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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| 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 |
| 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. |
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