Considerations about the tensions within the political intermediation of Coca Leaf Producers Movement in Peru

In Peru, the coca growers’ movement emerged as a response to the State stance against the proliferation of illicit cultivation of coca leaf. To defend this product, this social movement has appealed mainly to three kinds of actors: pressure groups, political parties and insurgent groups. This articl...

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Autores: Zevallos, Nicolás, Mujica, Jaris
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/8974
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/debatesensociologia/article/view/8974
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:social movements
political organizations
ilicit crops
antidrugs policies
Peru
coca leaf
movimientos sociales
organizaciones políticas
cultivos ilícitos
políticas antidrogas
Perú
hoja de coca
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Sumario:In Peru, the coca growers’ movement emerged as a response to the State stance against the proliferation of illicit cultivation of coca leaf. To defend this product, this social movement has appealed mainly to three kinds of actors: pressure groups, political parties and insurgent groups. This article points that, in the exercise of this intermediation, these three actors deploy contradictory discourses and practices, according to the political arenas in which the movement requires navigate to defend the cultivation of the coca leaf.