Actions and omissions of the Costa Rican state in the pinapple expansion: The case of the North Zone of Costa Rica
The expansion of pineapple monoculture has translated not only into increased economic income for the country, but also into social and environmental transformations and impacts for the producing cantons, as is the case of Upala, Guatuso, and Los Chiles. From the theoretical focus of the anthropolog...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Costa Rica |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/42226 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/ciep/article/view/42226 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Agroindustry Pineapple Monoculture State Territory Costa Rica Agroindustria Piña Monocultivos Estado Territorio |
| Sumario: | The expansion of pineapple monoculture has translated not only into increased economic income for the country, but also into social and environmental transformations and impacts for the producing cantons, as is the case of Upala, Guatuso, and Los Chiles. From the theoretical focus of the anthropology of the State of authors such as Abrams (2014), Trouillot (2001), Jessop (2014) and Osorio (2014), the role of the Costa Rican State is analyzed through its policies, practices, omissions and institutional gaps. Moreover, it shows how, based on a series of institutional, territorial, political, economic and social arrangements, the State becomes an accomplice in the consolidation of this industry and the territorial expansion of this crop. |
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