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Neoliberal Environmentality among Elites: Becoming “Responsible Producers” in Santarém, B razil
Author(s) -
Adams Ryan Thomas
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
culture, agriculture, food and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2153-9561
pISSN - 2153-9553
DOI - 10.1111/cuag.12055
Subject(s) - certification , agriculture , work (physics) , neoliberalism (international relations) , production (economics) , ethnography , agricultural science , business , political science , economy , economics , political economy , sociology , management , engineering , ecology , biology , mechanical engineering , macroeconomics , anthropology
Soybean agriculture is expanding into the B razilian A mazon, with certification programs in place to limit the environmental impact. Based on an ethnographic study with soybean farmers in S antarém, P ará S tate, B razil, I claim that, through their enrollment in this conservation program, soybean farmers have come to see themselves as “responsible producers.” Despite their self‐identification as responsible producers, they treat environmental restrictions as a necessary cost imposed by civil society as they strive to transform the region into a commercial agriculture center, in contrast to alternative socio‐ecological production practices, thus exemplifying neoliberal environmentality. Through studying up with landed elites, this work demonstrates a distinct form of neoliberal environmentality.