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Export Agriculture and the Expansion of Urban Slum Areas
Author(s) -
Crist Raymond E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1989.tb02107.x
Subject(s) - elite , poverty , restructuring , agriculture , slum , deforestation (computer science) , work (physics) , politics , development economics , economic growth , geography , economics , agricultural economics , political science , population , sociology , mechanical engineering , demography , archaeology , finance , engineering , computer science , law , programming language
A bstract . Many of the richest people have all or a large part of their accumulated wealth in land , yet the men and women who work the land are usually their country's most poverty ‐stricken. The landowning elite is very powerful because land has been concentrated in few hands. In the Third World ' of less developed countries (LDCs) and in the United States this situation in the last four decades has led to an emphasis on export crops and a restructuring of agriculture to produce them. Brazilis an example of this change, which has led to deforestation and multiplication of the hungry, homeless and alienated , the new “ barbarians within the gates.” Comparable developments are seen in the U.S., threatening fiscal and political stability in many countries.