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Putting the market in its place: food security in three Mapuche communities in southern Chile.
- Source :
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Latin American research review [Lat Am Res Rev] 2011; Vol. 46 (2), pp. 154-79. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- This article analyzes the impact of state policies since the 1970s on household food security in several Mapuche communities in the Araucanía region of Chile (Region IX). The author highlights key transformations in the national economy and food system and endeavors to link those to local phenomena, in particular the absorption of the local livelihood strategies and food systems into capitalist markets and the high incidences of food insecurity. The article concludes that a reconceptualization of macroeconomic and indigenous policies are required to rebuild the material and social foundations of rural Mapuche communities that provide the bases from which their inhabitants can reconstruct a mutually beneficial relationship with the broader Chilean society and avert the continued acceleration of tension and violence.
- Subjects :
- Chile ethnology
Community Networks economics
Community Networks history
Community Networks legislation & jurisprudence
Economics history
Economics legislation & jurisprudence
History, 20th Century
Humans
Indians, South American education
Indians, South American ethnology
Indians, South American history
Indians, South American legislation & jurisprudence
Indians, South American psychology
Violence economics
Violence ethnology
Violence history
Violence legislation & jurisprudence
Violence psychology
Commerce economics
Commerce education
Commerce history
Food Safety
Food Supply economics
Food Supply history
Population Groups education
Population Groups ethnology
Population Groups history
Population Groups legislation & jurisprudence
Population Groups psychology
Residence Characteristics history
Socioeconomic Factors history
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0023-8791
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Latin American research review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22069808
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/lar.2011.0019