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Accepted Paper
Rural radicalism in the Andes? A critical appraisal of Rafael Correa's "Agrarian Revolution"
Geoff Goodwin
(University of Leeds)
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Paper short abstract
Using Karl Polanyi’s concepts of the “fictitious commodity” and “double movement” and drawing on research undertaken in Highland Ecuador between 2009 and 2011, this paper provides a critical examination of the Correa government’s “Agrarian Revolution”.
Paper long abstract
The chasm between the declarations and actions of the Rafael Correa government has been at its widest in relation to agrarian policies. Using Karl Polanyi's concepts of the "fictitious commodity" and "double movement" and drawing on research undertaken in Highland Ecuador between 2009 and 2011, this paper provides a critical examination of the Correa government's "Agrarian Revolution", questioning the radicalism of the programme and highlighting the basic continuities with the agrarian policies of past regimes.
Panel
P34
Radical Americas II: Latin American "socialisms" of the 21st century
Session 1