Social Impact of Coca Crops in Colombia. : From socio-territorial processes to new social configurations: the role of land tenure, armed conflict, environment and coca crops.


Autoria(s): Carolina, Nuñez Ciceros
Data(s)

2016

Resumo

This paper explores alterations in social dynamics caused by coca crops in Curvaradó and Jiguamiandó, at Choco department in the Colombian Pacific region. The research analyzes the role of armed actors such as paramilitaries and guerrillas in the conformation of new social spaces where local people find resistance as the main tool to survive in chaotic environments. Local power as a politics of resistance is also analyzed. Non-governmental organizations are a key tool to comprehend new social configurations. By doing the analysis and comparison using political ecology as the theoretical background along with concepts of moral economy and everyday resistance, with qualitative research methods. The paper aims to interpret and provide a better understanding of those changes considering social-environmental relations. Findings suggest that those changes in social structure are leading to an understanding, not just of the organization of the area, but also that social dynamics and coca crops cannot be generalized in the country. 

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-131347

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Stockholms universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Palavras-Chave #Coca crops #Land grabbing #Pacific region #social impact #political ecology.
Tipo

Student thesis

info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis

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