Territorio, poder y sojización en el Cono Sur latinoamericano: el caso argentino

Abstract

Based on 53 interviews of agribusiness workers in four companies in the region of Maule (Chile), we try to understand the reasons for the "split " between the objective indicators of precarious work and low levels of conflict in agriculture, from the analysis of subjective dissatisfaction of salaried with their employment. This could be explained by territorial factors, traditionalism of labor relations and the fear of sanctions for companies to conflict. The results emphasize the need to further deepen the subjective precariousness from conceptual and methodological frameworks that emphasize biographical and professional life of workers.

This paper discusses territorial issues of re-primarization of Latin American economies, particularly those of the Southern Cone. It uses secondary information, interviews with qualified informants and research results, essentially linked to the expansion of soybean production in Argentina. From a conceptual perspective focused on territory and power, it uncovers various situations affecting the people livelihoods, especially of those living upon resources under dispute (land, water, forests). Under this light it shows that the current form of accumulation, which is extractive and speculative, affects the future of society as a whole. To neglect this is to be functional to the dominant sectors´ interests.