―intentions (Santos, 2000), develop ―strategies (Gutiérrez, 2005) on different scales (Haesbaert, 2007), (re)creating and transforming both space and its very existence. ―Territory" is then a multiple, diverse and complex social construction, being sharped by simultaneous processes of domination, appropriation and resistance, expressed both in material and symbolic ways. With this framework, and integrating qualitative and quantitative methodologies (Vasilachis de Gialdino, 1992; Gallart, 1993), this thesis investigates the strategies and intentions of biodiesel promoters. Also, it studies the territorial dynamics around these projects, emphasizing the construction of development narratives (Svampa y Antonelli, 2009), building a discourse in order to reach legitimation. Especially, it considers the situation in areas where both soybean and biodiesel have a recent introduction. Thus, it has been selected as study case the situation in Frías, Santiago del Estero, between 2003 and 2013.
This work looks to contribute to the generation of social knowledge about the geographical and sociological consequences of new bio-energy projects, in particular biodiesel. Mostly, how they are inserted into local production networks, achieving legitimacy, providing the primacy of the agribusiness‘ logic in areas of recent pampeanization. So, research accounts for the mechanisms that allow the propagation of the worldview of business agents, in order to understand their accumulation strategy. Therefore, we can say that the study provides an understanding of how domination order between social groups is structured. At the same time, it also makes a contribution to the social comprehension of nature-society relationship in our country and to discussions about development and sustainability.
The consolidation of the agribusiness‘ logic in Argentine (Gras y Hernández, 2013) allow an extraordinary intensification and expansion of agriculture, that led a growth in the production of grains, especially soybeans (Domínguez y Sabatino, 2006; Pengue, 2005; Giarracca y Teubal, 2005). In Argentina biodiesel is mainly produce with soybeans. The transformations were especially visible in ―extrapampeanas areas. In those areas, land use and social structure were transformed because of the increment of soybean production (―soyization) and the pampeanization. This generated an increment of territorial conflicts (Giarracca y Teubal, 2005; Pengue, 2003). Also, the space reterritorialisation derived from the expansion of agribusiness enabled further development of agroindustrial chains, based on those export crops (Gorenstein, Schorr y Soler, 2011). In this context, biofuels are presented as a profitable chance to generate a competitive product, adding value to raw materials.
It is considered, therefore, that are social agents whom, based on their ―intentions (Santos, 2000), develop ―strategies (Gutiérrez, 2005) on different scales (Haesbaert, 2007), (re)creating and transforming both space and its very existence. ―Territory" is then a multiple, diverse and complex social construction, being sharped by simultaneous processes of domination, appropriation and resistance, expressed both in material and symbolic ways. With this framework, and integrating qualitative and quantitative methodologies (Vasilachis de Gialdino, 1992; Gallart, 1993), this thesis investigates the strategies and intentions of biodiesel promoters. Also, it studies the territorial dynamics around these projects, emphasizing the construction of development narratives (Svampa y Antonelli, 2009), building a discourse in order to reach legitimation. Especially, it considers the situation in areas where both soybean and biodiesel have a recent introduction. Thus, it has been selected as study case the situation in Frías, Santiago del Estero, between 2003 and 2013.
This work looks to contribute to the generation of social knowledge about the geographical and sociological consequences of new bio-energy projects, in particular biodiesel. Mostly, how they are inserted into local production networks, achieving legitimacy, providing the primacy of the agribusiness‘ logic in areas of recent pampeanization. So, research accounts for the mechanisms that allow the propagation of the worldview of business agents, in order to understand their accumulation strategy. Therefore, we can say that the study provides an understanding of how domination order between social groups is structured. At the same time, it also makes a contribution to the social comprehension of nature-society relationship in our country and to discussions about development and sustainability.
Título obtenido
Doctora de la Universidad de Buenos Aires en Ciencias Sociales
Institución otorgante
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales