Losing land in times of peace: post-war agrarian capitalism in Colombia and Côte d'Ivoire

Recent scholarly interest in the implementation of land policies in post-conflict settings has been focused on 'best practices'. Yet defining land tensions as a risk for stability conceals the contribution of peace-making to the transformations of capitalism. This contribution links the an...

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Published in:The Journal of peasant studies 2021-07, Vol.48 (5), p.1054-1074
Main Author: Grajales, Jacobo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
agricultural development
Best practice
Capitalism
Comparative analysis
Conflict
Humanities and Social Sciences
Land
land grabbing
Land policies
Peace
Policy implementation
Policy making
Political science
post-conflict
Renewal
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Summary:Recent scholarly interest in the implementation of land policies in post-conflict settings has been focused on 'best practices'. Yet defining land tensions as a risk for stability conceals the contribution of peace-making to the transformations of capitalism. This contribution links the analysis of post-conflict conjunctures to the renewal of developmentalist policies. I argue that peace-making policies contribute to differentiate the economy from the political sphere, and to define land as an economic problem, not a political matter. This produces what I call post-war agrarian capitalism. This proposition is put into application through a comparative analysis of Colombia and Côte d'Ivoire.
ISSN:0306-6150
1743-9361
DOI:10.1080/03066150.2019.1691535